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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Dec 9, 2015 20:11:33 GMT -5
His promo on raw was equally as childish as his cousin, The Rock. Tater tots and fruity pebbles. I think the best thing to do with Reigns is have him rip off the rocks promo's and switch it out a bit so it fits him. I didn't dislike his promo for once he got the fans involved which distracted them from chanting boring or genuinely falling asleep.
In ring he's proved he has grown as a wrestler. The reason so many smart fans aren't taking to him is because he's been booked too dominant too soon people aren't ready for another Cena booking type.
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Post by cmiller79 on Dec 9, 2015 20:18:02 GMT -5
Them having him win the title and lose it so quick hurts him more then it helped him IMO
ima fan of roman reigns and roman has been one of if not the only person puting on good matches CONSISTENTLY since w.m 31
that tater tot line on raw sounded exactly like something the rock would say and if the rock said it then it would have been the greatest thing and everybody would laugh and say its hilarious it would have trended on twitter and there would be all kinds of #tatertot signs in the crowd but since it was roman booooo it sucks he is terrible
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 20:29:53 GMT -5
Them having him win the title and lose it so quick hurts him more then it helped him IMO ima fan of roman reigns and roman has been one of if not the only person puting on good matches CONSISTENTLY since w.m 31 that tater tot line on raw sounded exactly like something the rock would say and if the rock said it then it would have been the greatest thing and everybody would laugh and say its hilarious it would have trended on twitter and there would be all kinds of #tatertot signs in the crowd but since it was roman booooo it sucks he is terrible I agree especially when the rock said "Yabba Dabba Bitch" to cena in one of his promos everyone started laughing and saying ooooooooooooooo the rock just said that!!
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Post by Suckasays on Dec 9, 2015 20:48:11 GMT -5
The difference is The Rock has charisma and is has permission to come up with things on the fly.
Reigns has neither of those things, the latter of which is unfortunate.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 21:01:10 GMT -5
tatertot A super high guy. Sometimes can mean a gay person. Whats up, Tatertot?
Dude, that guy is a total Tatertot.
Urban Dictionary
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Post by Dan on Dec 9, 2015 21:13:05 GMT -5
The absolute best thing they should have done, was turned him Heel straight after Wrestlemania 31 when they got cold feet on him. It would have given him a whole year to develop himself and his character as a heel, before the gradual shift to babyface began in time for Wrestlemania 32, attempt 2. It even would have been as easy and straight forward as for him to have blamed the fans for throwing it in his face, not wanting him to be the guy, aligning with the Authority, the people who actually care for him, all the way until he did something similar to Batista at Evolution. The trouble is, they stuck with him as a face when it already wasn't working (otherwise he would have won the Title against Lesnar), and now it's too short of a timescale to have turned him heel at Survivor Series then back to a babyface again in time for Wrestlemania.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 21:25:50 GMT -5
He's doing the best he can with what they give him, but in doing so exposes his weakness on the stick as well as by-the-numbers performances in his matches. But it is what it is - I don't hang all my WWE fandom on just him. I leave that to New Day.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Dec 9, 2015 21:40:44 GMT -5
Them having him win the title and lose it so quick hurts him more then it helped him IMO ima fan of roman reigns and roman has been one of if not the only person puting on good matches CONSISTENTLY since w.m 31 that tater tot line on raw sounded exactly like something the rock would say and if the rock said it then it would have been the greatest thing and everybody would laugh and say its hilarious it would have trended on twitter and there would be all kinds of #tatertot signs in the crowd but since it was roman booooo it sucks he is terrible I agree especially when the rock said "Yabba Dabba Bitch" to cena in one of his promos everyone started laughing and saying ooooooooooooooo the rock just said that!! Outside of the "Rock Concert" in Cleveland, I didn't care for much of what the Rock said during his Cena feud. People went nuts for it and I was like "that's it?" CM Punk murdered him on the mic too. Anyway, I wouldn't have been excited for the Rock saying tater tots, but the one difference is that the Rock captivates and can deliver that line in a way that noboy can. The reason a lot of Rock's childish things worked is because of his charisma. Reigns, and pretty much nobody else, can pull it off.
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Post by BCizzle on Dec 9, 2015 22:06:56 GMT -5
He comes across as a spoiled, whiny bitch. He's trying so hard to be cool it hurts. That's not cool at all.
