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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 19, 2018 11:52:15 GMT -5
Seeing this guy beat Roman clean and then becoming the first Universal Champion. Anyone know what the end game was?
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 19, 2018 11:58:48 GMT -5
Probably to defend the championship and make it look good?
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Post by Sicho100 on Feb 19, 2018 11:59:44 GMT -5
Probably to defend the championship and make it look good? This is WWE we are talking about, that can't possibly be the case. |
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Post by angryfan on Feb 19, 2018 12:02:17 GMT -5
He'd have lost it to Reigns, and they'd talk about how Finn was "almost there".
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 19, 2018 12:03:06 GMT -5
Probably to defend the championship and make it look good? This is WWE we are talking about, that can't possibly be the case. Good point. *puts on WWE Booking Hat* Short feud with Big Show then loses the title to Kane in a Demon vs Demon match. |
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Post by Spider2024 on Feb 19, 2018 12:07:17 GMT -5
It probably still leads to the Kevin Owens reign and him being the chosen one, but it happens a month or two later than it did. Like, similar situation, FB defending it in a 4-way with KO, Seth Rollins and someone else.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 12:31:30 GMT -5
He was probably losing at the Rumble. I know he was scheduled to face Owens and then Owens and Jericho in a triple threat so a Rumble loss makes sense. At the end of the day he was just going to be there until they can find a way to sling it back to Lesnar and Reigns.
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Post by Error on Feb 19, 2018 12:39:42 GMT -5
That is a good question. You'd think all roads would lead to Brock/Roman since that was talked about all the way back to WM32 but I think Jericho said he was supposed to beat Owens for the title at WM33 until Goldberg came in. They could have had Roman/Brock at 33 but that then leaves Taker, Owens, and Jericho out. Could have done Cena/Taker last year but then they lose the mainstream moment of John's wedding proposal and that match.
Man, that one moment made a major impact on WM.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 13:01:59 GMT -5
According to Meltzer, before Roman got suspended the title matches at Summerslam were going to be Reigns/Rollins for the World title and Cena/Styles for the Universal title. So if Balor was basically thrown into that position I wouldn't be shocked if WWE themselves weren't complete sure what the end game was.
Maybe Rollins stays heel for longer and eventually gets the title. Rollins winning the title as a heel in December or January, Triple H turning on him (like when Orton won the WHC in Evolution) and Rollins successfully defending the title against Triple H at Wrestlemania seems like a plausible scenario.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Feb 19, 2018 13:59:29 GMT -5
I would be willing to bet a large amount of money that they had no definitive endgame. Maybe an idea that was ping-pong’ed around before it happened, but I’d bet anything they had no glued-on endgame. Not just cynicism talking. That’s the way the company is being run.
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Post by schma on Feb 19, 2018 18:47:53 GMT -5
It probably still leads to the Kevin Owens reign and him being the chosen one, but it happens a month or two later than it did. Like, similar situation, FB defending it in a 4-way with KO, Seth Rollins and someone else. The only thing is, nearly all of Kevin Owen's run felt like they were in a holding pattern because of the Balor injury. That they hadn't had a plan B and even months later still hadn't come up with one. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:48:04 GMT -5
Supposedly the JeriKO / Rollins feud was what Balor was supposed to be doing, so I presume Owens would have won the belt around December to transition it to Goldberg.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 19, 2018 22:53:24 GMT -5
According to Meltzer, before Roman got suspended the title matches at Summerslam were going to be Reigns/Rollins for the World title and Cena/Styles for the Universal title. So if Balor was basically thrown into that position I wouldn't be shocked if WWE themselves weren't complete sure what the end game was. Maybe Rollins stays heel for longer and eventually gets the title. Rollins winning the title as a heel in December or January, Triple H turning on him (like when Orton won the WHC in Evolution) and Rollins successfully defending the title against Triple H at Wrestlemania seems like a plausible scenario. So Ambrose wasn't supposed to cash in MITB so soon? |
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Post by -Lithium- on Feb 20, 2018 2:30:29 GMT -5
Probably lose to a returning Roman Reigns who Vince would totally forgive. Funny, if Daniel Bryan had the most monster push in a decade and f***ed up like that, I can't imagine he'd be forgiven. Reigns though? Oh, water under the bridge. Made his mistake and paid his price. Back to this inorganic loathed monster push. Just absolute bullshit.
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