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Rate the Superstar: Roman Reigns Edition

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#1 ·
Figured I'd kick off this week with a big one to get the juices flowing. Bray Wyatt performed extremely well and took over first place over the Miz. His In-Ring struggled a bit but he more than made up for it with his Mic Skills, Charisma and Look. Here is the updated standings (P.S I do eventually plan on going back and updating each one when I feel like it since comments are still being made on a lot of people):

Bray Wyatt: 7.7 (Look/Presence 7.8, Chrisma 8.2, In-Ring 6.1, Mic Skills 8.7)
The Miz: 7.6 (Look/Presence 6.8, Chrisma 8.4, In-Ring 6.2, Mic Skills 9.2)
Seth Rollins: 7.5 (Look/Presence 7.7, Charisma 7.0, In-Ring 8.5, Mic Skills 6.7)
Randy Orton: 7.3 (Look/Presence 9.2, Charisma 6.7, In-Ring 7.4, Mic Skills 6.0)
Rusev: 7.1 (Look/Presence 8.2, Charisma 7.3, In-Ring 6.4, Mic Skills 6.6)
Kevin Owens: 7.1 (Look/Presence 4.6, Chrisma 7.4, In-Ring 8.2, Mic Skills 8.3)
Sami Zayn: 7.1 (Look/Presence 5.8, Chrisma 6.9, In-Ring 9.0, Mic Skills 6.8)
Dean Ambrose: 6.5 (Look/Presence 5.8, Charisma 7.2, In-Ring 5.3, Mic Skills 7.9)
Baron Corbin: 5.4 (Look/Presence 6.3, Charisma 5.3, In-Ring 5.7, Mic Skills 4.4)

Today we will focus on Roman Reigns. Again, this is one where I really need to put on my objective cap and put all personal feelings aside. Here goes nothing:

Look/Presence: 8
Charisma: 6
In-Ring Ability: 7
Mic Skills: 5

Your Turn!!!
 
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#35 ·
Alright gonna get Mr. WrestleMania to help me out with this one, not that it should need repeating but hey there PERSONAL opinions NOT facts or truths so please remember that......

Look/Presence

-There's NO dyeing that Roman looks like a pro-wrestler thus he's presented as one with a "BIG" fight feel.

Charisma

-The way he's booked/scripted ect all are CHEAP copy's of Cena, the LAST TEN YEARS of corporate ass kissing and such are now just copied & pasted onto a Samoan Super Man instead of Jon Boy's. So the "likability" factor goes down BIG TIME on my part, also it doesn't help when they keep reminding you of his "family" ala the Rock, Rocky HAD charisma oozing out of him, Roman NOT so much. Present him in a more natural light ala a heel than this could be fixed but it's not looking like it.

In Ring Skills

-Solid Six is a fair score here, he's NOWHERE near a leader in terms of star who can carry people to their best matches. Sorry but that RuRu feud showed his weaknesses however when he's in the ring with a better talent than himself (Styles as the example) Roman looks like a million bucks which means he can contribute quite well, can he improve yep his match with Strowman proof of that but nothing to write home about. He's a reliable hand with areas to improve on.

Mic Skills

-THIS is based off every crappy scripted promo sent Roman's way, sure there are other's at fault but even with a a bad script there are actors that can deliver the words with some interest. Watching & listing to a Roman promo makes me want to MUTE my tv, it's THAT bad. Now with a persona change ala the heel turn & with a manger doing MOST of the speaking for him than yes it could get better. But he's tainted with such UGLY mic work from "Magic Beans to Tater Tots" yeah it'll be a LONG time before I want to hear a Roman promo.
 
#65 · (Edited)
alright, keep in mind that this is me being generous on rating RR:

looks/presence: 1/10: i've seen transgender men who look better than this samoan neanderthal.

in-ring ability: 0.05/10: not impressed at all. he bores me like hell

charisma: 0/10: LOL what charisma? a top babyface like him receives overwhelming boos like every week and has tons of fans who want him off tv xD

mic skills: -10/10: i'm serious with this one being a negative 10, op. please understand that i have this guy muted whenever he appears on tv with a mic for a reason. those beanstalk, tater tots, sufferin socatash, and superman promos were so horrible that I'm pretty sure that i lost at least 1% of my hearing. hell, hearing him talk is like listening to a walrus give birth to a whale. it's that awful. i don't even care if it's been over a year or whatever since he's had cringy material. his horrible promos are forever going to haunt me and my ears. so, yea, a negative 10 on his mic skills sounds about right.

again, this is me being objective and realistic.

Look/Presence: -10
Charisma: -10
In-Ring Ability: -10
Mic Skills: -10

Roman is the top bitch!
yo, i agree with u! :jericho2
 
#43 · (Edited)
Look/Presence: 8 = That's really what Roman is all about. He's got the look that Vince is looking for and he does look cool.

Charisma: 4 = I liked him more when he was the silent badass in The Shield. On his own though, he just comes across like an unlikeable prick of a character, and he's supposed to be the protagonist.

In-Ring Ability: 6.5 = Not one of my favorites to watch, but he is capable of having good matches. He's much better than he was a while ago. I remember there was a point where his matches had no middles. They would start hot, and then on that finisher festy stuff, but everything in the middle was a slog. It was like he still working as the Hot Tag guy, but in singles matches. (watch his match with Orton at SS14 to see what I'm talking about). Another thing that hinders him is the fact that he's the face and he's so unlikeable. People say that's not a big deal, but it really hurts the match when the face is making his big comeback and the crowd is booing. It hurts the story of the match. I will give Roman this though...he can sell well, which is an underrated trait of any good worker.

Mic Skills: 2 = He's awkward, and just plain awful on the stick. It doesn't help that they keep trying to turn him into The Rock and he can't do that style of promo. I hate on Cena for saying dumb shit all the time, but at least he delivers the dumb shit convincingly. Roman just awkward stumbles his way through promos. I liked him more when he kept it short and sweet with lines like "You damn right Cena sucks when Roman Reigns is in the house" or "3 on 2? They need more guys". Basically, with Roman, I'm suggesting to go into the one-liner action hero type rather than sarcastic joke teller like Rock and Cena because it comes off terribly most of the time when they try it.
 
#135 · (Edited)
Look/Presence: 10
Charisma: 7
In-Ring Ability: 9
Mic Skills: 7

Roman Reigns is great and one of the few reasons that I tune in for WWE. There's something special about him and his matches on PPV are either the MOTN or the second. His match with Undertaker is the only match I care about at Wrestlemania.
 
#40 ·
Oh man, the Roman Haters are unbelievable. Giving less than 8 in look/presence ? You guys are insane.
People rate looks differently. If you're rating look on who's the prettiest, he has the greatest look in wrestling history. That's not what I rate it on, I rate it on if he looks tough and I can believe him winning a fight, so I rank him low. I don't buy a runway model as a world champion.



I'd give him a zero in charisma and maybe a 3 in the ring but that's about right.
 
#22 · (Edited)
Look/Presence: 9
Charisma: 3
In-Ring Ability: 6
Mic Skills: 3

and how the fuck Seth is lower than Bray when it's comes to look/presence? :argh:
 
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#27 ·
and how the fuck Seth is lower than Bray when it's comes to look/presence? :argh:
Because Seth is just another slim, very chiseled guy whereas Wyatt looks the part of the character he's portraying.

Look isn't only "You're tall and muscular so you're better". You have to look the part you're portraying, otherwise the story sucks.
 
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