Sure, it's not a very in-depth comment, but I like it nonetheless.
From his official myspace:
"Q. Dear Joe what do you think about Umaga? Is he a ripoff of you?
A. I think Umaga is a strong Hamo in the struggle and I hope he wrecks everyone over there. Ahh not the answer you where expecting? Honestly I am more than happy for the success Umaga is enjoying in the WWE. By the way what is with people saying he is a rip off of me? Honestly thats like comparing Bad News Allen to Samba Simba. GET that lazy *** comparison bullsh!% out of here. As for him being undefeated good on him. I don't know if yall noticed but in Pro Wrestling Circles Samoans are usually on average MUCH better that .500 ."
I'm glad he said something because I'm sick of everyone calling him a Joe ripoff. Sure, the E did take some things from the character, but almost everything in wrestling nowadays is a recycled act from somewhere. They took some parts of a successful gimmick, added some other elements, and made a successful character in Umaga, IMO.
I think people resent him because a.) He is being pushed down our throats and b.) People still think of him as Jamal and feel the WWE is trying to treat them like the typical ADD WWE fan. But really, the only way to push a big man is to treat him as an unbeatable monster. Umaga really is pretty talented in the ring too, at least for a big guy. I'd rather watch him in the ring than a Viscera, Mark Henry, Trevor Murdoch, Khali, Terkay, or even Big Show...and I'd say he's at least on-par with Kane.
Anyways, enough of my mini-rant...
From his official myspace:
"Q. Dear Joe what do you think about Umaga? Is he a ripoff of you?
A. I think Umaga is a strong Hamo in the struggle and I hope he wrecks everyone over there. Ahh not the answer you where expecting? Honestly I am more than happy for the success Umaga is enjoying in the WWE. By the way what is with people saying he is a rip off of me? Honestly thats like comparing Bad News Allen to Samba Simba. GET that lazy *** comparison bullsh!% out of here. As for him being undefeated good on him. I don't know if yall noticed but in Pro Wrestling Circles Samoans are usually on average MUCH better that .500 ."
I'm glad he said something because I'm sick of everyone calling him a Joe ripoff. Sure, the E did take some things from the character, but almost everything in wrestling nowadays is a recycled act from somewhere. They took some parts of a successful gimmick, added some other elements, and made a successful character in Umaga, IMO.
I think people resent him because a.) He is being pushed down our throats and b.) People still think of him as Jamal and feel the WWE is trying to treat them like the typical ADD WWE fan. But really, the only way to push a big man is to treat him as an unbeatable monster. Umaga really is pretty talented in the ring too, at least for a big guy. I'd rather watch him in the ring than a Viscera, Mark Henry, Trevor Murdoch, Khali, Terkay, or even Big Show...and I'd say he's at least on-par with Kane.
Anyways, enough of my mini-rant...
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