johnnyhanson21
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Post by johnnyhanson21 on May 15, 2021 15:02:32 GMT -5
I would side with nobody on the current active roster or legend.Honestly if they where smart they would keep the belt on Reigns for another year or two.Hell I would have him carry it past WM 39(which ever one is the one in 2023 where the strong rumor is he'll face The Rock) and then have him drop it to a fresh face brand new talent to the main roster,someone that could use the moment to become and instant main event and draw.So my pick would be one of the recent signs that WWE just made in terms of Bronson Steiner,Parker Boudreaux or Gable Steveson.Which ever one of those men that have the most all around talent and are ready in the next two years or so.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on May 15, 2021 18:40:50 GMT -5
John Morrison!!
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Post by Mikeo on May 15, 2021 19:19:18 GMT -5
It's gonna be Cody, once AEW is revealed to be a work.
trust me bro, it's gonna be a huge swerve!
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Post by theman on May 15, 2021 20:13:33 GMT -5
Karrion Kross no doubt.
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personagamer
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Post by personagamer on May 20, 2021 18:09:40 GMT -5
Vince Mcmahon himself
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Post by casanova on May 26, 2021 9:42:33 GMT -5
1. Let him be the longest reigning champion.
2. Dean Ambrose.
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Post by cordless2016 on May 29, 2021 0:31:25 GMT -5
When he took the title from Brock at SummerSlam 2018, rumor was that Vince wanted him to go on a year and a half run (at minimum) as champ. His cancer diagnosis obviously ruined those plans, and I feel like this is Vince getting that long Roman run that he’s always wanted. Whoever beats him won’t do it until atleast next WM IMO.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on May 29, 2021 2:17:56 GMT -5
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Post by rkmo: 9 Month Warning on May 29, 2021 2:41:05 GMT -5
I'd like to see Reigns try to Superman Punch outta that scenario
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Post by TheHitmanKid on May 29, 2021 12:48:57 GMT -5
The Rain Maker when he makes his debut in the WWE
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Post by Kill Em' All on May 29, 2021 13:18:16 GMT -5
When he took the title from Brock at SummerSlam 2018, rumor was that Vince wanted him to go on a year and a half run (at minimum) as champ. His cancer diagnosis obviously ruined those plans, and I feel like this is Vince getting that long Roman run that he’s always wanted. Whoever beats him won’t do it until atleast next WM IMO. It makes sense; I had feeling we’d see a long title run then. Bc in theory this is Reigns first long run. Reigns for a while always seemed more of in the chase then running with it. His first four title reigns were all under 4 months.
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Post by cordless2016 on May 29, 2021 13:37:30 GMT -5
When he took the title from Brock at SummerSlam 2018, rumor was that Vince wanted him to go on a year and a half run (at minimum) as champ. His cancer diagnosis obviously ruined those plans, and I feel like this is Vince getting that long Roman run that he’s always wanted. Whoever beats him won’t do it until atleast next WM IMO. It makes sense; I had feeling we’d see a long title run then. Bc in theory this is Reigns first long run. Reigns for a while always seemed more of in the chase then running with it. His first four title reigns were all under 4 months. Agreed, and those first few runs were ridiculous considering how hard they wanted to push him as “the man.” Look at Cena’s first few runs...older fans near-revolted with how strong he was booked but Vince stuck to his plan and gave him long runs. With Roman, the fans turned on his booking arguably worse than they did 10 years earlier with Cena and a combo of bad booking and bad timing ended those runs prematurely. 1st Title Win - Fans knew he was winning the SS tournament...and he did...so why not get a long reign out of the way despite fan backlash (similar to Cena in the past). Instead, Sheamus cashes in seconds after the match and we have to see Roman “over come the odds” again despite being the powerhouse of the Shield. 2nd Title Win - Vince did the impossible and got the fans behind Roman after he destroyed Sheamus and the Authority for a few weeks. Then they throw all that good will out the window by putting him #1 in the Rumble and having him nearly win it (also spent most of the match backstage while workhorses like Ambrose carried the match which pissed off fans as well). 3rd Title Win - Beats HHH in one of the worst received WM main events of all time. All the good will they built months ago was far gone by this point, and only got worse when Roman beat fan favorite AJ Styles at back to back PPVs. Title reign is then cut short due to failing a drug test. 4th Title Win - After building Roman to beat Brock for a year and a half, Vince delays the win by having Brock beat Roman clean at WM34 due to fan backlash (another poorly received WM main event). The win is delayed another 6 months and at SummerSlam, Roman doesn’t even beat Brock clean. At the next PPV, him and Braun go to a no contest in a HITC match of all matches, and then announces his health issues and drops the belt. This current title run has been FAR more entertaining than any of his other 4 runs, but I seriously believe Vince should have bit the bullet and just ran with Roman after his first title win. Have him beat Sheamus during his cash in and just see how things go by letting him hold the belt until atleast WM.
