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Is there a place for the cowardly heel/smart tactician heel among fans?

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#1 ·
I see people bitching everytime Rollins retreats, hell when any heel does. Is it really that bad that they retreat in logical situations? Go back and retreat so your safe and unharmed. Wouldn't a heel who always never backs down make them a default face. Rollins fighting Brock tonight would have got him cheered which is bad. Isn't wrestling 101 meant to be good vs evil. Evil people always take the cowards way out if the situation isn't advantageous for them right?
 
#4 ·

The problem is no one wants to see a guy who ALWAYS looks like a bitch. Rollins has been a helpless pussy who always loses all year save the past 2 weeks. That's not entertaining at all. If you want a tactical cowardly heel done right, look at 2006 Edge, or Sasha Banks.
Admittedly Seth runs a lot but tonight for example it was logical, Seth lost the numbers advantage and Brock was a pissed off freak ready to murder him. Seth would have been stupid to put himself in that situation. I saw it as a calculated retreat as in oh shit my plan fucked up. Same with the Owens situation, he tried getting the drop on Cena and was countered so a retreat was needed
 
#3 · (Edited)
Brock would retreat when he was heel. So does Owens. When you mix cowardice or opportunism with being booked strongly, you get great results. Rollins gets that very rarely, like when he was threatening Edge or curb stomping Ambrose on cinder blocks. Sadly his booking has been awful for the most part.
 
#6 ·
^^^^^^^^

Yeah I wondered if other people picked that up. Owens ended up looking rather bad for getting punked by a guy that was basically out on his feet. Not a good move if you are trying to make Kevin look strong going in.
 
#7 ·
Owens ended up looking rather bad for getting punked by a guy that was basically out on his feet. Not a good move if you are trying to make Kevin look strong going in.
Agreed. It kinda made Owens look like a chump. Not good booking :no:
 
#11 ·
Well yeah. To be a tactical cowardly heel you have to be an underdog. It's a win at all costs mentality. Sadly Seth Rollins is really talented so the cowardly heel thing is redundant. He can fight his own battles.
 
#13 ·
I don't mind it. I like the heels to be heels. I like them to act like the kind of person you'd root against in real life. Nobody roots for a coward, which is why it works.

Sometimes I think the smarter fans forget that some characters are made to be booed and rooted against. Most Rollins complaints are

1. "ugh why book him like a pussy, I can't get behind a pussy' when he's not intended to be cheered.

2. "why should I be invested, I already know he's going to cheat" No shit he's going to cheat, optimally they want you to cheer for the face to beat his cheating coward ass.
 
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