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dustinslovehandles · 13 days

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I’ve been trying to find some Chuckie T makes but both YouTube and Daily Motion’s search algorithm sucks.

If you are able and do not mind doing so, do you have any links or even search suggestions for your favorite matches of his. Indy or AEW.

Ooooooh, SO excited to get an ask about this! Buckle in your seatbelts because I'm about to talk your ear off with match recommendations! <3

If you like his more light-hearted/silly stuff:

Chuck vs Orange for PWG: Honestly my comfort match with some really great wrestling too

Chuck vs Su Yung for FEST Wrestling: Intergender shenanigans for an indie title

Chuck and Orange vs Princess Kimberly/Jervis Cottonbelly: Intergender tag match with referee Bryce getting involved

Chuck and Jock Samson vs The Jollyville Jeepers for Olde Wrestling: I feel like any Olde Wrestling match counts as hilarious

Chuck vs ZSJ falls count anywhere: Zack and Chuck have a fight in a pub. Need I say more?

Honestly, pretty much any of the Chuck/Orange tag matches on youtube work, so if you like that sort of thing then I definitely recommend looking up "Chuck Taylor Orange Cassidy".

If you want more serious stuff though, Chuck has a lot of realy cool matches. His title run in PWG in (I think?) 2017 had a lot of great stuff, especially between him and Zack, and him and Ricochet. In chronological order:

Chuck vs Zack at Only Kings Understand Each Other

Chuck vs Zack at Pushin Forward Back

Chuck vs Ricochet at All Star Weekend

Chuck vs Ricochet at Mystery Vortex V (highlights only with music over; best I could find, sorry!)

Chuck vs Trent at Neon Knights (highlights with music again, but hey, it's the lads having a scrap!

There's a lot of cool stuff from when Chuck was younger and in his shitty baby heel era, and some stuff from AEW. I only really have access to youtube at the moment so here are some general recommendations from there that didn't fit into the above:

Chuck vs Fire Ant for Chikara: Shitty baby heel Chuck showing he had great chemistry with this guy from the start!

Best Friends vs Starboy Charlie and Olumide for AEW: I had to include this match. Fast flippy boys and Chuck getting his tits out.

Chuck vs Ricochet highlights: Not a specific matc, but highlights to music of a very baby Chuck and Ricochet doing cool stuff

Chuck vs Orange at Champions of the Galaxy live event: Chuck and Orange go cosplaying as wrestling trading cards

Chuck vs Lee Johnson for AEW: AEW Dark match from the lockdown era with some of the cripsest camera work, featuring Chuck's pretty green eyes

I'm sure there's a 101 matches I could have put and have missed but hopefully this helps! So happy to put something like this together for you!

#chuck taylor #chuckie t #sexy chuckie t #lorge blorbo #match recommendations #this made me so happy

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blizzardsuplex · 3 months

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S-S-S-Sunday Six!

Imagine the title said like an 80s TV advertisement voiceover. :D

Anyway, tagged by @fang-revives and @elphantasmo; have some liner notes Roddy character study under the cut! I'm quite proud of this set of (exactly six!) lines, actually :) As for who to tag... @shes-a-voodoo-child @mobiblackout @milk-crater @punks-baybay @spaghettisaurusrex and @cowboyclarky!

When you'd asked for Killswitch Engage for your PWG theme, all the way back in 2005, you'd done so confident you were going to get it—because all the entrances weren't gonna be on the DVDs, anyway, so might as well go ham, right? The locker room did that with the matches themselves already; it made sense to go with something loud and high energy for your walkout, too. Seek me, find me, went the filter-choked wail that accompanied you to dozens of matches, instantly recognizable (it was good entrance music that way). But so also went back then your deepest, most embarrassing longing: to be sought, to be found. Such was a consequence of training at twelve, Ring of Honor at nineteen, Reseda at twenty-two—a kind of romantic cynicism based mostly on the deceptive clarity of late-match adrenaline highs, searching for constancy in an industry where, as you are well aware, not even love survived for long. All that's supposed to matter is the money and the miles.

