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Why do males care about how Roman Reigns look?

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I am constantly seeing threads of how roman reigns has the look, he appeals to casuals, women love him, men want to be him. I mean dudes are acting like they never seen a Samoan with longhair before
 
#29 ·
Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Because it's a topic of discussion and has a lot to do with who he is as a talent.

It's no different than a lot of threads on Cesaro's in ring prowess, because it's his best asset.
If that's his best asset then he should go and do porn because getting our panties wet is not what most of us normal people watch this show for.
 
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Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Because look and presentation are important aspects of the show. It's a live theater presentation. How shit looks matter and only someone who has to hide something about their sexuality would deny that the way these guys look matters to a certain extent.

That doesn't mean the prettiest faces and best bodies should get the best booking. It just means that this is a wrestling forum, presentation is crucial to wrestling and discussion about it is valid.
 
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why do males care about how roman reigns look?
Most hardcore wrestling fans dislike the idea of a wrestler getting a major push over others, who they feel have better wrestling ability or mic work, simply because they have a pretty face (or sells the most merchandise).
 
#36 ·
Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Speaking as an oldie - knowing someone is attractive, is not the same as wanting to have sex with them.

Though with most attractive people, a majority of people talk about "ancillary" talents. Like acting talent of Brad Pitt, George Clooney et al. Because otherwise most people think you are vainly talking about sex. And that is what prostitution and porn are about.

That most people talk about "tha look" ratherr than any other talents, shows how little talent he possesses. Reigns is the pornographic representation of the WWE. A whore women can get off on, and forget 15 minutes later.
 
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Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

When males talk about "the look" (well at least me) they don't mean it as they think he's attractive, just that he has the ideal look of a professional wrestler.
 
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Because they think Roman's only redeeming quality is his looks and hate how much fans respond to his untalented ass. Because he can punch someone in the mouth and get a big cheer where others gotta bump their asses off and bring out weapons.

The push wouldn't matter to the majority if they didn't feel Roman had a chance to be a permanent stay in the main event scene. "Vince pushed Cena and fans booed him!" Cena made and still makes WWE money and you will deal :lol

His push gonna fail but there are 4 Roman threads a day instead of people posting about their favorites :shrug: they love to talk about the guy who is shit but can't be arsed to talk about the more talented people.
 
#42 ·
Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Most Roman fans admit he needs time, but people love to act like Roman fans only like him for his looks. There's probably some, , but that goes with any good looking guy or female in any form of entertainment.

For a guy who is so green and in an environment that is stifled in creativity, Roman is doing his best. I wouldn't give him the belt either, but damn, people act like Roman is doing his own push instead of WWE.

A green guy gets shat on for being green instead of people focusing on the company who is pushing him too fast.

"I don't hate Roman, I hate his push!" I'm sorry, I didn't know tearing down a guy who is simply doing his job was you hating his push and not him.

Roman isn't the first and he won't be the last green talent WWE takes a chance on. Rocky Maivia was ass in the ring, the IWC back in the day bitched about his "bad mic skills" and many hated how he went over more deserving stars.

Cena wasn't the best in th ring either, but thank God he was great on the mic and was able to have a character that wasn't scripted to death.

Either way, people will continue to shit on Roman because they're really mad at wwe pushing him before he's ready. No guy is gonna turn down a big push. They will simply try to see if they can take on the responsibility.
 
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Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Either way, people will continue to shit on Roman because they're really mad at wwe pushing him before he's ready. No guy is gonna turn down a big push. They will simply try to see if they can take on the responsibility.
I don't blame Roman for not saying no to the push, that'd be in Ryback terms dumb as fuck for him to do, but that' not going to stop people (or even me) for being frustrated with the push to a extent; seeing as after 10 years of Super Cena we suddenly have the threat of a 2.0 on the horizon and people are throwing the backlash on him already.

I'm not saying Roman is automatically going to be Cena 2.0, but he could easily become it if the company is stubborn enough and refuses to let him grow on his own time.
 
#45 ·
Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

Most threads about "da look" are discussing one of two things.

1) Your personal assessment of Roman Reigns' overall look (hair, face, body, everything). Has less to do with height and build and more to do with terms like "badass" or "pretty boy" and where Reigns' overall look falls between them.

2) Vince McMahon's personal preference for a Main Eventer's "look" (height & build being the most important features). Reigns has decent height and great build, therefore he has the "look" Vince is after for Main Eventers. So did Batista. So does Ryback. So does Cena. ....Rey and Bryan do not have "the look".

So males care about Reigns' look to discuss Vince's tastes (for business) or their own tastes (aesthetics).
 
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Because for once they're attempting to find justification for WWE's reasoning behind pushing the shit out of this fucker. It's the only legitimate reason they can think of.
 
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Here's some real life industry truth. Not WWE but even the independents underestimate why you watch. I'm a film prof in Orlando, there's a lot of promotions down in FL and I just started a side gig producing for an Indy promotion that is getting on local TV. They think you are all 30% bi. Here is a true story bc I wasn't accentuating what they wanted to see.

For the last month, we've been doing production tests. Filming/editing different ways, figuring out what lights we want and putting together promo packages to advertise. I wasn't focusing enough on the attractiveness of the wrestlers. The head booker wants to talk to me one day. Says, "what's going on. I thought you were a big wrestling fan, and you'd know what to look for". He goes on about how all men are about 30% bi with low self esteem and they want to see men they can dream about being. I gently let him know that's not me or my type of fan.

He asks what I'm attracted to then what I watch for. "The story, accomplishment," the word I was searching for was "achievement". He goes no c'mon. What about the Orton pose, the hogan pythons. What's in your head when you picture wrestling.

Here's my answer:

I see a guy taping up his joints. He's in a shitty locker room, on a shitty bench, that with his luck will put some splinters in his ass. There's low key light, all we see is his silhouette, but we hear that THRRIIPPP, THRRIPP, THRIPP. That tape pulling and tearing.

He's hurt, he's exhausted, he's banged up and needs tape just to flex a joint. But he's hungry. He's starving. He doesn't have what he wants, the life he wants. He's in a fight, a fight bigger than any one match in the ring, a fight against time, a fight against himself, a fight between the guy he is and the man he wants to be. He's losing and he's running out of chances to feel like he hasn't lost, wasted time, squandered himself, to be someone, to be satisfied with his accomplishments.

I watch BC I love achievement. I love the idea of that gritty struggle, where one battered broken man has to fight for his right to matter in the world.

The flash, the Adonis poses nah that's not for me.

The booker was baffled. Goes, "well god damn, you got to be the only 100% straight wrestling fan".

So yeah, it's bs institutionalized thinking that's supported all the way down the chain.
 
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#64 ·
The booker was baffled. Goes, "well god damn, you got to be the only 100% straight wrestling fan".
I'd gander that the majority of wrestling fans (male or female) are all in all likely straight, it's just a very homoerotic business really; so the perception makes sense in a way.
 
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Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

I don't. That's the fucking point. The only reason he's being pushed is his look. He has no ring skills whatsoever, even less mic skills, and has the personality of plank from Ed, Edd and Eddy. But he's still touted as the next big thing by wwe and some fools on this forum.
 
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Re: why do males care about how roman reigns look?

I don't. That's the fucking point. The only reason he's being pushed is his look. He has no ring skills whatsoever, even less mic skills, and has the personality of plank from Ed, Edd and Eddy. But he's still touted as the next big thing by wwe and some fools on this forum.
Plank deserves better than that.
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And for anyone who isn't sure, yes that's a joke, and I don't care what he looks like either. I just want him to quit pausing in his promos for pops from the crowd its awkward when they don't happen.
 
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