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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on May 7, 2018 0:42:20 GMT -5
From Wrestlingnews.co:
Welp, hope you guys enjoyed Braun as long as you did because if this is true and knowing how Vince books guys he supposedly is a fan of *coughcoughROMANcough*, Braun Strowman is F***ED. A year from now there's going to be thread after thread of people saying that they absolutely can't stand Braun anymore and want him out of the picture, mark my words.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 7, 2018 0:44:08 GMT -5
This isn't really news tho
It's been no secret Braun has been Vince's secret weapon since Day one hence the jokes about Braun breaking out a 450 since that rumor of him and Taker happening at Mania when he was with the Wyatts
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Post by Perd on May 7, 2018 0:46:32 GMT -5
Vince will probably have Braun playing oversized instruments and tagging wit kids...wait.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on May 7, 2018 0:52:37 GMT -5
Maybe the stories about Vince's eyesight are true and he's confusing Braun with the bearskin rug.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on May 7, 2018 0:53:05 GMT -5
Welp, hope you guys enjoyed Braun as long as you did because if this is true and knowing how Vince books guys he supposedly is a fan of *coughcoughROMANcough*, Braun Strowman is F***ED. A year from now there's going to be thread after thread of people saying that they absolutely can't stand Braun anymore and want him out of the picture, mark my words. Honestly, this is inevitable. Might not see any big changes for a while, but the tide shifted when he single-handedly demolished the entire tag-team division. There's just no way to book a guy as a face who's just better than everyone else for very long. The fans get sick of it because there's not many stories you can tell there, the perception is that the dude was chosen and others are being sacrificed unfairly (even without reports like this), and the heels start getting underdog sympathy, because that's just the natural response to seeing someone fight goliath. Decent run this time, though; it lasted longer than they can usually make these monster heel faces work.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 0:53:50 GMT -5
Honestly I don't see how they COULD ruin Braun at this point. He's done some of the shittiest on paper shit imaginable and kept making it work.
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Gus Richlen Was Wrong
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on May 7, 2018 1:07:09 GMT -5
Honestly I don't see how they COULD ruin Braun at this point. He's done some of the shittiest on paper shit imaginable and kept making it work. But how long until it stops working? There already was backlash over him squashing the entire tag division TO TEAM WITH A CHILD. There was backlash over the cello shit. And we've all seen how WWE takes sure things and finds ways to f*** them up royally. That's why I'm dreading this, and it's nothing to do with me not being a fan of his (pointing that out because I have expressed my dislike before). It's everything to do with everyone who IS either turning against him or being stuck with the same massive amounts of frustration and despair that Reigns' few fans have. It's like a goddamn Mega Corrupt-A-Wish. "Don't want Cena as your top guy? Here, we'll take this promising young multi-generational talent and book him into a f***ing disaster!" "Don't want Reigns as your top guy? Here, we'll take this guy you adore to no end and send him down the exact same path and hope you don't turn against him en masse too!"
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Post by Bungle on May 7, 2018 1:38:47 GMT -5
Already turning on him just because Vince "likes him".
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Post by TGM on May 7, 2018 1:56:50 GMT -5
Can somebody dig out a link to the thread from about 2 years ago where Vince was claiming Braun was going to be the next top face and we all laughed.
We were so wrong it's painful.
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Post by schma on May 7, 2018 2:07:18 GMT -5
Honestly, my response to him being the next top face is "it's about damn time".
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Post by madness50 on May 7, 2018 2:12:23 GMT -5
Honestly, my response to him being the next top face is "it's about damn time". Braun should be Universal Champion right now in my opinion.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 7, 2018 2:13:40 GMT -5
He should have been already but they're still trying with Roman and my god is it pathetic.
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Post by schma on May 7, 2018 2:13:44 GMT -5
Honestly, my response to him being the next top face is "it's about damn time". Braun should be Universal Champion right now in my opinion. Absolutely. He should have won that belt months ago.
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Post by madness50 on May 7, 2018 2:16:45 GMT -5
He should have been already but they're still trying with Roman and my god is it pathetic. It’s honestly become amazing to see WWE try and try with Roman as the conquering hero. This has surpassed anything they ever did with Cena as the top babyface. At least he got cheered at first.
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Post by madness50 on May 7, 2018 2:18:16 GMT -5
Braun should be Universal Champion right now in my opinion. Absolutely. He should have won that belt months ago. Braun is what Vince wishes Roman was at this point. Braun got over organically with the crowd and Roman did not.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 2:22:22 GMT -5
Absolutely. He should have won that belt months ago. Braun is what Vince wishes Roman was at this point. Braun got over organically with the crowd and Roman did not. I wouldn't really say "organically" so much since Braun was pushed like crazy but the difference is Braun's shown he can still get cheered in the face of deflating losses and some downright stupid moments, Reigns has done the exact opposite.
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Post by madness50 on May 7, 2018 2:27:23 GMT -5
Braun is what Vince wishes Roman was at this point. Braun got over organically with the crowd and Roman did not. I wouldn't really say "organically" so much since Braun was pushed like crazy but the difference is Braun's shown he can still get cheered in the face of deflating losses and some downright stupid moments, Reigns has done the exact opposite. They were just so much smarter with their booking of Braun. Strowman destroyed jobbers for months after the brand split in 2016. They threw Roman in the deep end after the Shield broke up and the crowd crapped all over it.
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Post by msc on May 7, 2018 3:03:17 GMT -5
Yeah, there was Kid tag title backlash, but... maybe it's Rock backlash? Hear me out, in 1999-2000 Rock was mega over. Hero to the kids. I know, I was one. If you go online, man, he was as hated as Cena was in 2007-10 period, for being a non-worker with catchphrases who only appeals to kids and casuals. But because he was loved, it didn't matter until you started hearing any 50/50 crowds in late 2001.
Perhaps Braun can be that, and less Roman Reigns. I know for one my reaction to stuff I can't stand when others do it, when Braun does is to shrug and go "It's still Braun". Enough folk think like that, he's bulletproof? So far his reactions seem to suggest that.
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on May 7, 2018 3:10:54 GMT -5
Braun should be the kind of guy that wins the big championship once every so often, but never really THE top guy. If he’s face, you can have an asshole heel beat through underhanded ways. If Miz was still on Raw, him and the Miztourage screwing Braun would have worked IMO. If he’s heel, someone can become a mega face by beating the big bad guy.
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Post by schma on May 7, 2018 3:42:46 GMT -5
Yeah, there was Kid tag title backlash, but... maybe it's Rock backlash? Hear me out, in 1999-2000 Rock was mega over. Hero to the kids. I know, I was one. If you go online, man, he was as hated as Cena was in 2007-10 period, for being a non-worker with catchphrases who only appeals to kids and casuals. But because he was loved, it didn't matter until you started hearing any 50/50 crowds in late 2001. Perhaps Braun can be that, and less Roman Reigns. I know for one my reaction to stuff I can't stand when others do it, when Braun does is to shrug and go "It's still Braun". Enough folk think like that, he's bulletproof? So far his reactions seem to suggest that. Teenagers loved the Rock as well. I was in high school for a good chunk of the attitude era and I remember a lot of guys loved quoting the Rock. I was not happy about the burial of the tag division but I don't blame Braun for that.
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