#mel's writing tag #I'm coding the work skin for this myself as well and I'm excited!

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explosionshark · 4 months

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2, 3 and 14 for the end of year asks?

2. Album of the year?

I'm sure you understand how difficult this is to answer! I've listened to so much music this year! A lot of albums I've loved came out! If someone asks this again I'm probably going to give a different answer but

Anno 1696 by Insomnium - spent all year with it, I think I can safely say it's my new favorite Insomnium album (which is saying something bc they have 8 LPs and I like them all). If they're a band you're already familiar with, you'll know what to expect from them. Nothing in Anno 1696 is particularly revolutionary for Insomnium. They've been crafting dynamic, beautiful melodic death metal for 20+ years. They've done a concept record before. What elevates Anno 1696 for me is just how much of a distillation of this band's strengths it is for me: the melodies are beautiful, the lyrics are smart and compelling, it's deeply emotional without losing any of the heaviness that I want from them. The Sakis Tolis feature on "White Christ" fuckin SMOKES - that song gives me goosebumps. And as if that wasn't enough, the fact that they followed it up this year with the Songs of the Dusk EP is so fucking cool. The idea of writing a concept album and then adding on a canon-divergence au ending in the form of an EP? Fucking genius.

https://youtu.be/PWG-WzEciHU?si=1tdPqrWnY0ygHrgW

3. Favorite musical artist / group you started listening to this year?

Started listening to being operative here - I really liked Void of Vision. They were the only band on the bill at Invent Animate's Heavener tour this year that I did know at all. I didn't check them out before either, so I went in totally cold. The mix at the venue was terrible all night, but Void of Vision put a lot of energy into their set, I loved the vibe, what I could hear sounded good - I texted one of my friends after the set "I bet I'm going to really love this band when I can actually here them." And I was right! It's metalcore with a fun goth/industrial edge. Nothing crazy but a fun additional texture that really hooked me. They're like if Motionless in White made music I actually enjoyed. Super fun, great show, very sweet people. As a Spiritbox fan, I think you might like them.

https://youtu.be/82-Aw_mWoLk?si=tGUu6yOb3l4T3I1i

14. Favorite book you read this year?

Painful to pick just one! I did wrap up my Top 3 on this blog before (Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon) but if you twist my arm and I have to pick one out of those three, it'd be A Day of Fallen Night, for sentimental reasons. I mean it was an extremely rewarding and engaging read for me, but it was also one of those books that shows up when you really, really need it. Got me through a very painful and difficult month, and I'm always going to love it for that. Plus it was gay as hell.

#thanks for the ask bud!

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are-we-really-doing-this · 5 months

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Tagged by @bl33ditout, thank you! Been a while since I’ve done one of these. I think.

Three Ships: ough fuck um, JoeKi, JoePunk, Punkena. Shoutout to DavisDurst.

First ever ship: Something from either an anime or musical, probably the ones you are thinking of.

Last song: Across the Nation - The Union Underground, THE best Raw theme.

Last film: The first Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie. Probably.

Currently reading: textbooks 😀👍

Currently watching: chewing through this PWG 2004 aftermarket Blu-ray set, and uh, some really good bootlegged live concert footage on YouTube

Currently consuming: just chased an addy with some milk so that’s probably dinner

Currently craving: Lays potato chips and Mountain Dew. My old favorite go-to.

I refuse to tag because I don’t believe in chainmail but if you see this consider yourself tagged.

#so sayeth the Tagz man

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mobiblackout · 5 months

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I love sharing and trying out new music, too! You're welcome and tell me if any of them catch your fancy, haha!

It is super fun to watch people come up! Thinking back on all the random indie shows/matches I watched in the mid-2010s and where they are now makes me happy nostalgic. I enjoy old PWG a ton (other friends of mine know all too well how much I will talk and talk and talk and talk about 2014-2016 PWG LMAOOO). In fact if you're amenabe I'd love to talk about it with you! And hell yeah Nooj! NJPW and TJPW are my fave promotions in term of active/live stuff right now, TBH. AEW is mostly for the fandom (and Roddy) LOL.

