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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 13, 2019 12:27:28 GMT -5
Admittedly I haven't watched in many moons, but the Kofi segment with the gauntlet match announcement was on my YouTube homepage. So I watched it and they go down the list of people he has to beat. When they got to Rowan as the dramatic last guy I started laughing. Poor Ol Rowan.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 13, 2019 12:28:04 GMT -5
I get that he's hangin out with Bryan. Still funny
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Mar 13, 2019 12:35:40 GMT -5
Of course. None of the others have merited a singles match against the Rock at Wrestlemania.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 12:38:21 GMT -5
I think the impression they were going with was, he’s this massive brute of a guy. “Kofi’s got his work cut out for him now!”
It didn’t work cause we all know Rowan is a goober.
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Post by realist on Mar 13, 2019 12:49:11 GMT -5
I liked it for an admittedly stupid reason. Growing up, I was a huge "Streets of Rage 2" fan. In the final level, you had to fight all of the bosses from the previous levels in route to fighting the final boss, Mr. X. Before you fought him, you fought his bodyguard, Shiva. I viewed Rowan as the Shiva to Bryan's Mr. X.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 13, 2019 12:50:17 GMT -5
... MACLEOD?!?!?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 12:56:02 GMT -5
E and Woods should lightly chop Kofi during every match of the gauntlet, so he wins by DQ, and then wreck his opponents.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Mar 13, 2019 13:28:56 GMT -5
I liked it for an admittedly stupid reason. Growing up, I was a huge "Streets of Rage 2" fan. In the final level, you had to fight all of the bosses from the previous levels in route to fighting the final boss, Mr. X. Before you fought him, you fought his bodyguard, Shiva. I viewed Rowan as the Shiva to Bryan's Mr. X. Yeah, that's how I feel. You gotta take out the bodyguard/lieutenant/2nd in command/whoever before taking on the head honcho. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 13:31:24 GMT -5
To be fair it was directly following making Rowan look like a monster in the tag match by having him demolish Owens then be the one to pin Ali.
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Post by government mule on Mar 13, 2019 13:45:01 GMT -5
Good for him. I like ol' Big Red, pleased he's getting the push of being Bryan's intellectual equal.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 13, 2019 15:44:28 GMT -5
Seeing a perennial main eventer for the last 15 years, the current US Champion, and maybe the most successful tag team of the last few years ago all get treated as inferior and lower in the pecking order then a guy who has been pretty much a total goon his whole whole career was really odd and also quite hilarious. It got even better in the brawl that followed where Rowan was the one that New Day had trouble with and really had work together to get rid of after they had easily disposed of all the other guys. I get that he's physically the biggest and he's associated with Bryan but still. Never less I hope they have him as the "Final Boss" in the gauntlet match to continue this baffling trend of them treating Erick Rowan as a bigger star then Randy Orton lol.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Mar 13, 2019 15:49:08 GMT -5
Rowan has to be the last guy so Bryan will be at ringside supporting him when Kofi beats him and gets his shot. (Assuming that's the order of the matches).
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Post by eJm on Mar 13, 2019 16:00:44 GMT -5
Look, Jinder Mahal won a number one contenders match against Rowan, Harper, Ziggler, Rawley and Zayn. Compared to that, this gauntlet is the most credible collection of WWE title contenders in human history.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 13, 2019 16:04:27 GMT -5
Look, Jinder Mahal won a number one contenders match against Rowan, Harper, Ziggler, Rawley and Zayn. Compared to that, this gauntlet is the most credible collection of WWE title contenders in human history. Did they say that the winner gets a title shot? I was under the impression the stipulation was that Kofi had to beat everyone to get the shot, but I didn’t think there was a title shot at stake for everyone else. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 16:06:15 GMT -5
Rowan's been built up pretty well since he's teamed with Bryan to the point where he's a legit big man that makes sense. You remember when The Bludgeon Brothers was running through dudes a year ago for no reason and it didn't make any sense? Well, luckily it makes sense here.
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Post by eJm on Mar 13, 2019 16:12:43 GMT -5
Look, Jinder Mahal won a number one contenders match against Rowan, Harper, Ziggler, Rawley and Zayn. Compared to that, this gauntlet is the most credible collection of WWE title contenders in human history. Did they say that the winner gets a title shot? I was under the impression the stipulation was that Kofi had to beat everyone to get the shot, but I didn’t think there was a title shot at stake for everyone else. I mean, you're probably right, I didn't watch. It'd be kind of odd if there wasn't something beneficial for everyone else, though. Like, if Rowan wins, Bryan gets the night off or something. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 23:25:22 GMT -5
So there has to be a ton of shenanigans here, right? Like they enlist the help of some babyfaces, or E and Woods gingerly "attack" Kofi to cause DQ's like I mentioned earlier.
They can't play this straight.. Well, they can.. Suddenly super Kofi would be lame.
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Post by Dub H on Mar 13, 2019 23:31:56 GMT -5
They have actually been doing a good job putting over Rowan as a monster and dangerous bodyguard, I like it
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 13, 2019 23:40:43 GMT -5
So there has to be a ton of shenanigans here, right? Like they enlist the help of some babyfaces, or E and Woods gingerly "attack" Kofi to cause DQ's like I mentioned earlier. They can't play this straight.. Well, they can.. Suddenly super Kofi would be lame. AJ probably attacks Orton to continue their feud. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 13, 2019 23:59:41 GMT -5
I find it funnier that "18 seconds" Sheamus and Randy "Summerslam 2013" Orton are basically playing lackeys for World Champion Daniel Bryan.
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