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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Matt Bloom generally doesn't get over when working in North America, but he became a big name in Japan. It is likely a combination of factors that contributed - the Japanese style being better suited for his set of abiliities, the long history of bad gimmicks he was subjected to in WWE, the fact that he wasn't allowed to use the badass power moves that got him over in Japan in WWE[[note]]Wrestling/TheUndertaker was using the elevated powerbomb, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} was using the bicycle kick, and the fire thunder driver was disallowed because of the headdrop ban[[/note]], the fact that he was seen as less generic in Japan than he was in the anglosphere...
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Matt Bloom generally doesn't didn't get over when working in North America, America as (Prince) Albert, A-Train, and (Lord) Tensai but he became a big name in Japan.Japan, especially in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, as Giant Bernard. It is likely a combination of factors that contributed - the Japanese style being better suited for his set of abiliities, the long history of bad gimmicks he was subjected to in WWE, the fact that he wasn't allowed to use the badass power moves that got him over in Japan in WWE[[note]]Wrestling/TheUndertaker was using the elevated powerbomb, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} was using the bicycle kick, and the fire thunder driver was disallowed because of the headdrop ban[[/note]], the fact that he was seen as less generic in Japan than he was in the anglosphere...
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Matt Bloom generally doesn't get over when working in North America, but he became a big name in Japan. It is likely a combination of factors that contributed - the Japanese style being better suited for his set of abiliities, the long history of bad gimmicks he was subjected to in WWE, the fact that he wasn't allowed to use the badass power moves that got him over in Japan in WWE[[note]]Undertaker was using the elevated powerbomb, Seamus was using the bicycle kick, and the fire thunder driver was disallowed because of the headdrop ban[[/note]], the fact that he was seen as less generic in Japan than he was in the anglosphere...
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Matt Bloom generally doesn't get over when working in North America, but he became a big name in Japan. It is likely a combination of factors that contributed - the Japanese style being better suited for his set of abiliities, the long history of bad gimmicks he was subjected to in WWE, the fact that he wasn't allowed to use the badass power moves that got him over in Japan in WWE[[note]]Undertaker WWE[[note]]Wrestling/TheUndertaker was using the elevated powerbomb, Seamus Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} was using the bicycle kick, and the fire thunder driver was disallowed because of the headdrop ban[[/note]], the fact that he was seen as less generic in Japan than he was in the anglosphere...
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*GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Matt Bloom generally doesn't get over when working in North America, but he became a big name in Japan. It is likely a combination of factors that contributed - the Japanese style being better suited for his set of abiliities, the long history of bad gimmicks he was subjected to in WWE, the fact that he wasn't allowed to use the badass power moves that got him over in Japan in WWE[[note]]Undertaker was using the elevated powerbomb, Seamus was using the bicycle kick, and the fire thunder driver was disallowed because of the headdrop ban[[/note]], the fact that he was seen as less generic in Japan than he was in the anglosphere...
