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ROMAN REIGNS Road To WrestleMania

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We're gonna need it.

Discuss Roman Reigns' push, booking, character, fan reactions (live & online) leading into the main event of WrestleMania 31.

MAKE IT REIGN BITCHES!!!
 
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#1,476 ·
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[URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] x 1000

So much FAIL in this post right from the start where this guy states that Ziggler, Bryan are completely believable opponents against Lesnar but Roman Reigns isnt. Just [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] .

Obviously this guy wasnt alive pre-AE era or AE or was probably sucking his mom's breasts when HBK was booed heavily against Sid Vicious and Undertaker cuz nobody took HBK's size or his pretty boy image up against monsters like Sid Justice,Taker seriously. Yeah, that's right. Nobody took Shawn's SIZE seriously when he wrestled Sid or Taker...so much so that people felt it was a joke and this was during the time kayfaybe ruled the roost.Kabraxal is a FAIL of epic proportion. Every post from Kabraxal is just one [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] after another.

What makes it worse is that Roman Reigns is a 1000 times better worker than Utimate Warrior will ever be. Dat nostalgia bug is just again [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] . If Warrior was to debut today he would be booed out of the building every arena regardless of smarky or non smarky town. He couldnt wrestle even if his life depended on it, had absolutely ZERO mic skills and stuttered like a crack addicted retard throughout promos and had just nothing to offer to wrestling fans.....people would have given ZERO absolutely ZERO fucks if he debuted and did that shit today. Thanks to kayfaybe only Warrior is popular..else he would have been today's BOOGEYMAN.

"Reigns doesnt have the presence." he says. [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] . Just [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] . Kabraxal doesnt even know what "in ring presence" means but proceeds to write paragraphs upon paragraphs on it. [URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=facepalm][URL=http://www.wrestlingforum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Facepalm]#Facepalm [/URL] [/URL] .

Roman Reigns is a 1000 times better performer than Ultimate Warrior who had zero mic skills and couldnt wrestle to save his life.
Was there a point to be made in there or just the ravings and insults of a Reigns fanboy?
 
#1,477 ·
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Roman Reigns -








Daniel Bryan -





As you can see, Roman Reigns has already surpassed Bryan, despite the fact Bryan was the one who has received one of the major WWE pushes in recent years with over 10 months of RAW built around him and also main-evented Wrestlemania.

This, without a doubt proves, how crowd reactions in this current era of WWE is not to be trusted, to indicate someone's true overness or potential. At first look to an average viewer, Bryan might look like the most popular star but when you consider the facts when comparing his stardom and name worth to other big names, the real story comes to light. Bryan as a ratings draw did not perform well in 2013, RAW rating average for 2013 is less than of 2012 average. Bryan's PPV buys through much of 2013 including summerslam with Cena were all disappointing. Wrestlemania business itself was deemed average by wrestling critics. When he got hurt and left, it didn't even matter financially to WWE, he was quickly replaced and business moved on despite the fact he had just main evented Mania, wrestling in two matches and going over three of the biggest stars.

It seems crowd reactions are the only thing where Bryan even matters, and those are highly misleading for WWE. If Bryan was indeed the most popular star as the crowds would tell you then how come Roman Reigns, the guy who gets mixed reactions, has already surpassed him in global popularity? When you consider all this, why shouldn't Vince Mcmahon choose to push Roman Reigns instead of Bryan this Wrestlemania?
 
#1,480 ·
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Shhh...you're not supposed to use facts to support Roman Reigns' popularity. Somehow those Facebook results are rigged I tell ya!
It's actually worse that you have to retreat to facebook likes to make a case for Reigns... not a "fact" you should want to trumpet if you can avoid it.
 
#1,488 ·
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Roman Reigns is currently your best option to bring in new fans. "The Look" doesn't matter much to wrestling diehards, but its a major needle mover for outside viewers.
In theory yes. But another major needle mover is when these same people who only tune in 3 times a year, hear the "top face" getting boo'd and think to themselves: "Nothing's changing this year either".
 
#1,494 · (Edited)
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I don't want to watch 45 minute technical wrestling matches...that's what the Olympics are for. I want to be entertained. Hogan/Andre is a prime example of this.
That's kinda making my point. Pro wrestling thrives on over the top unbelievability and unreal-ness. People who want things to be more believable would never get a Hogan/Andre match cause Hogan would get his ass handed to him by Andre in real life. Hogan was terrified Andre would bitch him out during their match and Hogan knew if that happened he could do nothing to stop it.
 
#1,507 ·
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If REigns improves, then he won't be a flop. If he just coasts on being the guy as is..... he's going to make ADR/Nash/Luger look so much better by comparison.

