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[plagiarize]

I don't know either, man.

Y'all a bunch of puppets.

I didn't watch it again. I played Resident Evil and tuned back in to see Roman do passably in an interview. There's hope yet. I still think he can become a guy worthy of this spot, and I still don't blame him for the fact he's getting this push.

But yeah, I think it's the wrong move, certainly.

 

[Hidden One]

And here we have. Reigns setting up to be the next John Cena. He'll be the underdog who doesn't mind being boo'd by the fans for the next 10 years and he'll never tap out and lose cleanly once every blue moon.

 

[Officerrob]

God this is the future guys. Another Cena Clone. I hope HHH can relieve some of this the day he takes over.

Wasn't the word that Vince originally wanted Rock vs. Brock while HHH has always been pulling for Reigns vs Brock?

 

[Cybit]

Pre taped

Lesnar said in his interview he was sticking around to meet Reigns.

 

[Talamius]

I'm legit interested to see how this Roman Reigns push works out long term. Right now I think he's the next Sheamus rather than the next John Cena.

This really does have Post-Bryan Sheamus written all over it.

 

[serenewarfare]

did they say that interview was live?

they did

it was so obviously recorded. brock isn't even in the buiding tonight and reigns just said he is gonna meet brock face to face tonight.

that was recorded before raw was canceled

Brock was on the show being interviewed earlier.

 

[Fox318]

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I'm legit interested to see how this Roman Reigns push works out long term. Right now I think he's the next Sheamus rather than the next John Cena.

It took a few weeks for WWE to realize they needed to write Batista as a heel. There's still hope, depending on how people react. It's pretty obvious to most people but you need a little extra to get to Vince.

 

[Lrrr]

Is anyone saving this interview by Reigns? I need to see this!

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

Why?

I mean, it's more interesting than WWE booking, to be fair.

 

[Officerrob]

That's why we won't do TV in Seattle and Chicago

Or Canada

 

[Vestal]

Why?

Some people like to watch the world burn.

 

[Man God]

Sorry Roman. Should have begged to turn heel. Lesnar is more over than ever before after last night. It's gonna be rough.

It could still work at Mania. Have Heyman turn him into his guy. Have J&J turn on Rollins during the cash in or something.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

God this is the future guys. Another Cena Clone. I hope HHH can relieve some of this the day he takes over.

Reins is HHH's boy. Hunter picked him for the Shield and has been behind his push all the way.

 

[Cagey]

He's too threatening looking and not naturally believably corny enough to play the Cena character.

It's shades of Warrior after Hogan.

 

[Ithil]

They can't pull the trigger, they want the happy Cena face that gives the PR friendly answers. The smart thing would have been to make Reigns an anti-hero who doesn't care that he's booed, if you're not gonna turn him heel.

 

[HOMEBOY OVER HERE]

Fire the script supervisor!

I'm laughing. them fucking up and showing a video that contradicts their show tonight just makes him look worse. I'm pretty sure cole said "joining us live now is reigns." makes reigns look incompetent. stuff like this does not help.

 

[Heroman]

Just show the Boooooo rumble,and they are going to do that?

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Is anyone saving this promo by Reigns? I need to see this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eAGxiA4p2Q

 

[Fox318]

Man.

People fucking loved this guy when he was in the shield.

 

[aspiegamer]

Frightfully, that was one of his best promos that I can remember. Low bar, of course. Perhaps because there was honesty involved and he's obviously been told not to try to hide anything.

What are they going to talk to Bryan about, anyway? He got 100% legit tossed out by a guy they're desperate to push in case the Undertaker is let out of his retirement community for a weekend this spring. All as planned.

Oh hell. Is Bryan going to quit or something? He could play the "they picked Reigns and he didn't deny it" angle but there's no endgame for it.

 

[ggnoobIGN]

They're going to do a Reigns Lesnar face to face live in studio

 

[funkystudent]

I don't hate the guy. But they've put him in a situation he isn't ready for.

Nah.

I think he is as ready as anyone who has been in his place as his age. The problem is the booking and making him Cena 2.0 who over comes the odds and makes shitty jokes. Its a tired formula that people are sick of.

