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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jul 1, 2015 21:17:22 GMT -5
Wouldn't Lana be the Fandango in this scenario? I mean, people do care about Rusev, but I don't think they'd care about Lana without him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 21:45:31 GMT -5
Wouldn't Lana be the Fandango in this scenario? I mean, people do care about Rusev, but I don't think they'd care about Lana without him. This is pretty complicated. Now we're talking about people not caring about the hot chick. Except they really aren't. Maybe she should wear a funny hat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 8:15:27 GMT -5
Another sign of how bad it is, is how quickly the "We want Lana!" chants and reactions for Lana in general have died down. This storyline and the company turning Lana face is the 2015 version of "Fandangoing." Good comparison. You had Fandango and Summer as a pair of heels who were getting over because they played their parts to the hilt, fandom was going gaga over Summer because of her NXT work and how freaking gorgeous she was in those outfits. So they break them up by having Fandango dump Summer (and not even on TV, no less!) and put Fandango with Layla-and then have Layla turn on Fandango and team with Summer, and the two of them proceed to repeatedly make Fandango's life miserable while he is repeatedly jobbed out, making Fandango actually look like the sympathetic one and Summer and Layla look like the heels. Then they proceed to rarely have any of them appear on tv. I was actually referring to when Fandango's dance got over and WWE turned him face by embracing the dance, and had Jerry Lawler get on the microphone and say "IT'S THE CRAZE THAT'S SWEEPING THE NATION!" and all that. Rather than just letting Fandango get over, they had to go overboard with it, and it stopped Fandango's momentum in its tracks. Although I still agree with everything you said.
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Post by CeilingFan on Jul 5, 2015 6:32:29 GMT -5
Man, this storyline has done no favors for anyone involved. Rusev is made to look like a buffoon, Lana goes from being the mastermind behind Rusev to someone who was controlled by him (?), and Dolph looks like a douche, and he's incredibly unlikable. And Summer Rae will not make things better.
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Post by g1megatronfan on Jul 5, 2015 9:08:59 GMT -5
Sure is. Has there been a two onscreen characters with absolutely no chemistry like Ziggler/Lana? Now they randomly put Summer Rae with Rusev? Talk about having nothing creative to do with someone...lol. I'm still trying to figure out how Lana is a babyface. The same woman who spent a 1+ years telling the fans they suck etc is now a face for some reason. This whole thing is just bad.
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Post by The Tee Why on Jul 5, 2015 13:38:51 GMT -5
If Dolph and Lana had ANY sort of chemistry, fine.
But holy crap it's like Lana is some awkward girl character from a Judd Apatow flick, and Dolph's character is acting like the coolest kid in the 5th grade cause he has a girlfriend.
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Post by edgehead on Jul 5, 2015 13:59:09 GMT -5
I've not read all 5 pages, but the constant giggling during the last promo made me cringe. I'm keeping an open mind, but I'm hoping someone sees this and gets Lana back with Russv before they change his name to Rockin Rusev and give him a guitar and Man Mountain Mike wardrobe.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jul 5, 2015 14:07:43 GMT -5
I'm to the point where I hope they randomly toss Hornswoggle into the story and just send this entire storyline straight into the shitter. Might as well get some awesome Wrestlecrap from an otherwise boring ass storyline.
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Post by edgehead on Jul 5, 2015 14:10:40 GMT -5
Dolph is a blonde who is now wearing 80s/90s style clothes, Lana is a woman who Dolph and Rusev, a man who will wrestle you to the ground and make you tap out, is fighting over. And Summer Rae has shown up as Rusev's new love interest...and she can dance.
Vince has discovered the new show, Saved by the Bell.....hasn't he?
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jul 5, 2015 14:36:01 GMT -5
I'm to the point where I hope they randomly toss Hornswoggle into the story and just send this entire storyline straight into the shitter. Might as well get some awesome Wrestlecrap from an otherwise boring ass storyline. I think 3MB/post-3MB Hornswoggle could actually improve this storyline.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 17:30:17 GMT -5
Rusev is the face in all of this. I cant see anything at all likeable about Lana or Dolph at all. The WWE's logic, as usual, is faulty. The concept is supposedly that Lana is the rebellious female who has broken free from her misogynistic brute of an ex-boyfriend and has found a new beau in the vibrant Dolph Ziggler, all the while they show their newfound love to the jerk. The execution is instead the humiliated super athlete, having been buried in a feud with a guy they are afraid to look vulnerable, is being treated as a cuckold by an ungrateful wench and a guy that is never going to go anyhwere on the card besides where he's at. So, Rusev is the true babyface in all of this, and it's a crying shame, because he had so much promise.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Jul 6, 2015 21:37:54 GMT -5
Dolph's the heel my butt. Especially not after Rusev Peter Griffining it.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jul 6, 2015 22:29:28 GMT -5
Rusev getting revenge on those 'one legged man' type comments was hilarious. SURPRISE, I GOT BOTH LEGS, SUCKA!
