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**Tarfu** · 09-06-2011, 11:08 AM

Marked like hell for Hawkins and Reks' brief appearance. I honestly thought they were looking to get rid of both guys based on their continuing absence. Will this team-up be a permanent thing? Reks isn't doing his intimidating monster gimmick anymore, it seems, so it's not that strange of a pairing.

Not too excited to see Mason Ryan again, though. On the other hand, he'll be destroying JTG's sloppy ass. Maybe I am excited...

**ThumbInTheBum** · 09-06-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarfu

Marked like hell for Hawkins and Reks' brief appearance. I honestly thought they were looking to get rid of both guys based on their continuing absence. Will this team-up be a permanent thing? Reks isn't doing his intimidating monster gimmick anymore, it seems, so it's not that strange of a pairing.

Not too excited to see Mason Ryan again, though. On the other hand, he'll be destroying JTG's sloppy ass. Maybe I am excited...

I'm not, as it stands that'll be heel vs heel meaning one of them will trying for the face role. They've spent quite a bit of time turning JTG heel and it would be stupid to waste that effort; that suggests Mason Ryan could be turning face and getting a big push which I'm sure nobody wants.

TheSupremeForce · 09-06-2011, 12:56 PM

Ryan did smile during that match. Ryan is one excessively muscled guy though. I'll give him that much. JTG definitely wasn't the face. He wasn't anything, really, since no one cared.
On the flip side, the crowd cheered for Drew McIntyre AND Primo during the dark match. Drew was quite popular in Columbus for some reason, not that I'm complaining.

starship.paint · 09-06-2011, 07:52 PM

JTG being squashed is a good thing. I wonder why Hawkins isn't higher up in the WWE. He's pretty good for a gimmickless heel.

And the Heat Seeking Elbow is easily in the top 5, or top 3 at a stretch, finishers used by current WWE Superstars.

TheSupremeForce · 09-06-2011, 07:59 PM

Agreed. Curt Hawkins should be far higher up the card. Of course, that's true of several younger guys (Hawkins, McIntyre, Reks, Primo) who are currently buried on Raw when they're far better than most of the Smackdown roster.

starship.paint · 09-06-2011, 08:35 PM

Let's play a game... Replace someone regularly from Raw/SD with someone regularly appearing on Superstars.

Jinder Mahal -> Tyson Kidd
Heath Slater -> Curt Hawkins
Alex Riley -> Trent Barreta
Great Khali -> Brodus Clay
Otunga/McGillicutty -> The Usos

TheSupremeForce · 09-06-2011, 08:42 PM

I'd take every change on your list.

Zeke -> Drew McIntyre
Johnny Curtis and/or Ted DiBiase -> Primo

starship.paint · 09-06-2011, 10:13 PM

Can't believe I forgot about Zeke. Totally outclassed by Brodus Clay.

CaptainObvious · 09-08-2011, 03:31 PM

Mason Ryan is kind of a face, I guess. He wasn't the heel. I think they'll going for a guy who dominates all angle and letting the audience figure out exactly what he is. I'd expect more squash matches. Next time with Kidd, Slater, or McIntyre.

Tyler Reks/Curt Hawkins impressed me as a tag team. I definately liked the more than Otunga/McGuillicutty. The problem is they'll likely be the third heel team on Raw, behind Awesome Truth and Otunga/McGuillicutty so I don't know how much airtime they are actually going to get. Neither would work as faces, so that option is out.

O'Neil/Watson didn't impress me at all. At best, they'd be a jobber tag team. But at this rate, they might as well just use The Usos in that role since they are a good tag team that isn't being used at all.

**CamillePunk** · 09-08-2011, 03:50 PM

I thought Percy Watson looked great, I don't know if I like O'Neil/Watson as a team though. O'Neil really turns me off though with that seal bark thing. He looks and sounds like a jackoff.