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Post by LtD73 on May 30, 2012 12:13:25 GMT -5
Original plans called for Tensai to be participating in the storyline The Big Show is currently involved with.
Tensai is expected to go through a makeover which has already started to take shape as they have dropped the robe and modified his name. Tensai worked the dark match last night squashing Alex Riley, then in the post-show main event they did a John Cena vs. Tensai and Lauranitis handicap match and Tensai was the one who took the pinfall.
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Post by Koko B. Rocket on May 30, 2012 12:16:10 GMT -5
That's a shame. I really like(d) the whole Lord Tensai thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 12:18:38 GMT -5
Shame. Although he should have came back as A-Train imo.
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Post by carling27 on May 30, 2012 12:19:22 GMT -5
It's probably mostly due to the fact that he looks ridiculous.
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Post by Nivro™ on May 30, 2012 12:23:37 GMT -5
Exactly what I said he was going to be...but NOOOOOOOO nobody wanted to believe me. They guy just simply doesnt have the "it" factor to be a top star here.
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Post by jfinnomore on May 30, 2012 12:26:39 GMT -5
Feel sorry for the dummies that paid 300+ for customs of him on eBay
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Post by el torro on May 30, 2012 12:40:48 GMT -5
It's probably mostly due to the fact that he looks ridiculous. Or that he sucks. All that damn hissing.. |
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Post by Randolph J 'Hurricane' Spencer on May 30, 2012 12:45:15 GMT -5
Not surprised. WWE usually expects things to just work quickly and if they don't they squash it. Tensai should have been given 6 months to establish himself, not a month and half.
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Post by done on May 30, 2012 12:47:20 GMT -5
Well I'd rather have him as US Champion than Santino - I think he could get more heat from beating him.
I still think that SD would of been a better show for him.
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Post by June on May 30, 2012 12:47:28 GMT -5
Snarky idiots ruined his run, the same vocal few that have propelled Daniel Bryan to the mainevent scene. I don't like the trend.
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Post by Barrett on May 30, 2012 12:48:39 GMT -5
1.) He worked Superstars, not the dark match.
2.) Who cares who takes the pinfall in the post-show main event? If they had Laurainitis play chicken-crapand bail on the match, then of course it would make sense for Tensai to take the fall and put heat on Laurainitis at the same time.
3.) Saying that Big Show's current storyline was supposed to be Tensai's is purely a guess on the writer's part. As is the fact that he's expected to continue getting a makeover. What else is there to makeover?
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Post by jfinnomore on May 30, 2012 12:51:45 GMT -5
Snarky idiots ruined his run, the same vocal few that have propelled Daniel Bryan to the mainevent scene. I don't like the trend. Yeah what kinda idiots want great wrestlers and entertaining characters in their main events? Those silly smarky idiots!  |
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Post by RussellV1 on May 30, 2012 12:53:03 GMT -5
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Post by Callum1993 on May 30, 2012 12:53:23 GMT -5
They'll probably make him a dancing face by years end
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on May 30, 2012 12:54:31 GMT -5
Not surprised. WWE usually expects things to just work quickly and if they don't they squash it. Tensai should have been given 6 months to establish himself, not a month and half. Spot on! They want instant results, and if it doesn't happen, "welp, that failed. Onto the next one!" |
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Post by Eat Defeat. on May 30, 2012 12:56:55 GMT -5
I still see him going places, Whilst I don't expect him to be the WWE champ, I do expect he'll play important roles in the upper mid card like Umaga did with Jeff Hardy. The guy's a great performer for someone of his stature.
And like someone said: what else is there to "make over"?
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 30, 2012 12:57:07 GMT -5
I think the minute he walked out there dressed in a samurai helmet with a little ninja guy throwing salt around he became a failure.....this isn't the early 90's and cartoonish gimmicks like that just don't work anymore. He's not Yokozuna and his little guy there is NOT mr. Fuji. Hell, he's not even Hakushi! Those types of gimmicks just don't work anymore!
Even Umaga wouldn't work if they tried it again. Nobody believes that a guy is actually a savage jungle beast, but somehow they allow him to get a job and earn a paycheck...but he's an uncontrollable savage with no communication skills or socialization? Sorry, not buying it. The Undertaker and Kane are the only supernatural or unrealistic gimmick that gets a pass these days....well, them and the fact that John Cena is essentially unbeatable.
Tensai's return would have worked if they brought him out and called him Albert/A-Train like EVERYBODY already knows him as and just explained that after his firing from WWE he went to Japan and learned a more disciplined, aggressive style of wrestling and had him talk and act normal instead of having him spin around and move like karate kid.
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Post by The Real Valbroski on May 30, 2012 13:09:40 GMT -5
He shouldn't of been involved with Lauranitis/Cena at all.
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Post by wabarrett on May 30, 2012 13:15:39 GMT -5
Absolute BS.
Him coming out without the entrance gear one week and dropping the 'Lord' from his name doesn't sound like a makeover either.
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Post by Jamal on May 30, 2012 13:22:08 GMT -5
And they had him pin Cena and Punk before they realized it....
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