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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 10, 2019 11:39:54 GMT -5
You can’t bring somebody back who wasn’t getting good reactions, do the same thing, and expect different results. Frankly, of the issues with Roman’s character, his promos being stilted and boring were lower on the list of things needing changed. People love the guy; if there was anything remotely positive to take away from his absence, it’s that you could tell how much people like him. But, the Roman Reigns character is a failed project. They aren't going to change him completely off the return from Cancer tho
He's going to do the "classic hits" for a little while and hopefully make a change but he was never going to have a brand new character upon return
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 11:42:31 GMT -5
We'll see how he is this next week since this week is a particular audience. If the same applies to next week then we'll have to have a discussion about it. Mind you Dana Brooke was being cheered this week which doesn't make sense. Yea, considering the audience let's give it another week or two to see what happens Is the good vibes going to last forever? Hell no, i've already said he needs to switch it up at some point like DB did, but he just came back so it be too early to make that switch. Will see what happens after the shakeup and closer to MITB and Summerslam
Yeah I think Reigns himself knows how things are. He's good at reading the room and when you've got Seth, Becky and Kofi (New Day) as the lead faces, Styles, Miz, Strowman, Ali and others as the second leads then there's free roam for him to do what he needs to do. I'll be surprised if he doesn't turn within the next year or so. Unlike before where he was too held down due to needing to be that guy, now he's good. Also to add perspective from being at Mania It was def the men that were booing him and saying he sucks. They didn't say shit to Drew, just wanted to boo Roman but still do the Ohhh Ahhh when he does the spear That's lame. Drew's far worse.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 10, 2019 11:47:17 GMT -5
Yea, considering the audience let's give it another week or two to see what happens Is the good vibes going to last forever? Hell no, i've already said he needs to switch it up at some point like DB did, but he just came back so it be too early to make that switch. Will see what happens after the shakeup and closer to MITB and Summerslam
Yeah I think Reigns himself knows how things are. He's good at reading the room and when you've got Seth, Becky and Kofi (New Day) as the lead faces, Styles, Miz, Strowman, Ali and others as the second leads then there's free roam for him to do what he needs to do. I'll be surprised if he doesn't turn within the next year or so. Unlike before where he was too held down due to needing to be that guy, now he's good. Also to add perspective from being at Mania It was def the men that were booing him and saying he sucks. They didn't say shit to Drew, just wanted to boo Roman but still do the Ohhh Ahhh when he does the spear That's lame. Drew's far worse. If projecting a heel turn, I think he wins MITB and cashes it on Seth at some point this year. You don't "need" Roman as the top face when you got a collective who can handle those responsibilities
And yeah I read it as booing Roman is the "cool thing to do" like Drew got no boos really at all or any reaction. But it was a mix of cheers and boos for Roman but considering the crowd, they boo'd more when Roman did stuff and then gave a cheer when he hit the spear and a mix of boos and cheers when he won
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Post by Dub H on Apr 10, 2019 11:47:30 GMT -5
Drew is so bland so far it is hard to get a reaction to him.
Drew not getting booed is good feedback,if he got booed they could understand as him being over.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 10, 2019 11:51:59 GMT -5
I noticed like a week or two after his return the crowd pop was so mild it was like the mics were cut. Poor guy just can’t/won’t get anywhere near over as his current build.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Apr 10, 2019 11:53:54 GMT -5
I don't believe Roman Reigns is a failed character. Vince should've never changed him from the silent badass enforcer who wrecked his opponents. By having him spout off catchphrases, along with him carrying on lengthy conversations, in my opinion, it ruined the mysterious intimidating aura that he had when he would walk through the crowd with Seth and Dean.
