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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Sept 9, 2013 2:11:16 GMT -5
He's not gonna be able to do that until he learns how to cut a promo without sounding like he's thinking of what he should say Nah, comedy Bryan is pretty much the only time Bryan ever talks without sounding like he's woodenly reading off cue cards. The anger management skits with Kane brought out the best in him.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 9, 2013 3:39:00 GMT -5
You have to remember about Cena was that before he won his first WWE title, he feuded with JBL and couldn't be any more serious about wanting to take that title from him at WrestleMania 21. He made his way to the top and then JBL practically steals the US title from him and then leaves him laying before the 'you can't fight one another unless you're provoked' rule. Then after his feud with JBL ended at Judgement Day that year, he was drafted to Raw and became more of the character we see now.
This is where Bryan is right now. As others have said, this makes sense for right now. Bryan climbed to the top and got the biggest win of his life only for the company to take it away from him. Now he's fighting them every week. If Bryan came out the first week and laughed about it, I couldn't take him seriously as much because it wouldn't seem like he cares about getting the belt back. It was my growing problem with Cena before he got injured. If you don't care, why should I?
When this feud is over or he wins the belt now, then he can relax and joke because the prize is his. It makes more sense character wise then just joking all the time and taking people out of the story.
Yes, pro wrestling is ridiculous. WE know it's ridiculous. I don't want THEM to tell ME it's ridiculous. I want them to be a part of the show.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 7:21:42 GMT -5
Main eventers should always be SUPER SRS, u guyz.
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Post by OzzyMandez on Sept 9, 2013 8:06:08 GMT -5
*Funny top babyface* "He needs to be more serious!" *Serious top babyface* "He needs to be more funny!"
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Sept 9, 2013 9:21:22 GMT -5
NO!!! funier in WWE's mind means spray painting the heel's car, telling Sheamus-bad jokes and acting like Cena (who ultimately takes everything in a "I don't care let's get fun" way and burries every serious heel in the process) so no thanks, we have already too many "funny" faces and they suck.
Being funny would ruin the Daniel Bryan gimmick.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 9, 2013 9:24:12 GMT -5
Bryan already giggles and snickers through most segments anyway.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 9, 2013 9:56:25 GMT -5
the last thing Daniel Bryan needs is to be another stand-up comedian who never takes anything seriously. because that worked so well for Sheamus and John Cena.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 9, 2013 10:02:07 GMT -5
the last thing Daniel Bryan needs is to be another stand-up comedian who never takes anything seriously. because that worked so well for Sheamus and John Cena. *Looks at Cena's merchandise sales* Uh.....
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Post by spagett on Sept 9, 2013 10:29:08 GMT -5
So every babyface should be fun loving and cracking jokes 24/7?
I'm sure eventually Bryan will end up doing corny WWE humour but for now the story he's involved with requires a serious attitude. He's been attacked and left beaten 7 shows in a row, it'd make no sense if he came out laughing and joking every week.
Constantly joking around is one of the absolute worst traits that John Cena has and it was a major reason as to why Sheamus was such an unlikeable face in my opinion.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 9, 2013 11:16:52 GMT -5
I think Bryan's plenty funny as he is. Any more and he'll turn into another John Cena character that can't ever take anything seriously. And I think we have enough of those on the roster already. That's the idea. Cena gets it- he's plenty intense in the ring, he doesn't need to be super serial outside of it. That's where I want Bryan to be. In recent times, when has Bryan come off as "super serial"? If anything, he's not taking this whole thing serious enough. The last thing I want is to see him smiling and joking after getting beat down. Good lord.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 9, 2013 11:18:58 GMT -5
the last thing Daniel Bryan needs is to be another stand-up comedian who never takes anything seriously. because that worked so well for Sheamus and John Cena. What he should be is a face version of his heel character who is just an obnoxious douche who does funny things like yelling YES! in everyone's faces, or who sits in the middle of the ring and YES!'es in protest until HHH grants him a title match or something
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 11:32:50 GMT -5
I would love if he says: "This is Bryan Danielson talking to Paul Levesque".
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Sept 9, 2013 12:17:57 GMT -5
I would love if he says: "This is Bryan Danielson talking to Paul Levesque". Kick...PEDIGREE!
