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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 31, 2023 14:45:29 GMT -5
I think he's going to take some well deserved time off. He's already working fewer appearances, I think he's got a break coming. Above all else, I think this is the reason why he's going to drop the belts at WrestleMania. His appearances are already becoming more sporadic and intermittent. If he loses the championships, he can take a much-deserved vacation, recharge his batteries, and come back at Money in the Bank in London or SummerSlam or hell, wait until Survivor Series or Royal Rumble. But, as has been said several times before, the story is playing out before our eyes that it HAS to end at WrestleMania. It didn't make sense for him to lose at WrestleMania 37 or 38, because 37 was his first WrestleMania as a main event heel, and 38 was the first WrestleMania during the nascent days of The Bloodline. The Usos hadn't even unified the Tag Team Championships yet, Sami Zayn was palling around with the cast of "Jackass," and Solo Sikoa was still in NXT. But now, The Bloodline has become the established main event of Raw and SmackDown for almost a full year. But they are is in tatters. They're not in a position of strength as the dynamic force they were even one week ago. Everything's falling apart around the king, and now someone hungrier is coming for his crown. It would be like Triple H retaining at WrestleMania 21 even after the complete dissolution of Evolution. That’s exactly it. Unlike previous title defenses, Roman’s title run is not only in danger, but the Bloodline’s firm grip on, well, everything is imploding at the seams. Yes, they stood tall over the broken bodies of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble, but Jey Uso’s gone rogue and Sami’s defiance is causing Roman himself to become more unraveled than he’s ever been in his two-year run with the belts. |
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Post by johncasey on Jan 31, 2023 16:12:58 GMT -5
If Roman doesn't lose the championships at Wrestlemania because they want him to reach 1000 days then there will also be other reasons not to do the switch:
This is not the right event
Let's have him reach 3 years
It's Survivor Series, so we can have a War Games Match.
Wrestlemania is round the corner, wonder if The Rock is available.
It will deflate the fans
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jan 31, 2023 16:18:48 GMT -5
If Roman doesn't lose the championships at Wrestlemania because they want him to reach 1000 days then there will also be other reasons not to do the switch: This is not the right event Let's have him reach 3 years It's Survivor Series, so we can have a War Games Match. Wrestlemania is round the corner, wonder if The Rock is available. It will deflate the fans And by Mania 40 they will come close to Hogan’s reign so might as well past that right? |
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jan 31, 2023 16:18:48 GMT -5
If Roman doesn't lose the championships at Wrestlemania because they want him to reach 1000 days then there will also be other reasons not to do the switch: This is not the right event Let's have him reach 3 years It's Survivor Series, so we can have a War Games Match. Wrestlemania is round the corner, wonder if The Rock is available. It will deflate the fans And by Mania 40 they will come close to Hogan’s reign so might as well past that right? |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 31, 2023 17:37:06 GMT -5
I hope so, but they’re too hard about Rhodes to WrestleMania being a marketing term…..Cody is probably winning.
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Post by mc74 on Feb 1, 2023 1:06:21 GMT -5
Yeah, and even if WWE still wants to do Roman vs Rock, they still can because the story between the two is compelling enough that it doesn't need to involve the belt to make it memorable. But the story here with Cody is one that needs him to win the belt in order to give him the moment he's been waiting years for. If you don't, you're essentially wasting years upon years of storytelling here, and in the process, severely hurting Cody's momentum upon what should be his most defining moment. If Roman wins, f***, that would go down as one of the biggest letdowns ever due to the overall story that's being told here.
And, like, I can (just about) get why it didn't happen for Drew but outside of a match against Lashley, there's nobody left to challenge Roman who you could believe could do it. If the guy basically handed to you by the competition who is super over in a way he likely wanted to be over there and has a family legacy to boot can't do it...who could? The Rock? Considering that the whole idea behind it is to have Rock put Roman over (as you would expect with these passing of the torch type of stories), I doubt that would be the case, but if Rock was to one to dethrone Roman after all this, that would be depressing as f***. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 1, 2023 1:08:43 GMT -5
I just find it eyerolling that Mania 37 was apparently "too soon" for him to lose the belt when he'd already had it for seven months at that point as it was. Should've ended then.
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Post by Celgress on Feb 1, 2023 1:10:01 GMT -5
I certainly hope not but I fear he will.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 1, 2023 2:15:02 GMT -5
I just find it eyerolling that Mania 37 was apparently "too soon" for him to lose the belt when he'd already had it for seven months at that point as it was. Should've ended then. There were about 5 times it should have ended. Even if temporarily, with Roman getting the title back. |
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 1, 2023 2:53:31 GMT -5
I think losing the Universal title to Cody would be okay, but holding the WWE title a little while longer would work as well, maybe losing to Sami at maybe MITB or SummerSlam.
If the latter happens with the WWE title at SummerSlam, it would be close or over 500 days as champion, and if it crosses that threshold, he would join an elite group of Bruno, Backlund and Hogan as far as having a 500+ day reign as WWE champ.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 1, 2023 3:44:50 GMT -5
I think losing the Universal title to Cody would be okay, but holding the WWE title a little while longer would work as well, maybe losing to Sami at maybe MITB or SummerSlam. If the latter happens with the WWE title at SummerSlam, it would be close or over 500 days as champion, and if it crosses that threshold, he would join an elite group of Bruno, Backlund and Hogan as far as having a 500+ day reign as WWE champ. Cody has talked solely about winning hte WWE title and not the Universal one. the WWE title is the one that he cares about as it's the one that Dusty didn't get to win. Also Roman won the Universal title first... so if you want to keep the longest running title reign it'd have to be that one. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 1, 2023 4:09:57 GMT -5
I think losing the Universal title to Cody would be okay, but holding the WWE title a little while longer would work as well, maybe losing to Sami at maybe MITB or SummerSlam. If the latter happens with the WWE title at SummerSlam, it would be close or over 500 days as champion, and if it crosses that threshold, he would join an elite group of Bruno, Backlund and Hogan as far as having a 500+ day reign as WWE champ. Cody has talked solely about winning hte WWE title and not the Universal one. the WWE title is the one that he cares about as it's the one that Dusty didn't get to win. Also Roman won the Universal title first... so if you want to keep the longest running title reign it'd have to be that one. Yeah, at the very least, you could have Cody win both belts, have him vacate the Universal one and Smackdown has something to build to for the next PPV. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 1, 2023 8:16:03 GMT -5
Maybe Zayn at the Chamber gets the title match for the Universal (and loses) and Cody gets a WWE title match at Mania (and wins), so Roman leaves Mania still with the Universal title reign in tact.
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