- The last good "Suplex City" style Brock match
- Stiff as fuck
- Roman sold his ass off
- Blood
- The best cash in
- Super hot crowd
i'm really bored
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March Wrasslin' |OT2| The Rollercoaster to WrestleMania XXXIII!
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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- The last good "Suplex City" style Brock match
- Stiff as fuck
- Roman sold his ass off
- Blood
- The best cash in
- Super hot crowd
i'm really bored
He's just overbooked as hell. The fact that most of Kevin Owens's title run was a story arc for Roman Reigns is the problem in a microcosm.
I hated him for most of 2016 but now really appreciate his ability and think he's at least in the top 5 of performers on the main roster. It's just unfortunate that everything about him is Wrestling Action Figure™ that was designed by committee and focus tested.
I think it was alright but Reigns took Lesnar's lazy ass and carried him in that match. He sold great.
OMG. Roman Reigns greatest heel confirmed.
blackaroni
Member
I still can't believe Owens was able to walk after going through that tower of chairs.
Balor and Rollins being injured was the reason he was involved with Owens.
half a moon
Banned
Dat meta heel
Maybe years of him and El Generico trying to murder each other has made him extra resilient.
He's going to get fed to Roman.
Designed by committee is a great way to describe Roman's character stuff and scripting, totally agree.
The suplex city style is not something I like, it's boring. The cash in was cool, the rest doesn't make a match good to me, although a hot crowd does help.
I don't really care about Roman Reigns personally, but you know what silly thing I don't like about the guy? His name! Roman Reigns. It hasn't grown on me at all. Specifically Roman, even though Reigns is kinda hokey. But Roman... ehh. Not a good wrassle name, in my opinion.
Anyway, I'm going to give him a fair and final assessment after WrestleMania Whichever-One-We're-On.
Anyway, I'm going to give him a fair and final assessment after WrestleMania Whichever-One-We're-On.
RecRoulette
Member
I'm ready for Roman to whoop Taker's ass. #YardSale
excelsiorlef
Member
Yeah the idea for the feud directly comes out of Cena just walking in saying I'm number one contender...
I was there live. The event live flowed together really well.
It's just that all of the winners except the last match was wrong.
The post that generated that reaponse was saying that Dean and Harper didn't use it but Roman did, which leads the poster to believe the previous two weren't allowed to in favor of the third.
Sounds like a stretch, sure, but still, I don't think they were criticising the idea of tailoring a match to make the crowd pop.
WM 31 is one of the best Wm
Pretty much. It's good for Reigns but bad for everyone else considering their matches can't get as hype as possible given they want Roman's matches to be the best. Should be common sense though, I thought everyone knew this. There's a difference between Roman's matches being designed to give him the most cheers and least boos as possible while also not hindering others compared to Roman's matches designed to give him the most cheers and least boos as possible and that doing damage to others matches.
There is such a thing as "oh wait don't do that and let Roman do it because if we do it in this match we can't do it in the other match", Meltzer's commented on this before. Don't tell me people actually thought other guys weren't being held back in their own matches. Come on now.
Why do you think Ambrose/Corbin is a single's standard match? Look at the other matches on the card and lemme know which ones are gimmick match/will end up having gimmicks.
remember when this happened
https://youtu.be/aPxdnFJKTlw?t=206
and they managed to fuck it all up. how did this happen. how.
https://youtu.be/aPxdnFJKTlw?t=206
and they managed to fuck it all up. how did this happen. how.
So how come you like heROMAN?
This is why Roman/Brock was a great match. It was the absolute best of fuck you monster Brock. Roman's powerhouse style worked because you sure as hell aren't going to gradually weaken Brock through technical prowess, you have to hit him hard with your big moves and often. It was stiff as fuck and it gave both Roman lovers and haters a great time because you got to see Roman get his ass destroyed and also see him work to stay alive. End with Seth's cash in and its an awesome main event.
I mean, Roman's cool and all but I've always been a bigger fan of his brother...
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I mean, Roman's cool and all but I've always been a bigger fan of his brother...
MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH
What about his dad Luther?
Saving gimmick spots in matches for other wrestlers has been a thing in wrestling forever.
MYAHHHH MYAHHHH MYAHHHHHHHI mean, Roman's cool and all but I've always been a bigger fan of his brother...
MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH MYAH
Yeah it's been reported before as happening in other people's matches so it's not really a stretch to assume it. Some guys can do things that others can't do it. With that said, guarantee anyone anything that Ambrose/Corbin will go on next month and have a gimmick match because there will be far more room for one compared to WM where we're already going to see some.
It should be common sense though. Some guys just need way more help to make their matches better.
excelsiorlef
Member
It was fantastic....
And yeah Brock/Reigns have a great chemistry... here's the thing Reigns sometimes gets booked like old underdog Cena where he takes a beating and then wins... problem is look at the dude, he's not built like an underdog... except against Lesnar. Lesnar/Reigns works for underdog Reigns story. It'll be a pretty great match next year if they do it at 34.
Bluekaveli
Member
I'll never understand why you think I like you.
half a moon
Banned
You need to go ly dow
blackaroni
Member
15M views? :wow: Was that the last time that ratings went up from hour two to hour three?
You're dead to me ex-brother
SallyIsNow
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Matt Riddle > Brock
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
He's just overbooked as hell. The fact that most of Kevin Owens's title run was a story arc for Roman Reigns is the problem in a microcosm.
I hated him for most of 2016 but now really appreciate his ability and think he's at least in the top 5 of performers on the main roster. It's just unfortunate that everything about him is Wrestling Action Figure™ that was designed by committee and focus tested.
I think it was alright but Reigns took Lesnar's lazy ass and carried him in that match. He sold great.
Interestingly, Lesnar himself is the best seller in the company, which is hilarious since he never sells other than in 30 seconds of losing to Goldberg.
Just look at the TLC PPV. There's the three separates and then the all-together match at the end. If every single match was TLC, it'd get boring quick.
Remember his first match back against Cena?
Dude sold tremendously.
Yeah. I always thought it was kind of obvious that they tend to save the really big spots in matches for Reigns the way they used to do it for Cena.
I mean they allowed man on woman violence which is basically banned now when Reigns speared Stephanie. Even if it was an "accident".
Bluekaveli
Member
You were never anything to me fucker
FallingEdge
Member
Remember when Cesaro was a Paul Heyman guy?
Good times.
Good times.
No cause he never mentioned it.
I remember Ryback and Curtis Axel being Paul Heyman guys more than Cesaro.
Bluekaveli
Member
That sure was a weird period
Can't even put a winner on the card and more ham and eggers get called up
Some people need to play the stepping stool role, it is a very key part to play.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
When Lesnar gets hit with something he looks like he's seriously gotten the wind knocked out of him - he has the perfect ability to sell to the point that the offense he took looks legit, but not to the point of overselling moves. He also seems to have a knack for knowing which moves he's allowed to no-sell and what moves need to come off as big story beats.
My problem with Lesnar is the combination of his booking and the fact he isn't committed enough to the role of professional wrestler to make stuff interesting. I wouldn't have had a problem with the main event of SummerSlam if they had tried to get a real match out of it instead.