That is the problem with this push... as his ability stands now, he is nowhere near ready to be the guy. But for some reason, Vince sees how he looks and thinks that is all that matters. It doesn't... he needs to get better on the mic and be able to put on some good matches consistently to be the top guy. People think Reigns is ready to be the next Hogan/Austin? Newsflash, by the time they got their massive pushes and reactions from fans, they were solid wrestlers at worst with the ability to work a mic and control the crowd with ease. Reigns has none of that RIGHT now. Again, not saying he can't get to that point but nothing he has done to this point has shown that he is ready for the spot.

That is what is rubbing most people the wrong way... it isn't that we think he sucks (anyone that does, he doesn't yet, he's just green as hell), it's just that he has done nothing to warrant being the top guy that he is being pushed as.
 
#1,512 ·
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i want to offer the idea of options. i am not huge reigns fan. so if wwe pushes him now and it do not work out at mania, the slots are open for other guys. otherwise i am glad for reigns and all his supporters.
why you i actually like it: i just wanted to have someone more than only cena get a shot and so it is not important who it is.
 
#1,515 ·
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People keep discrediting the aspect of getting over based on "The Look", yet the biggest name in music industry currently is Justin Beiber who is a star simply because of his looks, the kid's worth millions now. The biggest hollywood box office draw Tom Cruise got over based on his looks, not because of some exceptional acting skills. Hell, how do you think the Rock manage to become a big name in hollywood? his biggest successes came only when he started playing a badass asskicker based on his looks. That's what got him the stardom he enjoys currently, there's a reason he's running around there roided up like a motherfucker. Why isn't the most mainstream popular characters like Superman or Batman played by skinny dudes? If Batman looked like Tyson Kidd, the character would've utterly failed.

Point I'm trying to make is, don't underestimate someone getting over with audience based on looks, there is big money and more importantly easy money in it. You can't blame promoters for going for it. In an entertainment business such as WWE, true talent is becoming a star and drawing money.
 
#1,526 ·
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So Steve Austin wasn't over, it was the middlefinger that was over?!
Does the "middle-finger" gesture represent Austin, outside of WWE? Even at his peak, it is debatable if it ever did. Bryan is not even half as popular as Austin was in his prime.

Also, who even said Bryan wasn't over? No one ever claimed he wasn't over, fact is YES chants are far more over than he is, to the point where those chants no longer represent him, when done by crowds outside of WWE.
 
#1,530 ·
That was NOT a Roman Reigns heel turn or even a hint of it..

The final segment of the night was a strange one for me, because Daniel Bryans actions was out of character IMO, whining and complaining and shoving Reigns was almost heel like and Reigns responded with a spear.

It was like your typical heel/face moment, where the heel talks trash, gets up in the faces face and then gets his ass beat for it. When do you ever see a face act that way?

It wasn't a heel turn for Reigns, it was just backing up what he said earlier that he ain't letting anyone get in his way, plus it allows him to fire the first bullet between the two. I'm sure Daniel Bryan will get him back next week.

But yeah, IMO Reigns isn't turning heel, if ANYTHING - Bryans character ACTED more heelish at the end than Reigns, just because the crowd boo's doesn't mean he's heel.
 
#1,532 ·
Re: That was NOT a Roman Reigns heel turn or even a hint of it..

Stealing Bryan's thunder wasn't being a heel at all but Bryan asking Reigns to explain himself was.

:punk2
Hardly asking for an explanation by getting in his face and shoving him, over reaction for a face IMO. Regardless as I said, none of them are turning heel, it was simply to allow the first major "blow" to be struck and Bryan will get his return next week.
 
#1,537 · (Edited)
Re: That was NOT a Roman Reigns heel turn or even a hint of it..

Bryan shoving reigns for getting stealing a pin over a jobber like mercury is is a pure face move, he had every right to be pissed that reigns stole this huge pinfall over mercury.

And when someone shoves you, don't retaliate at all cause that makes you heel.

lol, the logic here is astounding.


Bryan is a piece of shit in the first place for putting himself into the t itle picture after he lost the rumble instead of logically doing it before the rumble, thus now fucking over Reigns. That's a bitch and heel move, but bryan fans are biased so they'd not admit that.
 
#1,540 ·
Re: That was NOT a Roman Reigns heel turn or even a hint of it..

Anyone who doesn't think any of that isn't a possible heel turn has never watched wrestler before.

How is it not being a heel stealing a win from your tag team partner.
Then when asked about it turning away?

That is heel 101


No it's messing with your future opponent, who you were never f riends with anyway, who just earlier that night dropkicked you, who put himself into your title match that you earned by winning the rumble eventhough he could've done it before the rumble and thus not screwing over the guy who won it.

But no, heel turn!
 
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