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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 29, 2023 18:30:23 GMT -5
Grown: Von Wagner Chelsea Green Santos Escobar Nick Aldis Joe Gacy Soured: The Bloodline Johnny Gargano-Both his singles and current DIY theme with Ciampa suck, and was more entertaining with The Way on NXT. New Day I hope he's not yelling as much in his promos when he returns to TV, or he may join my "Soured" list too. He was sounding like a crazy drunk man. |
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Post by ragecutter on Dec 29, 2023 21:03:50 GMT -5
Grown: Baron Corbin
Soured: Roman Reigns
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Post by BigPoppaNasty on Dec 29, 2023 22:03:11 GMT -5
Grown:
Rhea Ripley - I already started the year as a huge fan of Rhea, but she has done even better character work as the silent hand controlling JD under the guise of being "just another equal member." A large group seems to have soured on her for having a super strong title run, but that's the point! She's a super strong mega heel champ. She's supposed to have a dominant run to build up a huge babyface reaction for the person who beats her for the belt.
Seth Rollins - I thought Seth was sorta at the point where he was phoning it in, but he's had a good world title run and is now hitting his stride with the imminent Punk feud.
Bron Breakker - I was still a bit apprehensive on him coming into the year, but his heel turn really demonstrated how versatile he is. I think he's the best talent in the business under 30, and that's saying something when I have him ahead of Rhea, MJF, Dom Mysterio, and Carmelo Hayes.
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Post by theironyuppie on Dec 29, 2023 22:28:00 GMT -5
Grown: Rhea Ripley - I already started the year as a huge fan of Rhea, but she has done even better character work as the silent hand controlling JD under the guise of being "just another equal member." A large group seems to have soured on her for having a super strong title run, but that's the point! She's a super strong mega heel champ. She's supposed to have a dominant run to build up a huge babyface reaction for the person who beats her for the belt. Seth Rollins - I thought Seth was sorta at the point where he was phoning it in, but he's had a good world title run and is now hitting his stride with the imminent Punk feud. Bron Breakker - I was still a bit apprehensive on him coming into the year, but his heel turn really demonstrated how versatile he is. I think he's the best talent in the business under 30, and that's saying something when I have him ahead of Rhea, MJF, Dom Mysterio, and Carmelo Hayes.
I think the area Rhea's grown most conspicuously this year is on the mic. Even with how she was already starting to get pushed a year ago, it was hard to guess then that she'd be doing segments with Paul Heyman, in-ring promos with Randy Orton, and having no issue doing long promos whether for JD or her singles feuds. It's very noticeable how comfortable and confident she is compared to NXT or even her early days on the main roster, and that means that they can trust her with a lot story-wise.
Bron's good, but I'm still not sure of how he's going to break through on the main roster when the time comes. Sometimes that can take a while, though you can trust they'll put in more effort than his previous main-roster appearances.
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Post by BigPoppaNasty on Dec 30, 2023 0:58:25 GMT -5
Grown: Rhea Ripley - I already started the year as a huge fan of Rhea, but she has done even better character work as the silent hand controlling JD under the guise of being "just another equal member." A large group seems to have soured on her for having a super strong title run, but that's the point! She's a super strong mega heel champ. She's supposed to have a dominant run to build up a huge babyface reaction for the person who beats her for the belt. Seth Rollins - I thought Seth was sorta at the point where he was phoning it in, but he's had a good world title run and is now hitting his stride with the imminent Punk feud. Bron Breakker - I was still a bit apprehensive on him coming into the year, but his heel turn really demonstrated how versatile he is. I think he's the best talent in the business under 30, and that's saying something when I have him ahead of Rhea, MJF, Dom Mysterio, and Carmelo Hayes.
I think the area Rhea's grown most conspicuously this year is on the mic. Even with how she was already starting to get pushed a year ago, it was hard to guess then that she'd be doing segments with Paul Heyman, in-ring promos with Randy Orton, and having no issue doing long promos whether for JD or her singles feuds. It's very noticeable how comfortable and confident she is compared to NXT or even her early days on the main roster, and that means that they can trust her with a lot story-wise.
Bron's good, but I'm still not sure of how he's going to break through on the main roster when the time comes. Sometimes that can take a while, though you can trust they'll put in more effort than his previous main-roster appearances.
Bron definitely could be a character who takes a little time to really hit his stride, and that's to be expected, especially given the breadth of top stars at the moment. I think if WWE ends up going with Cody at Mania to end Roman's run at the top followed by Roman taking an extended leave, I could definitely see Bron debuting on main roster the night after Mania with a strong push only to add Heyman once Roman is gone. I think they'll want to go the Brock route with Bron given his look and style. I could even see them going the full Brock route and having Cody drop the title to him at Summerslam or something. |
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 30, 2023 1:35:01 GMT -5
Grew on me: Akira Tozawa, Nick Aldis, Chelsea Green, Jey Uso, Von Wagner, Omos, Duke Hudson, Noam Dar, Ivar (or I should say he grew back on me), John Cena I'll be waiting for you to say you've grown on Adam Pearce |
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 30, 2023 1:44:15 GMT -5
Grew on me: Akira Tozawa, Nick Aldis, Chelsea Green, Jey Uso, Von Wagner, Omos, Duke Hudson, Noam Dar, Ivar (or I should say he grew back on me), John Cena I'll be waiting for you to say you've grown on Adam Pearce NEVER |
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Dec 31, 2023 21:05:11 GMT -5
Cody has grown on me for sure. A year ago I thought he came across as an entitled cry baby and I was delighted when he lost at WrestleMania.
Since the Brock feud he has grown on me and now I can see why he is the number one face and I am all for him dethroning Roman.
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