Solo ran through that man Big Match John

[HIM]

Didn't watch the show but I was keeping up through Twitter so imagine my surprise when I saw that "Solo Wins" graphic. Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Roman, I don't know when it'll happen. It could be even when you lose to Cody but one thing's for sure, Solo's going to end up being the real next Tribal Chief down the line. Like I said before, if Reigns if Triple H then Solo is Batista. It'll happen.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Nov 4, 2023 21:40:32 GMT -5 HIM said:

Didn't watch the show but I was keeping up through Twitter so imagine my surprise when I saw that "Solo Wins" graphic. Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Roman, I don't know when it'll happen. It could be even when you lose to Cody but one thing's for sure, Solo's going to end up being the real next Tribal Chief down the line. Like I said before, if Reigns if Triple H then Solo is Batista. It'll happen.

Question is how they get Solo over as a face since he’s an unrepentant heel as Roman’s attack dog.

[Renslayer]

Nov 4, 2023 21:48:02 GMT -5 Friday Night SmackOwn said:

Nov 4, 2023 21:40:32 GMT -5 HIM said:

Didn't watch the show but I was keeping up through Twitter so imagine my surprise when I saw that "Solo Wins" graphic. Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Roman, I don't know when it'll happen. It could be even when you lose to Cody but one thing's for sure, Solo's going to end up being the real next Tribal Chief down the line. Like I said before, if Reigns if Triple H then Solo is Batista. It'll happen.

Question is how they get Solo over as a face since he’s an unrepentant heel as Roman’s attack dog.

I gotta think back to how batista turned face back in '05. Big Dave was just as unrepentant and mean as solo and even broke goldberg's ankle

[Jindrak Mark]

He's been pretty protected in general with I think like 3 losses in over a year but after the way he crushed Cena that's another level.

I've been wondering what Brock will do at Mania but now I can see Brock v Solo.

Nov 4, 2023 21:48:02 GMT -5 Friday Night SmackOwn said:

Nov 4, 2023 21:40:32 GMT -5 HIM said:

Didn't watch the show but I was keeping up through Twitter so imagine my surprise when I saw that "Solo Wins" graphic. Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Roman, I don't know when it'll happen. It could be even when you lose to Cody but one thing's for sure, Solo's going to end up being the real next Tribal Chief down the line. Like I said before, if Reigns if Triple H then Solo is Batista. It'll happen.

Question is how they get Solo over as a face since he’s an unrepentant heel as Roman’s attack dog.

When that happens I would have it be face Roman v heel Solo.

I don't think Solo should go face anytime soon and it will be easy to get people to cheer Roman. If Roman drops the title at Mania then on the following Raw/SD he cuts an I've lost everything/I'm going away for a while promo and is taken out by Solo I think Roman will be a massively over face when he eventually returns for revenge down the line.

[HIM]

Nov 4, 2023 21:48:02 GMT -5 Friday Night SmackOwn said:

Nov 4, 2023 21:40:32 GMT -5 HIM said:

Didn't watch the show but I was keeping up through Twitter so imagine my surprise when I saw that "Solo Wins" graphic. Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Roman, I don't know when it'll happen. It could be even when you lose to Cody but one thing's for sure, Solo's going to end up being the real next Tribal Chief down the line. Like I said before, if Reigns if Triple H then Solo is Batista. It'll happen.

Question is how they get Solo over as a face since he’s an unrepentant heel as Roman’s attack dog.

I think it'll pretty much be due to Cody. Cody will make a comment about Solo being better than Roman (after he beats Solo in the future or something) and he doesn't need to be his bodyguard which will cause Roman to laugh it off and say Solo isn't him. Next thing you know Solo will stare at Roman as the crowd cheers and it's played off. If not that then it'll be something like Solo being thrown into a 1# contender's match and Roman will either screw it up resulting in Solo's loss or just something that'll cause contention between them.

All they gotta do is have them stare at each other and the crowd will eat it up.

Then again there's the wild chance that Solo will stay heel and he'll destroy Roman after WM or something.

[andrew8798]

I wonder maybe Cena gets a win back in a classic survivor series Team style match

[Nosnorb]

Nov 4, 2023 21:40:32 GMT -5 HIM said:

 Even more so, imagine how great it was seeing as Solo basically unloaded 13 finishers on him.

Cena deserved it. Dude said the only reason Solo was in the WWE was due to his cousin, when dude made it to the WWE after Rikishi gave up on then abandoned him, and is only doing the bidding of Reigns because the Elders told him to. Can't really blame Sikoa for wanting to shut him up.

["Trickster Dogg" James Jesse]

I wish I could chop up this result and snort it with James Mitchell at an NWA PPV.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

Dude's thrussy got wrecked

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

I must admit I was expecting Cena to dodge the fourth Spike (the one where Solo was holding him up) and hit the AA for the win but this was just as good a finish.

If anything it just goes to show how much Cena hates Theory because this was miles better than that match.

[Mid-Carder]

Credit to Cena for doing it but this is what "old" guys should be doing to help make stars. Cena is obviously secure in himself and it doesn't harm him at all, meanwhile Solo looks like a beast

[DiBiase is Good]

Why do they have to announce him as “The Greatest of all-time”? I don’t hate Cena but seriously? I can stomach Cole saying it repeatedly as it might be his genuine opinion but the ring announcer referring to him as it? Get in the f***ing sea with that shit.

