I still don't get this narrative that Reigns beating Rusev would have been huge. I guess you think Punk beating Ryback a few years back was bad too?
You are the same fans that want Bryan in the main event because 'he deserve it' yet the same ones that shit on Cena for winning matches as if he needs to job in every feud.
This younger/untapped potential > everything else thinking is crazy. Does that mean if the next fresher guy get the baton, he has to lose after 3 years on the main roster or it will be 'bad booking' all over again?
I think the reason why most of us forget was because we knew it was coming where as i think most expected Sandow and Sting to win. I also thought just maybe Bray would go over Taker when i saw that Sting lost but nope. The AE and RA era stars are still winning at WM it seems .over the new talent at least Rollins won and DB.
Nah, I think that was all part of the losing reaction. They not breaking-up.
If Lana was going to turn on Rusev, she should have done it last night. It would have went over well for both parts and would have made Rusev's lost to Cena seem more important.
It was inevitable once they showed that American history video promo before Cena's entrance.
A Rusev win last night would have made WWE looked fucked up.
They showed the World Trade Center 9/11, MLK, JFK, they were going on all the emotional historical events to let the audience know SUPER CENA was activated.
I'm just surprised that John Cena didn't come out to the ring being flown in from a Apache helicopter to counter Rusev coming in on a tank.
Rusev can't stay undefeated by pinfall and submission. He lost relatively unclean to a 15 time world champion. He's got a one-dimensional gimmick anyway, won't be long until he's Vladimir Kozlov.
I was furious as well, even though I knew he was going to win. Do not understand the writing for Cena, must they give him all the up and comers to put an end too. Not good for the future.
All of the booking in the card other than the main event was terrible. Every singe time it was the old over the new other than Bryan, the most over wrestler in the world before they buried him, being locked in the midcard , and the admittedly amazing main event. But don't forget that even the guy who came out on top of that, Seth Rollins, had to practically cheat and not take any damage at all, and already lost earlier on the card, so even the WWE champ isn't safe from WWE's terrible booking.
I personally would of liked it better if rusev beat cena. More than that I think their first match should of been at wrestlemania. Rusev losing does not kill him off, thank god he did not tap out to the stfu. But him losing takes away a bit of the shine. I would of rather he stayed unbeaten until he gets in there with Reigns or Lesnar.
I think everyone expected Cena to win as soon as they started feuding. Hence, there is no uproar as it is cenawinslol. I would have expected them to give Rusev a bit more minster booking though. 1 AA and hes down for 3?
Yea it kind of sucks for rusev. While rusev is very talented his character is pretty much one dimensional and without the undefeated streak he just another foreign heel.
If the WWE doesn't make some changes to his character he will float off into obscurity very quickly.
Would've made alot more sense if Reigns had just beaten Rusev instead of being in the World title match. But of course we know WWE and sense are two words that should never be used in the same sentence.
I don't know what's gonna happen to rusev now gimmick wise and push wise especially without lana but I hope he's solidified as a top guy now because that was a great performance from him last night and imo he's easily one of the best all round talents on the roster
He needed to fucking lose. And the feud is going to continue and it has to be more about a damn streak. Now it's extremely personal. It's about national identity yes. But Rusev took a chunk of Cena's personal pride and in return, Cena took his streak and maybe cost him his manager.
Now a performer worth a damn will take this material and make it gold. We're going to find out if Rusev is worth a damn or if he was just another predictable monster heel with nothing but a streak.
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