They just need to have him go back to what fans enjoyed about him and he would be fine.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 10, 2019 11:56:05 GMT -5
Yeah I think Reigns himself knows how things are. He's good at reading the room and when you've got Seth, Becky and Kofi (New Day) as the lead faces, Styles, Miz, Strowman, Ali and others as the second leads then there's free roam for him to do what he needs to do. I'll be surprised if he doesn't turn within the next year or so. Unlike before where he was too held down due to needing to be that guy, now he's good. That's lame. Drew's far worse. If projecting a heel turn, I think he wins MITB and cashes it on Seth at some point this year. You don't "need" Roman as the top face when you got a collective who can handle those responsibilities
And yeah I read it as booing Roman is the "cool thing to do" like Drew got no boos really at all or any reaction. But it was a mix of cheers and boos for Roman but considering the crowd, they boo'd more when Roman did stuff and then gave a cheer when he hit the spear and a mix of boos and cheers when he won
I mean they didn't NEED Roman as the top face when they were trying to jam him into that position either. They had alternatives they cut off at the knees to get him over. I would not be surprised if we go back to LOVE ROMAN DAMMIT! from Vince.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 10, 2019 12:01:34 GMT -5
If projecting a heel turn, I think he wins MITB and cashes it on Seth at some point this year. You don't "need" Roman as the top face when you got a collective who can handle those responsibilities
And yeah I read it as booing Roman is the "cool thing to do" like Drew got no boos really at all or any reaction. But it was a mix of cheers and boos for Roman but considering the crowd, they boo'd more when Roman did stuff and then gave a cheer when he hit the spear and a mix of boos and cheers when he won
I mean they didn't NEED Roman as the top face when they were trying to jam him into that position either. They had alternatives they cut off at the knees to get him over. I would not be surprised if we go back to LOVE ROMAN DAMMIT! from Vince. They didn't need him then but they did it anyway because they were stuck on the one person must be the top guy model
Fast forward and you have no doubt Becky as the most pushed star and trying to make her a star
We shall see what Vince wants with Roman and he doesn't really have the pull DB did but on the flipside, Roman priorities are different and to be honest who knows how long he can keep wrestling because if he has another cancer scare I don't see them letting him back in the ring
For that factor alone, he's more of a guy you can use as a utility as opposed to he must be front and center
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 12:01:50 GMT -5
Guy's singles matches, for the most part, were pretty boring to me. They were in a tough spot on the card, but him vs. Drew going like the typical Roman match wasn't a good sign. I'm fine with Roman, but like I said, gotta switch things up soon.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Apr 10, 2019 12:19:21 GMT -5
Mania shoulda been a coming out party for a new Roman.
Oh well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 12:23:05 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of people in other places talking about the crowd would have to be completely heartless to continue to boo Reigns but... Yeah, I really don't agree. I'm very glad he beat leukemia and hope he never has any more issues with it, no ill will at all to the man himself, but that doesn't make him suddenly entertaining.
Granted they're not helping their case by immediately throwing him in there with McIntyre and just putting on the same, "Resthold for ten minutes and then spear," match that Roman always has.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 10, 2019 12:27:22 GMT -5
Mania shoulda been a coming out party for a new Roman. Oh well. It should have been a quick squash. Give Drew the Angle match and Corbin to Reigns
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 10, 2019 12:34:55 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of people in other places talking about the crowd would have to be completely heartless to continue to boo Reigns but... Yeah, I really don't agree. I'm very glad he beat leukemia and hope he never has any more issues with it, no ill will at all to the man himself, but that doesn't make him suddenly entertaining. Granted they're not helping their case by immediately throwing him in there with McIntyre and just putting on the same, "Resthold for ten minutes and then spear," match that Roman always has. That first paragraph pretty much nails my thoughts 100%
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 10, 2019 12:37:47 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of people in other places talking about the crowd would have to be completely heartless to continue to boo Reigns but... Yeah, I really don't agree. I'm very glad he beat leukemia and hope he never has any more issues with it, no ill will at all to the man himself, but that doesn't make him suddenly entertaining. Pretty sure I've said something like this before too. But yeah...
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 10, 2019 12:42:25 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of people in other places talking about the crowd would have to be completely heartless to continue to boo Reigns but... Yeah, I really don't agree. I'm very glad he beat leukemia and hope he never has any more issues with it, no ill will at all to the man himself, but that doesn't make him suddenly entertaining. That is no problem at all
More of what i've seen is people saying yeah he beat Cancer but he can still f*** off which sounds a little callous
You don't have to cheer the man because he beat Cancer because that would disingenuous, cheer him because you want to
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 10, 2019 12:50:23 GMT -5
you know what else is back?
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Apr 10, 2019 12:52:39 GMT -5
THEN WWE NEEDS TO STOP RUNNING THEIR SHOWS IN HAUNTED ARENAS.
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Post by Juice on Apr 10, 2019 13:00:32 GMT -5
Some of us never stopped
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Post by Perd on Apr 10, 2019 13:01:43 GMT -5
THEN WWE NEEDS TO STOP RUNNING THEIR SHOWS IN HAUNTED ARENAS. IT’S METLIFE STADIUM! NOT AFTERLIFE STADIUM!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 13:12:25 GMT -5
THEN WWE NEEDS TO STOP RUNNING THEIR SHOWS IN HAUNTED ARENAS. IT’S METLIFE STADIUM! NOT AFTERLIFE STADIUM! I just imagined Baron Corbin yelling this. Now I want them to make being afraid of ghosts part of Corbin's shtick.
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