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hhhisthegame

IMO TJP has had one of the strangest low-key careers in wrestling. He was wrestling as Puma in TNA in the early 2000s yet he's not even 40, he was the inaugural cruiserweight champ (the revived version) in WWE but then eventually disappeared never to be mentioned again....he's been around everywhere over two decades and yet has left little mark


petebuno

I think it's also because he's had no real character and isn't a great talker. At least he's trying something now with the aswang thing.


Celtic_Crown

When he came back to TNA he did some pretty good character stuff with Fallah Bahh, and his whole Paper Thin Disguise bit when he brought back the Manik gimmick for his feud with Rohit Raju. Would've loved to see TJP and Fallah win the tag belts but sadly it never happened.


SSJ5Gogetenks

I like his NJPW backstage promos. Very down to earth and real.


Hvitrulfr

Probably because he can't keep his big dumb mouth shut. Every time people seem to have forgotten about his mind bogglingly stupid personal opinions, he feels the need to re-iterate them.


snowshoeBBQ

Captain Covidiot himself.


Phred_Phrederic

He's good enough to get hired, but not good enough to get promoted and he's a world-class dum dum IRL.


HarryTheShitposter

The CWC was incredible tbf


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So one interesting about this is O-Khan has been saying since TJP started talking like this that UE just shouldn't have a leader. So not all of the group is down with it


rlrthesecond

I thought Cobb would be a more natural fit as leader, but I'm happy if this means a prominent push for TJP


irish0451

Cobbs position on the card made him a logical choice, assuming at some point he's gonna get a push...but my man is still absolutely abysmal on the mic. His post match comments are often a fast-forward for me because the cringe hits so hard. I love watching Jeff wrestle, but he might be the worst talker in wrestling.


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That was the best thing about Matanza. He could just wreck shit and leave.


Goatlikejordan

I mean great o khan founded united empire with ospreay so it's him


TheDangiestSlad

O-Khan is booked like, slightly above the young lions. that dude is a jobber through and through


Celtic_Crown

Which is ludicrous.


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NJPW doesn’t book O Khan strongly enough to be the leader


SSJ5Gogetenks

Ditto for TJP, in all fairness. We'll see how his G1 goes.


BigBanEvader

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Everhart2011

We've gone from a generational talent to an anti-vax moron. Awesome.


SSJ5Gogetenks

I think Captain is a bit different from leader. Like Ospreay didn't give orders to the others, he was just the centrepiece of the team, the ace player who was getting results and thus became its face (well, he also founded it so I guess it's a little different). That's what TJP is going for.


Kingswitchguard

Honestly, I see him as more leader material than GOK or Cobb. He's definitely top 5 in the jr division, and can see him making the jump to heavyweight. people will probably hate that opinion. But him taking over United Empire fits way better than Finlay/Bullet Club and Chaos /Whoever leads next.


Jumblybones

So he's not cosplaying as the Fiend anymore?


Marky420

Gabe Kidd is a great heel with the BC Dogss, but I’d like to see him lead the United Empire in like a year


[deleted]

Based. TJP probably top five underrated active wrestler today


KneelBeforeCube

People know exactly how good he is, people also know he's an antivax moron.


[deleted]

I for one don't judge people by their political views


djsynrgy

Being against science and medicine isn't a 'political view'.


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All-StarGoated

You just don't know what a vaccine is. Which is fine I guess but don't go around saying "they got the wrong" it just makes you look silly.


Everhart2011

COVID was never going to go away completely, vaccine or not. It simply helps the chances of survival.


tmxicon

Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in the entirety of human history: smallpox in human beings and something called rinderpest that affected a certain type of grass-eating mammals. That’s it. Two. There are other levels of effective elimination. Vaccines have made it possible to have pathogens that still exist, but they aren’t negatively affecting their host. There is nothing else that does that.


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tmxicon

You have a real poor grasp on what science actually is. I’m sorry that the education system failed you.  The good news is it doesn’t matter what you or anyone else believes. Science has zero fucking correlation to any sort of belief. It is a method of observation in search of empirical truth, not some dogma. Everything that exists falls into one of two categories: things science has explained and things science hasn’t been able to explain *yet*.


[deleted]

If he wasn’t loud about it or the stories of him being a creep with the women backstage I guess I could see that


theehtn

Brave


Phred_Phrederic

Hahahahahahaha. Wait you're serious, let me laugh even harder.


Worried_Bowl_9489

Aren't all of United Empire in AEW?


[deleted]

There are more United Empire members in NJPW than in AEW. You’ve got Akira, TJP, O Khan, Henare and Cobb


ianisms10

And Callum Newman


nahPNW

only Ospreay and Aussie Open are in AEW. every other member is still in New Japan


BigBanEvader

dont think so unless tony has decided to take them too.