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Someone come get Tana..
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I think it's hard to compare a series of matches from the 80s to a series of matches from 2017. The business has changed and what the fans expect has changed. Both series were fantastic and that should not be used to discredit the other.
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But it was "routine monitoring"?
I knew something was up once it was said he was in ICU. You don't get admitted to ICU for "routine monitoring". Hope Flair is okay.....and the nurses. Wooooooo!
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Don't give Flair female nurses
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Naito a gimmick thief tho
Is it really thievery if you take it and do it bigger and better? You guys must be huge Buddy Rogers fans.
And Okada is better than Omega.
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Omega seems too over sell at times my only complaint.
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Kenny Omega has IT
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Which is actually pretty funny, because it doesn't seem like anybody else on the roster really sells at all.
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IN JAPAN, it seems pretty tough to have a westerner be a bigger star than what Okada looks to be. If we step out of Japan, I think fans are thinking otherwise. At the G1 USA special, Omega was THE guy, and I don't see how it's really debatable. As far as stars outside of the WWE being translate-able to that roster, Omega is the obvious answer by a landslide.
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The same people that were watching TNA back then are the same people that are watching NJPW now. The "common fan", or as DC likes to say, the fat, beer-drinker in Oklahoma, was never watching TNA. They were WWE only. The IWC crowd that wants to watch more wrestling were the ones watching TNA, and now that TNA is basically a dumpster fire, they have shifted their sights to NJPW.
Omega has his t-shirts in shopping malls across the country and they seem to be selling quite well. For a guy that isn't in the WWE, people seem to be quite aware of who he is.
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So TNA = Baron Corbin?
Omega is the most mainstream performer in NJPW that could easily cross over into WWE. That still doesn't mean that the majority of WWE fans know who he is though. The ones buying up the BC merchadise from Hot Topic know what they want and where to get it. I don't think those are random purchases.
Also, from people I've met most didn't watch both WWE and TNA. It was one or the other. I doubt TNA fans are smart enough to understand NJPW.
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Damn, shots fired @ ConcessionsNobleKane. My main point though is that the "majority of WWE fans" probably have the same level of knowledge of Omega as they did Styles. If you put him in the 2018 Rumble in Philly, 99% of that crowd is going to know who he is, and is going to go bat**** crazy, and will make him seem like a huge deal. The majority will catch on.
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I feel like a more "involved" crowd goes to Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, and SummerSlam. That contributes to reactions.
Ex: Hardy Boyz. If they returned at Roadblock instead it wouldn't of had the same response and that's not just due to the size of the crowd.
Also, the 2016 Royal Rumble was in Orlando, Florida. TNA home base for the fans who had to pay for tickets for once instead of being given them or getting free admission with their park ticket. But also home base of NXT...aka the smart fans playhouse.
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Of course. WWE is smart enough to know when/where to debut someone. If Kenny ever does come over, the crowd is going to go ballistic.
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Still would like to see Kenny in WWE at one point but also would be perfectly fine if he stayed in NJPW. Would be wild if him and the Bucks showed up together. The Elite invasion 
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Morning fellas, firing up day 2 of G1 finals with my breakfast
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They do own 'The Elite' likeness themselves, right? So they'd be able to fully use that, unlike 'Bullet Club'.Still would like to see Kenny in WWE at one point but also would be perfectly fine if he stayed in NJPW. Would be wild if him and the Bucks showed up together. The Elite invasion