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Sept 9, 2013 15:23:43 GMT -5
Thing is, for good and proper story telling...sometimes you need to be serious outside the ring. Otherwise the drama, the tension, the suspense falls apart if while everybody else is those things the central protagonist, the one who is supposed to carry the weight of that, is grinning like a fool and trying his best Bugs Bunny impression. That's exactly it. They haven't killed off Bryan's funny character, he's just got more serious things to deal with now. Dusty Rhodes used to go on TV and he could be smiling and having a good time, but as soon as the Four Horsemen beat him within an inch of his life and broke his arm, he got serious because he just got beat to hell and had his arm broken. As soon as he was in a different situation not involving that, he could be smiling Dusty again because he wasn't in that serious situation anymore. Daniel Bryan will be funny again, but he's not going to come out and make jokes after the WWE C.O.O. screwed him out of his first WWE Championship and keeps having him ambushed and beaten on a weekly basis. He'd look like a joke.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Sept 9, 2013 17:13:51 GMT -5
the last thing Daniel Bryan needs is to be another stand-up comedian who never takes anything seriously. because that worked so well for Sheamus and John Cena. *Looks at Cena's merchandise sales* Uh..... Last year, whenever people criticized Sheamus' character by saying that he was "going to end up like John Cena" like that's a terrible fate to befall a wrestler, it was always hilarious.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Sept 9, 2013 17:20:45 GMT -5
Thing is, for good and proper story telling...sometimes you need to be serious outside the ring. Otherwise the drama, the tension, the suspense falls apart if while everybody else is those things the central protagonist, the one who is supposed to carry the weight of that, is grinning like a fool and trying his best Bugs Bunny impression. That's exactly it. They haven't killed off Bryan's funny character, he's just got more serious things to deal with now. Dusty Rhodes used to go on TV and he could be smiling and having a good time, but as soon as the Four Horsemen beat him within an inch of his life and broke his arm, he got serious because he just got beat to hell and had his arm broken. As soon as he was in a different situation not involving that, he could be smiling Dusty again because he wasn't in that serious situation anymore. Daniel Bryan will be funny again, but he's not going to come out and make jokes after the WWE C.O.O. screwed him out of his first WWE Championship and keeps having him ambushed and beaten on a weekly basis. He'd look like a joke. Hey, I'm not saying I can't be patient. But once he gets his belt back and he's got a bit of an advantage, I better hear some bear talk. But let me be clear, Monkey- if he's on an obvious roll, and he's still talking about armories and acting like serious AmDrag....I'm gonna remember what you said today. I'm gonna remember it.
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Post by PTBartman on Sept 9, 2013 17:28:26 GMT -5
I think Bryan's plenty funny as he is. Any more and he'll turn into another John Cena character that can't ever take anything seriously. And I think we have enough of those on the roster already. That's the idea. Cena gets it- he's plenty intense in the ring, he doesn't need to be super serial outside of it. That's where I want Bryan to be. I agree a hundred percent, with one caveat. They make the character funny not just give him one liners for his promos. It's the difference between Angle, E&C, et al, and all the rest. I think HellNo showed he has the chops to pull off a character like that.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Sept 9, 2013 17:44:15 GMT -5
the last thing Daniel Bryan needs is to be another stand-up comedian who never takes anything seriously. because that worked so well for Sheamus and John Cena. *Looks at Cena's merchandise sales* Uh..... Uh.....Imagine how much higher they'd be if half the audience didn't hate him.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 9, 2013 17:50:41 GMT -5
*Looks at Cena's merchandise sales* Uh..... Uh.....Imagine how much higher they'd be if half the audience didn't hate him. Kay.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Sept 9, 2013 17:57:00 GMT -5
Uh.....Imagine how much higher they'd be if half the audience didn't hate him. Kay. It's true. He's a commodity that should be optimized to bring in the most money available. His shtick alienates half the crowd. So if said shtick was downplayed, there's a logical chance he'd be even more financially viable. I guess it comes down to the question of what makes him popular, and what makes him hated. And to tweak the things that aren't working to create a character not so alienating to the other side, while not changing him so much that the audience that likes him feels alienated in turn. Happy medium.
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