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- Apr 25, 2024
Now that you mentioned it, I've been running it back and realized... 99% of Oba's matches in NXT were triple threats where he was carried. It's easier to count the times he wasn't in multi-man matches, and in most of his singles he was against smaller and more skilled opponents that bumped like motherfuckers for him (Dragon Lee in Oba's debut, Ricky Starks) or had so much bullshit shenanigans it was barely a match (Vs Tony D'Angelo and the entire supporting cast of the Sopranos so Oba could drop the NA title, which hasn't been the same since.)Yeah but the difference with Rusev is that he can actually move for a big man. Oba spams the same two or three moves and his matches last 90 seconds. They actually had him beating up fake security guards and referees this week. Mark my words they're going to make him like another big show where he just becomes a comedy type guy because he's so limited in the ring.
Rusev might be a job guy but he had a four way last week with Penta, Ethan Page and Jevon Evans and it was a great match. Everybody was able to get their shit in, including Rusev who was doing the big guy power moves but also doing the athletic high spots.
He and Page picked up the W and a new bad guy alliance has been formed. I think what they're doing with Ethan and Rusev alluding to their past and aew is much more interesting than "Dancing nigger squashes nobodies in under a minute because he doesn't know any moves".