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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Oct 12, 2015 23:35:13 GMT -5
That certainly was a thing. Uncomfortable making out, ruining Dolph Ziggler's appeal, a grown man in crutches and a track suit, a dead fish, and an angle killed dead by TMZ.
Certainly this was 5 months well spent.
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Post by Spider2024 on Oct 12, 2015 23:39:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 23:42:25 GMT -5
The angle proved that Rusev can do anything and be great at it. He's amazing. Summer also proved herself. The only people it damaged were Lana and Ziggler. Lana better go back to her old self when she returns and as for Ziggler? Seems he's about to go heel so maybe that'll give him the character he needs.
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Post by friendship frog on Oct 12, 2015 23:42:52 GMT -5
Rusev was the only thing that made it watchable. I won't have anything bad being said about the fish.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 23:42:40 GMT -5
It gave us weeks and weeks of amazing Rusev work, so it's all been worth it.
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Post by Emmet Russell on Oct 12, 2015 23:43:43 GMT -5
Did Ziggler have any appeal going into this?
It was certainly ... certainly something. Something that happened for 5 months. Yep.
Killed the career of Lana. Made Rusev into a goof. Dolph became an even bigger dick. Summer ... actually advanced her career slightly from this because she was entertaining and wasn't doing anything before this. She's the only one that gained anything from this.
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Post by lionheart21 on Oct 12, 2015 23:43:22 GMT -5
I didn't think I'd ever say this, but thanks TMZ.
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Post by bearned on Oct 12, 2015 23:44:41 GMT -5
What gets me is they must have known that there was a chance this was going to happen? So why do this angle in the first place? If it really was because Vince wanted to split up Lana and Rusev for real then it's obviously backfired spectacularly.
Rusev and Lana will be blamed for this failure of an angle, which sucks for them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 23:46:23 GMT -5
Weird as it was the idea of Summer Rae scrambling to get gold on Rusev so she can make a husband out of him sounded like something that would be fun. I have no idea why TMZ reporting on their engagement meant WWE had to squash the whole thing. Why aren't John Cena/Nikki Bella dating on screen if this is how we write storylines now?
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Post by H-Virus on Oct 12, 2015 23:47:34 GMT -5
And, if tonight's match is anything to go by, the final step in the neutering of Rusev as a badass monster. The guy who once went undefeated for a whole year, who caused guys like Big Show, Mark Henry and even John Cena to pass out from his submission hold, pinned clean in two minutes.
If the guy isn't dancing in a bear costume by the end of the year I'll shit cotton.
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Post by Mama Rhodes Looking @ U Now on Oct 12, 2015 23:48:31 GMT -5
It's rare that an angle completely misunderstands how human beings function like this one did.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 12, 2015 23:50:04 GMT -5
Did Ziggler have any appeal going into this? It was certainly ... certainly something. Something that happened for 5 months. Yep. Killed the career of Lana. Made Rusev into a goof. Dolph became an even bigger dick. Summer ... actually advanced her career slightly from this because she was entertaining and wasn't doing anything before this. She's the only one that gained anything from this. I think if the angle is over, Summer basically lost everything. Ziggler and Rusev are "top talents" who WWE will give a spot to no matter what while Summer needed this angle just to be relevant. What's there for her now? The aren't going to set aside screentime for her because all of "The Divas' screentime" is set aside for the Divas Revolution, which she isn't going to be made a part of.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Oct 12, 2015 23:53:07 GMT -5
How do we know this angle is dead, yet?
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 12, 2015 23:57:31 GMT -5
How do we know this angle is dead, yet? Rusev and Summer just broke up, and Ziggler has been doing other things for a while
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Oct 12, 2015 23:58:36 GMT -5
How do we know this angle is dead, yet? Rusev and Summer just broke up, and Ziggler has been doing other things for a while Rusev and Summer just broke up, but that's not a guarantee that Summer doesn't try hooking up with Ziggler and they do the double turn anyway.
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Post by Emmet Russell on Oct 12, 2015 23:58:31 GMT -5
Did Ziggler have any appeal going into this? It was certainly ... certainly something. Something that happened for 5 months. Yep. Killed the career of Lana. Made Rusev into a goof. Dolph became an even bigger dick. Summer ... actually advanced her career slightly from this because she was entertaining and wasn't doing anything before this. She's the only one that gained anything from this. I think if the angle is over, Summer basically lost everything. Ziggler and Rusev are "top talents" who WWE will give a spot to no matter what while Summer needed this angle just to be relevant. What's there for her now? The aren't going to set aside screentime for her because all of "The Divas' screentime" is set aside for the Divas Revolution, which she isn't going to be made a part of. Her and Ziggler could end up an on-screen item now, but I don't know what they're going to want to do. Summer doesn't have anything other than this story so I hope - for her sake - they keep it going.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 13, 2015 0:00:29 GMT -5
Rusev being hilarious, and I'm sure plenty were pleased about brawls in skirts, but a lot of it just goes to show that kayfabe romance angles in wrestling are bad ideas most of the time.
Spike and Molly was cute, and, uhhh, were any other ones good in the slightest?
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Post by Dave the Dave on Oct 13, 2015 0:01:45 GMT -5
I liked Dolph Ziggler as a face so much at the start of this year. His heel character always bored me and he was a fast forward for me every week. But when he turned face even though his character didn't change his in ring style worked so much better.
But after this angle? Jesus turn him heel. See if he can salvage something out of this.
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Post by Dragonfly on Oct 13, 2015 0:10:48 GMT -5
Rusev being hilarious, and I'm sure plenty were pleased about brawls in skirts, but a lot of it just goes to show that kayfabe romance angles in wrestling are bad ideas most of the time. Spike and Molly was cute, and, uhhh, were any other ones good in the slightest? The Trish/Christian/Jericho angle that culminated at Wrestlemania was pretty good.
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Post by Macho Pichu on Oct 13, 2015 0:13:17 GMT -5
TMZ spreading the news of Rusev and Lana made it hard to ignore in kayfabe, but I do think that somehow, they should have played it up that Summer never got the message. He marries Lana. Summer, again, is unaware of the marriage. The time comes for Rusev to hold another title and he holds up his end of the bargain. He and Summer marry. Then, we'll say one night he's booked to face all 3 members of New Day in separate singles matches. He faces Xavier and enters with Lana. A few other segments happen and he comes back to the ring for his next match, we'll say Kofi, this time with Summer. The main event is Rusev vs Big E. Rusev enters alone. Kofi and Xavier are on commentary. Xavier tries to attack Rusev mid match, but Lana runs in out of nowhere and slaps him down. Kofi tries to interfere, Summer does the same. Big E gets the win off the distraction. The show closes as Rusev, Lana, and Summer all stare down. For the dark segment, the audience is treated to a Russian threesome.
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