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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Jan 30, 2018 2:22:47 GMT -5
If that wasn't a message to Vince, nothing will get through to him. Cena is done as the go-to babyface of WWE. Even a tweener-leaning Finn Balor got more cheers and more sustained cheers. The psychology aspect here was brilliant - Cena perplexed that he's not the favourite; confused that his every strike or hold causes the vitriol to rain down on _him_, not the little Irish upstart he's facing. He's been a hero for so long; he's done everything for them and had overcome the odds time and time again and yet, conquering again, tonight he couldn't draw on those cheers and couldn't be supported in his dream to go to Wrestlemania for the seventeenth(?) time. Why don't they cheer him anymore? And let's consider Finn's position right now. Talk about burning it down - Finn went toe-to-toe against WWE's all-time biggest kayfabe superstar and went a solid half-hour, one day after going nearly 58 minutes in the Rumble, only to go down because of a banged knee. Since he returned from injury in April of last year, the opponents he faced seemed to target him, to want to destroy him, as though sent by Vince himself to put him in his place, as though Finn himself was a reminder of all the other talents Vince rejected as too small or tried to bury or sidetrack to irrelevance - the ones whose appeal he could never understand and which did not gel with his own vision of male=power. And yet, Finn rises up like a goddamned dandelion through the cracks of the sidewalk, Roundup-resistant, forcing the concrete to disintegrate to dust around him. Look at tonight: they were still flinging their arms skyward after a five-minute commercial break. They loved him - his fans love that man. It almost doesn't matter whether Vince sees it or can accept it and whether Finn gets the main event; but they need him. They don't need Cena anymore. There needs be a "love" button I can press when a post is so great you want to give it love instead of just "liking" it.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 30, 2018 2:33:18 GMT -5
And it's comments like this that makes me root for Cena. And it's comments like this that are unnecessary calling other members out for the sake of shaming them. Don't quote me again. Knock it off. You're calling another human being garbage for nothing more than how you view their character. Don't tell other posters what to do and stop pulling that high-horse crap around here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 4:49:39 GMT -5
The general treatment of Finn since he came back last April is really, really deflating.
It's clear they are/were cool with him being a smaller guy when he pinned Reigns clean and was the first ever Fruit Rollup Champion.
They haven't even played up or mentioned the Demon in October. I wouldn't mind that, because I think the Demon showing up for every Takeover in NXT was a little overkill, but I can't help but feel it's being done intentionally to sort of lower his stock (less Demon = Finn is less important and sells fewer shirts), and it doesn't seem like there's any big match or angle with which he can use the Demon over the next few months.
And we can't forget the report a few months back that explained Vince thinks Finn isn't over, which is a f***ing lie.
It feels like they've literally been punishing him just because Rollins accidentally caused his shoulder to explode, and it's at the point where it's making me disgusted.
On top of that, they bring Rousey in, and practically everyone else takes a back seat. She's now the biggest star.
On top of that, Brock Lesnar still has a chokehold on the Fruit Rollup belt. His unprofessionalism with Braun Sunday is just another example of his general status of being allowed to do anything, even failing a REAL drug test and getting rewarded with a video game cover and a live sacrifice of Randy Orton in 2016.. it just makes me f***ing sick.
Sorry for the melodrama. I just think I need a nice little break from WWE.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Jan 30, 2018 12:59:03 GMT -5
This week on RAW, three qualifying matches for the Elimination Chamber takes place. WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz defends against Roman Reigns. Sasha Banks battles Asuka for the first time ever. wrestlingrecaps.com/2018/01/30/wwe-raw-1-29-2018/
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