We wanted the Nation of Domination, and here it comes

[mrken12]

first impressions:
Very entertaining in the ring as a team
Some dope team moves so far
Attire is straight trash. Kofi Skillz status
Smackdown piped in crowd noise makes it hard to tell what the response really was
shyts gonna be annoying if they are smiling all the time

Quote from the commentators: "With all of the negativity and darkness, they have chosen to be the positive light within the WWE Universe."

And of course they timed this debut after the Ferguson injustice. It's obvious what role they've been given. Black people are getting shytted on in this country but let's show some smiling, positive "together we can make it" singing Negros. fukk you Vince.

 

[krackdagawd]

 

[ThatKidBlackHippy]

Didn't read the thread, so I'm sure there's lots of complaining, but I'm not gonna lie breh, I liked the debut.

I was expecting the absolute worst from this. Each having their own unique dance move, forced ebonics, a promo about how "privleged" they were and all types of extreme c00ning. I didn't feel like I got that. I got a bunch of really good friends who genuinely seemed to be about teamwork, positivity, and handling their businesses. I don't think loving your brothers, having a good time and being high energy is in any way shape or form c00ning. Being a "real nikka" does not mean you need to be callous and angry looking.

Outside of the goofy color scheme(blue and light blue have never worked...ever), I enjoyed their team wrestling moves, their energy, and their enthusiasm about getting the gimmick over. I also busted out laughing when Big E took out the towel and dabbed his forehead whike saying "y'all feel that right?" Lmao.

Hope they succeed. I know they'd never be allowed to be on some extreme militant type of ish, but at least they're not on the extreme, R-truth end of the spectrum. I'm okay with them so far.

i feel you, most of us just skeptic as hell cuz its the WWE lol

i think they could actually be over, and im feelin the fact that they worked on their tag moves and all

but the extra dancing after the match and all that is a lil too much for me imo

i hope they succeed of course, but i guess i wont be surprised if the E has them jobbing in a few months

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

>>Demolition

 

[The Great One]

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

 

[Lord Scion]

That side titty meat

 

[Versa]

I'm just not seeing the c00ning. R truth was c00ning. Xavier Woods was c00ning. Cryme Tyme was c00ning. This? I just don't get the same vibe.

I agree it's poorly timed and a bunch of positive happy go lucky negroes is probably not what black America wants to see while it's exactly what white America wants, but I feel a lot of the anger towards this group is due to the times we are experiencing as a country rather than their personalities being outright offensive.

The minute I get that cornball c00n vibe i be the first to hop off the train - no pun intended.

 

[krackdagawd]

 

[Zero]

Everyone wants to talk about their c00nery, their outfits, yeah all that is ridiculous.

But the craziest part of this whole thing is that I started this thread in May where the ideas were coming up for this group. They debuted as group weeks later, did their militant type promo, were taken off TV, then SEVEN MONTHS later this is what we get.

So it took 7 months for them to come up with tandem moves, get Sandra to make this tacky ass blue outfits and for Big E to get himself a towel?

Terrible.

These things take time, you see. The people just weren't ready for a new day to dawn. :vmpls:

 

[Vinny Lupton]

 

[45123]

Zuri Frazier
1 day ago
Instead of being fake outraged about something that isn't and never was racist, judging it prematurely and hoping for a NOD gimmick (which would've been completely stupid),, how about giving it a chance. I swear wrestling fans do nothing but hate on something without letting it play out for a while. 3 guys who are black and having fun are stereotypical, but you guys would've wanted 3 of them being anger and recycling a `17 year old gimmick.

For once a youtube comment that isn't asinine

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

Zuri Frazier
1 day ago
Instead of being fake outraged about something that isn't and never was racist, judging it prematurely and hoping for a NOD gimmick (which would've been completely stupid),, how about giving it a chance. I swear wrestling fans do nothing but hate on something without letting it play out for a while. 3 guys who are black and having fun are stereotypical, but you guys would've wanted 3 of them being anger and recycling a `17 year old gimmick.

For once a youtube comment that isn't asinine

I just wanted them to be taken serious.

 

[I-Hate-You]

Zuri Frazier
1 day ago
Instead of being fake outraged about something that isn't and never was racist, judging it prematurely and hoping for a NOD gimmick (which would've been completely stupid),, how about giving it a chance. I swear wrestling fans do nothing but hate on something without letting it play out for a while. 3 guys who are black and having fun are stereotypical, but you guys would've wanted 3 of them being anger and recycling a `17 year old gimmick.

For once a youtube comment that isn't asinine

Two problems I have with that comment.

1. History isn't on that guys side. By like a significant margin. Wrestling fans do overreact to everything, but being skeptical about how black wrestlers are being handled is fair game until they prove otherwise. They already built this up as a big moment, then debuted it on the B-Show.
2. His assumption that if you don't want this, then you wanted an angry militant Nation of Domination gimmick. Although I'm aware that a lot of people did.

 

[45123]

Two problems I have with that comment.

1. History isn't on that guys side. By like a significant margin. Wrestling fans do overreact to everything, but being skeptical about how black wrestlers are being handled is fair game until they prove otherwise. They already built this up as a big moment, then debuted it on the B-Show.
2. His assumption that if you don't want this, then you wanted an angry militant Nation of Domination gimmick. Although I'm aware that a lot of people did.

But I think his comment was directed more so towards people who are bytching way too much about the gimmick as opposed to people being overly bleak about the stable's future success. Realize though that this is a midcard stable/tag team, the ceiling for them is the tag team championship, because that's where they're at on the card.

And they're trying to have bigger things go down on SD, so I don't really see them debuting on SD as a knock. Besides, it's a smart thing to debut new gimmicks or midcarders on Smackdown anyways, that way you can tweak accordingly if the crowd didn't react a certain way, and not have them be potentially crushed from the get-go by a dead crowd on live TV.

In all fairness though, is there really any way you can group together 3 black wrestlers without them somehow playing off that they're all black?