WWE "tweaking" Lord Tensai's character

[Sabretooth]

Tensai failed to impress WWE officials in his pinfall victory over John Cena on the April 16 Raw SuperShow in London, England and was deemed "a flop" as a result. He was initially pegged to face Cena at the company's Over the Limit and No Way Out pay-per-view events but his poor showing in the main event match led to his push being curtailed and Big Show taking his place. WWE also canceled plans for summer live events to be headlined by Tensai and John Laurinaitis vs. Cena, instead replacing the former tattoo artist with Big Show.

Though Tensai has yet to be defeated on television, he suffered his first pinfall loss before a WWE crowd in a dark match following Monday's Raw SuperShow—to Cena. He is being largely relegated to WWE Superstars while his character is retooled. He has already undergone tweaks as he appeared sans robe, competed more aggressively and had his named modified within the past two weeks. More changes could be in the works as there was talk this past week of additional modifications.

Ok so if Tensai hadn't sucked so bad, Big Show would have never gotten this push? Nice...

I feel bad for the guy. He was frowned upon in his first WWE run. He goes to Japan becomes one of the top guys then returns to WWE and is frowned upon again. Let's hope this "modification" helps or he could be future endeavored soon

 

[Smart Marx]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

I honestly don't get what WWE thought they were getting. If they liked what they saw when they signed him...

his styles doesn't change.

 

[Sabretooth]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

I'm sure WWE just fucking rushed into it without considering the negatives before hand

 

[Hoss]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

I agree with what Brandon said. They saw him in Japan, surely. They knew how he was going to work and what kind of wrestler he'd be. Most likely, they assumed he'd mold himself to go along with WWE standards, but I'm sure he figured doing what he was doing was best. Oh well, I too believe they just dove into it without considering the fan's response, etc.

Back to the drawing board I guess. I hope he keeps his job.

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

I think giving him the Japanese gimmick killed him. If he was an ass-kicking badass like he was in Japan it would be a lot better.

 

[Hoss]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

I'd also like to mention that I thought his single's match with Cena was pretty good.

 

[Castiel]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

They should've held off on having him beat John Cena in the main event of Raw if they were still evaluating him or whatever, he beat the face of the company and has only been seen on Superstars since, that just looks stupid.

 

[Smart Marx]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

They should've held off on having him beat John Cena in the main event of Raw if they were still evaluating him or whatever, he beat the face of the company and has only been seen on Superstars since, that just looks stupid.

:this:

The title should read "I Think WWE Sucks".

 

[Postman Dave]

Re: WWE thinks Tensai sucks

What hurt Tensai most was debuting the same night as Brock. It's hard to convince people this attitude era guy with a sudden hard-on for Japanese culture is to be feared when Brock "legit kill you with his bare hands" Lesnar is standing just over there.

In one night, goodbye the original plan for Tensai to face Cena at ER, and goodbye any legitimacy this gimmick had.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Wow, I can't believe I just saw this thread now. So a few things....

1. It absolutely blows my mind that it took this long for someone to change the title to something that doesn't look like it was written by a 7 year old.

2. ViperRKO, can you possibly try not to swear in every other post? It really makes you look like a tool.

3. WWE knew exactly what they were getting and failed to exploit it properly. I cannot blame Tensai for that.

4. I agree with Cas and Brandon that he shouldn't have been going over Cena.

5. The End.

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

1. It absolutely blows my mind that it took this long for someone to change the title to something that doesn't look like it was written by a 7 year old.

Well it was written by a 7 year old.

 

[Hoss]

I'll be honest, Fuji, I evaluated changing the name of the thread, but I too thought someone would take it upon themselves anyways, so I ignored it.

 

[Smart Marx]

TBF I did propose calling the thread "I think WWE sucks".

 

[Sabretooth]

TBF I did propose calling the thread "I think WWE sucks".

So the thread would have went from talking about Tensai to venting our frustrations toward WWE?

 

[Smart Marx]

So the thread would have went from talking about Tensai to venting our frustrations toward WWE?

At least venting our frustration towards why WWE are boneheads for not being impressed with Tensai, sure.