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Post by Widow's Peak on Apr 4, 2016 17:03:02 GMT -5
Turn him heel. Making him another Ryback or Del Rio who is clogging up the midcard might be good for smark schadenfreude, but it won't elevate anyone else in the process.
There are so many money matches you could make with Reigns as a heel (everything from AJ Styles to Cena to the inevitable feuds with Ambrose and Rollins) that it is worth at least exploring that before you pull the plug on the experiment entirely.
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Post by r. on Apr 4, 2016 17:12:28 GMT -5
Hopefully realize the superman babyface model doesn't work.
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Post by Grand Papillon "The Banker" on Apr 4, 2016 17:16:57 GMT -5
Double turn with Rollins when he returns. That was allegedly the plan before injury and as far as plans by this booking team go, it doesn't suck
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Post by Mayonnaise on Apr 4, 2016 17:31:44 GMT -5
Not much a fan of the guy I'm using in this but...
Have Roman turn on the fans, blame them for everything and want to destroy all they like. Jump Sami from behind, beat Owens (so it is not a heel or face he hates but he fans), beat Ziggler into the indies and around the time of the next Takeover, announce he is going to target NXT. End of the show, Roman runs in and costs Finn the title. He starts beating on Finn until the rest of the locker room chases him off. A week or so later, he can be bragging about what he did when Regal shows up and announces that the Board of Directors has granted him a request and at (next PPV), you will face Finn Balor for the WWE Championship, lights go out and they flash the Demon teeth on the screen for a second. At the PPV, Demon Balor is out and Roman has zero clue what to do against him and Balor scores the upset. You can run with the Roman trying to get a match against Finn, not the Demon, can tease Bullet Club v. Shield and branch off into all kinds of gimmick matches until Roman takes it back.
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Post by Yacht Persona on Apr 4, 2016 17:52:52 GMT -5
A dancing gimmick
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Post by RI Richmark on Apr 4, 2016 18:02:21 GMT -5
Hopefully realize the superman babyface model doesn't work.     Yep |
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Apr 4, 2016 18:05:55 GMT -5
Here's the problems with Reigns. I had a debate about him earlier but his reason is not the case. The argument was he wasn't a quote "Internet Darling so fans rejected him." I disagreed. Here what I see as his problem.
1. He not a very interesting character. he still pretty much the lost Shield member who wonders where he partners went.
2. His super man push. If fans are sick of Cena. Why would the fans cheer someone else getting the same kind of push?
3. No charisma. They want him to be the new face of the company. All the best Austin, Cena, Rock, Hogan, and ext had a connection with the crowd. It wasn't always go away boos for Cena. They also all could work the mic and to be the face you need that to carry the main feuds. Reigns can not do it.
People say he has it all. No he doesn't. Does he half the look, maybe. Can he work in the ring? He not bad but he nothing special. Can someone tell me a classic match Reigns had that wasn't teaming with Rollins and Ambrose?
I think he should turn heel and if fans then start cheering him fine. WWE gets what they want at the end. I see it as the Rock started. Fans hated him as Rocky Maivia. Once he turned heel and found his character. Fans took to him and became a mega star. Maybe he turns heel and he find himself.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Apr 4, 2016 18:18:27 GMT -5
Here's the problems with Reigns. I had a debate about him earlier but his reason is not the case. The argument was he wasn't a quote "Internet Darling so fans rejected him." This is such a weird non-argument. "He's not the kind of person you like, so you don't like him!" |
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Post by Starshine on Apr 4, 2016 18:20:43 GMT -5
I hope they give up on their stubborn plan to make him their next guy and accept he's probably a fringe main eventer at best. There's nothing wrong with pulling back on the guy.
Also get him out of that f***ing flak vest. I can't stand that thing.
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Post by r. on Apr 4, 2016 18:22:17 GMT -5
Hopefully realize the superman babyface model doesn't work. Yep You really think The Rock and Austin where Super Babyfaces at the same level as Hogan or Cena? I don't think we really need to continue this discussion, I can see where it's going. You should also throw in the following people too; CM Punk, Mankind, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, Orton, Batista, Seth Rollins, and Sheamus. |
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Post by StuntGranny® on Apr 4, 2016 18:23:03 GMT -5
Send him to TNA to assure that no one sill ever see him again.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 4, 2016 18:23:05 GMT -5
Midcard hell, until they can actually figure out how to use him. It took 2 and a half years between Orton's slide down from his 2004 push until his next world title run.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 4, 2016 18:33:35 GMT -5
Give up and make him a 50/50 geek. I don't think a heel turn would really work. He has no character. Just make him a guy. He has a great look but I think that isn't nearly important in 2016 pop culture as it was 30 years ago. He's just a guy.
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Post by Ronny The Oddity on Apr 4, 2016 18:39:59 GMT -5
You really think The Rock and Austin where Super Babyfaces at the same level as Hogan or Cena? I don't think we really need to continue this discussion, I can see where it's going. You should also throw in the following people too; CM Punk, Mankind, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, Orton, Batista, Seth Rollins, and Sheamus. Austin wasn't even babyface,he was a tweener. |
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Post by Indiana Miz on Apr 4, 2016 18:47:14 GMT -5
I'm totally fine with him as a babyface but it's obvious he won't be getting many positive reactions any time soon. So I'd say turn him heel as long as he doesn't turn into a coward or magically forget how to win matches.
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Post by r. on Apr 4, 2016 19:21:03 GMT -5
You really think The Rock and Austin where Super Babyfaces at the same level as Hogan or Cena? I don't think we really need to continue this discussion, I can see where it's going. You should also throw in the following people too; CM Punk, Mankind, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, Orton, Batista, Seth Rollins, and Sheamus. Austin wasn't even babyface,he was a tweener. And the Rock only got popular after turning heel, But I'm just going to leave it alone. |
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Apr 4, 2016 19:25:41 GMT -5
Here's the problems with Reigns. I had a debate about him earlier but his reason is not the case. The argument was he wasn't a quote "Internet Darling so fans rejected him." This is such a weird non-argument. "He's not the kind of person you like, so you don't like him!" I know. He thinking since fans went on Punk, Bryan, and ext bandwagon's that's the reason. I brought up Dolph was very over and he was never in the indies. I said Cena was not a huge indies star but at one time he was extremely over as was Batista. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 19:26:43 GMT -5
Officially change his name to Gary Stu.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Apr 4, 2016 20:41:02 GMT -5
Gets challenged to a Naid Eagla match by Sheamus, beaten into a bloody pulp while screaming for mercy, and then stretchered off.
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Post by RI Richmark on Apr 4, 2016 22:41:10 GMT -5
The way he acted tonight was a good start. Have him do his thing not caring about the fans reactions.
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