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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 22, 2014 0:26:25 GMT -5
I hope they don't waste WrestleMania 31 on building Roman Reigns.
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Post by Texas Tornado on Nov 22, 2014 0:27:55 GMT -5
I don't know what he was going for, but there's no good that can come from this.
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Post by Raskovnik on Nov 22, 2014 0:35:28 GMT -5
The thing I love about Reigns is he looks cool as f*** and has this amazing presence but everything he says is just so damn hokey and lame. It is such a hilarious juxtaposition and it makes him legitimately one of my favorites as a result. It's pure comedy.
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Post by Stu on Nov 22, 2014 0:38:31 GMT -5
People were comparing Reigns to Cena?
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Nov 22, 2014 0:42:18 GMT -5
Weird remarks if true. Is he going for a sort of tweener thing? I'm almost ready to preemptively file Reigns in the same category as Sheamus, in that I'm a big fan of his ring work, but I feel like we're in for a long stretch of awkward presentation problems with his character. That's an insult to Sheamus.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Nov 22, 2014 1:03:41 GMT -5
People were comparing Reigns to Cena? As far as how obvious the WWE were in trying to make them their next biggest star.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Nov 22, 2014 1:11:02 GMT -5
I'm not exactly the biggest Cena fan but thus far, solo, he's not anywhere in Cena's league in match quality or promos. He seems to have taken comparisons with Cena as some sort of negative thing.
Edit: And another thing- the "Cena was groomed for the top spot" thing bugs me. Cena was the most over guy on the roster when he won the WWE title. People wanted him as top guy. The problems all came after he'd won.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Nov 22, 2014 1:50:03 GMT -5
Anyone consider that it could just be a friendly jab at a buddy, if out of character?
Even if in character, that shit won't be shown on TV, so who cares?
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Post by Macho Pichu on Nov 22, 2014 1:55:25 GMT -5
Roman Reigns feels like he should be a top star. He just needs to flesh out his move set quite a bit. His matches don't feel natural. He also can't talk for shit.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 2:17:16 GMT -5
I'm not exactly the biggest Cena fan but thus far, solo, he's not anywhere in Cena's league in match quality or promos. He seems to have taken comparisons with Cena as some sort of negative thing. Edit: And another thing- the "Cena was groomed for the top spot" thing bugs me. Cena was the most over guy on the roster when he won the WWE title. People wanted him as top guy. The problems all came after he'd won.Cena was also behind Orton and Batista. Cena had to literally be the hardest working guy out there in order to get in his current position. He really wasn't groomed for the spot, not even close. He worked hard and they gave it to him.
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Post by schma on Nov 22, 2014 4:57:45 GMT -5
I suspect some of that may have been fed to him. The phrasing leaves something to be desired as I'm thinking it's stronger than they probably meant it to be. However, if his point is the IWC needs to calm down a bit, I can understand that. As a group we have a habit of flipping tables when it looks like someone we enjoy might be getting depushed because someone else is the new favourite. I'm not saying the way he said it is right. Alternately, he could be genuinely bothered because he's the one people will potentially crap on out of the SHIELD because he is clearly the one being groomed. It's hardly his fault that WWE has huge aspirations for him and this was a low key way to let off some steam.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 5:13:59 GMT -5
This isn't Reign's character, this is wrestler markdom where they mark hard for themselves and start hating fans for god knows what reason. Kinda like how Batista told people to suck his balls.
If you have the opportunity to meet wrestlers, go ahead and pass. Save it for TV, they really aren't very cool, folks. You aren't missing a damn thing.
At 35 years old the only wrestlers I've gone to meet are some of the slutty girls from OVW and if you want to judge me for burying my face in Ariel's boobs at a house show then you can just go ahead and do so.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 5:34:38 GMT -5
In which people take in-character comments personally. I'm reminded of the crap going on on Tumblr where people are calling Dustin Howard a racist because Chuck Taylor is one.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 6:18:45 GMT -5
Wait, so how is that taking shots at the IWC. He's right - him, Ambrose, and Rollins are all clearly being positioned as future stars for the company.
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Nov 22, 2014 6:39:07 GMT -5
Can the Reigns haters cry harder? Find out in the next Roman Reigns thread.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Nov 22, 2014 7:04:55 GMT -5
I laughed when I read this. He's either blind, in denial, or outright lying. I can't tell which. All the way back in November of last year the focus of The Shield went from three equal guys to "OMG it's Roman Reigns and The Shield!". And then when they split, Ambrose and Rollins begin an upper midcard feud as Reigns goes on to become an immediate fixture in main-events with John Cena and Randy Orton. It wasn't until he was injured that Ambrose was allowed to step up into that spot. Yeah, all three are being pushed well, but if he doesn't see that the company favors him over the other two, he's an idiot.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 7:15:44 GMT -5
When someone you like says something stupid in character: "I can't believe WWE made him say that. They're ruining him."
When someone you don't like says something stupid in character: "He's an idiot."
Man, I need a drink and some sleep before I start getting extremely vitriolic in here. More so than normal I mean...
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Nov 22, 2014 7:16:05 GMT -5
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Post by Just call me D.j.m. on Nov 22, 2014 7:37:48 GMT -5
This isn't Reign's character, this is wrestler markdom where they mark hard for themselves and start hating fans for god knows what reason. Kinda like how Batista told people to suck his balls. If you have the opportunity to meet wrestlers, go ahead and pass. Save it for TV, they really aren't very cool, folks. You aren't missing a damn thing. At 35 years old the only wrestlers I've gone to meet are some of the slutty girls from OVW and if you want to judge me for burying my face in Ariel's boobs at a house show then you can just go ahead and do so. I'm totally judging you.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 7:41:39 GMT -5
..........I guess I was the only one thinking this thread was about Luther Reigns, then?
Shucks.
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