[papagiorgio]

I could see a face Brock vs. Solo at Wrestlemania next year. I see them trading wins if a long feud or Brock winning if a one shot.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Nov 5, 2023 5:05:19 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Why do they have to announce him as “The Greatest of all-time”? I don’t hate Cena but seriously? I can stomach Cole saying it repeatedly as it might be his genuine opinion but the ring announcer referring to him as it? Get in the f***ing sea with that shit.

Even moreso to me because this has all the subtlety of a Vince Mcmahon mandate. It's something he would absolutely make the ring announcers say to hit that hammer on the nail over and over ad nauseam.
He's the one that calls John the Babe Ruth of WWE, and would believe it to be absolute.
But if the reports are true, and Vince has no creative control at all anymore it's even more baffling.

I can't imagine HHH believes it to be true, and would want to push it so hard that he'd make the freaking announcer say it as part of John's intro.

It's shit like this that makes me wonder.
It's as fishy as the sea it belongs in.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Nov 5, 2023 7:05:10 GMT -5 King Devitt and the Woke Mob said:

Nov 5, 2023 5:05:19 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Why do they have to announce him as “The Greatest of all-time”? I don’t hate Cena but seriously? I can stomach Cole saying it repeatedly as it might be his genuine opinion but the ring announcer referring to him as it? Get in the f***ing sea with that shit.

Even moreso to me because this has all the subtlety of a Vince Mcmahon mandate. It's something he would absolutely make the ring announcers say to hit that hammer on the nail over and over ad nauseam.
He's the one that calls John the Babe Ruth of WWE, and would believe it to be absolute.
But if the reports are true, and Vince has no creative control at all anymore it's even more baffling.

I can't imagine HHH believes it to be true, and would want to push it so hard that he'd make the freaking announcer say it as part of John's intro.

It's shit like this that makes me wonder.
It's as fishy as the sea it belongs in.

At the same time, who is available to them that both has a more legitimate claim to that moniker, and also is physically healthy enough to be booked in matches? The only guy equally as decorated in kayfabe is Flair, and he's got a pacemaker, an AEW contract and a bunch of sexual assault allegations. Bigger draws like Hogan (broken down/hated), Austin (probably the most legit claim but impossible to book in matches this regularly) and Rock (Hollywood) are unavailable for various reasons. And if we're using all-time great workers as the lead criteria, then most of those are either long retired (Hart, Michaels), in other promotions (Danielson) or have never even been in WWE (Omega, Tanahashi, Okada). Cena's probably not MY greatest of all time, but I'm not offended by WWE choosing to call him that because... why should I be, honestly?

[4real]

Felt like a massive win for Solo. Interested to see where he goes moving forward. I’m hoping they sow the seeds that he can be more than Reign’s lackey and by Mania he’s close to going it alone or becoming the new chief with Heyman in tow.

[Mid-Carder]

Nov 5, 2023 7:49:24 GMT -5 4real said:

Felt like a massive win for Solo. Interested to see where he goes moving forward. I’m hoping they sow the seeds that he can be more than Reign’s lackey and by Mania he’s close to going it alone or becoming the new chief with Heyman in tow.

It's a real concern that he'll feel like a less-good Roman just because he's been SO closely associated with him. The Usos at least had a whole career of bangers before the Bloodline.

[stoptheclocks]

Nov 5, 2023 7:05:10 GMT -5 King Devitt and the Woke Mob said:

Nov 5, 2023 5:05:19 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Why do they have to announce him as “The Greatest of all-time”? I don’t hate Cena but seriously? I can stomach Cole saying it repeatedly as it might be his genuine opinion but the ring announcer referring to him as it? Get in the f***ing sea with that shit.

Even moreso to me because this has all the subtlety of a Vince Mcmahon mandate. It's something he would absolutely make the ring announcers say to hit that hammer on the nail over and over ad nauseam.
He's the one that calls John the Babe Ruth of WWE, and would believe it to be absolute.
But if the reports are true, and Vince has no creative control at all anymore it's even more baffling.

I can't imagine HHH believes it to be true, and would want to push it so hard that he'd make the freaking announcer say it as part of John's intro.

It's shit like this that makes me wonder.
It's as fishy as the sea it belongs in.

I don't think it's that deep. It's just a gimmick and labelling something or someone the GOAT is pretty widespread across... well, everything.

[Fade]

Nov 5, 2023 11:32:32 GMT -5 stoptheclocks said:

Nov 5, 2023 7:05:10 GMT -5 King Devitt and the Woke Mob said:

Even moreso to me because this has all the subtlety of a Vince Mcmahon mandate. It's something he would absolutely make the ring announcers say to hit that hammer on the nail over and over ad nauseam.
He's the one that calls John the Babe Ruth of WWE, and would believe it to be absolute.
But if the reports are true, and Vince has no creative control at all anymore it's even more baffling.

I can't imagine HHH believes it to be true, and would want to push it so hard that he'd make the freaking announcer say it as part of John's intro.

It's shit like this that makes me wonder.
It's as fishy as the sea it belongs in.

I don't think it's that deep. It's just a gimmick and labelling something or someone the GOAT is pretty widespread across... well, everything.

Besides, kayfabe wise, it’s kind of right?..

[mrbananagrabber]

Didn’t expect that at all, great result. Solo is legit.