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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 9, 2023 14:33:56 GMT -5
happy easter to y'all
this question is omitting the streak because of course most of us were shocked/cared about that to some extent
i really don't get the obsession with the amount of days as champion now, even when you factor in big moments lately
didn't care that sami/ko beat the usos because of the amount of days the usos were champs. i cared cause sami/ko would be fun champions and i thought the bloodline would start to crumble the next night...
same with gunther and roman. i don't give a shit if either of those dudes beat a record even if i like them, no heel should have the titles locked in their storyline for so long and i don't think about the amount of days with gunther, only the amount of awesome matches
i really do not get the obsession with the amount of days as champ. i don't think fans give a shit at all but maybe i'm wrong
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Post by asuka007 on Apr 9, 2023 14:45:14 GMT -5
I kind of care about Gunther just because it’s an actual record that has stood for a long time. And he’s the best guy to break it.
The rest, nah.
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Post by DichEvans on Apr 9, 2023 14:46:05 GMT -5
It just seems the company went from on extreme where all the titles felt meaningless with how often they changed hands, versus these year long title reigns where you know 90% of title defenses mean nothing because you know they are not going to throw away a year+ title run on a B PPV or TV show.
Both Bianca and the Usos had a year+ run, and I can't think of more than 1-2 matches/feuds they had that were particularly notable.
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Post by XIII on Apr 9, 2023 14:49:49 GMT -5
Roman, Gunther, Usos, and Bianca were all around a year or more and are still mostly ongoing. May as well add Theory to that because he’s not going to lose any time soon either.
It’s too much..
but yes, I would download a car
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 9, 2023 14:51:48 GMT -5
I kind of care about Gunther just because it’s an actual record that has stood for a long time. And he’s the best guy to break it. The rest, nah. Mostly it's what happens during the reign that matters more than the number of days it lasts. If it's a good reign like that and a genuine record I care. I care about other records to varying degrees, shame WWE mismanaged most of them. WWE not giving one shit about the rumble elimination record to the point I wasn't sure if Kane broke it really annoyed me.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 9, 2023 14:52:20 GMT -5
I mean, kinda. Longer title reigns can add drama and importance to title matches. But it needs to feel organic. Right now none of these lengthy title reigns in the WWE feel organic, they feel like they're only happening for the sake of having record breaking reigns, and they are long past any storytelling benefit.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 9, 2023 14:53:11 GMT -5
Roman, Gunther, Usos, and Bianca were all around a year or more and are still mostly ongoing. May as well add Theory to that because he’s not going to lose any time soon either. It’s too much.. but yes, I would download a car you and me both brother
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 9, 2023 14:57:59 GMT -5
It can't feel too long or too short, but just right. A year reign can feel fine if booked well with interesting challengers, while even some shorter reigns can feel too long if the wrestler(s) don't interest me.
Like, I don't think I could've ever dealt with Bruno's near 8 year reign, but then the pro wrestling industry was a very different place back then.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Apr 9, 2023 15:09:56 GMT -5
It’s kinda funny. For the longest time, WWE played hot potato with most of their belts. Now, folks just hold onto the title for ages and wind up killing their own division.
Because a middle ground just doesn’t exist in WWE, i guess
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 9, 2023 15:12:00 GMT -5
I think long reigns need shorter reigns to contrast against them, or else their length becomes this crushing, interminable exercise in meaninglessness. WWE doesn't often put together long reigns with enough going on in them to make them feel worthwhile, just like we're on the filler treadmill until the end. WWE has this long, incredible history and it feels like it's in an arms race against itself to try and write its current era into those books in a really sloppy way by just flooding in all these super long record-setters and huge reign days to mingle their current guys in to guys who came up in a different time where those runs were more reasonable.
If almost every belt you have is in some long-term record-threatening run then that's not good, fulfilling writing, that's the same hack trick being forced across every facet of your show.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Apr 9, 2023 15:16:19 GMT -5
I enjoy it.
Not every Title reign needs to be a record breaking one, that said I'm glad Titles aren't changing hands almost every week on Raw.
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Post by Ryushinku on Apr 9, 2023 15:34:23 GMT -5
I do, but consider it just as important the quality of the opponents and the matches had during that time.
Someone can be booked to hold a belt for 150 days, but if the matches are middling-to-poor and no-one is getting over, then I'm really not going to think much of it.
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 9, 2023 15:40:03 GMT -5
in honor of this thread I took a hollow chocolate bunny and filled it up with jelly beans
some are saying it's the longest reigning jelly bean filled chocolate bunny of all time
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 9, 2023 15:46:46 GMT -5
in honor of this thread I took a hollow chocolate bunny and filled it up with jelly beans some are saying it's the longest reigning jelly bean filled chocolate bunny of all time i am so proud
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Apr 9, 2023 16:15:35 GMT -5
Roman, Gunther, Usos, and Bianca were all around a year or more and are still mostly ongoing. May as well add Theory to that because he’s not going to lose any time soon either. It’s too much.. but yes, I would download a car Pretty much, I get wanting title changes to mean something but they've gone a bit too all in with these year-long reigns.
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Post by john84 on Apr 10, 2023 13:23:49 GMT -5
As a few others have posted, it's not so much the length of the reign but whether or not it's been a fun one or a good one that I'll look back on with some (or a lot) of fond memories that matter to me in terms of title reigns.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Apr 10, 2023 14:56:24 GMT -5
Depends on how creative a reign stays. Keep it short if you intend to have a story that stays consistently the same.
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 10, 2023 15:15:11 GMT -5
Right now, this Roman reign feels like it has gone on for twice as long as it has, has no end in sight and is the wrestling equivalent of a boot stomping on the human face forever.
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 10, 2023 15:30:43 GMT -5
I just want a good story. Sometimes a good story takes a while, sometimes it doesn't. A good story never takes 3+ years of PPV's and 2 TV shows a week to tell. We call that bullshit "filler".
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Post by KingPooper on Apr 12, 2023 15:07:46 GMT -5
If I can remember who they beat for the title, who they lost it to, and a few of the defenses, that's more important than how long it is.
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