Wrestling

Umaga : Hall of Fame?

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Umaga | WWE

I’m seeing a lot of posts from Rikishi and the rest of his bloodline saying that Umage should be a Hall of Famer. Why? Because he was there? My view of a Hall of Famer is someone who was a big part of the company. Someone who help multiple titles and was essentially running the show for a time. Umaga was a 2-time Intercontinental Champion and that was it. The Intercontinental Championship is a veery prestigious title in wrestling, but having it only 2 times and not really for a significant run isn’t that impressive. And I never felt like Umaga was the biggest threat in wrestling. If anything, he was the biggest springboard of future champions. His matches with Jeff Hardy, John Cena and others were more about building them up vs making Umaga look like a beast.

I don’t think Umaga should be anywhere near the Hall of Fame and furthermore I don’t think Rikishi should either. They tried to make him look like the next big thing, but every time was overshadowed by the likes o Stone Cold, The Rock, The Undertaker and Kurt Angle. Rikishi should’ve been a main title holder. He was being built up as someone who can hold the title for a while, but they never went through with it.

So should Umaga or Rikishi be in the WWE Hall of Fame?

Simptastic Joe

Videogames

Yondu : Marvel Strike Force

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There are very few things to dislike about Yondu. Mystic, Cosmic, attacks all enemies at once. His Boarding Party adds 1-2 Ravagers to the group which have bailed me out of many matches. Any character who summons others are my favorites. There are 2 types of Ravagers you get. Either a Healer or a Damage, both are essential.

Yondu checks off all of my boxes to be in my main rotation. Having him as Villain, Mystic and Cosmic ensures that his progression won’t be wasted and he will be a long-standing staple of my teams moving forward.

Simptastic Joe

Videogames

Captain America : Marvel Strike Force

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Marvel Strike Force - Orbs Opening, Captain America Power Up & Battles - YouTube

Obviously, the best part of using Captain America is the Blocking. That shield can block a lot of damage and with his Inspire move relay helps out himself and the allies. And when you have Iron Man as a teammate the two can do a special move where Iron Man shoots Captain America’s shield to damage all enemies. The game does a good job with combination moves but I feel like they should do more of them. Especially if it’s a kill shot.

Putting Captain America alone isn’t enough. I feel you have to pair him up with the other Avengers to really make his perks worth it. a great team would be Captain America, Sam Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. That team has a lot of muscle and can Tank a lot of damage.

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Kofi Eliminated: Why Show The Replay

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WWE Royal Rumble: Kofi Kingston comments on risky botched elimination spot | GiveMeSport

I understand that mistakes happen in professional wrestling, but there are some very few times where you can EASILY explain away certain things. So Kofi Kingston got eliminated from the Royal Rumble in dramatic fashion. Seems every year Kofi pulls off some spectacular move to stay in the Rumble. In this moment, Kofi was launched out of the ring and into the stands, he was supposed to land on the barricade, but was short by 2 inches and his feet hit the floor. At first, it was very close to see if he actually got eliminated. And then they did the worst thing and put the replay on the screen for everyone to see and it was determined that he was eliminated.

Why show the replay? You are in control of all the camera angles for the entire show. You could’ve easily had a ref come over and wave his hands saying Kofi didn’t hit the floor and nobody would’ve questioned it. It just seemed dumb to let the fans see the angle and not just quickly pretend Kofi never touched the floor.

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Is Adam Cole Dying?

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Adam Cole with that classic wrestler's physique : r/Wrasslin

Remember when Chadwick Boseman was dying of cancer? He filmed a lot of movies before he started to dramatically lose weight and look like a skeleton. While he was dying, he was very quiet about it and people mocked him online.

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Now Adam Cole wasn’t the most jacked guy in wrestling, but he still looked good. He had muscle and tone to his body. Right now, Cole looks terrible. Its very strange when a wrestler randomly looks different, especially if there’s no reason for it. Trent recently had neck surgery and came back in better shape than ever. Triple H was on steroids for a very long time and when he stopped, he was in terrible shape, but then looked fantastic after it all wore off.

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Was Cole on steroids or is something more serious happening to him? Either way, whatever is happening to Cole’s body is alarming. So what do you guys think of Adam Cole’s body now?

