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Post by Miztery on Dec 13, 2015 23:12:22 GMT -5
The badass who doesn't care about anyone or anything, and just brutalizes people. I know some of you may hate the fact it's a rip off of Stone Cold, but I'm just going to enjoy the fact that Reigns' character could finally be evolving. For the first time in a long time, I am genuinely excited about Reigns.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:27:27 GMT -5
Totally agree. Let's just hope it continues going forward.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:30:41 GMT -5
I enjoyed it. That's how reigns should be booked. Without a microphone
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:34:24 GMT -5
Loved it and I cant wait to see where this goes.
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Post by Evil Abed on Dec 13, 2015 23:34:40 GMT -5
Agreed, that was the Reigns they need to go with from hear on out, no stupid goofy promos, no cheesy smiling... Just a no nonsense badass refusing to take what they keep throwing at him.
Hopefully they were listening to the "Thank You Roman" chants at the end of the show and realize this is who he should have been all along.
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Post by Planktung on Dec 13, 2015 23:38:49 GMT -5
The general idea of a badass Roman Reigns is there. I don't think it was well done tonight, though. There were more than a few flaws with the post-match segment, but the blueprint is there for WWE to build upon.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:38:56 GMT -5
I'm glad they're doing something different. No more smiling and jokes, just kill people.
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Post by hbkfan on Dec 13, 2015 23:43:50 GMT -5
Will this lead to a Roman vs. HHH at the Rumble?
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 13, 2015 23:52:03 GMT -5
The general idea of a badass Roman Reigns is there. I don't think it was well done tonight, though. There were more than a few flaws with the post-match segment, but the blueprint is there for WWE to build upon. Hunter has not had enough interaction with Roman to lead to that beating. That is the biggest flaw in the entire booking. This is the second pay-per-view where Roman has attacked him without there being a real strong reason. Hunter being an a**hole to other talents for the past (whatever number) years is not a good enough reason to have your top baby face lay that much of a beating on him. The other big issue is having Stephanie out there pleading for Roman to stop. It's too "baby face" of a move when your top baby face is beating down the "evil" show runner. Had they given them more interaction (have Hunter actually cost him something) and not had her out there.. it would have worked much better. Roman just came off like a sore loser suffering from 'roid rage vs. looking like a pissed off guy who is tired of getting screwed by the man (so to speak).
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 13, 2015 23:54:09 GMT -5
If he tells stupid jokes and comes out laughing and smiling tomorrow night....we're screwed. But yes, I agree with the OP.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 23:57:46 GMT -5
The general idea of a badass Roman Reigns is there. I don't think it was well done tonight, though. There were more than a few flaws with the post-match segment, but the blueprint is there for WWE to build upon. Hunter has not had enough interaction with Roman to lead to that beating. That is the biggest flaw in the entire booking. This is the second pay-per-view where Roman has attacked him without there being a real strong reason. Hunter being an a**hole to other talents for the past (whatever number) years is not a good enough reason to have your top baby face lay that much of a beating on him. The other big issue is having Stephanie out there pleading for Roman to stop. It's too "baby face" of a move when your top baby face is beating down the "evil" show runner. Had they given them more interaction (have Hunter actually cost him something) and not had her out there.. it would have worked much better. Roman just came off like a sore loser suffering from 'roid rage vs. looking like a pissed off guy who is tired of getting screwed by the man (so to speak). He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you.
