We wanted the Nation of Domination, and here it comes

[Rell84shots]

New day same shyt

 

[Cwilk02]

I already know how this staple will end Big E will go heel and squash Kofi and Xavier

 

[Leonard Washington]

I already know how this staple will end Big E will go heel and squash Kofi and Xavier

If he goes back to the trap theme then it will be well worth it

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

At least they're not wearing red, I guess

 

[Jackson LeRoy Briggs]

What they're doing now is not gonna get over either way. Whether you consider it racist or not do you really think this Tyler Perry-esque shyt is going to get any kind of crowd love?

Also, at the seagull pops....

 

[Grifter]

 

[Jello Biafra]

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

That is a completey asinine statement. and honestly anyone who can't understand why fans are bothered by this New Day stuff without jumping to the standard "you guys just wanted a militant NOD redux" are being disingenuous.
Having three black wrestlers running around with big ass cheesy smiles on their faces and dancing around like happy morons is a stupid gimmick. Why couldn't they be a group like The Shield was and be formidable serious badasses? They don't need to be militant but it would be nice if they were made to look like fools either.

 

[Jello Biafra]

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?

TNA is pulling it off pretty well with MVP, Lashley and Kenny King. The fact that all three are black is not even a consideration. They are just the #1 heel faction in the company.

 

[TRIPLE M]

seems stupid to start a face trio, when you disbanded all the heel trios that was left the past 6 months:3MB,the Shield and the Wyatts

don't have anyone left to feud with unless they're going to get the beats by Russev in 3 vs 1 matches

 

[SpacelySprockets]

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?

Theyre humans too ya know

 

[g-ice]

Just saw it...and I'm all for positivity

IT'Z A NEW DAY!!

 

[45123]

That is a completey asinine statement. and honestly anyone who can't understand why fans are bothered by this New Day stuff without jumping to the standard "you guys just wanted a militant NOD redux" are being disingenuous.
Having three black wrestlers running around with big ass cheesy smiles on their faces and dancing around like happy morons is a stupid gimmick. Why couldn't they be a group like The Shield was and be formidable serious badasses? They don't need to be militant but it would be nice if they were made to look like fools either.

That's not what the comment was getting at. The bulk of the comment was addressed towards people yelling racist and cynical fans who shyt on everything. The NOD remark is in reply to people who are calling for an NOD-type stable yet calling this stereotypical even though an angry militant group is stereotyping in that of itself. I agree that the gimmick is wack on many levels but people saying they'll job, they won't go anywhere, this that and the 3rd are being unreasonable. Let me remind that the WWE is not exactly black or minority dominated. If you had an all-Hispanic or all-Asian group, you think you can just have them have a straight serious gimmick without people stirring shyt? Having an all-black group is borderline retarded itself from the get-go. A real step in the right direction would be having a black Shield member, or a black Evolution member, or a black Wyatt member.

TNA is pulling it off pretty well with MVP, Lashley and Kenny King. The fact that all three are black is not even a consideration. They are just the #1 heel faction in the company.

I don't watch TNA so I don't know what they're doing with the group but let me ask you this

1. Do they come out to a hip-hop/jive/soul theme?
2. Do they use ebonics/urban slang in their promos

If the answer is yes, then they are playing off that they're black and are further perpetuating stereotypes to some degree. And isn't the stable name MLK?

 

[Sypress]

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?

Sure

The same way the four horsemen had white guys come together and weren't playing off that they're all white

Same with DX, Fortune, raven's flock, job squad and so on

 

[45123]

Sure

The same way the four horsemen had white guys come together and weren't playing off that they're all white

Same with DX, Fortune, raven's flock, job squad and so on

White people are not minorities in wrestling. Let me remind that the WWE is not exactly black or minority dominated. If there was an all-white NBA starting lineup or team, people will stir shyt and that will be played off of somehow. If you had an all-Hispanic or all-Asian group, you think you can just have them have a straight serious gimmick without people stirring shyt?

 

[trick]

I don't watch TNA so I don't know what they're doing with the group but let me ask you this

1. Do they come out to a hip-hop/jive/soul theme?
2. Do they use ebonics/urban slang in their promos

If the answer is yes, then they are playing off that they're black and are further perpetuating stereotypes to some degree. And isn't the stable name MLK?

1. Only MVP does and he's been using the same theme he's used since New Japan.
2. No
3. There is no name for the stable, stop making shyt up