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Post by rocnsoc88 on Jan 28, 2019 22:07:01 GMT -5
To be honest, I actually like it. He was getting colder and colder by the week as a face, from my perspective. And his act just isn’t really suited to be a babyface. He’s a pretentious, narcissistic musician who thinks he’s amazing when he’s really quite lame (albeit amusingly so). That’s simply not a babyface role in any way.
So yeah. I’m ok with this and think it’s actually better for his act in the long run. As long as they stay the course and don’t turn him again any time soon, since that’s damaged other acts like Strowman and obviously Big Show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 22:08:47 GMT -5
Heel Elias is gold, I just don't know why they'd turn him heel again when he's been doing very well as a face.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 22:09:26 GMT -5
Major yes.
Seeing Elias say “Silence your cellphones, hold your applause until the performance is finished” made me die a little bit on the inside.
I’m glad they turned him back before they f***ed him up even further.
He gets cheered as a heel. That’s what they want. So why change it?
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Post by Andy Martin on Jan 28, 2019 22:09:42 GMT -5
He works much better as a heel for me.
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Post by HisRoyalGreeness on Jan 28, 2019 23:26:16 GMT -5
I’m 100 percent on board with him being a heel again. I’m just sad that it’s gonna be Smackdown here in New Orleans in a few weeks and not Raw. He would surely top that Seattle heat by bringing up the Saints playoff loss. Maybe he can make a special appearance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 23:28:03 GMT -5
I really just thinking turning him again so soon is stupid, especially with how few faces Raw has that people actually care about. I guess it's probably to move him up the card post-Mania, since Seth is going to need challengers and Elias is one of the few options that hasn't already been beaten into the ground, but he's been doing well in the role and still been plenty over so it just seems like needlessly killing his momentum to go back to old ground.
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Post by Rican on Jan 28, 2019 23:29:11 GMT -5
Easily a yay. The gimmick works WAY better as a heel. The WWE is not good at writing intentional comedy, we were two weeks away from a whole song about one of his opponents being poopy and the crowd turning on him anyway.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jan 28, 2019 23:30:01 GMT -5
I'm not so sure about how quickly they flipped him back, but yeah, the character needs to be a heel. Even with the positive crowd reactions, he just never felt right to me as a pandering babyface.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 28, 2019 23:30:31 GMT -5
My girlfriend hates him with the power of 10,000 exploding suns.
So he's better as a heel.
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Post by nisidhe on Jan 28, 2019 23:33:51 GMT -5
I don't know whether or not WWE is going for an Attitude Era-style alignment structure where nobody is a pure face or pure heel. If it is, then all it's doing is killing emotional reactions either way.
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Post by Doctor No on Jan 28, 2019 23:45:27 GMT -5
No. Tired of them not having plans for any of the wrestlers. This is another sign of that.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 28, 2019 23:52:58 GMT -5
If this ends the glut of Elias vs Corbin matches, why not?
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Post by Dub H on Jan 28, 2019 23:59:01 GMT -5
Did WWE really think having him turn heel by attacking JJ and Road Dogg would be a good idea?
If anything he is an even bigger face
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 29, 2019 0:11:15 GMT -5
He's better as a heel, but I liked him more as a face.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jan 29, 2019 0:26:41 GMT -5
This feels like "we can't write anymore material for you as a face, so we're turning you heel because it's easier to write you as a heel".
I love him as a heel, but this was way too soon, and needed better motivation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 0:29:16 GMT -5
He's better as a heel so I'm ok with it. He had a nice small run but on the real nobody was checking for Elias much from a face standpoint.
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Post by Cela on Jan 29, 2019 0:46:56 GMT -5
Loved the crowd completely no selling the heel turn.
"This crowd sucks." "YES WE DO! YES WE DO!"
Then frikkin Road Dogg comes out in a Becky shirt to hang with Jarrett and sing country. But weirdly that gets the crowd against him...
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 29, 2019 0:47:40 GMT -5
It makes like zero difference to his character if he is a heel or face, so, shrug?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 29, 2019 3:15:31 GMT -5
Whoops, I started a thread about this. Didn't see this one.
I'm not happy about it at all. His turn was a feel-good moment and the fans love his gimmick.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 4:31:41 GMT -5
Loved the crowd completely no selling the heel turn. "This crowd sucks." "YES WE DO! YES WE DO!" Then frikkin Road Dogg comes out in a Becky shirt to hang with Jarrett and sing country. But weirdly that gets the crowd against him... This is why he needs to be a heel. The crowd love him anyway. But part of his popularity is they love how much he tells us he hates us. When you take away the “hold your applause and SHUT YOUR MOUTH” thing and make it “hold your applause until the end of the performance”... it’s not Elias, is it? That’s not what we’ve been cheering for all this time.
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