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excelsiorlef

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Toki767 said:
To be fair, if you were Cena and you had every single promo against you for the past 10 years be about how you suck in the ring, bury people all the time, don't care about the business, etc... and to have Reigns of all people cut the same exactly promo that guys like Punk, Bryan, Owens, and Styles did?

You'd laugh your ass off too.
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Meh it's basically still true.


Cena was literally peak exactly the type of Cena Reigns was talking about tonight... only Cena didn't let a word of it affect him.
 
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excelsiorlef

Member
It's impossible to get Cena or own Cena on the mic because you can say the absolute truth with the best and most sincere delivery and he'll just laugh in your face and giggle through the whole thing. He treats his opponents like the fans... like their reaction doesn't matter to him. It's easy for Cena to own everyone when nothing they can say will ever get a sincere reaction out of Cena.


It's lame as fuck.
 
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SallyIsNow

Banned
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>BIG SH-SHUFFLE
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Sir_Crocodile

Member
excelsiorlef said:
Cena completely through him off by just no selling the whole thing.

Cena comes off as a great improviser because he just doesn't actually sell anything in any promo ever so nothing really affects him because he just laughs it all off.

Cena sounded super stupid tonight talking about heel turns and promos and 4th wall and shit. Reigns at least seemed to be in the moment and taking it seriously. He had the better lines, you'd just never know it because Cena just goofs off and giggles it all aside.
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But that what he always does, it's not like it's something Reigns didn't know coming out.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
Rimfya said:
Week 2 of realising that WWE know exactly what we don't like about Roman Reigns and they only thing they do is cut promos against him.
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WWE is constantly acknowledging the flaws in their product. They just don't care.

Like look at that Bring It To The Table bit where they mocked the commentators having to say "structure" a million times. Or when they acknowledged that the This is Your Life segment was awful.

A lot of people in that company know what's wrong, but there's only one man with the power to fix it and he doesn't give a fuck because he's entertained by it.
 
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excelsiorlef

Member
Sir_Crocodile said:
But that what he always does, it's not like it's something Reigns didn't know coming out.
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Doesn't matter. there's nothing Reigns could do.

A promo is like a match, if your opponent dead weights you in a match your match is going to suck. Promos are the same, it takes two, and with Cena giggling and treating everything Reigns says as he would a regual fan booing him, yeah the promo is going to suck because Reigns might as well be cutting a promo on doll.
 
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Officerrob

Banned
Toki767 said:
To be fair, if you were Cena and you had every single promo against you for the past 10 years be about how you suck in the ring, bury people all the time, don't care about the business, etc... and to have Reigns of all people cut the same exactly promo that guys like Punk, Bryan, Owens, and Styles did?

You'd laugh your ass off too.
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Exactly! You can't be Reigns and cut that promo. YOU'RE Cena 2.0, it doesn't work that way.
 
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Toki767

Member
Officerrob said:
Exactly! You can't be Reigns and cut that promo. YOU'RE Cena 2.0, it doesn't work that way.
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Basically.

Cena acknowledged about how people chant "You suck" at himself and Angle but guess what? They chant it at Reigns too.

Reigns had no good lines written for him. It was the same lines every Cena opponent has ever said. Which is really dumb when they admitted that Reigns was a Cena bootleg.
 
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excelsiorlef

Member
Officerrob said:
Exactly! You can't be Reigns and cut that promo. YOU'RE Cena 2.0, it doesn't work that way.
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The promo was actually fine....

Literally it was, if Cena had taken a second to pretend any of it mattered to him it'd have been a hot segment instead he cut a Vince Russo WCW Promo.

Roman at least pretended the segment was supposed to be serious and mean something. Cena might as well have been cutting his old poop joke promos for all the intensity and connection he had to the segment.

Cena is phoning this shit in and it's tedious.
 
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cordy

Banned
Dudes can get Cena on the mic, you just gotta be the right person. Ambrose and Styles last year did way better than Reigns did for example. Reigns fucked up by fumbling his words, not having a real angle towards what he was going to say and honestly after thinking about it in his head, he probably realized what Cena said was true. Had Cena been wrong Reigns could have easily turned it around on him. Cena just wasn't wrong though so he had to take that L.

Besides the other who cut that kind of promo weren't in Roman's position so it worked better.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
cordy said:
Dudes can get Cena on the mic, you just gotta be the right person. Ambrose and Styles last year did way better than Reigns did for example. Reigns fucked up by fumbling his words, not having a real angle towards what he was going to say and honestly after thinking about it in his head, he probably realized what Cena said was true. Had Cena been wrong Reigns could have easily turned it around on him.

Cena just wasn't wrong though so he had to take that L.
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Yeah, Styles and Ambrose had good lines against him and more than held their own. Roman just didn't cut that great of a promo tonight. It was fine, but nothing more than that.
 
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Toki767

Member
excelsiorlef said:
The promo was actually fine....

Literally it was, if Cena had taken a second to pretend any of it mattered to him it'd have been a hot segment instead he cut a Vince Russo WCW Promo.

