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The crowd barking in between lines as Oba Femi speaks is kind of cool....but it might get old like Stone Cold's "what chant"....

didnt finish raw but was he the only black talent to appear on the show last night?
 

0utsyder

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It's a work. I bet he makes an appearance at the Royal Rumble.

Never cared for him. Honestly, think he's trash, especially when he tries to be a heel announcer like Jesse/Bobby the Brain. He tries too hard and it comes off lame. It was telling when Jesse The Body showed up at Saturday Night's Main Event a few weeks ago and picked up where he left off 30 years ago.
Didn't he do this before with Booker like 5 years ago? The minute nobody is paying attention to him he feels the need to go on Social Media to make himself relevant.
 

T_Holmes

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The crowd barking in between lines as Oba Femi speaks is kind of cool....but it might get old like Stone Cold's "what chant"....
Much like with Stone cold, I think it works fine when he's talking. The problem with "What?" was the crowds bit into it too hard, an d then it was every single line of every single promo.

It's sorta like the massive booing thing. Works in small doses, and definitely worked as a one or two time thing to vilify New Day. But when you're genuinely expressing disgust, then all you are doing is dragging out the segment of someone you don't like.

But back to topic, I actually liked Oba's first post-win appearance. He seemed like he really had it together, and I bought the heat between him and the Don. But they are going to make me sit through a program with Eddy Thorpe, and I'm not sure that I'll ever forgive them for that.

And I hate to beat this dead horse, but if someone doesn't give Ava an acting lesson or a note on having an actual character, at least have the decency to not spam her throughout the episode. She should not be doing more on camera work. I swear, the manager's office is the worst part of NXT right now.
 

EPDC

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Much like with Stone cold, I think it works fine when he's talking. The problem with "What?" was the crowds bit into it too hard, an d then it was every single line of every single promo.

It's sorta like the massive booing thing. Works in small doses, and definitely worked as a one or two time thing to vilify New Day. But when you're genuinely expressing disgust, then all you are doing is dragging out the segment of someone you don't like.

But back to topic, I actually liked Oba's first post-win appearance. He seemed like he really had it together, and I bought the heat between him and the Don. But they are going to make me sit through a program with Eddy Thorpe, and I'm not sure that I'll ever forgive them for that.

And I hate to beat this dead horse, but if someone doesn't give Ava an acting lesson or a note on having an actual character, at least have the decency to not spam her throughout the episode. She should not be doing more on camera work. I swear, the manager's office is the worst part of NXT right now.
Yep! I wish both Ava and Eddie never showed up on my screen. Too bad they both don't cancel each other out. They're both horrible.
 

0utsyder

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Much like with Stone cold, I think it works fine when he's talking. The problem with "What?" was the crowds bit into it too hard, an d then it was every single line of every single promo.

It's sorta like the massive booing thing. Works in small doses, and definitely worked as a one or two time thing to vilify New Day. But when you're genuinely expressing disgust, then all you are doing is dragging out the segment of someone you don't like.

But back to topic, I actually liked Oba's first post-win appearance. He seemed like he really had it together, and I bought the heat between him and the Don. But they are going to make me sit through a program with Eddy Thorpe, and I'm not sure that I'll ever forgive them for that.

And I hate to beat this dead horse, but if someone doesn't give Ava an acting lesson or a note on having an actual character, at least have the decency to not spam her throughout the episode. She should not be doing more on camera work. I swear, the manager's office is the worst part of NXT right now.
Why are they not playing up the nepo-baby angle?!?!? The Rock is on the board of directors for the company that runs WWE, UFC and...(ugh) Power Slap. Instead they have this person younger than most wrestlers and the announcers running the NXT brand. Her segments are worst than women's wrestling, because I sit and watch women's wrestling. I can't watch Ava at all! Pulling teeth is a more enjoyable experience, but I guess bad acting runs in the family.
 