If they made his character more aggressive and stopped with the pandering bullshit I think people would be a little more happy.


Also yeah... not tossing out Bryan like a jobber....

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I will say this, their Raw without wrestling kind of makes the Rumble feel more important since it doesn't have a Raw immediately after it. Anyone else feel this way?

 

[Sou Da]

I just noticed they forgot to censor the "fucking" in that commercial for that USA EMT show the first time. RAW exudes a botch aura it seems.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Hi highly doubt Roman was live. Probably shot many times.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

 

[Ithil]

Reins is HHH's boy. Hunter picked him for the Shield and has been behind his push all the way.

Yeah, that doesn't mean shit when it's Vince's show Vince is scripting Reigns' own promos after all, he clearly is spearheading this whole megapush. Seth Rollins is the guy HHH is all hands on with in any case.

 

[Data West]

Man.

People fucking loved this guy when he was in the shield.

People loved the Shield and Roman happened to be in it.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

That interview. Damn. Props to them for acknowledging those questions.

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who cares about fairness. Sure, life is unfair, but you can make things leas toxic in a controlled environment instead of hiding behind that statement.

 

[Dick Justice]

It took a few weeks for WWE to realize they needed to write Batista as a heel. There's still hope, depending on how people react. It's pretty obvious to most people but you need a little extra to get to Vince.

Vince already caved last year. He'd probably rather burn the company down and piss on the ashes before having to do that again.

 

[ChosenPredator]

They're going to do a Reigns Lesnar face to face live in studio

as the camera slowly zoom in on their faces and ends the show

 

[Man God]

I will say this, their Raw without wrestling kind of makes the Rumble feel more important since it doesn't have a Raw immediately after it. Anyone else feel this way?

Kind of. I also feel that way about the Belt since Bork got it.

 

[redmetal86]

Well, it was fun Rusev.

 

[Uno Venova]

Some people like to watch the world burn.

This is pretty much me.

People loved the Shield and Roman happened to be in it.

People fucking loved that guy.

That no look fist bump was reposted a million times because of how cool people thought he was.

 

[UberTag]

Or Canada

Speaking of Canada, Roman Reigns is hitting Alberta for this weekend's house show run. I'm thinking he won't be warmly received.

Next week's TV is being taped in Denver and Colorado Springs.

 

[Sephzilla]

I will say this, their Raw without wrestling kind of makes the Rumble feel more important since it doesn't have a Raw immediately after it. Anyone else feel this way?

I agree

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

lol that nose to nose face-off looks so bad

 

[abstract alien]

He fucking bailed on that interview lol

 

[ggnoobIGN]

They're purposefully sabotaging him right?

 

[Cagey]

I will say this, their Raw without wrestling kind of makes the Rumble feel more important since it doesn't have a Raw immediately after it. Anyone else feel this way?

Agreed. It's refreshing to have the week off. A little less can be more.

 

[Fox318]

I will say this, their Raw without wrestling kind of makes the Rumble feel more important since it doesn't have a Raw immediately after it. Anyone else feel this way?

Vince would be better off if Raw was on Tuesday.

 

[Data West]

Again. Less than a month ago

Everybody is a critic. Every critic I’ve ever had, they weren’t wrestlers [laughs]. Every wrestler I’ve ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I’m doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn’t even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn’t know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me.

So to those of you who think Cena is like that as well, nah man. It's a work. Roman's butthurt about getting booed.

 

[Toki767]

There's a face.

 

[Freddy=Legend]

Wait, did Cole just say the Authority had this match planned for Mania? With no real build before that night; they already had it planned? Can we keep a little kayfabe here guys.

 

[Anth0ny]

It was planned for Mania but now it's happening at Fast Lane? lol

maybe they want rusev to go over, but not at mania?








nahhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Kusagari]

"the odds stacked against Cena"

 

[sajj316]

Well .. They need a new face guy in what is a continued PG age. Cena's made them a ton of money. Their banking on that with Reigns.

 

[Officerrob]

Yeah, that's probably not the image they should have gone with

 

[serenewarfare]

Some are saying if you go back and watch the Reigns interview you can hear someone feeding him line through his earpiece.