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Post by Kill Em' All on May 29, 2021 13:55:19 GMT -5
I would of said WrestleMania; but he’s doing such a damn good job. He’s part of why SD is light years better then Raw. His reigns been fantastic.
If they turn Rollins face and make him buddy buddy with Cesaro I’ll be pissed. WWE and long term booking are not capable of sharing a sentence. And that’s a growing rumor; Rollins isn’t heel like he was in 2015. Just a self centered; in it for himself; egocentric; etc
He practically is cult of personality and Is megalomaniac seeing himself as deity; turning him into upstanding good guy that’s cool with the guy who he decimated and attacked within few weeks?
And I got feeling Rollins and Reigns will go at it at Summer Slam. You need a sensible and credible reason for a face turn for Rollins or you can try to pull two heels with a storied past at it.
But knowing WWE Rollins will save cesaro and they’ll shake hands and be cool and Rollins will be cool king slayer good guy suddenly and forget seeing himself as the messiah.
I think the attention span of the audience is so short. You could job Nakurma out for year give him 2 big wins and the fans will want to him to win the title at the main event of WrestleMania
But then lose it to another upstart at the next ppv and turn Nakurma into radical heel only to be face again by the Summer and befriend his hated rival.
that’s how WWEs booking is to me now. And what fans want it seems?
I could see slow burn with the USOs. And see big angle popping off by the late Summer maybe. Cesaro isn’t ready yet; but I think the program with Reigns is a good feel. I think if McIntyre jumps to SD that would be the most likely candidate. Or maybe resumed program with KO at the end of the year. I could see The Rock costing him the strap
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Post by Kill Em' All on May 29, 2021 14:10:09 GMT -5
It makes sense; I had feeling we’d see a long title run then. Bc in theory this is Reigns first long run. Reigns for a while always seemed more of in the chase then running with it. His first four title reigns were all under 4 months. Agreed, and those first few runs were ridiculous considering how hard they wanted to push him as “the man.” Look at Cena’s first few runs...older fans near-revolted with how strong he was booked but Vince stuck to his plan and gave him long runs. With Roman, the fans turned on his booking arguably worse than they did 10 years earlier with Cena and a combo of bad booking and bad timing ended those runs prematurely. 1st Title Win - Fans knew he was winning the SS tournament...and he did...so why not get a long reign out of the way despite fan backlash (similar to Cena in the past). Instead, Sheamus cashes in seconds after the match and we have to see Roman “over come the odds” again despite being the powerhouse of the Shield. 2nd Title Win - Vince did the impossible and got the fans behind Roman after he destroyed Sheamus and the Authority for a few weeks. Then they throw all that good will out the window by putting him #1 in the Rumble and having him nearly win it (also spent most of the match backstage while workhorses like Ambrose carried the match which pissed off fans as well). 3rd Title Win - Beats HHH in one of the worst received WM main events of all time. All the good will they built months ago was far gone by this point, and only got worse when Roman beat fan favorite AJ Styles at back to back PPVs. Title reign is then cut short due to failing a drug test. 4th Title Win - After building Roman to beat Brock for a year and a half, Vince delays the win by having Brock beat Roman clean at WM34 due to fan backlash (another poorly received WM main event). The win is delayed another 6 months and at SummerSlam, Roman doesn’t even beat Brock clean. At the next PPV, him and Braun go to a no contest in a HITC match of all matches, and then announces his health issues and drops the belt. This current title run has been FAR more entertaining than any of his other 4 runs, but I seriously believe Vince should have bit the bullet and just ran with Roman after his first title win. Have him beat Sheamus during his cash in and just see how things go by letting him hold the belt until atleast WM. I agree; I think if Roman just had fun compelling reign it would of helped maybe not entirely fix. Cenas first three reigns/ blew Roman out of the water. With one clocking in at 9 months; 5 1/2; and then we had the never ending 1 year run fans refer to. However we did get tons of great challenges for Cena; but it just showed the confidence in Cena and Vince rolling with it. Reign’s first three title reigns are a far distant rival to Mankind’s; lol. I think we could of seen some fun stuff; with Reigns in 2018; stacked roster and tons of possibilities. Reigns/Lesnar II sounded interesting; since we never saw a winner. Reigns was still on his rise as a star; and what should of been his crowning moment was stolen. But in a way Lesnar smoked Reigns that night so question of could Reigns even do it? And this was 3 years later; so Reigns has grown as a star exponentially. So a more matured Reigns prepared this time. With a slow burn from Summer Slam ‘17 onwards. I think WWE dropped the ball the story wrote itself; and some story and make the match more balls to the walls like WM 31 but you could follow a Lesnar/Goldberg style but add 3-4 more minutes and some different bumps and false finishes I think we would of got better turn out; fans sh** all over it. And I get Vince wanted to swerve us; it just prolonged the envitable. And made Reigns look more incompetent as top baby face. So the shock is Reigns truly never got that top baby face run. Even if Rollins never got hurt in 2015/ they could of totally brought Reigns to chasing the title and finally getting it at WM It can be predictable but the story is important