Good luck in your studies, by the way! :) What are you taking?

P.S. Do I call you Mobi or Blackout or...

Call me Mobi! I study English Language Teaching, (I live in asia)

I would love to talk to you more about wrestling since I don't have any irl friends who like wrestling. lol, that's why I made this blog :)

#ask

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mayhemproduces · 1 year

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Pandemonium (c) vs Jungle Boy Jack Perry

No one had seen or heard from Pandemonium in a week, in fact Heyman was scrambling to find someone to wrestle Jack.

So the moment music started that was not the norm everyone stared in confusion. A figure draped in black appeared from the curtains and it was announced that this was Pandemonium, even Jungle Boy needed to take a step back. Stepping into the middle of the ring, her head tilted back, and the black veil slipped from her body. The Pure Heart of Pandemonium had been turned black, and it was clear as day. New gear, black, revealing, her hair had been darkened even more so, crimson lips did not move, she had no emotion. The light in her eyes was gone, she was a member of The Fallen now and it was clear. Jungle Boy who had known her from PWG quickly stepped forward, grabbing her face, yelling at her, “Pan! Pan! What happened to you?” and she didn’t move, she just stood staring through it. It spooked everyone in the building, this was not the Iron Woman, not the one who was Pure of Heart. Jack’s hands slipped from her as he went to the corner.

The moment the bell rang though she was quick to send Jack into the corner, her body as a weapon with several quick contact drop kicks and cross bodies. Pandemonium sending him into the ropes, but Jack can counter, but she makes a counter of her own trying to put him away early flipping into a code red sending him into the ropes and bouncing off them. Jungle Boy rolling out of the ring, Pandemonium again takes to the sky, flying out perking on the top ropes to twist her body into Jack who catches her but stumbles back into one of the seats at ringside forcing him to sit.

Pandemonium chops him quickly, leaving a red mark on his chest, but Jack leaps up bringing his knee to her chest before grabbing the back of her head and sits her down on the chair. “Pan! Wake up.” He calls out holding her face, but she just smirks at him. Jack now must strike her, “Come ON!”, she doesn’t even seem to be registering anything. Standing she grabs Jack by the hair and slams his head viciously into the apron before rolling him into the ring. Jack stands and she’s already on the ropes, leaping off them to hit him with a missile dropkick with such force Jack’s body goes vertical and Pandemonium covering him.

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Jack kicks out quickly and Pandemonium grabs him by the hair again but Jungle Boy hits her with a sharp chop forcing her to double over some, before she’s taken into the ropes, Jack jumping onto her shoulders sending her down with a hurricanra able to run past her and get onto another turnbuckle, Pandemonium stands, but Jack kicks her hand away before locking his fingers with hers to regain control. Bouncing off both corners of the turnbuckle he sends Pan flying and nearly taking her arm out of the socket. Pan standing stumbling she’s taken off her feet with another drop kick. Jack staring at this person who was supposed to be Pandemonium but wasn’t.

He drops hooking the leg again.

1..2…

Pandemonium kicks out, her title was still on the line and she can’t lose it, not for the Fallen. Pandemonium isn’t back up to her feet yet and Jack brings her up, attempting to suplex her but Pandemonium plays possum, able to reverse it, kicking him in the head to gain some offense, attempting to bring Jungle Boy into the ropes he reverses and sends Pandemonium into the ropes, she is quick to come through with a Tiger Fade coming off the ropes and coming to strike Jack right in the temple with a spinning heel kick. Jack stumbling into the turnbuckle, Pandemonium runs for him but he floats over and leaves the turnbuckle for her, jumping up onto the turnbuckle Pandemonium hits a standing springboard moonsault and takes him out flush.

