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Post by greenjack1992 on Nov 6, 2014 9:45:01 GMT -5
Could Rusev winning the title be WWE's way of retiring the championship?
How great would it be if Rusev comes out with Lana and she says:
"Winning the United States championship is about as appealing to Rusev as becoming a United States citizen. As a result, we have found a suitable place for your championship which we feel is much more appropriate than around the waist of the Bulgarian Brute".
And then she drops it into a bin and we never see it again.
They would get a LOT of heat for that and it would put to rest a championship which has been floundering for at least five years.
Alternatively they could come out without it and say they sent it home to Vladmir Putin for his trophy cabinet.
What do you reckon? Is this the perfect opportunity to retire the belt?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2014 9:48:10 GMT -5
actually, i think its a great idea.
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Post by RV F'N D on Nov 6, 2014 10:14:02 GMT -5
I think he should slap a Russian sticker on the front and rename it. Then it becomes a chase not only to beat Rusev but reclaim the title. As I've said before it should have been Swagger but they ruined that, so now maybe they could give it to Ryback.
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Post by Tyler Black on Nov 6, 2014 10:34:04 GMT -5
I think he should slap a Russian sticker on the front and rename it. Then it becomes a chase not only to beat Rusev but reclaim the title. As I've said before it should have been Swagger but they ruined that, so now maybe they could give it to Ryback. Even tho this has been done before I like this idea more than retiring the belt. Ryback would be a great guy to dethrone rusev. I know the complaints with Ryback vs Rusev will be "well the matches will suck" but not every match has to be a technical masterpiece. Sometimes a nice good ol fashioned brawl with two guys beating the  out of each other can be entertaining as hell. Sheamus really has this "stiff but not too stiff" brawling style down pact. I would love to see the us title become the "brawlers" title, and the ic title become the real workhorse title again. Allow guys that can smoothly transition between both styles to compete for both. Imagine Ryback sheamus Barrett rusev cesaro Ambrose all beating the hell out of each other for the belt. Meanwhile guys like kofi axel ziggler Gabriel Kidd Zayn Neville competing for the ic title. And guys like cesaro swagger etc can compete for both |
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Post by punksnotdead on Nov 6, 2014 10:36:33 GMT -5
I think that's a great idea, BUT your WWE Champion is never on TV. So I don't know that it's the right time to remove a title when we know Brock isn't going to be around with the top title. Also, it's not that the US Title doesn't have value, or at least can't have value, it's that WWE doesn't put any effort into it. This is the first time I've been interested in the US Title in more than a year. Ambrose was never allowed to do anything with it, and Sheamus was a 182 days of hoping it would land on someone else. Rusev at least has a story going and he's taking the title along for that ride.
I also think the alternative is for Rusev to claim he is holding the US Title hostage, which to me is just as bad, if not worse, than destroying it. Flaunting that he's better than all of the American competitors is going to get him plenty of heat as well.
My problem with Rusev as champion is the end game. I genuinely don't see anyone other than Ryback being able to benefit from the entire situation and someone should definitely benefit from the entire thing from a babyface perspective. Cena made perfect sense until Rusev won the US Title. I just don't see Cena concerning himself with a US Champion at this point in his career. Even if said competitor is a threat to the red, white and blue.
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Post by Matt on Nov 6, 2014 10:54:46 GMT -5
Damn. You should be a professional booker.
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Post by Slim on Nov 6, 2014 11:01:49 GMT -5
That's pretty cool, but the World Heavyweight Championship doesn't exist anymore, so, if US title retires, there will be only 2 single titles: IC and WWE title..