Roman at least pretended the segment was supposed to be serious and mean something. Cena might as well have been cutting his old poop joke promos for all the intensity and connection he had to the segment.

Cena is phoning this shit in and it's tedious.
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Reigns isn't that good of an actor to pretend that he was about to cry on live TV.
 
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excelsiorlef

Member
cordy said:
Dudes can get Cena on the mic, you just gotta be the right person. Ambrose and Styles last year did way better than Reigns did for example. Reigns fucked up by fumbling his words, not having a real angle towards what he was going to say and honestly after thinking about it in his head, he probably realized what Cena said was true. Had Cena been wrong Reigns could have easily turned it around on him.

Cena just wasn't wrong though so he had to take that L.
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This isn't real dude. Cena is going to get got unl;ess he actually lets himself get got, he's not going to get got if he never takes anyone seriously. Cena has been peak laugh off everything since basically his Miz feud.

Cena treated the segment like nothing mattered and therefore the segment didn't matter.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
Read the RAW recap. Jesus.

Sasha immediately loses a title defense AGAIN.

And they had Cena eviscerate Roman Reigns on live TV.


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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
The best part of it is, is that they set up this segment with the intention of both guys getting in shots and coming out equal but Roman completely shit the bed and once again comes off looking absolutely terrible.

Literally every decision they make with Roman is wrong. Every. Single. Decision.
 
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excelsiorlef

Member
As if y'all are putting this all on Roman...

When Cena was just giggling like a moron the entire time.

It takes two to tango and Cena left his dancing shoes at home.

Roman has reached bitch eating crackers level for some of y'all I swear.
 
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ambar_hitman

Member
Sinatar said:
The best part of it is, is that they set up this segment with the intention of both guys getting in shots and coming out equal but Roman completely shit the bed and once again comes off looking absolutely terrible.

Literally every decision they make with Roman is wrong. Every. Single. Decision.
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Now watch them let Cena lose to Roman and pass on the torch.
 
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Officerrob

Banned
excelsiorlef said:
The promo was actually fine....

Literally it was, if Cena had taken a second to pretend any of it mattered to him it'd have been a hot segment instead he cut a Vince Russo WCW Promo.

Roman at least pretended the segment was supposed to be serious and mean something. Cena might as well have been cutting his old poop joke promos for all the intensity and connection he had to the segment.

Cena is phoning this shit in and it's tedious.
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I couldn't disagree more. It started off with just a blanket "you suck" statement, which is dumpster quality. He then went on to cut the same "keep every guy down" promo that every indie guy has cut against Cena. The problem is those guys had a point! Who the hell is keeping Roman Reigns down?
 
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Sir_Crocodile

Member
excelsiorlef said:
Doesn't matter. there's nothing Reigns could do.

A promo is like a match, if your opponent dead weights you in a match your match is going to suck. Promos are the same, it takes two, and with Cena giggling and treating everything Reigns says as he would a regual fan booing him, yeah the promo is going to suck because Reigns might as well be cutting a promo on doll.
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People have pushed back on that before and done well, normally with a variation of "it's all a game to you" and firing up.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
excelsiorlef said:
As if y'all are putting this all on Roman...

When Cena was just giggling like a moron the entire time.
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Cena spoke with more confidence and personality. Even ignoring the content, Cena is just flat out a better promo and it showed in every way tonight.

You see when Roman forgot his lines and looked like an idiot? That never happens to Cena ever because he's better than that and quicker on his feet.
 
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Toki767

Member
Someone find all the old promos done against Cena that says basically the same thing that Reigns said.

And then watch them all and tell me how Reigns wasn't the worst at handling Cena laughing.

Like, legitimately, Reigns has never sounded more generic than he did tonight.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
Toki767 said:
Someone find all the old promos done against Cena that says basically the same thing that Reigns said.

And then watch them all and tell me how Reigns wasn't the worst at handling Cena laughing.

Like, legitimately, Reigns has never sounded more generic than he did tonight.
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Yep. You can dislike what Cena said, but that's zero excuse for why Roman looked bad in comparison.
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
excelsiorlef said:
As if y'all are putting this all on Roman...

When Cena was just giggling like a moron the entire time.

It takes two to tango and Cena left his dancing shoes at home.

Roman has reached bitch eating crackers level for some of y'all I swear.
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Roman *forgot his lines mid sentence* then stood there gawking like a nimrod for almost a full minute before he remembered what he was supposed to say. That's 100% on him.
 
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Officerrob

Banned
Toki767 said:
Someone find all the old promos done against Cena that says basically the same thing that Reigns said.

And then watch them all and tell me how Reigns wasn't the worst at handling Cena laughing.

Like, legitimately, Reigns has never sounded more generic than he did tonight.
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This was the cut and paste anti-Cena promo, yet other guys managed to hold their own with Cena while giving it. Reigns couldn't, it's as simple as that
 
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Brian_FETO

Banned
I'm so tired of John Cena burying #PromisingYoungTalent like ROMAN REIGNS

That's it guys I'm taking a stand

#IStandWithTheBigDog #TheManWhoRetiredTheUndertakerAtWrestlemania
 
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