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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 24, 2014 15:52:46 GMT -5
I would like to see him against Rusev, they're running out of contenders for him. Y'know? Screw Cena being the guy that beats Rusev. Let's have The Big Guy be the one who has this feat. He'll get his face heat back if they play it right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 16:18:51 GMT -5
I would like to see him against Rusev, they're running out of contenders for him. Perfect way to bring him back to a thunderous pop. Rusev beats whoever, he and Lana are in the ring showboating with the Russian flag behind them, cue "FEED ME MORE". Do it on PPV, the place would go ape-shit. He'd immediately be face near the top of the card.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Oct 24, 2014 16:20:18 GMT -5
If they want to give him quite the push, have him return at Tribute to the Troops and beat Rusev.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 24, 2014 16:28:48 GMT -5
I still like the idea of him pulling a Steve Austin-but instead of smashing beer cans together and guzzling them down, he bangs two Subway sandwiches together, the ingredients fly everywhere, and he scarfs them.
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Post by Grand Papillon "The Banker" on Oct 24, 2014 16:32:47 GMT -5
Seth Rollins personal security ala Diesel/Sid for HBK.
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Post by Digital Witness on Oct 24, 2014 16:33:35 GMT -5
I'd keep him away from Rusev for the immediate future.
What I'd do is go along with the Cena/Rusev program. Have Rusev go over, and Cena feel colossal shame for "letting down 'Murica, Maggle!". Then not long afterwards Ryback comes back and competitively gets the job done against Rusev making Cena's loss to Rusev sting even more. Guess the point I'm trying to get across is use both Rusev and Ryback to give Cena some damn character development that he can't just blow off the next night in a crappy, humorless promo where he just moves on to the next thing. I think people would be quick to latch back onto The Big Guy as a big, bad ass babyface like he was prior; so long as he isn't portrayed as a choke artist again.
Perhaps the Cena/Rusev program starts at the Royal Rumble, where Ryback also returns and has a good showing (enters early, lasts 30-45 minutes, many eliminations). Have the big Cena/Rusev match at Mania where Rusev is victorious. Have Cena/Rusev II at the next pay per view where Cena still can't get the job done and finds himself unable to break the Accolade again. Tease an interaction between the recently crowned U.S. champion Ryback (who's beating the crap out of heels and getting face reactions at this point) and Rusev. Have Cena try to warn Ryback about how unstoppable Rusev is while he struggles to cope with his own losses. We get a competitive pay per view match between Ryback and Rusev where Ryback wins clean with the Shell Shock.
Brings me to another interesting idea. Have Rusev win the intercontinental title, Ryback wins the U.S. title. Have the unification match be between the two where the global mid card champion wants to conquer the champion of the United States. I'd say Rusev wins this encounter a lot more underhandedly to get that heel heat, while maintaining Ryback as a strong force.
tl;dr: I think there's a lot of mileage in a Rusev/Ryback program that could be given some legitimacy after Rusev crushes Cena.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 16:35:15 GMT -5
As Bray Wyatt's monster for a few months before he turns face and beats everyone's ass again.
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Post by repomark on Oct 25, 2014 7:36:24 GMT -5
To restablish him as a face, I really like the idea of him being the one to beat Rusev.
However if he is going to be a heel, putting him with Bray Wyatt could work.
As long as they actually book him as a monster and a legitimate threat again I will be happy.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Oct 25, 2014 8:53:52 GMT -5
A group of heels (say, Triple H, Orton, Seth and Kane) are beating down somebody like Dean Ambrose. FEED ME! Monster pop, Ryback saves Dean, instant face turn. Refresh and start again like it's 2011/12 again
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Oct 25, 2014 10:50:55 GMT -5
Beats the crap out of Miz and Mizdow in a handicap match.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 25, 2014 11:22:50 GMT -5
K, bare with me on this one: get him into some eating contests while he is out. Seriously! There's that infamous footage of him in a wing eating contest, and he's said he would be curios to participate in some. So get him into some eating challenges. Then use footage of the one's where he actually wins as part of a series of vignettes; splice it with footage of him dominating opponents in the ring and pumping up in the gym with some hardcore music in the background. Air these for a few weeks.
Then have him as a surprise entrant at the Rumble. Get him in the ring and have him dominate for a short while and having it take multiple wrestlers to throw him out. Ideal persons's to finally get him out are either Cesaro or Rusev, setting up a powerhouse vs powerhouse feud to follow.
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Post by mizerable on Oct 25, 2014 12:29:18 GMT -5
Seth Rollins personal security ala Diesel/Sid for HBK. That actually could work. Hell, I wouldn't even mind a feud between Rollins and Ryback ala Diesel/Michaels.
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Post by Boo! on Oct 25, 2014 12:34:40 GMT -5
Whatever he does I'd take him out of that damn singlet. Awful.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 25, 2014 13:33:47 GMT -5
As Bray Wyatt's monster for a few months before he turns face and beats everyone's ass again. Bray: What do you feed a man, whose hunger cannot be contained? *flashes of random scary shit* "I see a lot of myself in this man. And I will guide him. I will show him the way, and make him an eater of worlds just like myself" *more flashes of random scary shit* Ryback: I hunger. And I shall feed...on all of you....Feed...me...more. *DERP!*
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Oct 25, 2014 13:35:14 GMT -5
With Doctor Octopus attachments.
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Post by g1megatronfan on Oct 25, 2014 15:50:19 GMT -5
Monster face. Done right this time.
Ryback was working in that role until they got the brainfart to turn him heel. Have him cone back as a face...working his way up the ladder and maybe a IC or US title reign before going after the WWE title. What would you rather see...Lesnar Vs. Cena over and over or Lesnar defending against Ryback? Again do it right this time and you could have a new star on your hands.
One of the dumbest moves WWE did was turn him heel. Then again...he was getting popular so they had to anchor Cena to him. Just like everyone else who gets too popular for their own good. Lord knows we can't have anyone surpass Cena in popularity.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Oct 25, 2014 15:55:04 GMT -5
Hi, I'm Ryback, you might remember me from such Pay-Per-Views as Survivor Series and TLC: Tables, Ladders, AND Chairs.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Oct 25, 2014 16:39:38 GMT -5
I'm not really feeling the nostalgia for babyface Ryback. I know he was pretty over, but to me he always felt like a no-soul version of Goldberg, and I can think of at least ten other guys I'd bump up to megaface status before him.
Honestly, I'd keep him as a goofy heel and keep him with Axel. As a team, they compensate for each other's weaknesses very well, and they have very good chemistry. Not that chemistry ever stopped the WWE braintrust from pointlessly breaking up a team that's getting over (see Players, Prime Time).
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 25, 2014 21:56:43 GMT -5
Feud with Gene Snitksy, "I bought one of your pressure cookers and the food sucks!"
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Post by Just call me D.j.m. on Oct 25, 2014 22:12:48 GMT -5
Monster babyface, but with all of the endearing things he came up with as a heel. The tweeting and goofy jerkishness towards guys like the Miz. And make "feed me more" a thing again.
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