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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 7, 2016 18:27:05 GMT -5
So he's not going to be like Cena Hogan. He's going to be a face who they can book as the heel sometimes when it's convenient, and he'll do a few things to play into that role in matches despite not turning heel. That is exactly like Cena Hogan. Hogan was never booked as a heel. |
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 7, 2016 18:29:32 GMT -5
Thing too is that one instance of a camera accidentally catching this or a censor botch, and that'll be the end of it.
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Post by cuppacoffee - slight return on Apr 7, 2016 18:39:14 GMT -5
Hogan was never booked as a heel. Never? He was never booked to act heelishly on random-ass occasions to further his grand narrative as a super-face? How did his match vs Andre at Wrestlemania IV finish? How did 'Taker lose the title at This Tuesday In Texas? How did Sid get eliminated from the 1992 Rumble Match? |
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Post by angryfan on Apr 7, 2016 18:47:12 GMT -5
Hogan was never booked as a heel. Never? He was never booked to act heelishly on random-ass occasions to further his grand narrative as a super-face? How did his match vs Andre at Wrestlemania IV finish? How did 'Taker lose the title at This Tuesday In Texas? How did Sid get eliminated from the 1992 Rumble Match? Yes but the announcers excused all of...damn it, he's going to go Full Hogan. You NEVER go Full Hogan. Now we're going to see Believe That doo rags and...just no. |
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Post by cuppacoffee - slight return on Apr 7, 2016 18:53:49 GMT -5
Never? He was never booked to act heelishly on random-ass occasions to further his grand narrative as a super-face? How did his match vs Andre at Wrestlemania IV finish? How did 'Taker lose the title at This Tuesday In Texas? How did Sid get eliminated from the 1992 Rumble Match? Yes but the announcers excused all of...damn it, he's going to go Full Hogan. You NEVER go Full Hogan. Now we're going to see Believe That doo rags and...just no. If it leads to a look involving a receding, beetroot-coloured Reigns rocking a bleach-blond skullet and handlebar 'tache, while tearing a gimmicked SWAT vest off himself and posing... Followed by 20 years later a regrettable sex tape in which he intimates that the idea of his daughter dating non-Samoans makes him sick... ...that might just put him over...  |
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Post by angryfan on Apr 7, 2016 18:56:19 GMT -5
Yes but the announcers excused all of...damn it, he's going to go Full Hogan. You NEVER go Full Hogan. Now we're going to see Believe That doo rags and...just no. If it leads to a look involving a receding, beetroot-coloured Reigns rocking a bleach-blond skullet and handlebar 'tache, while tearing a gimmicked SWAT vest off himself and posing... Followed by 20 years later a regrettable sex tape in which he intimates that the idea of his daughter dating non-Samoans makes him sick... ...that might just put him over... Damn it, and Uso is Samoan for Brother so...we've already got not one but TWO Brother Bruti's running around. Bruti, is that plural in itself like thesauri? Since it was Brutus? Is...am I confusing myself here? Whatever, don't let the Usos go parasailing is all I'm saying. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 7, 2016 19:02:41 GMT -5
Everyone is taking her house it's not fair.  "What's mine is mine, and what's yours... is mine too, babygirl." |
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Post by cuppacoffee - slight return on Apr 7, 2016 19:02:51 GMT -5
If it leads to a look involving a receding, beetroot-coloured Reigns rocking a bleach-blond skullet and handlebar 'tache, while tearing a gimmicked SWAT vest off himself and posing... Followed by 20 years later a regrettable sex tape in which he intimates that the idea of his daughter dating non-Samoans makes him sick... ...that might just put him over... Damn it, and Uso is Samoan for Brother so...we've already got not one but TWO Brother Bruti's running around. Bruti, is that plural in itself like thesauri? Since it was Brutus? Is...am I confusing myself here? Whatever, don't let the Usos go parasailing is all I'm saying. I'm going with "Brothers Bruti." Whe they say "Bru!" We say "GO!" |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 7, 2016 19:08:26 GMT -5
Everyone is taking her house it's not fair. "What's mine is mine, and what's yours... is mine too, babygirl." Repo Reigns = Biggest Boom period ever. |
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Apr 7, 2016 19:09:41 GMT -5
