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Check out this pre-Shield reigns promo

3K views 36 replies 34 participants last post by  LeaderOfM.D.R.S. 
#1 ·


got this off a reddit post.

Now doesn't that seem so much better than the suffering succotash bullshit?

What does everyone think?
 
#5 ·
It's a good basic promo, that's why I like NXT. Heel promos are easier to write and to perform than face promos though. Even CM Punk's promos sucked many times when he was a face. That's why I don't blame Roman Reigns so much as the entire creative direction of the company. They're trying to have Reigns be a combination of both the Rock and John Cena at the same time, it just can't work.

If they can't write good stuff for faces, just let them be themselves. Bryan and Ziggler are the most over faces and they don't do overscripted promos. Dean Ambrose on the other hand has been slowly but surely deteriorating as far as promo quality goes. Bottom line, have Reigns talk less.
 
#7 ·
Like I said his protection is over the top but his booking is retarded, they tried to make him a cena lite with the promos and random colored gear. It doesn't help he's regressed in the ring, seemingly has a huge ego. He's just riding on potential. Leave it to vince to fuck up all NXT guys.
 
#16 ·
The dollah store

Not as bad but still shit... I give him that he was new to wrestling when he was in FCW
 
#18 ·
Awful delivery. Far too much talking, his delivery simply isn't good enough for him to be speaking for a minute. Short promos where he tells people he's going to knock seven shades of shit out of them and high impact moves are what got him over, monologues are the best way knock him down.
 
#19 ·
It's far from being very good but it's certainly better than anything he's cut on the main roster in his singles career so far.

That being said, this was taped and if we are to take into account how nervous he seems to get during live promos then this was probably practiced and re-done numerous times so it was passable.

It's no surprise either that his well received ''Face to Face'' with Brock was also a taped segment.

Just pointing this out because a big part of being that ''Top Guy'' is talking Live with a mic in your hand and being entertaining.

Cena sure as fuck doesn't entertain me often but he has probably the biggest fan base in WWE so he's doing something right.

I'm not really sure either where this assumption that Reigns will be an awesome heel is coming from?

Do people really think he's going to be a better heel than Ambrose will be? Or Wyatt or Rollins are currently? What about a better booked heel Orton? Rusev even?

Where is this personality going to suddenly come from once he turns? Are people relying on the fact that they think people will just hate him because he is good looking? :shrug

I don't know. I just have trouble seeing were this guy is going to fit in. I just can't see him being anywhere near the top 5 babyfaces or heels in the next two years with some of the talent they have there at the moment.

In 3-5 years time who knows. He could be ruined by then if this overpush is never ending though.
 
#20 ·
:denzel
 
#22 · (Edited by Moderator)
This man should be a Heel, drop The badass Shield-esque character with the bad promos and go back to this, I was surprised by this and feel he worked better already just from watching that, natural arrogance and it was highly amusing how he just walked off when he answers his phone. Obviously it could have been better but he seemed more natural in this type of role.
 
#24 ·
I bet you I could find a promo from EVERY wrestler in the history of wrestling where they botch a promo. So that means nothing. Hell on Smackdown LIVE HHH made a mistake.

I bet you could find crappy promos from EVERY single wrestler in the history. So to pick and choose is meaningless.

Funny, how it seems like two years ago this forum had threads popping up about how awful Cena is...then when Bryan was pushed, thread after thread about him sucking. Then people wanted Cesaro and when it looked like he might get a chance, he suddenly sucked. Now it's Reigns.

Rollins gets a bye but once he goes face...thread after thread of how he sucks as a face.

Can't please anyone now-a-days.
 
#25 ·
That's all well and good doing a pre-recorded promo on a little stage, but if he can't do it where it matters, on the big stage, then it's irrelevant

I could probably cut a similar pre-recorded promo and have it turn out just as good, but shove me in front of thousands of people on live TV and it all becomes irrelevant as I'd probably just shit myself and botch lines like Reigns
 
#29 ·
I like how people can't admit that it was a good promo. Generic or not. Guess people want Reigns to go out there, start a sentence and then stop and smile awkwardly for a few seconds before asking a pandering question to the crowd before pumping his arms up and down in the air in unison with them while chanting one word over and over again. That is promo gold.
 
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