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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jan 22, 2019 16:27:24 GMT -5
He’s gotten a rocket strapped to him in a fairly rapid fashion, and Cena went out of his way to endorse him last week.
Any chance this backfires and people turn on him?
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Post by avenger on Jan 22, 2019 16:33:51 GMT -5
I doubt this rocket is going to be strapped to him for wrong. Would love to be proved wrong.
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Post by KobashiChop on Jan 22, 2019 16:34:29 GMT -5
Everyone is in danger of that reaction. However Finn has the "did it the hard way" backstory outside of kayfabe working in his favour.
He isn't an ex football player on a fall back plan. He is "Indy/Japan star". Fans are a lot more lenient with that. Not a criticism of anyone but it's true.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 16:39:23 GMT -5
Yeah, it doesn’t matter who you are, eventually people will turn on you and look for better talent on the card. Doesn’t matter if it’s Roman, Balor, Rollins, etc. It’s inevitable at this point.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 22, 2019 16:52:07 GMT -5
Doubt it, Finn's not overpushed to hell and he doesn't take 10 minute naps during matches.
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Post by Perfect Timing on Jan 22, 2019 16:54:32 GMT -5
No because Balor Club is for EVERYONE!
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 22, 2019 16:56:04 GMT -5
He's probably losing Sunday and then going back to doing jack shit nothing so I don't think we need to worry about him getting a Roman Reigns reaction.
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Post by repomark on Jan 22, 2019 16:58:21 GMT -5
Not close to being the same thing - as Balor has not been over pushed for years rather than given a push for a month
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 16:58:38 GMT -5
Nah, this is Finn Balor. He's gotta win for the next year straight before he gets any sort of backlash.
People forget but Roman's push really started when he was the sole survivor during the 2013 Survivor Series elimination match. They finally caught on a year later and by the time that Rumble happened it was it.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 22, 2019 18:12:27 GMT -5
No because he seems to be only be getting built up to lose to Brock. But even if that wasn't the case, he'd be in danger because fans are
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 22, 2019 18:15:56 GMT -5
It's been like two weeks of push, mang. Based on his booking for half of his main roster run so far, he's lucky there's not a 'Finn Balor is a bitch' thread to go along with Samoa Joe's.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Jan 22, 2019 18:19:26 GMT -5
No because people actually like him and want him to get pushed.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 22, 2019 18:26:08 GMT -5
He shows everybody his big beautiful honker during his entrance too and people, they love that. They adore Finn Balor and his abs and his big old Johnson and people will never boo that. He's too beautiful to be booed.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 22, 2019 19:40:43 GMT -5
Well you dont need to worry, Finn aint winning.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 22, 2019 19:48:08 GMT -5
He shows everybody his big beautiful honker during his entrance too and people, they love that. They adore Finn Balor and his abs and his big old Johnson and people will never boo that. He's too beautiful to be booed. big dawg.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 22, 2019 19:48:39 GMT -5
Some people are always going to resent any main eventer's push, but he's been around the main roster longer than Roman was before his main event push. (Well, this one, not the one he got injured and grounded)
He should probably be fine.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 22, 2019 19:52:00 GMT -5
I wouldn’t think so. For one, there’s no Daniel Bryan-esque figure that “deserves” it more in comparison to Balor that gets people to resent Balor taking “their spot”. That’s because, to many, Balor himself is that figure because he got injured winning the belt and had to give it up the next night.
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Jan 22, 2019 19:54:29 GMT -5
He shows everybody his big beautiful honker during his entrance too and people, they love that. They adore Finn Balor and his abs and his big old Johnson and people will never boo that. He's too beautiful to be booed. This post made me laugh really hard. Thank you.
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Post by Doctor No on Jan 22, 2019 20:12:00 GMT -5
I don’t think they are in any danger with Finn because they won’t sustain it. But if they do and they keep him smiling and being “for everyone” it could be more akin to how some people rejected the babyface/mega push HBK of 96. But that is also unlikely since Finn seems more natural as a more over the top babyface than pre-faith HBK who seemed more phony in that role.
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Post by Shark on Jan 22, 2019 23:14:54 GMT -5
Anyone they push is always in danger of that backlash. I think Seth is in danger of that now. We're currently experiencing it with Braun. AJ was going through it during his reign as champion. Any face they push will deal with fan backlash no matter who they are.
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