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Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 21, 2024 14:45:50 GMT -5
Jey has been built up pretty well. If it was just a match and didn’t involve the downfall of the bloodline I’d say Jimmy
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Post by Goldash #BLM on Feb 21, 2024 14:51:50 GMT -5
As much as it pains me to say this, Jimmy. He's barely been anything these past few months. Getting a win at Mania would likely be good for him, while Jey's already over like rover as it is.
It seems as if this might be one of those feuds that truly ends with a rematch at a minor PPV, which I feel as if Jey will win.
I feel like a win will help Jimmy more than it hurts Jey at this point unless they royally screw something up between now and then.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 21, 2024 14:56:42 GMT -5
As much as it pains me to say this, Jimmy. He's barely been anything these past few months. Getting a win at Mania would likely be good for him, while Jey's already over like rover as it is. It seems as if this might be one of those feuds that truly ends with a rematch at a minor PPV, which I feel as if Jey will win. I feel like a win will help Jimmy more than it hurts Jey at this point unless they royally screw something up between now and then. I think Jimmy can become just a big a star as Jey (assuming he doesn’t get any more DUIs). If Jey wins the IC title after mania, maybe Jimmy beats him
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 21, 2024 14:57:32 GMT -5
I think Jimmy needs it more.
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Post by 4real on Feb 21, 2024 15:18:10 GMT -5
Jimmy definitely needs it more but would be cool to see Jey get a big win at Mania. He deserves it.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 21, 2024 15:19:38 GMT -5
Jimmmy.
They've misfired on Jey so often now that he's cooked as being seen as an actual threat.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 21, 2024 15:31:49 GMT -5
They always go with the lower on the ladder one in situations like this.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 21, 2024 15:37:55 GMT -5
Jimmy needs it more, Jey's better. Either result is fine with me, really.
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 21, 2024 15:48:03 GMT -5
Jey should win. Dude has babyface energy coming out of the wazoo and gets the crowd pumping every time he makes his entrance, while Jimmmy has a much lower upside than his brother.
It would be a travesty if Jey takes the L at 'mania to Roman's bitch.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 21, 2024 15:48:38 GMT -5
Jimmy probably wins through chicanery, but Jey gets his heat back, so to speak, by getting involved in the presumed main event schmozz and counteracting Jimmy's interference.
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Post by mistery on Feb 21, 2024 15:49:04 GMT -5
Gonna go with Jey, just because if Roman is losing at Mania, then all of the Bloodline needs to lose.
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 21, 2024 15:57:55 GMT -5
I think Jimmy needs it more. Jey Uso is Main Event Jey Uso. Jimmy Uso is Roman's Bitch. As the Babyface, Jey needs to start racking up singles wins and to live up to his moniker, and he needs to win this more than Jimmy.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 21, 2024 15:59:38 GMT -5
I think Jimmy needs it more. Jey Uso is Main Event Jey Uso. Jimmy Uso is Roman's Bitch. As the Babyface, Jey needs to start racking up singles wins and to live up to his moniker, and he needs to win this more than Jimmy. I think Jey is already a made man, win or lose. Jimmy has a good character but not a ton of momentum yet and can use the win. I also think back to Matt beating Jeff at Mania that one year and Owen beating Bret despite the heel brothers being much lower on the totem pole. I feel they’d go with Jimmy here.
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Post by chazraps on Feb 21, 2024 16:00:21 GMT -5
Has to be Jey. They need to go all in on Jey. Jimmy has never had the connection with the crowd that Jey has.
Jimmy winning would be fedpilled 50/50 booking that helps no-one and leaves everyone treading water with no new stars being made like what plagued 2000s/2010s WWE.
I'm not saying fire Jimmy or anything, but Jey is someone you can begin to build future programs around. He has all the tool and the intangibles at this very moment.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 21, 2024 16:02:23 GMT -5
Has to be Jey. They need to go all in on Jey. Jimmy has never had the connection with the crowd that Jey has. Jimmy winning would be fedpilled 50/50 booking that helps no-one and leaves everyone treading water with no new stars being made like what plagued 2000s/2010s WWE. I'm not saying fire Jimmy or anything, but Jey is someone you can begin to build future programs around. He has all the tool and the intangibles at this very moment. Do you think Jey losing at Mania and then winning a gimmick rematch later in the year will hamper his upward mobility? I think they can make both guys with the right booking.