Both on their feet again as a chop fest ensues, Pandemonium’s chest is going to be raw hamburger by the end of this. Pandemonium flinches and this is when Jungle Boy takes her to the ropes but she stays there and Jack can’t make a move, avoiding the boot before he runs to the ropes with no one home getting tangled up. Pandemonium chopping him in the back before climbing the ropes herself and running them sending her knee right into Perry’s face. Pandemonium runs into the corner trying to overtake Jack who grabs her and brings her back to the ground. Pandemonium again rolling to meet him this time she grabs him and leaps through planting Jungle Boy with the Destroyer!

Hooking the legs, it’s clear she’s got him.

1..2..3….

“HERE IS YOUR WINNER, AND STILL STARDUST CHAMPION PANDEMONIUM”

She holds Jungle Boy in the pin for a moment or two, as black for lack of a better term sludge comes out of her mouth, whatever the Fallen had done to her, clearly it worked. And everything in the building from commentators, referees, fans and even her opponent is in mourning as she slides off Jack. Belt in hand, black dripping down her chin.

Excalibur is heard on commentary saying, “Please Pan, not like this.”

#match

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metalmessenger · 1 year

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INSOMNIUM– White Christ (feat. Sakis Tolis) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

New Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWG-WzEciHU&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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shanie-the-toyaddict · 3 years

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FIGHT FOREVER

"Grew On Me" by Tim Minchin & The Heritage Orchestra A Steenerico/Zowens Tribute Video Reupload 8/7/2021 Music Video by Shanie (with help from the great @mithen. Thanks so much for everything!)

So, here we are. The final version.

This has been a hell of a labor of love, but I'm finally happy with it. All potato clips have been fixed and, somehow, I managed to improve the non-potato clips as well. This is the version to reblog, respond to, and share wherever you feel like it. I'm very proud of this and, considering this is the first music video I've made in a year, it's a long time coming.

Let me know if you like it. (Likes and reblogs are both more than welcome.)

#music video #wwe #sami zayn #kevin owens #el generico #kevin steen #steenerico #zowens #tribute video #Shanie's Music Videos #pwg #roh #iws #Youtube

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lushtalkaboutit · 6 years

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Looking for Participants!!

LUSH TALK ABOUT IT NEEDS YOU GUYS!!!

For an upcoming episode, we need some audience interaction!

We are looking for people to play 2 Truths & A Lie with us (we give statements, you call in and tell us which you think is the lie. We will explain to you how to do this via Anchor, don’t worry!- you will have to download the app and create an account, but it’s super quick and easy we promise.)

ALSO

We need y’all to send in questions and ideas and things for us to riff on!

So ask us:

Would we rather/make us choose?

Smash or pass?

FMGDW (kill is to cruel)?

Headcanons?

Favorites/least favorites?

These don’t need to just be wrestlers either. Let’s talk movies, books, TV shows, all that good stuff!!!

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coquinaclutch · 1 month

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#samoa joe #pwg #pro wrestling guerilla #pwg the musical #my gifs

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justifiedmadness · 4 years

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Reposted from @djointpromotion Pre-Order #Foreword by Shawn Stockman of #BoyIIMen today. The full length album available April 10th. #AllIDo #SRG #PWG #SonoRecordingGroup #RNB #SOUL #NeoSoul #music #newmusic #shawnstockman - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kK9H0hISU/?igshid=1u5zwd9hueiif

#foreword #boyiimen #allido #srg #pwg #sonorecordinggroup #rnb #soul #neosoul #music #newmusic #shawnstockman #regrann

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blizzardsuplex · 6 months

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Roderick Strong Primer Part III: He Has A Character, I Swear!

Part I | Part II | Part III (you are here) | Part IV

[First thing's first: heads up there's a LOT of videos, GIFs, and images embedded in this pretty long post. Second…this part is, of course, going to also have a lot of armchair psychology. I know it’ll probably be very clear to people here that I am talking about Roderick Strong as a fictional character, whether the “evidence” I pull is from fully kayfabe compliant sources or not, but…I’m talking about him as a fictional character, haha!]

Tl;dr: Roddy appears like a generic white guy asshole jock character on the surface, but he’s actually an insecure dork who doesn't mind not taking the lead and can’t express himself verbally very well (but who is still capable of being an asshole and/or jock).

