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Post by bmfjules on Jan 27, 2015 15:31:31 GMT -5
I know they are all legit factors but which one did him the biggest disservice?
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Post by RIHT on Jan 27, 2015 15:33:23 GMT -5
Winning the 2015 Royal Rumble.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 27, 2015 15:34:40 GMT -5
Two Words :
"Sufferin' Succotash".
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 27, 2015 15:36:50 GMT -5
Winning the 2015 Royal Rumble. IMO fix any of the first three reasons and this becomes a much smaller backlash. All of them together (plus the Bryan thing) hobbled him out of the gate. |
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jan 27, 2015 15:39:13 GMT -5
Other - being about 5th, instead of 1st, in the list of guys people want as champion.
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 27, 2015 15:42:30 GMT -5
Other - being about 5th, instead of 1st, in the list of guys people want as champion. Had an option for that called "Not being Daniel Bryan"  Although you could swap out that with Dean and Dolph as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 15:42:45 GMT -5
Other: Being Roman Reigns.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jan 27, 2015 15:43:35 GMT -5
Other - being about 5th, instead of 1st, in the list of guys people want as champion. Had an option for that called "Not being Daniel Bryan" Although you could swap out that with Dean and Dolph as well. I did consider that but it's not just that. If Bryan wasn't there, people would have wanted other guys instead. |
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Post by jwarr on Jan 27, 2015 16:24:25 GMT -5
Simple answer: Vince McMahon
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 16:28:51 GMT -5
The Fairy Tale promos were the worst thing at the worst time. I think even WWE realized "shit shit okay we cannot do that" because of the backlash they got. But, with Roman Reigns's blatant "chosen one" status, they were all the ammo people needed and now Roman has a huge hole to dig himself out of. The worst part is, being that he's green and hasn't even really found himself character-wise yet, he's not even really equipped to dig himself out of the hole.
The real problem is that WWE has been so transparent that Roman is the chosen one in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 16:41:53 GMT -5
I fear we've yet to see it. Wait a few months until he's cutting half hour HHH promos every Raw that just bomb.
Then they'll have the audacity to turn around and take the piss out of him because he couldn't make it work.
Vince doesn't care. He's already got people designing Roman's thirteenth t-shirt.
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Post by kingbookermark on Jan 27, 2015 17:02:51 GMT -5
He's just not as right for this spot as Daniel Bryan is.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 27, 2015 18:36:02 GMT -5
The first response best exemplifies what did it, which is to give him a character that a)he's clearly uncomfortable playing, and b)sucks in general.
Hopefully they've realized that. Brock face to face was at least a step in the right direction.
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Post by misconduct was wrong on Jan 27, 2015 18:59:42 GMT -5
I think the promos didn't help, but had no real impact on his current standing. The answer to me is that he's not Daniel Bryan. The IWC/live crowd have chosen their short list of guys they will accept. Reigns is not one of those guys. He's years away from being ready imo.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 27, 2015 19:10:08 GMT -5
WWE trying too hard to show us how awesome and cool he is while he isnt good enough to back the lip service up.
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Post by hossfan on Jan 28, 2015 8:13:33 GMT -5
I voted the fairy tale promo thing. Reigns's biggest plus is that he looks cool. They should play to that, even if it means WWE can't kill time by having him cut 5 minute promos. Have him come through the crowd, say something pithy and menacing, and then wreck people. Its the simplest, easiest thing in the world to do to make a wrestler into a big deal, and if Roman's your company's chosen guy, that's the gimmick you give him.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 28, 2015 8:24:12 GMT -5
The promos
Nothing sours me on a guy quicker than when he has to read WWE brand "comedy" programmes with the lamest jokes and insults imaginable.
I still hate John Morrison since he cut that promo calling Maryse "Hippopotamus breath" because the way he said it was like he thought he was saying the coolest, wittiest thing of all time.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 28, 2015 8:26:55 GMT -5
having the office high up his ass,becoming a corporate mascot for Vince and Co.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 28, 2015 8:28:53 GMT -5
Lame promos. It's pretty unfair to say Roman wasn't over before his injury because he was, and then he was still kept as a fairly silent badass. Some can make the cheesy promo work, some can't. Also, while he was over before the injury, Big Show and Kane are not the way to get guys heat back
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 28, 2015 8:40:07 GMT -5
I think it's absolutely because he is the corporate champion. He's getting this big push because they want to give him one, not because he's connected with the fans over the past month.
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