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Post by floundertime on Feb 21, 2024 16:07:16 GMT -5
Gonna go with Jey, just because if Roman is losing at Mania, then all of the Bloodline needs to lose. If the bloodline is going to explode, it should be a clean sweep against them Or you can go with the flip side. Everyone but Roman wins and the night after WM we get a new bloodline led by Jimmy. It’s like the night after Michaels lost to Austin at WM. New DX formed from the ruins and off they went.
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Post by chazraps on Feb 21, 2024 16:10:57 GMT -5
Has to be Jey. They need to go all in on Jey. Jimmy has never had the connection with the crowd that Jey has. Jimmy winning would be fedpilled 50/50 booking that helps no-one and leaves everyone treading water with no new stars being made like what plagued 2000s/2010s WWE. I'm not saying fire Jimmy or anything, but Jey is someone you can begin to build future programs around. He has all the tool and the intangibles at this very moment. Do you think Jey losing at Mania and then winning a gimmick rematch later in the year will hamper his upward mobility? I think they can make both guys with the right booking. Absolutely that would hamper it. That's exactly how people get hampered. When you have someone as hot as Jey's getting you let them win the big matches on the big stages when it really matters so people don't feel dumb for getting invested in them. There's zero need to make Jimmy right now. Makes no sense to risk Jey's rise to "make" Jimmy as well, especially as Jimmy's heat is coming from screwing over the performer the crowd is so invested in. There's also zero need to extend their feud beyond Mania. Outside of the losing-streak-gimmick, there's historically no bigger misfire-ratio wrestling angle than "Former Tag Partners Feud" and usually the crowd will just miss seeing them together. You get usually one per decade where it actually works (Shawn-Marty, Steen/Owens-Generico/Zayn) but the vast, vast, VAST overwhelming amount of time you get forgettable Road Dogg vs Billy Gunn or Booker T vs Stevie Ray or Titus vs Darren or the first several Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy (pre-Deletion) feuds that absolutely nobody likes or enjoys remembering. They've struck gold with finding the one possible way Uso vs Uso gets the crowd invested. The Rumble tease showed the crowd's hot for it, it needs to climax at Mania with Jey definitively winning, and then they need to be separated for a while so Jey can continue to rise. It's too lazy McMahon-ish to try to drag this out past Mania when you have the perfect ending to a story.
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Post by chronocross on Feb 21, 2024 16:15:20 GMT -5
I see Jimmy winning that leads to a rematch at Backlash in Paris as he definitely needs the win more.
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Post by chazraps on Feb 21, 2024 16:39:46 GMT -5
Why do people think Jimmy "needs" the win? Why?
He's not doing anything near what Jey's doing on any level?
Jimmy winning benefits nobody, not even Jimmy. That's Austin Theory vs Cena shit from last year.
Jey needs the win to continue to ascend, an ascension that's not worth the risk especially with how HOT he is right now. You're going to hamper him, deflate the crowd and give us a rematch with a foregone conclusion that won't be as memorable as the big fumble of Jey not winning.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 21, 2024 16:43:25 GMT -5
Why do people think Jimmy "needs" the win? Why? He's not doing anything near what Jey's doing on any level? Jimmy winning benefits nobody, not even Jimmy. That's Austin Theory vs Cena shit from last year. Jey needs the win to continue to ascend, an ascension that's not worth the risk especially with how HOT he is right now. You're going to hamper him, deflate the crowd and give us a rematch with a foregone conclusion that won't be as memorable as the big fumble of Jey not winning. I don't think Jimmmy NEEDS it, I just think with the way WWE tends to book, and that they've already had Jey choke away shots at multiple titles, Jimmmy winning seems like the most "WWE" thing that could happen.
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