krozor
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Post by krozor on Mar 14, 2019 19:06:09 GMT -5
I was really hoping his new idea was going to be another variation of the "I go off and train for MMA and come back" gimmick that Ryback and Swagger both pitched.
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markymark
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by markymark on Mar 14, 2019 20:03:18 GMT -5
I like it because he knows his old character would get him booed again, let the man speak naturally instead of a 1980s superhero.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 20:07:17 GMT -5
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. I think they know what he meant but just want to make jokes or at least I hope they understood what he meant. Roman's brand of humor isn't Vince's brand of humor. Hell that whole "yessir" thing he does, the stuff the Usos do, that's Roman's style. They're family so the Usos can run with that, Reigns can't yet. I mean Reigns was acting like that during the whole "Double Triple Powerbomb" promo he did years ago.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Mar 14, 2019 20:10:47 GMT -5
What we all been saying all along be something that naturally created. Roman being himself will work because he not trying to be something he has to force.
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Fade
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Fade on Mar 15, 2019 4:49:24 GMT -5
I wish he did the Kishi Driver.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Mar 15, 2019 5:35:57 GMT -5
I'm 100% behind seeing more of that smile. Makes when he DOES get angry even more terrifying
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Mar 15, 2019 6:21:10 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. I thought that was when he lost a feud to Miz that he really shouldn't have, Miz called him a loser for 5 straight minutes on live PPV, and then he just turned heel like 3 weeks later for no reason
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Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Mar 15, 2019 7:01:04 GMT -5
This reminds me of Dynasty of all things, whos producers (Vince) refused their actors to use body language, having them ramrod straight at all times in some weird obsession with having them appear poised, befitting their wealth. Barbara Stanwyck and Charlton Heston (Roman Reigns) refused to put up with that shit and their characters were all the better for it.
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 15, 2019 7:50:45 GMT -5
Give Roman a sombrero made out of body armor then sit back and watch the billions roll in
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Post by Dub H on Mar 15, 2019 10:16:11 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. I thought that was when he lost a feud to Miz that he really shouldn't have, Miz called him a loser for 5 straight minutes on live PPV, and then he just turned heel like 3 weeks later for no reason Dolph winning the IC title from DMiz was great ,perfect for a face and Dolph got crazy over again. so 1 week later he loses back to the miz. But the Rusev feud is the ONLY time I can recall the Dolph character and perfomance being awful and getting no reaction
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Mar 15, 2019 10:51:48 GMT -5
Echoing the theme and body armor needing to go. That's A1 and 1A on whatever lists you can put together.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 16:25:43 GMT -5
I was really hoping his new idea was going to be another variation of the "I go off and train for MMA and come back" gimmick that Ryback and Swagger both pitched. That's overplayed. He needs to do a "I go off and train to be a professional bowler and come back" gimmick. Imagine Cole screaming "Strike!" instead of Superman punch and if Reigns hits a guy but doesn't knock him down.... he'll drop him with second punch and Cole can scream "He picks up the spare!" It's f***ing brilliant when you think about it.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Mar 15, 2019 16:30:33 GMT -5
I was really hoping his new idea was going to be another variation of the "I go off and train for MMA and come back" gimmick that Ryback and Swagger both pitched. That's overplayed. He needs to do a "I go off and train to be a professional bowler and come back" gimmick. Imagine Cole screaming "Strike!" instead of Superman punch and if Reigns hits a guy but doesn't knock him down.... he'll drop him with second punch and Cole can scream "He picks up the spare!" It's f***ing brilliant when you think about it. 4-way match: hits all three opponents in a row. TURKEY! driveby kick can be called the gutter ball. Can replace his arm wanking with putting on a "loaded" fingerless bowling glove. This gimmick of yours is a winner.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 17:29:04 GMT -5
I thought that was when he lost a feud to Miz that he really shouldn't have, Miz called him a loser for 5 straight minutes on live PPV, and then he just turned heel like 3 weeks later for no reason Dolph winning the IC title from DMiz was great ,perfect for a face and Dolph got crazy over again. so 1 week later he loses back to the miz. But the Rusev feud is the ONLY time I can recall the Dolph character and perfomance being awful and getting no reaction Yeah so many of us marked for Dolph at Survivor Series just a few months before, but the awful storyline with Rusev, Lana and Summer Rae was when I noticed a lot of people on here start despising him. The match with Miz at No Mercy was maybe the only time since then where he started winning people back over, but then he went right back to where he was.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Mar 15, 2019 17:38:23 GMT -5
Would be nice to see him get some new gear and maybe even a new theme. I hate the Shield theme. He needs his own gear/music and a gimmick change.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 17:41:22 GMT -5
I think the one thing they should keep/bring back from The Shield days is his crowd entrance. Change the song and attire, but I always thought him coming out through the crowd was one of the very few cool things about him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 13:43:50 GMT -5
I wonder if Roman's self-conscious about how his upper body looks. Given his Samoan heritage, he probably isn't all chiseled pecs and abs up top the way Vince likes it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 19:54:52 GMT -5
I wonder if Roman's self-conscious about how his upper body looks. Given his Samoan heritage, he probably isn't all chiseled pecs and abs up top the way Vince likes it.
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Shai
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Post by Shai on Mar 17, 2019 12:22:03 GMT -5
If I remember correctly him always having a shirt on has to do with some scars he has too, from when he had that hernia
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Post by MAD TITAN on Mar 17, 2019 19:05:53 GMT -5
More "suffering succotash, son!"
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