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Post by cordless2016 on May 29, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5
Agreed, and those first few runs were ridiculous considering how hard they wanted to push him as “the man.” Look at Cena’s first few runs...older fans near-revolted with how strong he was booked but Vince stuck to his plan and gave him long runs. With Roman, the fans turned on his booking arguably worse than they did 10 years earlier with Cena and a combo of bad booking and bad timing ended those runs prematurely. 1st Title Win - Fans knew he was winning the SS tournament...and he did...so why not get a long reign out of the way despite fan backlash (similar to Cena in the past). Instead, Sheamus cashes in seconds after the match and we have to see Roman “over come the odds” again despite being the powerhouse of the Shield. 2nd Title Win - Vince did the impossible and got the fans behind Roman after he destroyed Sheamus and the Authority for a few weeks. Then they throw all that good will out the window by putting him #1 in the Rumble and having him nearly win it (also spent most of the match backstage while workhorses like Ambrose carried the match which pissed off fans as well). 3rd Title Win - Beats HHH in one of the worst received WM main events of all time. All the good will they built months ago was far gone by this point, and only got worse when Roman beat fan favorite AJ Styles at back to back PPVs. Title reign is then cut short due to failing a drug test. 4th Title Win - After building Roman to beat Brock for a year and a half, Vince delays the win by having Brock beat Roman clean at WM34 due to fan backlash (another poorly received WM main event). The win is delayed another 6 months and at SummerSlam, Roman doesn’t even beat Brock clean. At the next PPV, him and Braun go to a no contest in a HITC match of all matches, and then announces his health issues and drops the belt. This current title run has been FAR more entertaining than any of his other 4 runs, but I seriously believe Vince should have bit the bullet and just ran with Roman after his first title win. Have him beat Sheamus during his cash in and just see how things go by letting him hold the belt until atleast WM. I agree; I think if Roman just had fun compelling reign it would of helped maybe not entirely fix. Cenas first three reigns/ blew Roman out of the water. With one clocking in at 9 months; 5 1/2; and then we had the never ending 1 year run fans refer to. However we did get tons of great challenges for Cena; but it just showed the confidence in Cena and Vince rolling with it. Reign’s first three title reigns are a far distant rival to Mankind’s; lol. I think we could of seen some fun stuff; with Reigns in 2018; stacked roster and tons of possibilities. Reigns/Lesnar II sounded interesting; since we never saw a winner. Reigns was still on his rise as a star; and what should of been his crowning moment was stolen. But in a way Lesnar smoked Reigns that night so question of could Reigns even do it? And this was 3 years later; so Reigns has grown as a star exponentially. So a more matured Reigns prepared this time. With a slow burn from Summer Slam ‘17 onwards. I think WWE dropped the ball the story wrote itself; and some story and make the match more balls to the walls like WM 31 but you could follow a Lesnar/Goldberg style but add 3-4 more minutes and some different bumps and false finishes I think we would of got better turn out; fans sh** all over it. And I get Vince wanted to swerve us; it just prolonged the envitable. And made Reigns look more incompetent as top baby face. So the shock is Reigns truly never got that top baby face run. Even if Rollins never got hurt in 2015/ they could of totally brought Reigns to chasing the title and finally getting it at WM It can be predictable but the story is important I’d always roll my eyes every time they referred to Reigns as “over coming the odds” despite him being built like a brick house and having been promoted as the powerhouse of the Shield (you’re right that he was no Mankind lol). What’s even funnier is that the story they wanted to tell with Roman was tailor made for a guy like Ambrose. They could have literally told the same story with Reigns/Ambrose that they had done with Rock/Mankind 15 years earlier and I think both would have become bigger than they were. And if they want to keep Roman face, just bit the bullet and go the Cena-route despite fan backlash. Have a heel Rollins or Ambrose “steal” the belt from Roman after about 9-12 months, and then have Roman get it back and keep going. The constant stop-and-go booking was ridiculous and only intensified fan hatred for the Ronan character IMO.
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Post by finnbalor1 on May 29, 2021 15:06:04 GMT -5
Hopefully Finn if he goes back to Smackdown
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on May 29, 2021 21:42:23 GMT -5
At this point, I'd like it to be Kross - but he'd embarass Reigns on the mic, so it likely wouldn't happen.
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Post by CM Tusk on May 29, 2021 22:04:34 GMT -5
At this point, I'd like it to be Kross - but he'd embarass Reigns on the mic, so it likely wouldn't happen.
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Post by Its Tiffy Time on May 31, 2021 10:12:44 GMT -5
Hopefully nobody anytime soon dude is awesome right now
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Post by k5 on May 31, 2021 10:22:09 GMT -5
I'm not sure who's more silly, the people who think Roman is terrible on the mic or people who think he's great on it. lol
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