Okay, seriously. That's the best the WWE writers could do with wade frickan barret.
Wade barret with fantastic promo's leading up to his return, the bare knuckle brawler, comes back how??.
First by the WWE telling the crowd and people on tv that he is up "NEXT" Ruining ANY surprise factor.
Then he comes out and destroyed yoshi tatsu with maybe one of the worst finishers I have seen in a long long time.
Then he cuts a 30 second promo about how he is "Open for business", meaning he has zero feuds RIGHT NOW, and he WILL wait until after NOC before he gets anything going.
So you let Wade frickan barret return and he is nearly completely forgotten already, with zero crowd reaction and hype.
Why could you not SAVE him for AFTER NOC, and debut him by **** kicking shaemus, which starts a feud between the irish fighter and the english brawler.
The only thing Wasteland has for it as a finishing move is the setup for it.
However, since this is a promotion based on (generally mindless) theatrics, that already makes it better than "The Souvenir." If they're serious about having it as Barrett's coup de grace then it'll have to be built the.fuck.up.
I don't think Wasteland is the best finisher. But I think it's a lot better than Winds of Change or The Souvenir. If it were up to me I would give him the powerbomb.
I like that he has three possible finishers! Give him an armbar like the one Jon Jones used to finish Vitor on the weekend and he could be one of the most well rounded big man the WWE has seen in years!
barrett's finisher should have been clothesline from hell
that new finisher barrett has is impactful but not enough to deliver a KO blow imo. the elbow strike imo should have been a signature to really daze a opponent and he should finish them with the wasteland, but now that i see it he really needs more wind up to that elbow strike he might have as well wind up by bouncing of the ropes and deliver a devastating clothesline strike for the KO. the gif below will back my statement
What the fuck are you talking about? Barrett isn't charismatic enough to do a high impact clothesline? I've heard it all now. And how is a clothesline from hell any less PG than a elbow strike to the temple?
Sometimes the stupidity I read on this forum baffles me.
Anyway, nah, I'm quite content with the elbow he's using to be honest, he delivers it well and it looks brutal.
Re: barrett's finisher should have been clothesline from hell
Disagree. The guy is showing off his fighting expertise by not having to need much wind up or distance to provide a knockout shot. He uses the momentum of spinning his opponent back into an perfectly (kayfabe) placed elbow to the jaw.
If anything I would love to see it to be even more brutal by doing it to the back of the skull, but I think that maybe what Kassius Ohno is moving more towards now.
Edit: disagree on the charisma comment above. The guy probably has the best mic skills of any active wrestler in the biz right now.
Re: barrett's finisher should have been clothesline from hell
His finisher should be the Blackhole Slam. It should have always been the Blackhole Slam. I don't care if it goes along with his bare knuckle brawler gimmick or not, it's the right way to go.
His finisher should be the Blackhole Slam. It should have always been the Blackhole Slam. I don't care if it goes along with his bare knuckle brawler gimmick or not, it's the right way to go.
It actually does. But it's kinda not all that yet...like makes me mark out or anything, kind find the right word to use, sorry. When he used the wasteland, he got it over, by using on big people and big names, and in "oh shit" moments like how he caught Kofi to win the IC title. This move, he's just been using it on jobbers, so it's not over yet.
I mean look at Chris Hero down in NXT, he pretty much almost does the same thing, and it's over, but he's using it in high important matches and non irrelevant peeps. I would like it if Barrett can use the jack knife powerbomb. I'm sure Nash won't mind.
Re: barrett's finisher should have been clothesline from hell
If he has to do the elbow I would prefer if he did the run-up to it, because then it gives it more momentum plus he can hit it out of nowhere too and at various angles. At the minute the setup for the move is limiting him somewhat.
If he has to do the elbow I would prefer if he did the run-up to it, because then it gives it more momentum plus he can hit it out of nowhere too and at various angles. At the minute the setup for the move is limiting him somewhat.
i agree, even though hes using the bounce back momentum against his opponent is not enough imo, running up from anywhere or bouncing from the ropes will be more impactful and devastating.
look at the impact the bounce back from the ropes gathers more momentum and is more brutal looking.
Barrett should jus let the ref do a 10 count for a KO win
lets think about it hes a former bare knuckle champion, he has KO power, he could legit KO somebody with the souvenir elbow so why not instead of going for a pin, he stands tall like a true villian and get a 10 count for a KO win? it will make him look more badass and he will be seen as a credible heel.
what your saying could also work i just meant he can stand tall and let the ref do a 10 count then he can brag about laying dudes out cold for the 10 count that would be epic imo
Re: barrett should jus let the ref do a 10 count for a KO win
After all of the Last Man Standing matches, where people basically kill each other and still get up before 10, we're suppose to believe that an elbow knocks someone out for a 10 count?
After all of the Last Man Standing matches, where people basically kill each other and still get up before 10, we're suppose to believe that an elbow knocks someone out for a 10 count?
I agree with this. This would devalue Last Man Standing matches. If anything, he should ask the refs to do a 5 count pin like King Kong Bundy used to. I'm not very high on Wade Barrett, but if they want to push him, something has to change.
Re: barrett should jus let the ref do a 10 count for a KO win
Headliner got it exactly right. Plus, how much of a joke would Barrett look like when somebody got up at 6? You know that would never fly against anybody significant.
Re: barrett should jus let the ref do a 10 count for a KO win
Perhaps Wade can just go back to using the "Wasteland" finisher that he had. Is it his injury that may have caused him to use something else for the time being?
- As seen Monday on Raw, Wade Barrett complained to program General Manager AJ Lee about not competing on the show. He did compete earlier as he faced Tyson Kidd in a match taped for this week's episode of WWE Superstars.
Doesn't matter. Giving Wade the Raw segment complaining about no getting a match on Raw does more for him than showing that match on Raw would have accomplished.
Barrett already stated somewhere that "Wasteland" is still part of his "arsenal", don't remember where he said that though, might be twitter ?
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