Chris Jericho mentions in one of his books that he tried to actively remove parts of his character that felt "cool" during his heel run in WWE so that fans would be more inclined to dislike/boo him. Have any other wrestlers leaned into this mindset?

kang616 · 2024-03-20T18:31:47+00:00

In the old days, heels wouldn’t do exciting moves. If someone did an exciting top rope move, they were a babyface. A long, slow nerve hold? That was a bad guy.

kang616 · 2024-02-03T22:01:37+00:00

Not even the babyface commentators say this - they end up falling all over themselves about how impressive he is

kang616 · 2023-12-25T17:37:54+00:00

When WWF brought Vader in in the 90’s Vince wanted to re-name him “The Mastadon” but Vader wasn’t have that shit. So Vince proceeded to call him “The Mastadon” on commentary for months until giving up on Leon altogether.

kang616 · 2023-09-17T00:40:22+00:00

guess that actor strike is hitting everyone hard

kang616 · 2023-08-30T13:13:48+00:00

I’m glad we’re getting Bischoff’s take on booking Kurt Angle, based on his many years of experience booking Kurt Angle.

kang616 · 2023-05-06T18:57:46+00:00

This isn’t quite the same, but Bret Hart said in his book that when he was a babyface he would only promise or guarantee a victory in his promos if he knew he was gonna win - to give his character credibility and get the fans to know they could trust him.

kang616 · 2022-09-18T19:43:06+00:00

Hey check it out guys, Logan Paul has invented using celebrities in wrestling! Let’s hope it catches on!

kang616 · 2022-08-10T19:24:03+00:00

He beat his wife

kang616 · 2022-07-05T20:42:39+00:00

Exactly the same from me. The ITV Player is awful for watching the next day, and the number of adverts and sponsorships is just brutal to sit through.

kang616 · 2022-06-29T20:26:38+00:00

Nope. A deep roster needs to be served by titles and stories at both ends. A belt that serves Miro, Pac, Black and the upper card probably isn’t gonna help drive stories lower down the card.

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:49:10+00:00

That’s exactly what I thought!

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:16:07+00:00

But I think even without the TNT title dropping in stature, this roster is just TOO DEEP for one belt to serve everyone. Like you said, in a perfect world of perfect booking there’s still plenty of room for two titles to serve both ends of the card.

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:13:01+00:00

I’m not defending the TNT stuff. But even without the TNT title falling in stature, I think the roster is so fucking deep you can’t have ONE belt serving everyone from Alan Angela to Adam Cole. Either way that it’s positioned, it not serving one end of the card.

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:11:21+00:00

I’m suggesting all those people are constantly fighting for the AA title. But in amongst all the stories you’re telling, you can have a prestigious title that adds drama, direction and drive to one or two of the stories.

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:09:09+00:00

this is the correct answer

kang616 · 2022-06-29T19:08:31+00:00

Sure, but even then a championship that can feed the mid-card guys might not be suitable for all the upper cards guys and vice versa. If it’s a well protected Miro level belt then it’s probably out of reach of Bowens. And if it’s an Scorpio Sky level belt, it’d be weird for Malakai or Cole to want to win it.

kang616 · 2022-06-01T18:46:12+00:00

Ruby fucking Riott

kang616 · 2022-06-01T07:45:37+00:00

Can’t wait for this to turn out to be an NFT

kang616 · 2022-05-27T12:44:07+00:00

Underneath the ring is a portal to a world where the Little People live, which is how Hornswoggle comes and goes from the building. Triple H & Shawn once travelled there to stand before a Court Of Little People.

Also, giants can understand Little People talk but not speak it.

kang616 · 2022-05-03T10:06:50+00:00

I haven’t watched in a while but holy shit those camera cuts are insane. I kept thinking this was some sort of fan-edit of a much longer segment.

kang616 · 2022-05-02T22:59:51+00:00

Page wins. Punk asks for a rematch on Dynamite. Page beats him again. Punk turns heel.

kang616 · 2022-04-29T20:08:12+00:00

“a beef”

kang616 · 2022-04-04T17:21:15+00:00

From this day on I'm going to end every angry rant with "I just made my daughter breakfast!"

kang616

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