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 14, 2015 0:00:44 GMT -5
Hunter has not had enough interaction with Roman to lead to that beating. That is the biggest flaw in the entire booking. This is the second pay-per-view where Roman has attacked him without there being a real strong reason. Hunter being an a**hole to other talents for the past (whatever number) years is not a good enough reason to have your top baby face lay that much of a beating on him. The other big issue is having Stephanie out there pleading for Roman to stop. It's too "baby face" of a move when your top baby face is beating down the "evil" show runner. Had they given them more interaction (have Hunter actually cost him something) and not had her out there.. it would have worked much better. Roman just came off like a sore loser suffering from 'roid rage vs. looking like a pissed off guy who is tired of getting screwed by the man (so to speak). He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. I'm not saying there is not enough to warrant a feud. I'm just saying that the beating was "overkill" for storyline purposes. They went into full blown desperation made and their booking suffered due to that. Spearing him? Fine. Superman punching him? Fine. Attacking with him the chair? Okay. But everything that went down was too much too soon.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 0:01:48 GMT -5
Hunter has not had enough interaction with Roman to lead to that beating. That is the biggest flaw in the entire booking. This is the second pay-per-view where Roman has attacked him without there being a real strong reason. Hunter being an a**hole to other talents for the past (whatever number) years is not a good enough reason to have your top baby face lay that much of a beating on him. The other big issue is having Stephanie out there pleading for Roman to stop. It's too "baby face" of a move when your top baby face is beating down the "evil" show runner. Had they given them more interaction (have Hunter actually cost him something) and not had her out there.. it would have worked much better. Roman just came off like a sore loser suffering from 'roid rage vs. looking like a pissed off guy who is tired of getting screwed by the man (so to speak). He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. Not to mention they also made it personal by going after romans friends.Threating them if roman didn't defeat sheamus on Raw IN under 5 minutes they wouldn't get there title matches at tlc.Here's a video to remind people.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 0:02:12 GMT -5
He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. I'm not saying there is not enough to warrant a feud. I'm just saying that the beating was "overkill" for storyline purposes. They went into full blown desperation made and their booking suffered due to that. Spearing him? Fine. Superman punching him? Fine. Attacking with him the chair? Okay. But everything that went down was too much too soon. I'm fine with it. It worked well and the crowd bought it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 0:03:33 GMT -5
He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. Not to mention they also made it personal by going after romans friends.Threating then if roman didn't defeat sheamus on Raw they wouldn't get there title matches at tlc.Here's a video to remind people. and reigns wouldn't sell out either. So it all works. It's better than how he was being handled. Wrestling is supposed to be violent. So it got me behind reigns and his story for once. I'll say that.
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Post by Dan on Dec 14, 2015 0:04:59 GMT -5
It looks like we're either going to get Triple H vs Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble, or have the Authority do everything they can to stop Reigns winning the Rumble leading to the Match at Wrestlemania. This would benefit Reigns so much more than having him win the Title at Wrestlemania. He needs this more than the Title right now, he needs a huge feud and payoff to get him over. I'm under the impression that Lesnar could win the Title at Wrestlemania, with Lesnar vs Reigns II at Summerslam.
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan MD on Dec 14, 2015 0:24:04 GMT -5
Hunter has not had enough interaction with Roman to lead to that beating. That is the biggest flaw in the entire booking. This is the second pay-per-view where Roman has attacked him without there being a real strong reason. Hunter being an a**hole to other talents for the past (whatever number) years is not a good enough reason to have your top baby face lay that much of a beating on him. The other big issue is having Stephanie out there pleading for Roman to stop. It's too "baby face" of a move when your top baby face is beating down the "evil" show runner. Had they given them more interaction (have Hunter actually cost him something) and not had her out there.. it would have worked much better. Roman just came off like a sore loser suffering from 'roid rage vs. looking like a pissed off guy who is tired of getting screwed by the man (so to speak). He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. They keep giving him title shots, offered to have him be the face of the company, and got the rematch because Sheamus got himself DQ'ed. This is bad story progression. Had he had been a Stone Cold like character leading into any of this, it would have work. But just having him throw a temper tantrum is stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 0:28:11 GMT -5
He split up the shield by buying Rollins. Rollins cashed in during his match at mania while being the guy for the authority. Reigns never gets a legit shot at Seth. When he does become number 1 contender Seth gets hurt and reigns is forced to win a tournament. He gets screwed again by authority/Sheamus. Gets a rematch after working his ass off trying since he got screwed. That's enough to warrant a feud with the bosses screwing you. They keep giving him title shots, offered to have him be the face of the company, and got the rematch because Sheamus got himself DQ'ed. This is bad story progression. Had he had been a Stone Cold like character leading into any of this, it would have work. But just having him throw a temper tantrum is stupid. It did work. The fans in attendance ate it up.
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Post by cmiller79 on Dec 14, 2015 0:31:57 GMT -5
Let's see if they have the potatoes to stick with this new badass roman
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan MD on Dec 14, 2015 0:45:57 GMT -5
They keep giving him title shots, offered to have him be the face of the company, and got the rematch because Sheamus got himself DQ'ed. This is bad story progression. Had he had been a Stone Cold like character leading into any of this, it would have work. But just having him throw a temper tantrum is stupid. It did work. The fans in attendance ate it up. Did they eat it up, or did they eat up that something unexpected happened?
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