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Post by Starshine on Mar 14, 2019 15:45:29 GMT -5
The character that's made for him is "smooth f***boy who's somehow actually a pretty good guy." Like, he steals your girlfriend, but then he smiles and shrugs and How can you be mad at that?! So is there some wide online fetish community that guys want others to steal their partners and act like assholes about it to them? Cause I see this exact thing written so many times, and unless it’s a fetish thing, I don’t get the appeal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 16:12:54 GMT -5
The character that's made for him is "smooth f***boy who's somehow actually a pretty good guy." Like, he steals your girlfriend, but then he smiles and shrugs and How can you be mad at that?! Too 80s/90s. Wouldn't work in 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 16:15:53 GMT -5
Remember "Stealing the show and your girlfriend" face Ziggler during the feud with Rusev? That was pretty much when the board started turning against him.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 14, 2019 16:17:16 GMT -5
Get a couple of new moves, too. Seriously doesn't need to be much, like, I think it's kinda weird he hasn't introduced a submission move by now, most of the top guys have one. Cobra Clutch would be a good choice.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Mar 14, 2019 16:18:51 GMT -5
Get a couple of new moves, too. Seriously doesn't need to be much, like, I think it's kinda weird he hasn't introduced a submission move by now, most of the top guys have one. Cobra Clutch would be a good choice. Won't lie, I'd shit my pants if Roman busted out Orienteering with Napalm Death.
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Post by PTBartman on Mar 14, 2019 16:26:23 GMT -5
Would be nice to see him get some new gear and maybe even a new theme. GOLF OSCAR OSCAR FOXTROT YANKEE
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 14, 2019 16:33:17 GMT -5
The character that's made for him is "smooth f***boy who's somehow actually a pretty good guy." Like, he steals your girlfriend, but then he smiles and shrugs and How can you be mad at that?! So is there some wide online fetish community that guys want others to steal their partners and act like assholes about it to them? Cause I see this exact thing written so many times, and unless it’s a fetish thing, I don’t get the appeal. Yeah that would be a cuckolding fetish basically. The guy your wife has sex with is a "bull."
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Mar 14, 2019 17:05:22 GMT -5
So is there some wide online fetish community that guys want others to steal their partners and act like assholes about it to them? Cause I see this exact thing written so many times, and unless it’s a fetish thing, I don’t get the appeal. I think it's more that he simultaneously gives off vibes of "sleazy lothario" and "mensch." Everything always goes his way, but he's such a cool and genuinely good dude, no one can get mad at him no matter what he does.
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Post by bearned on Mar 14, 2019 17:16:40 GMT -5
I can think of a lot of tweaks Roman could make to improve his character/gimmick but ‘be more funny’ ain’t one of them. They tried that already and it sucked.
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Post by northernmonkey on Mar 14, 2019 17:32:12 GMT -5
I’d say go full reboot , just go by his real name and leave Roman in the past Joe is good, but I think the crowd would have a hard time with his last name. Maybe we give him a nickname having to do with his background? Pensacola Joe? Have him beat Samoe Joe for his name in a ladder match, he also wins custody of Dominic Guerrero by winning this match. The original Samoa Joe just has no name after this happens.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Mar 14, 2019 17:35:45 GMT -5
I'd be down for it. The old adage goes the best characters are just who the person really is turned up to 11, so I'd be down with hearing Joe be Roman, instead of Vince being Roman.
I think people are confusing the "having fun" stuff too. We're thinking it's gonna be all "lacking of any self-awareness at how awful it is" that Vince gives us. Roman/Joe seems like a laid back enough dude he could pull off his own style of humor, as long as it's in his voice.
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Post by romanstylesiii on Mar 14, 2019 17:38:32 GMT -5
Would be nice to see him get some new gear and maybe even a new theme. Well at least he is not doing stand-up comedy written by Vince
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Post by fw91 on Mar 14, 2019 17:50:30 GMT -5
So what are everyone’s thoughts about Roman possibly wearing a sombrero?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 17:53:19 GMT -5
I can think of a lot of tweaks Roman could make to improve his character/gimmick but ‘be more funny’ ain’t one of them. They tried that already and it sucked. That was Vince’s Roman. Not Joe’s Roman.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Mar 14, 2019 18:12:06 GMT -5
I can think of a lot of tweaks Roman could make to improve his character/gimmick but ‘be more funny’ ain’t one of them. They tried that already and it sucked. He might have told some of Vince's "jokes" in the past, but at no point would I consider what he was doing then "being funny."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 18:22:41 GMT -5
Roman needs to be a blend of Goldberg and WCW Kevin Nash.
I think Roman's best in-ring work comes when he does high impact, hard hitting, pseudo-strong style like Goldberg. He doesn't have to put on clinics, there's AJ and Bryan for that, let him have shorter, more violent matches on the big shows to really drive home he's a badass.
Other than that... likeable douchebag (and I mean that in a good way) like Kevin Nash was in the Wolfpac days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 18:24:18 GMT -5
I actually like Roman’s year. If he started wrestling in trunks, he would be just like every other guy.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Mar 14, 2019 18:29:37 GMT -5
The character that's made for him is "smooth f***boy who's somehow actually a pretty good guy." Like, he steals your girlfriend, but then he smiles and shrugs and How can you be mad at that?! .....Roman Reigns in a Flashheart gimmick is absolutely something I can get behind, as long as we have another morally-iffy-face character to play the Blackadder role of "Why the f*** does THIS guy gotta be popular?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 18:49:59 GMT -5
So what are everyone’s thoughts about Roman possibly wearing a sombrero? That or tribal warrior of some kind. Either way he could be managed by General Adnan.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Mar 14, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5
I like that he is basically saying that he would like to have the personality of a human. A lot it boils down to creative being able to write a character rather than to just do paint by the numbers booking. And it would also help if everyone else was allowed to have more personality And not taking what's working away or running it into the ground.
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