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Post by Kalmia on Sept 27, 2021 10:34:07 GMT -5
The goal of mega-dominant heel champ was always to for them to lose and put over a mega-face. Roman has been champ for over a year and we're no closer to finding the babyface that is going to beat him—if anything, it seems even more unlikely than ever before. There just seems to be no end in sight and that truly makes it feel miserable.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Sept 27, 2021 12:09:14 GMT -5
At this point this has gotta be the most damaging, creatively stifling title reign since Triple H's Reign of Terror, right? If not worse, since H's reign only lasted 9 months. I mean say what you will about Cena (and lord knows I have) but at least his 05-06 and 06-07 tile reigns weren't based on making the audience perpetually miserable. He was a dominant babyface conquering all challengers and ostensibly sending the crowd home happy. IMO, “chosen one” booking seems to be more optimal with babyface champions as opposed to a dominant heel champion.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 27, 2021 12:49:42 GMT -5
Still my boy
He needs to drop the title soon tho
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Post by welshpenguin on Sept 27, 2021 12:55:35 GMT -5
Still my boy He needs to drop the title soon tho not quite yet though 😊
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 27, 2021 13:03:13 GMT -5
The goal of mega-dominant heel champ was always to for them to lose and put over a mega-face. Roman has been champ for over a year and we're no closer to finding the babyface that is going to beat him—if anything, it seems even more unlikely than ever before. There just seems to be no end in sight and that truly makes it feel miserable. That's not really true Big E was built up really well and could have done so but they pivoted and had him beat the other dominant champion in Lashley. You also still have Drew Roman isn't dominating, he's getting by, by the skin of his teeth which has led to stagnation cause of Usos interference
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Post by fw91 on Sept 27, 2021 13:19:13 GMT -5
I mean I get the complaints and even agree with them, but all the while, I’d argue it’s never been the right place, time, or opponent for Roman to lose to since he won the belt last year
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Sept 27, 2021 13:24:15 GMT -5
It's one thing where the pre-show commentary was like "Yeah Roman's winning, let's not even humor the thought of Finn even getting half of a one count on Roman", it's another to pull that gobshite that they did.
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Post by Chiral on Sept 27, 2021 15:46:32 GMT -5
T H E S A G A C O N T I N U E S
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Oct 21, 2021 21:15:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2021 21:28:38 GMT -5
I don't want him to lose the title yet.
There's simply nobody capable of beating him right now.
Brock could've won tonight and then what? He shows up every few months? Miss me with that shit.
Roman is carrying this company right now. There's nobody on the Tribal Chief's level.
Keith Lee COULD have been but they decided to make him wear a dodgy singlet and baggy pink shorts and call him "Bearcat" so there goes that idea.
I don't want to see McIntyre or Edge or anyone like that beat him. That's a waste. It has to elevate someone new.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Oct 21, 2021 22:05:29 GMT -5
There's simply nobody capable of beating him right now. Then explain why Shane McMahon is called the Best In The World.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 21, 2021 22:24:45 GMT -5
I don't want him to lose the title yet. There's simply nobody capable of beating him right now. Brock could've won tonight and then what? He shows up every few months? Miss me with that shit. Roman is carrying this company right now. There's nobody on the Tribal Chief's level. Keith Lee COULD have been but they decided to make him wear a dodgy singlet and baggy pink shorts and call him "Bearcat" so there goes that idea. I don't want to see McIntyre or Edge or anyone like that beat him. That's a waste. It has to elevate someone new. Finn easily could have. Cesaro Could have. Nakamura could have. they could have built someone else up to face him. But instead they cut everyone off at the knees and basically grind it in that they aren't as good as Roman which buries the rest of your roster. Yeah, Brock shouldn't have won but Brock vs. Roman didn't need the title. Cena vs. Roman didn't need the title. the rumored "Rock vs. Roman" match sure as shit doesn't need the title. Roman just rolling through everyone and making everyone look inferior (or going through hoops to "protect" the opponent that only makes them look worse), has gotten old.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Oct 21, 2021 22:33:01 GMT -5
I say let him hold the belt until fans overwhelmingly get behind someone and demand they take the title.
I don’t know who that’s gonna be, but I don’t want to see Roman lose just to lose.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 21, 2021 22:41:06 GMT -5
I really just plain cannot fathom the mindset of, "We haven't bothered to build anyone up to beat him so let's just not and keep on with this status quo of the same shit happening over and over and over again that's already been going on for over a year as it is." TV shows should actually have shit f***ing happen.
Roman could lose the belt to Angelo Dawkins tomorrow and I'd be glad for it just because this nonsense would be over and I say that even though I loathe the Street Profits.
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Post by asuka007 on Oct 21, 2021 22:49:49 GMT -5
I’m also bored of the USO’s. After they became Roman’s flunkies, they lost all of their interesting character traits.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Oct 21, 2021 22:54:20 GMT -5
I don't want him to lose the title yet. There's simply nobody capable of beating him right now. Brock could've won tonight and then what? He shows up every few months? Miss me with that shit. Roman is carrying this company right now. There's nobody on the Tribal Chief's level. Keith Lee COULD have been but they decided to make him wear a dodgy singlet and baggy pink shorts and call him "Bearcat" so there goes that idea. I don't want to see McIntyre or Edge or anyone like that beat him. That's a waste. It has to elevate someone new. Okay but you can't have someone run roughshod over the main event scene and then complain that you don't have any believable competitors. The WWE hasn't booked anyone to seem on his level and when the reign has been plodding and tedious for a while now then it's a gigantic f***ing problem.
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Post by katieklaus on Oct 21, 2021 22:57:04 GMT -5
Roman is great. He's the star that they've sorely needed and sorely wanted him to be for so long. This run has him on the verge of being iconic and wrestling has been short on true icons the past decade. Especially home grown ones. They've got a rare thing here where the crowd loves him and clearly have come around to him but also still give him heat. He should drop the title until there's someone over enough that the crowd doesn't give them any other choice.
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Post by Starshine on Oct 21, 2021 23:02:10 GMT -5
They really haven't built anyone up for him. At least with that recent Lesnar reign, you could argue they were keeping him strong so Reigns would looks that much better beating him. Execution be damned in that example, but at least it's some sort of booking with a legitimate end-goal.
I suspect they'll just randomly turn him face sooner than later, and he'll drop the belt in some sort of screwjob finish to whoever's the current heel of the week at the time.
If he's getting super popular because of this (I honestly don't know if that's the case), then I guess you can't argue this wasn't successful at some level considering how long they've been at it.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Oct 21, 2021 23:09:51 GMT -5
I don't want him to lose the title yet. There's simply nobody capable of beating him right now.Brock could've won tonight and then what? He shows up every few months? Miss me with that shit. Roman is carrying this company right now. There's nobody on the Tribal Chief's level. Keith Lee COULD have been but they decided to make him wear a dodgy singlet and baggy pink shorts and call him "Bearcat" so there goes that idea. I don't want to see McIntyre or Edge or anyone like that beat him. That's a waste. It has to elevate someone new. But there never can be if you're booking one guy as the ultra supreme mega uber final boss and everyone else as chumps.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 21, 2021 23:13:43 GMT -5
And the thing is, they had that story. They spent months building up Cesaro as a threat to him, wanting to prove everyone wrong that he could get the job done. He strung some big wins together, had the crowd on his side, and got completely f***ing crushed and flung back down the card.
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