Simptastic Joe

Videogames

Wolverine : Marvel Strike Force

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Every day I get 5 Wolverine shards by doing the 13 daily tasks. He is one of the easiest characters to ger shards for in the game which make him one of my most powerful characters. that Healing Factor makes him very difficult to take down, especially if I have a Tank at the other end of the map. His first strike has a chance to add Bleed, his Slice and Dice move adds Bleed as well and rebounds to attack 3 enemies and his Primal Berserker does 620% damage and also adds Bleed. There is really no downside to using Wolverine and he is a constant in my main roster.

Simptastic Joe

Videogames

Loki : Marvel Strike Force

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MARVEL Strike Force på Twitter: "The God of Mischief! The would-be king! Watch closely, because Loki, your savior, has arrived in Blitz! #Loki # MarvelStrikeForce https://t.co/XwYIjh1XbL" / Twitter

Being part of the Comic and Mystic classes make Loki a character to keep around for a long time. His Mind Control makes an opponent attack the Primary Target and they even gain a 25% damage to it. His Mirror Image summons 1-2 Loki clones and adds Stealth to your teammates. The clones just do Loki’s basic attack and the bar does fill up pretty fast so you can pop out a few more Loki clones. Loki might be one of the best characters in the game and a must in my rotation.

Simptastic Joe

Videogames

Red Skull :Marvel Strike Force

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MARVEL Strike Force on Twitter: "Red Skull, hatred incarnate, is back for Blitz! #Marvel #MarvelStrikeForce https://t.co/q7K4SCPGmE" / Twitter

The Red Skull is one of the only characters I NEEDED to get. Unlike other characters that Summon helpers, the Red Skull gets three at once while other characters can get 1-2 while Red Skull Summons 2-3. His attacks are somewhat powerful, but he can attack and gain Assists from the other Hydra Summons at once. I recommend him, but I wish he was apart of more categories.

Simptastic Joe

Movies and Shows

No More Supermen

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Why I've had enough of Evil Superman stories

It’s reported that DC is going to really make a Michael B Jordan led Superman-esk project where Jordan will be planning Val Zod, a Kryptonian who also escaped the destruction of his planet and came to Earth just like Superman. Well, Earth 2 but that doesn’t matter to me. Most of the negativity is race related, but my gripes are with the actual idea of making another Superman.

In the past few years, we’ve the Superman clones in Omni Man, Homelander and now Ikaris in the Eternals. DC also has Shazam, who is very similar to Superman and now a Black Adam movie where again we are dealing with a similar set of powers. Super strength, flight, cape, some kind of projectiles he shoots out. There are too many Supermen right now in movies and tv shows.

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I would rather see Jordan play John Stewart, the Green Lantern. Or Captain Atom, sure he does check off some of Superman’s powers, but he’s different enough to not pull any parallels. Or if DC goes with the Snyderverse Jordan can play Orion, Darkseid’s son.  Jordan can even play Steel. There are a lot of heroes in the DC universe that Jordan can play. I get that he wants to play Superman and from what I read he’s producing the movie and writing the script, I just feel like a Superman character was the wrong direction.

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Dabba-Kato : Missing Direction

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Who is Dabba-Kato? WWE star Babatunde Aiyegbusi at WrestleMania 37 | Metro News

I’m calling him Dabba-Kato instead of his ridiculous Commander Azereal or some crap like that. Kato might be the biggest waste of a main roster talent in a while. I don’t know if they have been grooming him for years as the big muscle and are looking for the right time to unleash him. AEW’s Wardlow is a good parallel, where we only got samples and now they’re looking to push him to stardom.

RAW Underground was a smart idea. Underground street fights and building up Kato as the monster down there. And then he had a main roster match against Braun Strowman and that was it for him. Kato was knocking out opponents in the Underground and took a simple powerslam and that was it?

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Now he’s just an African commander of what? Its not like Apollo Crews has a faction and Kato is there to ring in the members. He’s just the muscle in a horribly fitting jacket. If Crews did have a big faction that would’ve been cool. A group of 5-7 members in traditional African garbs, all with unique moves and finishers and whose goal it is to beat everyone in the WWE, much like Roman Reign’s Tribal Chief run, a championship run about respect and power.

So, in this pretend faction, you can use it to build up unknown wrestlers and still have Kato as the bruiser of the group. Maybe at one point do his finisher on members who “failed” Crews. Fail to win the titles and Kato gives you the Samoan Spike or throws you through a table.

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I don’t really understand anything of these two men at this time. Just seems like another good idea on paper by WWE creative that didn’t blossom into anything of substance. Which is the trend now with the company.

So where do you see Dabba-Kato and Apollo Crews going forward?

Simptastic Joe