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You can have the best promo material in the world, but if the delivery is off, then it's going to come out bad. That's exactly why I thought it went downhill how it did. It's not really what he was saying, but how he was saying it that always had me vexed with him. Those problems were never fixed. He's still mealy-mouthed. He still rambles. And for a guy whose gimmick it is to be a rapper, his dancing is absolutely the worst. All three of those were there last night.
The biggest detraction can be argued not to be his fault. The crowd started chanting "WHAT?" at the beginning of his promo. While this has been a problem for years, notice it rarely ever happens to guys who are good at delivering promos. I can't remember the last time CM Punk got a "WHAT?" chant. Why? Because he is a master of delivery. He makes people want to boo him, not chant things at him out of boredom.
It takes a lot more than good content for me to get into a promo. Truth rambled on and on, and I tuned out. Sorry if that makes me a hater, but I'm not going to lie and go with the new hotness just because the guy did the same thing he's been doing forever now with a different set of lyrics coming out his mouth.
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I liked it. You don't see enough heel get into arguments with the crowd. "You're really pissin' me off!"
ReplyDeleteIt's great fan interaction. Thumbs up from me.
It was not a great promo your right and not everyone is going to be as good as a CM Punk it is impossible he is a natural. But Ron Killings talent has been wasted as R Truth the gimmick sucks he is developing into a heel gimmick you have to allow him the time to fit the role. Wrestling fans are so impatient today. Just relax and give it some time.
ReplyDeleteP.S Everyone needs to do the same with Sin Cara stop bad mouthing him its been like 3 weeks give him some time to develop if he does not come around then bad mouth him.
i agree completely.
ReplyDeletetruth and others would do well to just ignore the WHAT chants. if the fans feel WHAT is being ignored, they may stop and actually listen and boo when they are insulted (few did last night during truth's promo).
Dude, it seems that you will never, ever like anything Ron Killings ever does.
ReplyDeleteKillings could convince the world to cut carbon emissions by 60%, and you would find a way to call out the fact that he didn't convince them to do it from 1990 levels.
Eh, so it goes.
In all seriousness, I think that even though he got the WHAT chants (which seriously need to die a gruesome death), he handled them in a way that seamlessly worked both with his heel persona and the content of the promo that he was given. So I really had no problem with it.
Three more things:
1. Rappers don't dance. The jerk. The Dougie. Lean Back. Walking it out. As a proud Hip-Hop head, the element of dancing has been at its absolute nadir in this epoch. So really, you shouldn't expect much there.
2. You say that it can be argued that the "WHAT" chants (More annoying than canker sores that won't go away) weren't Truth's fault. Then you immediately insinuate that it was the fault of the boring delivery of his promo material. And, let's face it, CM Punk may not get "WHAT" chants (Worse than Dolph "Legacy: The Person" Ziggler), but his material since WrestleMania has been pretty uninspired. Maybe that's your point,I dunno.
3. On his delivery: Must everyone be eloquent? Why can't we have somebody with a mildly unconventional delivery. As much as I love 2008-2010 Chris Jericho, my worst fear is that every heel in the WWE is going to become this someday. I don't think that you're advocating this, but the day that every heel has dark suits and overenunciated delivery is the day I stop watching wrestling. I'm actually completely cool with his delivery, in any event (I thought it was perfectly clear, maybe because I'm used to mealy mouthed North Carolina accents).
Was it overlong? Yeah, definitely (2 minutes so if you believe Meltzer). But I think you're being overly critical here.
If even two weeks ago you told me R-Freakin-Truth would be the most interesting performer on Raw two weeks later, I'd laughed in your face.
ReplyDeleteWho gives a shit about perfect delivery when you have something different and interesting that makes you actually follow what he's saying?
I agree with those that say the formulaic promos of today are completely boring. No crowd connection whatsoever. Imagine if Miz were able to let loose and really connect with the crowd like Rocky. I know he can do it.
Oh, and the WWE writers have KILLED Punk's promos. He has been the MOST boring promo since he joined Nexus.
ReplyDeleteThe reason those "What" chants started was because he took way too long with simple sentences. Yes, it was building from a small section on the left prior to, but went from barely there to blistering by the end of "You see" [my side] "Last week" [noticeable] "John Morrison" [loud] "My friend" [real loud] "My pal" [deafening]
ReplyDeleteBTW, canker sores that won't go away are far worse than What? chants, especially on the throat (makes you feel like you have strep) or under the bottom lip. Give me a loop of What chants and I'll gladly listen to them any day over taking one of those nightmares, or worse back to back like I had that one time... Getting off point.
