slightconfuse
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Well that settles it
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October Wrasslin' |OT| Celebrating 20 Years of the YET-AY!
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Well that settles it
Nah. Let Roman win at Mania.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
You don't get a vote
At least on GAF, I would hope last night and now tonight would help put to rest any concerns about Kevin Owens getting "buried" or derisively referred to as "midcard status". WWE clearly loves the guy far more than anyone could have hoped watching him kill himself at Hammerstein Ballroom in ROH. He's not "midcard" in the way a random directionless wrestler (Barrett) is. He's "midcard" meaning "he's not fighting for the WWE Championship right this second" and that's about it.
The prime seats may have been taken years ago, and the passenger's seat eternally reserved for Brother Lambda, but we're open to all.
The prime seats may have been taken years ago, and the passenger's seat eternally reserved for Brother Lambda, but we're open to all.
When the crowd is behind Reigns, he basically feels comfortable enough to seem pretty cool.
When the crowd is against Reigns, he pretty much loses all composure and doesn't know how to react.
It's a really weird thing. I'd rather they just give him the belt now than Mania though.
When the crowd is against Reigns, he pretty much loses all composure and doesn't know how to react.
It's a really weird thing. I'd rather they just give him the belt now than Mania though.
Officerrob
Banned
Well that settles it
A good god fearing disciple of HBK would have found his smile and only missed the summer months so he can do a load of pills and go hunting.
Professor Beef
Banned
While I do agree with you here, I also believe that long title reigns like Punk's are fantastic if the person can manage to stay over and relevant the entire time.
I don't think Seth can do that, and I have trouble believing that mah boy Roman could either.
sf2fanatic
Member
The one that should of held the title that long was Bret. But then again the competition was harder, stronger
UberTag
Member
Booking around Mania sucks. Stalling on the title change until then will make the Mania build terrible... and the post-Mania programming where they clearly won't take the belt off of him under any circumstances also terrible.
I say they need to pull the trigger on Reigns now. This is especially critical at a time when all of their other belts are treated as meaningless.
I like CM Punk, I just like Rollins more.
JesseEwiak
Member
Anything that wipes the Brooks family from the WWE record book quicker is a positive. At least there's was never any worry about either of them being in any kind of drawing money record book.
slightconfuse
Banned
I say let Seth win due to Dean shenanigans and have sheamus cash in.
Spare roman a sheamus feud .
Spare roman a sheamus feud .
It's the same thing with Bray. They clearly like the fucking guy and hover him around the main event status all the time. They have him work with main eventers and all the legends are huge fans as well as the writers. He loses a lot but WWE clearly thinks he's one of their top heels because they always fall back to him. He doesn't need the title to cement that for him. Whether it works for the individual fan or not is another thing entirely.
Or just have Sheamus not successfully cash in.
He can easily be a one and done and Sandow.
JesseEwiak
Member
It's the IWC. Every favorite of theirs should win all the time, and Cena & Reigns should lose to all of them.
Jimmy King
Member
Now you wait just a god damn minute, that wasn't part of the damn deal! I don't want Seth feuding with Sheamus either!
JesseEwiak
Member
I'm great. AJ Lee's out of the company and has been rightly exposed as a bad worker, Damien Sandow is back where he should be as wrestling randomly on Superstars, Roman Reigns is going to be the top guy, and people are finally realizing that Dean Ambrose has two moves and male pattern baldness.
I mean...literally the icon of professional wrestling!
UberTag
Member
I can think of many revered wrestlers that had two moves and suffered from male pattern baldness.
blackaroni
Member
What a time to be alive.
JesseEwiak
Member
Yeah, except that guy was actually charismatic and wasn't doing a third rate Brian Pillman/Roddy Piper knock off.
Fixed.
Professor Beef
Banned
I actually like Dean. They fucking blew their chance to make him a top guy when they sidelined him getting revenge on Rollins just to put in in a program with fucking Bray Wyatt. Of all the dumb decisions...
And the term is ISEC, Jesse. GET IT RIGHT.
And the term is ISEC, Jesse. GET IT RIGHT.
Bluekaveli
Member
Please have Roman say he doesn't want the push at all so I won't have to deal with that shit.
Get it right. He's Terry Funk without the accent.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Ambrose has been in several of the better WWE matches this year. He's doing just fine. No reason he couldn't get heated up for a big program anytime WWE wants.