But if he's Vince's chosen one to lead the WWE down into oblivion, well, son, you are your tater tots and your sufferin' succotash are off to a great start!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 22:18:16 GMT -5
When he wrestles, I watch and I'm pretty entertained. When he talks, I want to beat him with the club the Internet beats the this dead horse with. But "tater tot" was funny as
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 22:18:26 GMT -5
I agree especially when the rock said "Yabba Dabba Bitch" to cena in one of his promos everyone started laughing and saying ooooooooooooooo the rock just said that!! Outside of the "Rock Concert" in Cleveland, I didn't care for much of what the Rock said during his Cena feud. People went nuts for it and I was like "that's it?" CM Punk murdered him on the mic too. Anyway, I wouldn't have been excited for the Rock saying tater tots, but the one difference is that the Rock captivates and can deliver that line in a way that noboy can. The reason a lot of Rock's childish things worked is because of his charisma. Reigns, and pretty much nobody else, can pull it off. Of course roman can't pull off what the rock could and I don't want him to either because rock is rock and roman is roman.I cringed when Roman said "Sufferin succotash" and "Donkey Donk Brains" not because of the words but the way he said it just didn't sound right.Give rock those same lines and the crowd would go wild.Which proves that it's about the performance and not the script. And as far as Roman goes if He was champion right now its not like his performance in the ring is automatically gonna drop.Hes been putting in work this Whole year and as champion he would've been even better.I don't mind sheamus but his track record of losing before Being champion made him look weak.However if roman was champ it would mean a lot more because roman hardly loses and a win over roman WWEs new top prodigy would mean so much more because you defeated the new golden boy.A win off of roman could give the rub to some other guy because the crowd would go nuts for them.Theres not a lot of guys in the back who can say they defeated Cena,Roman Reigns and Brock lesnar but there's plenty who can say they defeated Sheamus.But sheamus is champion and he did defeat roman so I guess he got the rub I just whish they waited a bit longer.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Dec 9, 2015 22:32:02 GMT -5
Outside of the "Rock Concert" in Cleveland, I didn't care for much of what the Rock said during his Cena feud. People went nuts for it and I was like "that's it?" CM Punk murdered him on the mic too. Anyway, I wouldn't have been excited for the Rock saying tater tots, but the one difference is that the Rock captivates and can deliver that line in a way that noboy can. The reason a lot of Rock's childish things worked is because of his charisma. Reigns, and pretty much nobody else, can pull it off. Of course roman can't pull off what the rock could and I don't want him to either because rock is rock and roman is roman.I cringed when Roman said "Sufferin succotash" and "Donkey Donk Brains" not because of the words but the way he said it just didn't sound right.Give rock those same lines and the crowd would go wild.Which proves that it's about the performance and not the script. And as far as Roman goes if He was champion right now its not like his performance in the ring is automatically gonna drop.Hes been putting in work this Whole year and as champion he would've been even better.I don't mind sheamus but his track record of losing before Being champion made him look weak.However if roman was champ it would mean a lot more because roman hardly loses and a win over roman WWEs new top prodigy would mean so much more because you defeated the new golden boy.A win off of roman could give the rub to some other guy because the crowd would go nuts for them.Theres not a lot of guys in the back who can say they defeated Cena,Roman Reigns and Brock lesnar but there's plenty who can say they defeated Sheamus.But sheamus is champion and he did defeat roman so I guess he got the rub I just whish they waited a bit longer. Oh, I was all for Roman as champion. I've praised his ring work this year several times and I don't think it'll drop if he wins the belt. His promos need LOADS of work as he just looks super uncomfortable on the mic, but his ring work is solid.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 22:52:47 GMT -5
Of course roman can't pull off what the rock could and I don't want him to either because rock is rock and roman is roman.I cringed when Roman said "Sufferin succotash" and "Donkey Donk Brains" not because of the words but the way he said it just didn't sound right.Give rock those same lines and the crowd would go wild.Which proves that it's about the performance and not the script. And as far as Roman goes if He was champion right now its not like his performance in the ring is automatically gonna drop.Hes been putting in work this Whole year and as champion he would've been even better.I don't mind sheamus but his track record of losing before Being champion made him look weak.However if roman was champ it would mean a lot more because roman hardly loses and a win over roman WWEs new top prodigy would mean so much more because you defeated the new golden boy.A win off of roman could give the rub to some other guy because the crowd would go nuts for them.Theres not a lot of guys in the back who can say they defeated Cena,Roman Reigns and Brock lesnar but there's plenty who can say they defeated Sheamus.But sheamus is champion and he did defeat roman so I guess he got the rub I just whish they waited a bit longer. Oh, I was all for Roman as champion. I've praised his ring work this year several times and I don't think it'll drop if he wins the belt. His promos need LOADS of work as he just looks super uncomfortable on the mic, but his ring work is solid. I have seen you praise his work so I wasn't really talking about you.So I hope I didnt make you feel some type of way as if I was coming at you.
