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Post by cabbageboy on Jan 30, 2017 9:50:17 GMT -5
As I said, where exactly IS there to go with Reigns as a face at this point? Raw is kind of face heavy once you start bringing Balor back and turn either Jericho or Owens. Rollins is going to end up the top face if they can ever figure out this "rage against the authority" character, which at least his hijacking of Takeover pointed to. So the options are this: Reigns can stay a mostly disliked face, or he can turn heel and become HHH's new authority lackey. I suppose a loner heel could also work but you know they love their authority heels and how else can him being gifted #30 make sense? It's such mixed signal booking. It's like WWE wants to promote management as being scumbag heels, yet the guy they are blatantly shoving down our throats is supposed to be a conquering hero.
The difference between Reigns and Cena is that Reigns would actually work better as a heel! His greaseball look, his male model aspect, his ring style. All of it points to being a prick heel. Even if Cena is irritating at times he at least makes natural sense as a face.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jan 30, 2017 9:59:39 GMT -5
You seem angry.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Jan 30, 2017 10:04:17 GMT -5
They are turning him heel at Mania and you will all love it. Wait and see Honestly I'm so done on Reigns right now that I don't even want him to turn heel, I just want him to go away. X-Pac Heat has become Roman Reigns Heat.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 30, 2017 10:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 30, 2017 10:48:29 GMT -5
Let me guess. You don't like me when I'm angry.
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Post by 4real on Jan 30, 2017 10:54:32 GMT -5
That was so anti-climatic. I felt surely they've saved somebody good for the #30 spot, especially with the dramatic delay between the counter hitting zero and the music hitting. Angle? Samoa Joe? Bobby Roode? Daniel Bryan? Nakamura? A returning Balor? No, we get The Big Dog. My excitement just deflated like a burst balloon. I can't remember the last time I felt so disappointed. Yeah this is pretty much my take on it. It left me completely deflated.
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Post by Fade on Jan 30, 2017 10:54:52 GMT -5
I watched it at a bar without sound..so I missed out on that aspect. But I wasn't surprised. Last week I was sure they were gonna give us Taker/Roman.
And nah, he's not gonna do a Heel Turn, same old Vince's Goldenboy Trick. It's the sick, evil part of me that looks forward to Roman pinning Taker at WrestleMania to deafening hate.
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Post by The Trashman on Jan 30, 2017 10:56:57 GMT -5
From a live perspective there is no one on the roster even close to his level of heat. That was the case for the title match and him coming out at 30 made it even worse.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2017 11:00:34 GMT -5
Would that be just me or the thirty some people who seemed to agree with my statement?
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Jan 30, 2017 11:57:12 GMT -5
Not happy that Roman entered the match, but he did say in the Kevin Owens segment with Goldberg on Raw that he was going in the Rumble.
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Post by Macho Pichu on Jan 30, 2017 12:28:45 GMT -5
He was only in the Rumble so people would cheer an Orton win. And that actually worked, surprisingly enough. I'm fine with another Orton WM main event, but they need to get the strap off Cena ASAP and put it on Bray, sine that's where Orton's real story is. Luckily, SmackDown's next PPV is Elimination Chamber, where he can win it in a way that makes perfect sense. AJ, Cena, and Harper are the obvious other people in the match, but the other two are still up in the air. Probably Corbin and maybe Orton himself to further the feud. If not Orton, I have no idea. Mojo, maybe? Ambrose? f***ing Elsworth?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 30, 2017 15:42:10 GMT -5
Would that be just me or the thirty some people who seemed to agree with my statement? You all need naps.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 30, 2017 15:46:16 GMT -5
They don't care. They probably figure that as long as you are paying for a ticket and enough of his merch is being shifted, they still earn money, whether you boo or not.
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 30, 2017 15:55:43 GMT -5
I mean, I hope the turning heel theory is right, but this isn't the first time they teased a heel Reigns.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Jan 30, 2017 16:20:00 GMT -5
I mean, I hope the turning heel theory is right, but this isn't the first time they teased a heel Reigns. They supposedly were going to go through with it until Balor got hurt. And really, it needs to happen sooner or later. Why not now?
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Post by Redbeard's Ghost on Jan 30, 2017 17:15:10 GMT -5
Too bad Angle didn't get in the Rumble, could of had another part timer in the final 20 minutes.
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Post by benstudd on Feb 2, 2017 3:52:36 GMT -5
The funniest thing is, everytime they come to a time and place where they should give him a win, they don't pull the trigger. Like Sunday, I was finally ready to accept a Roman win when he was against KO for the title. Even though I hate Reigns I was like why not, the KO reign has been long enough and we need real top guys for the title at Mania. Reigns from there could face Taker(old guy vs next guy) or Goldberg(spear vs spear) or Strowman for the main event. The sky's the limit. But then they have him lose, I'm off the RR bandwagon again and they have him steal the spot of a bigger surprise for the 30th entry. Vince has become so schizo and sees him so much in his soup that even the sure-fire sure-win ways to book Reigns he doesn't sees in favor of placing him in a spot that would make him instantly booed. It's crazy. He keeps impaling his chosen one over and over.
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 2, 2017 4:17:21 GMT -5
Would that be just me or the thirty some people who seemed to agree with my statement? You all need naps. Just bring Reigns out for a straight up match then.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Feb 2, 2017 4:24:01 GMT -5
The anti-Roman sentiment makes absolutely no sense to me. He is great. I will be excited to see whatever match he is in at Wrestlemania and if it is against Undertaker - Roman should absolutely win. Yeah, I feel bad for the dude. As much as we crap on the guy for being "Vince's Chosen Guy," that's got to be a hell of a cross to bear at times, and at this point, Vince/WWE are basically using him as a giant Troll Middle Finger to the IWC, who pretty much hate him just to hate him at this point. That can't feel too good, to go out there and get a unanimous focused hatred for not being the Indie Darling of the month that the fans think should be "The Guy" instead. I mean, let's face it, Vinnie Mac isn't getting any younger, and Roman is probably his last chance to make a SUPERSTAR before handing the reins ( ) over to Trips and Steph. I think this is why Vince is doubling down on Roman, despite the crowd response. He experienced the same deal with Cena, and eventually most of Cena's haters came around to at least respecting why he was "The Guy." Roman has improved leaps and bounds since his initial push started, and I think face or heel, he's going to be one of the "Main Guys" for the company going forward. Barring another couple Wellness failures, that's not going to change, so, like others have said, you're either going to accept it and focus on what you like about the company, or...well, there are quite a few alternatives out there right now. Roman's not going anywhere.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 2, 2017 4:25:16 GMT -5
Just bring Reigns out for a straight up match then. But the crowd said Roman was the one that was sleeping.
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