Don't brag to a man that the only reason he was successful was a manager who shouted Crush if you aren't prepared to have your trachea crushed while announcers stare at their twitter feed.
This feud man...it's ridiculous but now I have hope because they should be able to have some good matches together.
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Post by Phil Parent on Jul 6, 2015 22:32:42 GMT -5
A good announcer would have yelled at the top of his lungs "HE WAS NEVER HURT!!" the second he started walking on his foot without crutches.
What we got is "Oh, nothing wrong with his foot."
After the beating, he turned to Summer Rae and I wished he just said "I don't need you either." and it would have gotten a massive pop and the alignment switch would have been official. And the next week, have Dolph come out with both of them, because he's such a hunk he can, right?
But no, we stay where we are, people want to cheer Rusev but they don't have their cue to do it, and people see Dolph & Lana as massive douches that they are expected to cheer. So they mostly sit on their hands going "WTF?"
IT'S WRESTLING! WWE WRITERS, YOU ARE WRITING PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING! IT'S EASY!
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Post by cabbageboy on Jul 6, 2015 22:39:48 GMT -5
Here's another problem I thought of tonight. Dolph is insisting that Lana was the sole reason for Rusev's success over the past year. Thing is...what has she done for Dolph's career? He's still the same midcard JTTS that he was before he met Lana. Still losing to guys better than him. So how's she helping you out, hotshot? I guess he gets to bang Lana, but that could be accomplished on the down low without having an angry Bulgarian wanting to destroy you for rubbing it in his face every week.
Basically Rusev has lost all heat over this feud, what little Cena hadn't taken. Dolph is still a loser that gets creamed every week. And Lana as a manager is a one trick pony.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 6, 2015 22:42:05 GMT -5
Here's another problem I thought of tonight. Dolph is insisting that Lana was the sole reason for Rusev's success over the past year. Thing is...what has she done for Dolph's career? He's still the same midcard JTTS that he was before he met Lana. Still losing to guys better than him. So how's she helping you out, hotshot? I guess he gets to bang Lana, but that could be accomplished on the down low without having an angry Bulgarian wanting to destroy you for rubbing it in his face every week. Basically Rusev has lost all heat over this feud, what little Cena hadn't taken. Dolph is still a loser that gets creamed every week. And Lana as a manager is a one trick pony. Also yes, Lana was responsible for all of Rusev's success. The Thrust Kicks, the Accolade, Lana was actually doing all of Rusev's wrestling for him via remote control. His year long undefeated streak, that was Lana.
F***ing moron.
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Post by Grand Papillon "The Banker" on Jul 6, 2015 22:55:31 GMT -5
And yet as much as people complain about Ziggler, his music popped the crowd nicely in Chicago making him one of the few guys pushed as a face that is actually over.
I do think Ziggler should have explained better about Lana being responsible for Rusevs success in that she got him hired, negotiated for him backstage, had strings pulled for him etc. the worst part of this angle is that Lana went from being a shrewd agent and businesswoman to foreign blonde eye candy.
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Post by paulbearer on Jul 6, 2015 23:01:01 GMT -5
Rusev : Nobody can beat me...nobody ! (hooded figure runs into the ring and starts beating Rusev up , then pulls of his hood while grinning) Drago : "If he dies , he dies....soon I destroy REAL champion !" Hey , at least it'd be un-predictable
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Post by Dub H on Jul 6, 2015 23:31:45 GMT -5
I haven't been watching, these last couple of weeks but how is Rusev the face.He mistreated his girlfriend for weeks,got dumped and became a crazy jealous ex-boyfriend.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jul 6, 2015 23:44:15 GMT -5
I haven't been watching, these last couple of weeks but how is Rusev the face.He mistreated his girlfriend for weeks,got dumped and became a crazy jealous ex-boyfriend. Because since he was injured Lana and Dolph have basically been picking on him. Rusev is no saint either but the faces picking on a clearly injured man that cannot even stand (until tonight) didn't exactly make them look good.
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