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Post by K5 on Nov 6, 2014 12:01:52 GMT -5
threatening to crush it on raw like they'll crush america would be cool - have them have a big vice or something and they're planning to crush it, someone big (ryback would do) runs in, beats rusev up and clotheslines him out to the ramp, and then shows a feat of strength using just his arms to separate the massive vice and save the us title.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2014 12:09:29 GMT -5
He'll toss it in the trash and light it on fire like JBL and he'll bring out the newly designed European title and JBL will finally have had enough and give Rusev the biggest clothesline from hell in history, so big that Rusev won't even remember how to sh*t or piss when he gets up
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 6, 2014 12:17:03 GMT -5
The US title is more important now than it's been in a very, very long time and they should ride that gravy train. The heat and money isn't in retiring or destroying or renaming the belt, it's in Rusev walking around as champion of the United States.
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Post by marino13 on Nov 6, 2014 12:52:49 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing last week. I hope they don't, but I totally could see them doing it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2014 13:18:24 GMT -5
I dont think they would do that, then there would only be 4 championships in the WWE, ehh.
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Post by Chip on Nov 6, 2014 13:54:43 GMT -5
ive said it a hundred times...the US title should be used to help elevate and make interesting the extremely underused guys.
guys like Sheamus who are main event talent, should not be winning a lower secondary title and then just not defending it except once and awhile when the WWE wants to pop Network buys.
Guys like Ryder, Slater, Gabriel, Axel, Fandango....all could be fighting and feuding over that belt at various times. It makes people interested in the belt, the guys fighting for it, and gives us an opportunity to see DIFFERENT things.
Guys like Sheamus, Ziggler, Barrett, Kofi, Big E, Swagger...when they aren't around the main event could be going for the IC title. Like they've been doing. But the US title should be used for lesser guys...actually putting it on Rusev is a smart thing to do, even though he's just going to win every match until like forever so who knows.
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Post by HVMMONS on Nov 7, 2014 1:19:48 GMT -5
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Nov 7, 2014 1:26:45 GMT -5
ive said it a hundred times...the US title should be used to help elevate and make interesting the extremely underused guys. guys like Sheamus who are main event talent, should not be winning a lower secondary title and then just not defending it except once and awhile when the WWE wants to pop Network buys. Guys like Ryder, Slater, Gabriel, Axel, Fandango....all could be fighting and feuding over that belt at various times. It makes people interested in the belt, the guys fighting for it, and gives us an opportunity to see DIFFERENT things. Guys like Sheamus, Ziggler, Barrett, Kofi, Big E, Swagger...when they aren't around the main event could be going for the IC title. Like they've been doing. But the US title should be used for lesser guys...actually putting it on Rusev is a smart thing to do, even though he's just going to win every match until like forever so who knows. Actually when you hold a secondary title in WWE, you actually LOSE every non-title match and only win when your title is on the line. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 1:37:02 GMT -5
ive said it a hundred times...the US title should be used to help elevate and make interesting the extremely underused guys. guys like Sheamus who are main event talent, should not be winning a lower secondary title and then just not defending it except once and awhile when the WWE wants to pop Network buys. Guys like Ryder, Slater, Gabriel, Axel, Fandango....all could be fighting and feuding over that belt at various times. It makes people interested in the belt, the guys fighting for it, and gives us an opportunity to see DIFFERENT things. Guys like Sheamus, Ziggler, Barrett, Kofi, Big E, Swagger...when they aren't around the main event could be going for the IC title. Like they've been doing. But the US title should be used for lesser guys...actually putting it on Rusev is a smart thing to do, even though he's just going to win every match until like forever so who knows. Actually when you hold a secondary title in WWE, you actually LOSE every non-title match and only win when your title is on the line. Yeah, it really bothers me how Ziggler loses so many matches. Hell, it's been like that for a while now. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 6:48:53 GMT -5
Great idea!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 6:50:25 GMT -5
I would rename it and rebrand it too......it would get crazy heat IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 8:03:13 GMT -5
It's gotten us to talk about it, so it's a good thing IMO...
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Post by King Silva on Nov 7, 2014 9:45:15 GMT -5
He should swap it out and bring back the European title. That is what I was thinking and I think that the OP's post is good but instead of just getting rid of the US Belt that Rusev just won I think it would be better to swap it out for the European Belt (with a new look most likely). |
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