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Post by Rob on Dec 10, 2015 0:04:12 GMT -5
Couple things that need to happen: 1. He really needs to get rid of The Shield theme and attire. Its pathetic and its pure laziness on WWE's part. This would be the equivalent of Rock keeping the Nation of domination theme and attire in 1998, Batista/Randy Orton keeping the Evolution theme in 2005, HHH keeping the DX theme and gimmick in 2000. He cant become his own character while riding the tails of The Shield. 2. Good lord, His mic work is by far some of the most cringe worthy and monotone boring bullcrapi've ever seen come out of a higher tier star. Why does WWE keep making him look like a fool out there? You got ing screwed out of the title you just busted your ass to win, But he shows the emotion of a ing loaf of bread on the mic. Makes dumb ass tator tot jokes and calls him "son". His promos can put people to sleep because i dont "feel" anything he says. He speaks in a drawn out monotone voice the whole time. 3. His booking. They are literally taking the booking of Cena that made fans absolutely despise him in 2006-2008 and doing the same thing to Reigns before he even gets any type of fanbase.
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Post by The Constable on Dec 10, 2015 0:37:52 GMT -5
He needs to be a heel
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Post by Sonnen on Dec 10, 2015 1:18:11 GMT -5
Deal with it tater tot.
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Post by Starscream on Dec 10, 2015 1:21:45 GMT -5
I have always liked Roman but he really should have a serious talk with Vince about his booking, it really seems someone with power really wants to screw him over for God knows what reason. This is the most irrational rise to the top story I have seem for someone who is named as "the next face of the company", seriously what is up with his booking? By now the writers and Vince should realize that is not working at all and give him something better to work with. I like his attire and he changed it quite a bit, he looks badass and already has much much better matches than Cena had when he was in his rise to the top story. If this keeps going there won´t be turning back with Roman, the easiest thing is the turn heel idea but it has to be as soon as possible because it they do it 5 months or 1 year from now it may be too late and a potential superstar could be ruined and only remembered as an internet joke.
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Post by IRS on Dec 10, 2015 2:32:56 GMT -5
I'm just apathetic of the whole situation now. I'm beyond hate. Hating Reigns isn't going to change anything. If anything, not caring and changing the channel will do more. Here's the thing: I think Reigns can be a star, but I can't buy him as the star. The problem is, WWE believes that they MUST have this ONE star that the company is centered around. Not only are they forcibly making Roman the star, but in the process, they are all but ensuring that anyone who's not Cena or Lesnar won't be. The only thing this does is create a flat, boring, predictable, stale product. Frankly, I think Rollins is fortunate to have dropped the belt the way he did... because who the knows where he'd have ended up after Roman ran through him. It's a shame that this company is so blinded by their quest to make this guy 'the guy', because with the amount of sheer talent on this roster right now, they could really have something special going.
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Post by v/\v on Dec 10, 2015 16:55:35 GMT -5
Unless he turns heel within the next 6 months or even less than that I'd say, Reigns is another lost star. At the moment, he's literally just another guy on the roster. A nothing.
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Post by J12 on Dec 10, 2015 17:02:35 GMT -5
Roman Reigns will not be successful until he turns heel. It's almost an undeniable fact at this point. He will continue to flounder as a babyface until they turn him, or pull the plug entirely. It's not going to get better if they keep him on this course. It's going to get worse.
With that being said, if handled properly, I think Roman Reigns has the potential to be the biggest and most important heel in more than a decade.
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