The Rocky IV Ending

[Old Jack Burton]

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We get a face turn from Ivan Drago at the very end of Rocky IV, and it's a great one. Could it work in wrestling?

Of course it could.

The end (and beginning) of the wrestling season is Wrestlemania. How would you like to see a last-minute face turn, with some morally beleaguered wrestler finally breaking the chains of his management or the corporate brass, followed by an honest man-to-man fight for the title? I think it would be damn fine TV.

And I kinda want this to be the end-game for Bryan vs Orton. Orton becomes increasingly shackled and hemmed in by the oppressive regime of the McMahons, before he finally RKOs the hell out of HHH, and gives Bryan his fair shot with it all on the line.

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So, who does Orton beat to death along the way?

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I think people might not accept an Orton face turn because they'd see it an attempt to "return to the status quo".

[Old Jack Burton]

Aug 24, 2013 4:19:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

So, who does Orton beat to death along the way?

Woulda said Kane, but you know...

Aug 24, 2013 4:20:27 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

I think people might not accept an Orton face turn because they'd see it an attempt to "return to the status quo".

It's less a face turn, and more a return to being a loner, psychopath heel. He'd still be "The Viper", but he'd fight his own battles. And even evil can have honor every once in a while.

[Chip]

Aug 24, 2013 4:19:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

So, who does Orton beat to death along the way?

Considering that this feud involves both Hunter and Bryan, HBK is the pick that simultaneously makes the most sense and would create the most sighs from the forum.

[Allie Kitsune]

Aug 24, 2013 4:22:25 GMT -5 Chip said:

Aug 24, 2013 4:19:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

So, who does Orton beat to death along the way?

Considering that this feud involves both Hunter and Bryan, HBK is the pick that simultaneously makes the most sense and would create the most sighs from the forum.

Which is why it should be William Regal.

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Since there is no outright killing in the WWE I nominate Cena, but only if he can also give Bryan a pair of jorts and take him to Boston to teach him the 5 moves of doom.

[DoubleDare]

The Rocky IV soundtrack by vince dicola is just pure awesomeness, I never even seen the movie, but listen to those tunes. love it.

[Young Game]

Aug 24, 2013 4:19:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

So, who does Orton beat to death along the way?

Xavier Woods.

[Hit Girl]

Won't work. Guys like Orton have switched so many times between face and heel that it nullifies the significance of another face turn. Drago was a 100% monster heel for the entire film. His character was consistent and well established. That made his turn at the end make a bigger impact.

[Straight Edge Scrotum]

If the WWE did anything like this, you know it would be Bryan getting beaten to death so Cena could overcome the odds and avenge his fallen friend at WrestleMania.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

So Bryan ends communism in the WWE?

[Big DSR Energy]

If I can change! And YOU can change! EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

[Hit Girl]

Russia changed, though not necessarily for the better.

Rocky VII should feature Drago and Rocky returning to Russia, this time, to restore the USSR

[celticjobber]

Orton should never be a face again, he's only good as a heel.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Aug 24, 2013 17:11:25 GMT -5 celticjobber said:

Orton should never be a face again, he's only good as a heel.

Ehhh

[Hit Girl]

I do think that Daniel Bryan should have his own robot. That would be awesome.