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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Nov 13, 2023 12:51:53 GMT -5
I've said before, it's like if the honky-tonk man had an entourage. Ref bumps and interference are how he's won so many matches yet he's treated like a world beater. He's crazy over but yeah, the way he's kept the title for the most part has been shenanigans. It wouldn’t be so bad if someone called him out on that! I mean, guys like Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn could have given us a cornucopia of promos calling Roman out for being a paper champion. But no!!!!
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Post by 06vwgti on Nov 13, 2023 12:54:22 GMT -5
If Cody bought his Cody entourage from aew, the blatant cheating may be evened out, instead like an idiot he is going at it alone lol
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Nov 13, 2023 13:24:58 GMT -5
Hell, Jey Uso's build to his match with Roman arguably SHOULD have focused on the fact that the Usos were the only reason he was champion this long, but they just... didn't for some reason.
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Post by mountaindew on Nov 13, 2023 17:23:17 GMT -5
Well yeah, in kayfabe most heel champions are usually paper champions. Heels should cheat. To the extent of being beaten dead to rights in nearly every title match they've had? Well, often times a heel champion will appear to be beaten, but something happens which causes them not to lose.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Nov 13, 2023 17:48:56 GMT -5
If Cody bought his Cody entourage from aew, the blatant cheating may be evened out, instead like an idiot he is going at it alone lol Counterpoint: Brandi Rhodes on WWE tv.
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Post by johncasey on Nov 13, 2023 18:10:20 GMT -5
If it's Roman VS Cody at WrestleMania, then I can see Nick Aldis specifically barring Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman from ringside.
That's when the new members of The Bloodline show up.
Regarding babyfaces, they should be beating up Jimmy and Solo before they challenge to prevent interference.
Also why haven't all Smackdown faces and heels not align together and beat up the Bloodline at a PLE when there's a MITB Briefcase in circulation and tempt the holder into cashing in. At least you'll have a Champion around on a regular basis.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 13, 2023 21:26:11 GMT -5
While commentary continue to verbally worship them, and tout them as the grandmaster god king of everything because of a big number. This is the biggest thing. If it were any other heel, the face announcers would be decrying his reign every chance they got. They'd be going nuts over how has he kept the belt this long, why doesn't the GM do something to stop the blatant cheating etc. Instead they're all going on about what a God he is, as if we can't see that he needs to cheat in every single match and that multiple people have gotten 3 counts on him, but the ref was knocked out each time. Yeah a lot of it should be like somehow Ric Flair managed to walk away with the title again, and calling him the dirtiest player in the game... Roman is just wow look at how great he is.
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Post by The anti-ratings Luddite on Nov 13, 2023 22:31:02 GMT -5
This is the biggest thing. If it were any other heel, the face announcers would be decrying his reign every chance they got. They'd be going nuts over how has he kept the belt this long, why doesn't the GM do something to stop the blatant cheating etc. Instead they're all going on about what a God he is, as if we can't see that he needs to cheat in every single match and that multiple people have gotten 3 counts on him, but the ref was knocked out each time. Yeah a lot of it should be like somehow Ric Flair managed to walk away with the title again, and calling him the dirtiest player in the game... Roman is just wow look at how great he is.
"Heel Champion who never loses to keep building the heat" is fine, long as you don't Sheik your whole territory.
What gets me is that the company slobs all over the knob of someone who's the villain of the story. That... that's not how you're supposed to do face/heel dynamics.
Then again, WWE keeps making money despite itself, so what the f*** do I know?
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Nov 15, 2023 13:26:09 GMT -5
Can anyone else look at these stats and understand why I think this title reign has been an unwatchable mountain of piss?
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Nov 15, 2023 15:58:33 GMT -5
Can anyone else look at these stats and understand why I think this title reign has been an unwatchable mountain of piss? *slowly turns a jar labelled "Vinny's Peach Teach"*
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anglarite
Don Corleone
...enchantment!
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Post by anglarite on Nov 15, 2023 16:10:27 GMT -5
Paper champion? So that's how he's gonna beat the Rock...
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Post by Urn Anderson on Nov 15, 2023 20:06:51 GMT -5
Having watched through all three reigns, Roman feels more like the Honky Tonk Man than he does HHH. It’s less “when will this insufferable ‘ultimate ass-kicker’ booking end” and more “when will he finally be unable to win via shenanigans?”
Regardless, it’s way, waaayyy past time to pull the trigger on someone.
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King Devitt
Grimlock
It gets better the longer you stare at it
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Post by King Devitt on Nov 15, 2023 21:03:38 GMT -5
Paper champion? So that's how he's gonna beat the Rock... Well played.
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