Edit: Considering that Dean is STILL getting huge reactions from crowds over a year after a frankly pretty halfassed push, I'd say the dude is pretty objectively charismatic, as wrestlers go. He sold a shit-ton of merch during that Black Friday sale last year, still gets a ton of play amongst teenage girls, and still does pretty well on the mic. I actually think his problem is less one of talent than of motivation. He definitely seems like someone Vince was talking about when he said that the millennials are kind of lazy and not very proactive about taking their careers into their own hands. Didn't he even basically admit on that Jericho show that he doesn't really care for the material he's given, but just kind of goes with it because whatever?
slightconfuse
Banned
Why??
Roman is fine and occasilly pulls out cool stuff like Papa Powerbomb-> Superman punch
TheStruggler
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have a feeling they are going to keep "screwing" reigns just to get the crowd on his side to win it officially at the next mania. Got a feeling roman will win but Sheamus will cash in
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
I get the sense that, when he realized he wasn't leaving WM with the title, he realized he needed to buckle down and "put in his dues" by having some killer matches. And he's pretty much the best part of every "big match" he's involved in, for one reason or another. I was totally on the "boo Roman" train leading into Wrestlemania, given his horrendous promos and horrendous Royal Rumble performance, but everything post-amazing Brock match has shown him to be someone with a HUGE upside as a performer and validated the idea that there was always a germ of talent there waiting to be developed.
Bluekaveli
Member
Nothing cool about that.
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
So the Daniel Bryan approach? Are they going to screw Roman out of the Rumble and have the Florida crowd shit on it like the past 2 years?
Not going to lie, that might get me back to resub.
But you know what cool is?
You're looking at it.
There are 14 Austin costumes in this game. 1 is Stunnin' Steve. The other are varying degrees of black trunk Austin. I guess it's cool that they changed Austin based on all his major appearance for his showcase, but it's just hilarious that it's like varying degrees and different types of knee braces/elbow pads.
Col Parker is in this game so 10/10
Col Parker is in this game so 10/10
UberTag
Member
Instead of trying to push Roman like Cena or push Roman like D.Brine, I really wish they'd just push Roman like Roman.
Or Bill Goldberg. That could work too.
Bluekaveli
Member
I miss this guy and Chris MastersSo the Daniel Bryan approach? Are they going to screw Roman out of the Rumble and have the Florida crowd shit on it like the past 2 years?
Not going to lie, that might get me back to resub.
But you know what cool is?
You're looking at it.
The thing is, the WWE Universe thought the Daniel Bryan stuff was real. Even people here on WrassleGAF thought it was real. Do you think they could do it again?
FallingEdge
Member
So the Daniel Bryan approach? Are they going to screw Roman out of the Rumble and have the Florida crowd shit on it like the past 2 years?
Not going to lie, that might get me back to resub.
But you know what cool is?
You're looking at it.
TheStruggler
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So the Daniel Bryan approach? Are they going to screw Roman out of the Rumble and have the Florida crowd shit on it like the past 2 years?
Not going to lie, that might get me back to resub.
But you know what cool is?
You're looking at it.
thing was, daniel bryan was wayyyyyyy over
sf2fanatic
Member
Did anyone gif Barrett's victory cheer? Lol!!
Bluekaveli
Member
What was real?
they're probably thinking "if it worked with that midget daniel bryan, it'll work for roman"
I can totally see sheamus stealing the title from roman at the next ppv
at the same time, how the fuck are they going to stretch this title program with roman allllllllllll the way to mania? if he doesn't win the title at SS, what happens at the december ppv? what happens at rumble? does he suddenly stop going after the title to enter the rumble?
for that reason, I thought they'd give seth some filler opponents for the rest of 2015 and basically do what they did tonight in january, kicking off the year of roman's reign.
I can totally see sheamus stealing the title from roman at the next ppv
at the same time, how the fuck are they going to stretch this title program with roman allllllllllll the way to mania? if he doesn't win the title at SS, what happens at the december ppv? what happens at rumble? does he suddenly stop going after the title to enter the rumble?
for that reason, I thought they'd give seth some filler opponents for the rest of 2015 and basically do what they did tonight in january, kicking off the year of roman's reign.
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
So put in with 2 other guys and let him have the hot tag and wreck fools?
IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT
Bryan's popularity was one of those once in an era things. I don't think anyone on the roster will get to that level, at least for a while. I think Roman will be ok though believe that.