Before we talk about who he is, let’s talk about who he isn’t (or at least what paints an extremely incomplete picture). A lot of people, especially before his current AEW storyline, thought of Roddy’s character as one of two things: “generic white guy who wrestles good” or “asshole jock”. The first is basically saying he has no character at all, so in a way that’s going to (hopefully) be rebutted by this entire section. At the same time, though, I’d like to note that this commonly held opinion—that he is great in-ring and that’s it—is actually acknowledged by his character, and as a heel challenged by his character.

The second, however, is definitely more interesting to address. Am I going to say that he isn't an asshole jock; that is, that he doesn’t exude “overgrown frat boy who loves athletics and little else and is also often a big bully” vibes? No. In Roddy’s Best Friends interview, both Trent? (who didn’t know him that well in 2015) and Chuck Taylor (who did/does) acknowledge that he does come across, at least initially, as a bro-y, “tough, strong guy”, the kind of person that would demure from spots like, say, kissing another man:

In fact, even when he’s a face him being a Florida bro is apparently very evident in and out of the ring, as seen here when Excalibur and Kevin Steen make fun of it for a good half-minute:

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He also isn’t much of a TV guy…or a movie guy…or a video game guy…or a books guy; really, pro wrestling and music seem to be his two main passions.

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As for being a bully? Well…

Yeah.

So: I’m not saying he isn’t those things. During times like his heel champ PWG run, in fact, he encouraged this perception of his persona. The reason he had to encourage it rather than just be like that, however, is because they—as with his technical prowess—aren’t the defining parts of his character. Instead, I propose that he has four main traits that remain relatively consistent, regardless of whether he’s face or heel.

1.) He’s a dork.

Roderick Strong is rarely perceived as cool—which is good, because he very much isn’t. Sometimes, though, people miss out on his usually being on the other side of the spectrum: the dorky side (which we will operationalize as “one’s levels of being a socially-inept goofy weirdo”). He isn’t socially inept in the sense that he doesn’t know how to talk to people, and especially not in the sense that he doesn’t want to talk to people. But it’s also true that he was a (self-described) “awkward fat kid”, and asked fellow former awkward fat kid Chuck Taylor in all earnestness if he also felt ostracized for it. Post-childhood, one might say that he’s making up for lost time via actions like asking peers he’s just met if they wanna hang out by watching his matches or trying to become friends with Scott Steiner by talking about…the tiny coffee cans they sell via vending machines in Japan (if you’re wondering, Big Poppa Pump no-sold the entire thing and just walked away).

As for evidence of him being goofy (sometimes to the point of childishness) and/or weird (half-straight up weirdness, half-being so basic it circles back to weird)? Take your pick:

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2.) He’s insecure.

Oh boy.

As established in part 2, Roddy had what you might call a “difficult” childhood. While of course the effects of trauma vary from person to person, for him it manifested mainly as a deep desire for validation, whether outright from others or knowing that he’s doing his part well in something important. When he gets it in a certain timeframe, he throws himself wholly into whatever it is with his famous intensity; when he doesn’t, he has historically given up on pursuits quite easily: his forays into amateur wrestling comes to mind (which I believe he mentioned on the Swerve City podcast).

How much feedback leaves an impression on him can be seen even now as an adult. For example, he’s said on podcasts (most recently AEW Unrestricted) that his favorite part of Ring of Honor was the fact everyone worked together to make the company better.

But it’s the reliance on outside validation that makes his career turbulent. There’s him deciding the course of his immediate future life and career at 12 based on a single, probably thoughtlessly-given compliment, of course, but there’s also the fact that his PWG heel turn in 2013 was predicated on the idea that he was sick of being the measuring stick by which newcomers to the promotion would be judged; that is, if they passed him they would quickly surpass him, and he’d stay Mr. great in ring and that's it—acknowledged, but never quite praised in the way he craves.