We in the crowd felt it better to antagonize him with the What, since he played off it well with his crazy eyes and acknowledgment, rather than boo him. When he reacted to it by saying "Y'all gon stop wit at what," there were a lot of laughs so it was a consensus to keep egging him on, and to his credit, he kept playing to it.
For a coming out heel promo, it had the content, felt too long, but if he can do that week in and week out, move his in-ring skills up to go with it, he'll be a believable upper-card player soon. This is coming from a guy who thought he was a joke not that long ago. His promos'll come off fine to the masses, although he might get more of the What? He might voluntarily encourage it though, so who knows.
"Who gives a shit about perfect delivery..."
ReplyDeleteI certainly don't. My point was Truf's delivery was far from good, let alone perfect. So yeah.
@Chris: Dude, I needed SOMETHING to compare it to. Never had em on the throat, but I tend to get them under my bottom lip a lot, and those shits are not fun.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, even though the "WHAT" chants need to die an ugly death, I fell out of my chair laughing when he said that "y'all are pissing me the hell off!" It was pretty good stuff and, as I said, fit perfectly with the theme of the promo. So it was OK here.
@Anonymous JX: Haha, yeah never get them on the throat, it's not fun at all.
ReplyDeleteI've found that I get them after eating certain food (IE: Little Caesars pizza, hence why I quit eating it until I found a foolproof method), and it might be a bacteria thing, or food particles get stuck in your mouth too long, something of that sort. I've beaten getting them recently by immediately brushing my teeth three times after eating the potentially dangerous food (working the gums, tongue, everywhere) and then using mouthwash once after that. It hasn't failed so far since I started.
The good news? He's stopped rapping. The bad news? He started talking. I expect the feud between Truth and Morrison to be a fitting replacement for Botchmania.
ReplyDeleteHis promo was better than Cody Rhodes.
ReplyDeleteYou're on crack if you think he was better than DCR.
ReplyDeleteR-Truth's bad delivery? How often is the guy even allowed to say more than one sentence on the mic? You can't fault him completely for not having the most polished promo in the world. Also, insulting him because he speaks differently? Are you going to get on Cody Rhodes for that VERY noticeable lisp next? Truth's promo was solid. He played into the WHAT chants and still managed to deliver some great content. If you can seriously sit there and say Miz (who has been delivering practically the same promo every time for months now) is one of the best promo guys and then insult Truth's promo last night, your view on quality is seriously flawed.
ReplyDeleteHey, guess what, Linkin Park had a different sound when they came out. They were still terrible. Truf's delivery and DCR's delivery, which in spite of his lisp is almost flawless, are two different things. Different doesn't always mean good, and honestly, you can love Truf all you want. I still think he's terrible, and will continue to think so until he proves to me that he can deliver a good promo without rambling and doddering.
ReplyDeleteTruth's promo was money. I like the fact that he delivered it the way he did. He doesn't sound like everyone else. You can have your opinion that he was terrible, but there's a lot of merit in what he pulled off last night in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteDCRs RAW promo was lol-worthy. "619 somebody right into emergency open heart surgery!"
ReplyDeleteDCR's promos don't hold a candle to Miz's. The guy has perfected the art of finding different ways to deliver the same promo every week. "I'm the Miz. I'm the best. I'm the WWE champion! I will win. I will not lose. You can hate me but I'm the champ. I'm the most must see champion in history. I'm the Miz. I'm awesome..." Golly, Truth could sure learn a lot from this guy!
ReplyDeleteInstead of giving a great promo where he personally blames the fans, denouncing their support as useless, he could have rambled on about being really good and better than them and them being jealous. That's so fresh.
Off-camera moment: Miz said NC State would never win the big one (he at first said we would never win it, but might have taken a peek into the rafters) then said never again, because he's the Miz and he's awesome. It was lol-worthy, and I said aloud "how does that make sense?" (even though we likely won't, but I'm a graduate, never cared about their athletics, and can now admit that without getting mobbed)
ReplyDeleteI'm usually on board with DCR (having wanted him future endeavored while in Legacy), but the Raw promo was an effin dud. Whoever gave him that material needs to get head slapped and if he did it himself, he needs to get a roaring (or bionic) head slap. It was good until he said Rey could do his tricks in the hospital, at which point it went downhill like whoa.
Yeah, because I totally ripped Truf for the content of his promo instead of his delivery... wait, no I didn't. How about instead of comparing apples to oranges, last anonymous commenter, you learn to read the argument, realize that I thought the content was good and that I criticized him for his rambling delivery, and then come back with whatever snappy comment that you think is a total "HEY I GOT THIS STUPID BLOGGER HURRRRRR" burn after processing it.
ReplyDelete"DEUCES!"--R-Truth, comedy gold
ReplyDeletedeuces...yeah, truth thought the same thing about his promo as me.
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