Good. You don't need a heel turn. Him acting this naturally will get people to react to him either way so he's good. The cocky don't f**** with me Reigns is money because he has natural swagger to back it up. Let him do his thing, it's sink or swim in regards to 2 years of building him up to this moment. I don't get your point because people were reacting to him anyway, whether he acted 'natural' or not. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 7, 2016 19:50:01 GMT -5
Hogan was never booked as a heel. Never? He was never booked to act heelishly on random-ass occasions to further his grand narrative as a super-face? How did his match vs Andre at Wrestlemania IV finish? How did 'Taker lose the title at This Tuesday In Texas? How did Sid get eliminated from the 1992 Rumble Match? OK I see your point. I mean I knew about those examples but I was thinking from the WWE perspective of "If a heel does anything to cheat any action of a babyface even if it's way beyond what the heel did is warranted" |
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Post by Juice on Apr 7, 2016 19:56:12 GMT -5
Reigns with attitude is at least SOMETHING that they never tried with Cena. But the "I'm not a bad guy, i'm not a good guy" thing is already old as f*** to me.
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Post by cool on Apr 7, 2016 20:17:05 GMT -5
first thought reading the title of the thread is paige is going to sue for gimmick infringement.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 21:37:03 GMT -5
This is a step to the right direction. Turning him heel right away would be bad since everyone wants him to turn heel. The best heel turns are the ones when no one wants the face to turn heel and everyone in the crowd likes the guy (like they haven't gone stale) and it feels like a real turn and betrayal. The last great WWE Heel Turn was Seth Rollins turning on The Shield on this regard. Also a great heel turn is when the heel makes the babyface he turned against more popular.
Give Reigns a chance to win over the crowd and him brutally beating down Ambrose would be a genuinely upsetting moment but at the same time it's passing the torch in making him the number one babyface.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Apr 7, 2016 21:41:55 GMT -5
The best thing about REings being a tweener instead of a full heel is allows WWE to cover all their bases in case his new attitude starts getting him cheered. Which I won't be surprised happens if they allow him to stay like this for the rest of the year.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 7, 2016 21:51:58 GMT -5
They are doing it all wrong. Have him be hit on the head with a coconut and start to think he's 1996 Michael Jordan. Even change his theme song
"And now...from NORTH CAROLINA...at guard...six foot six.."
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 7, 2016 22:42:38 GMT -5
Reigns with attitude is at least SOMETHING that they never tried with Cena. But the "I'm not a bad guy, i'm not a good guy" thing is already old as f*** to me. Good. Now you're only going to have to hear him say it twice a week (and the announcers repeating it 5 times a show) until WrestleMania Sun/Orange/Florida!!! |
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Post by Crimson on Apr 7, 2016 23:05:49 GMT -5
So instead of John Cena-lite, he's going to be Batista-lite?
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Post by bearned on Apr 8, 2016 2:37:52 GMT -5
It's a smart way to book him, means he can easily heel it up with the rowdier crowds and work as a face with the more subdued ones.
I do like the idea of Reigns just being a straight up smug asshole to, say, a Chicago crowd.
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Apr 8, 2016 5:23:34 GMT -5
This is a step to the right direction. Turning him heel right away would be bad since everyone wants him to turn heel. The best heel turns are the ones when no one wants the face to turn heel and everyone in the crowd likes the guy (like they haven't gone stale) and it feels like a real turn and betrayal. The last great WWE Heel Turn was Seth Rollins turning on The Shield on this regard. Also a great heel turn is when the heel makes the babyface he turned against more popular. Give Reigns a chance to win over the crowd and him brutally beating down Ambrose would be a genuinely upsetting moment but at the same time it's passing the torch in making him the number one babyface. The best part about Rollins turning heel was you hear one lone guy in the crowd shout out "NOOOOOO!" ala Ewan McGregor as Rollins swings the chair towards Reigns' back. |
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