EPDC

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I just tuned into AEW after the Knicks beat Philly in OT... Cool arena setup, but WTF. HOBBS VS Moxley for the AEW Championship? In Cincinnati? Does anyone really think Hobbs has a chance here?

Also, can Pac put on some clothes. Claudio is always in jeans and a T-shirt, Mox wears the dumb shit he wears and even that Shafer chick wears street gear. Meanwhile Pac is always in his wrestling trunks, shirtless and boots. It's so weird. Put on a damned shirt. Did he enter the arena from the cold ass Cincinnati weather in his wrestling gear?
 

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I just tuned into AEW after the Knicks beat Philly in OT... Cool arena setup, but WTF. HOBBS VS Moxley for the AEW Championship? In Cincinnati? Does anyone really think Hobbs has a chance here?

Also, can Pac put on some clothes. Claudio is always in jeans and a T-shirt, Mox wears the dumb shit he wears and even that Shafer chick wears street gear. Meanwhile Pac is always in his wrestling trunks, shirtless and boots. It's so weird. Put on a damned shirt. Did he enter the arena from the cold ass Cincinnati weather in his wrestling gear?
If they wanted to make a statement and change from the shitty course they've been on, they should have. But no, nobody thought Hobbs was winning, which is why he should have. But Captain Coke doesn't think on levels, he just does shit.
 

T_Holmes

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Why are they not playing up the nepo-baby angle?!?!? The Rock is on the board of directors for the company that runs WWE, UFC and...(ugh) Power Slap. Instead they have this person younger than most wrestlers and the announcers running the NXT brand. Her segments are worst than women's wrestling, because I sit and watch women's wrestling. I can't watch Ava at all! Pulling teeth is a more enjoyable experience, but I guess bad acting runs in the family.
The thing is it's a really easy fix. Just go to one of the two extremes.

Option A: Play it soft. Instead of looking like she has no idea what she is doing, she could double down and act like she is actually in over her head. Make bad decisions/"mistakes" in booking. Granted, this would require her to be able to carry some comedy , and we already know that ain't happening.

Option B: Play it hard. Instead of having everyone say that she's one tough bitch, be one tough bitch. Get mad, raise your voice, actually threaten people and their jobs. I have my issues with Adam Pearce, but he does at least look like he's pissed off when he;s lost control of things. And Nick Aldis may lose control of his show sometimes, but he absolutely acts like he's willing to ruin people's day when they get out of line. A little actual edge would be nice.

So far, the most interesting thing she's done recently is shrug off Oba admitting he beat up Eddie (which makes sense, because she doesn't like Eddie, and he had just played her over the fake attack before that). And even then, she didn't really sell it. I had to write that motivation in my head, because she refuses to emote.

Hell, let the little crony squad she has do some heavy lifting. They're also trash, but at least committing to characters.
 

T_Holmes

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It's transphobic to state the obvious? Lmao wow
Without deep diving the politics or anything, the consensus argument is that the entire issue with trans athletes is overinflated. Congress could and should absolutely be tackling issues that are more relevant or that affect more people, but by devoting effort to low impact issues like this, they appease transphobes.
 

God-Of-War-420

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Without deep diving the politics or anything, the consensus argument is that the entire issue with trans athletes is overinflated. Congress could and should absolutely be tackling issues that are more relevant or that affect more people, but by devoting effort to low impact issues like this, they appease transphobes.
That is 100% true, it's ultimately an issue that's as useless to the average American as renaming the Gulf of Mexico or whatever dumb shit trump is up to lately lol
 

0utsyder

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my bad on the confusion
didnt watch all of Raw and was curious if there were any black talent on the show
Homie I AIN'T complaining! Opened up a thread to me!!!
last week all we got was the Rock (& Cody)
The Rock and Cody is all you need for Black Talent! The Rock WWE's first black champion...he just cosplays as a Samoan and Cody solved racism with the birth of his daughter
 
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