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Now, here’s the thing that separates his reasons for saying “I wanna not be ignored” from quite a few others who do the same story: a lot of times, what fuels those wrestlers is indignation; what fuels Roderick is more or less desperation. In other words, there are people (like, say, Adam Cole…) who demand attention from the audience because they think they’re the best, consequently deserve said attention, and are dissatisfied for whatever reason with what is actually given to them. Roddy, meanwhile, wants that attention because he wants confirmation that he isn’t the worst, and acts heelish when the crowd won’t give it to him—not necessarily what he thinks he deserves, but what he thinks he needs.

This is seen best in his crowd interactions during matches. Even when he’s heeling it up by being a bully to his opponents and acting like he doesn’t care about what the fans think of him (he does, no matter how much he says he “hates every single one of you”), he’s pretty susceptible to getting distracted and shouting back at hecklers. The examples here are from PROGRESS in 2015 and Pro Wrestling Revolver in July 2023, but I’m pretty sure that Roddy’s let the crowd get to him even in AEW matches.

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As you might guess from his wanting attention mostly to prop up a somewhat fragile self-concept, in an ideal world said attention would be positive. This doesn’t mean, however, that he won’t take hate instead; it certainly doesn’t mean he wouldn’t instigate others to hate him. Even that is better, if only by a little, than being ignored…and the fact he had the PWG World Title at the time probably helped too. In fact, the belt probably gave him the confidence to do that in the first place, as a physical reminder of at least one thing he could be secure in: that, as the champ, no one—in the locker room or out of it—could afford to ignore him.

Then Adam Cole came back and inserted himself into (and therefore steal the spotlight once again from) what Roderick wanted to be his stable. Then Zack Sabre Jr. began building momentum in his quest to dethrone him.

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Obviously, Roddy didn’t like any of this one bit.

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Finally, it should be noted that this trait seems to contradict in some ways with trait #3. As I will explain in that section, it doesn’t necessarily have to—but it can and it has.

3.) He’s acquiescent.

Contrary to what one might expect with his level of attention seeking, Roderick isn't actually the type to want the spotlight necessarily; as long as he has a spotlight he's usually okay with not being the absolute front and center. Other than the already mentioned stuff he said about ROH's structure, in several groups (from Undisputed Era to Generation Next, a stable he was part of early on led by Alex Shelley) Roddy has shown he doesn't mind being a part of something rather than leading something.

There's a pretty big caveat to this trait, however: he has to feel like his position in the group is secure, AKA he's getting adequate amounts of validation rather than being shunted aside. If this requirement isn't met, his willingness to be a team player bows out in favor of trait #2—which is honestly one of the cornerstones of his character (the other is trait #1, being a massive goober).

4.) He’s reserved.

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: Roddy is an infamously bad promo, especially as a face (no I will not link to any more here because I don't want that keyword string in my search history, but IYKYK...or if you've watched some of the clips already linked). When he is a heel, at least, his voice's natural bro-y whininess and how stilted he sounds talking about how awesome he is works in his favor in getting the crowd to hate his guts:

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Interestingly, though, this complete lack of verbal dexterity seems to extend to beyond the ring as well. Maybe "reserved" isn't the right word, because he is decidedly not an introvert, but he definitely doesn't know how to talk about himself in the energetically positive/boastful manner prowres almost always requires in a way that feels authentic—unless he's five beers deep. Otherwise, it's just…awkward for both performer and audience:

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Not gonna speculate that much on why this is so (even if this entire post is basically also speculation), but that's how it is.

It should also be noted, however, that this problem with self-expression does not extend to the ring, AKA the non-verbal cues/storytelling aspects of wrestling. Actually, at his best (which isn't that far from his baseline, though I'm obviously biased) he's IMO really good at getting people to buy into whatever role he's playing, whether that be heel or babyface. He's not afraid to show a struggle, but at the same time he knows when to be explosive…but that's a discussion for part 4.

Of course, none of what I wrote in kayfabe justifies any of his current yandere behavior towards Adam…but hopefully it's a little clearer why he's acting this way—the seeds were always there.

Anyway, see y'all someday for the match guide!

#mel's writing tag #roderick strong #this is...very long and rambly. LOL. Sorry!

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