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Idk how much more of the Authority I can take

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I mean fucking hell. Sheamus screws Reigns out of the title, love it or hate it, there's a story there, and the first thing we have to hear as Raw goes on the air (predictably, mind you) is *BEHOLD THE KING*. Like that hasn't gotten old for the last 2 yrs. That's right, 2 GODDAMN YEARS. Its the same cycle recycled over and over and over. I give it a month before Steph is emasculating him and Hunter is questioning if he made the right choice. I'm sure in 12 months we'll be talking about the same story with yet another guy in Sheamus' place.

The opening was so predictable, you knew it would open with them. Because God forbid the actual wrestlers themselves tell the story. Its the same format every week, they come out talking shit, then their golden boy comes out, then whoever the golden boy is feuding with. Seriously, i'm fucking over this.
 
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The thing is we'll all be back next week, hoping it gets better, which it won't.

edit: oh you said the Authority, I thought you meant the show as a whole. Yeah, I still agree with you, same shit every week, come out at the beginning and talk shit for half an hour. We don't need them babysitting the show ffs
 
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Totally ridiculous and stale. What has it been? Coming up on 3 years?
Two years and a half IIRC.
 
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I thought REigns was the golden boy haha. Compared to what though? Reigns predictble Babyface run sure. They said Cena turning heel or leaving would freshen things up. And bring up fresh new storylines and angles. What do they do? They build up another CEna 2.0. That''s why its not working, a tired out formula from ten years ago. Rock was not Austin, Cena was not Rock. Let bloody Reigns be himself, HEEL. Give the roster the freedom to be themselves. But no Vinnce is too Stubborn. And well stick to what he is doing and drive the company into the ground. HE is just damn luckey the other wrestling promotions are not mainstream or markatble enough, therefore not competivenough.
 
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The Authority stuff is getting really old. How long ago was it that HHH turned on Daniel Bryan to set up a Randy Orton title run? Like Summerslam 2013..so that's at least 2 years. Then the Rollins cash in and best for business...Now Sheamus cash in, he shook my hand. I was really hoping someone else would be champion so I could enjoy but HHH/Steph have to be a big part and they can't seem to realize that it aint' working.
 
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I don't understand why they had to make Sheamus a corporate champion. Does every heel champion now have to be a corporate suck up? This was the perfect opportunity to have a heel champion go in a different direction, but it's the same. First Orton, then Seth, now Sheamus. When will it end? The Authority in terms of heel bosses have never been anywhere near as entertaining as Mr. McMahon or Eric Bischoff or even John Lauranitis so why must this angle just continue and continue and continue with no real story development?
 
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Imagine if Roman Reigns turns heel and joins the The Authority as their new corporate champion after Sheamus's 6 month long reign.

Then a 1 year title reign for Roman where he stands in the middle of the ring making duck faces, while HHH and Steph bore the crowd to death.


LOLZ.
 
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I mean fucking hell. Sheamus screws Reigns out of the title, love it or hate it, there's a story there
This is largely how I feel. WWE like to throw around phrases like "storytelling" as if they believe we are watching some sort of cinematic masterpiece.

The main problem is that, I can see their story, and their story absolutely sucks, and I have no investment in this whatsoever as a fan.

I don't even care if their "story" is then defended by means of "well it got them to where they needed to get to for WM32 so it was best for business".

Really? At this point, who cares when it's so boring?

I can go and watch Season 2 of Fargo and be glued to my TV screen for a whole hour without distractions and what's more, something new and fresh happens at least once in every episode, this is what people want.

WWE ain't selling anything I want to buy and this doesn't look to be changing. They are stuck in their own bubble of delusion, so the single solitary reason I watch is to see just how bad the car crash can get.
 
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It didn't take Stephanie no time to emasculate Reigns though.

She pissed me off so much when she was like "Get the hell out of my ring" to Roman Reigns.

He should have reached his hand out and shoved her right in the face.



^

Business would have picked up if he did that. :jr
 
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It didn't take Stephanie no time to emasculate Reigns though.

She pissed me off so much when she was like "Get the hell out of my ring" to Roman Reigns.

He should have reached his hand out and shoved her right in the face.



^

Business would have picked up if he did that. :jr
How can anyone blame her? The guy SPEARED her husband for goodness sake.
 
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Reigns doesn't even need to be heel he just doesn't need to be Cena. Why can't he just be a badass who talks with his fists more than his mouth? Why can't the announcers hype him as the next big thing with obvious potential to be great? Talk about how nobody has pinned him clean and he is the future.

He is NOT an underdog nor is he Cena! Let him (and many others) shine for who they are!
 
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Seriously now, I am absolutely okay with one more Authority storyline if the end result is the Authority is out of power and doesn't come back. And the person who does it should make sense.

For example:
Daniel Bryan, he is the authorities biggest enemy, and the Authority always puts him down, hell they were first created to make sure that Bryan doesn't leave with the title. So it would be best if Bryan finally beats Triple H one last time for the WWE title and finally finishes off the Authority.

Next best guy to do it is Dean Ambrose. It goes with his character. He doesn't like suits, he doesn't like rules and he doesn't like when you are unfair and boss people around and fuck with others plans. And now he is tired of it, since he is old school, he likes to do things the dirty and hard way like all others before him, he could talk about how so many legends had to fight for a chance at that title, but the Authority just gives it to guys they see fit. They always interior matches and their rules make the show boring. It could make Ambrose into a huge STAR.

Last guy who should do it is a Face Seth Rollins. The story plays nicely into its spot. Rollins a former Authority member finally gives up on the Authority always doing shittheir way, before he thought what they were doing was good but now, he realizes that this is ruining the product. And he has to put it down.

I don't care how you do it, just put the Authority out of power DAMMIT. Always all I hear is Stephanie and trips talking their asses off taking valuable TV time that could do good for so many superstars.
 
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The entire show has had the same god damn format for ages now.

But yeah, the Authority is really, really growing stale. It should have stayed dead after Survivor Series last year but nope, they had to bring it back.

At least they're not shouting NINE NINETY NINE over and over again, but heck, i think it's only a matter of time before that starts again.
 
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The Authority was a good storyline...until Wrestlemania XXX, after that, it was useless (I don't consider Evolution as "Authority", if you consider it, it was good until Payback of last year). This shit has been going on since August from 2013, this shit needs to end.
 
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You obviously were living under a rock in the late nineties with The Corporate Storyline. The Authority Storyline is no different.
 
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You obviously were living under a rock in the late nineties with The Corporate Storyline. The Authority Storyline is no different.
It worked 15 years ago so should work now? It is different; back then, it was new, featured a white-hot Vince McMahon / a white-hot Austin / a white-hot Rock, and lasted less than a year.

The Authority has been around over 2 years but consisted of characters, HHH and Stephanie, that have been played for time prior to that as well; it worked fine against a white-hot Bryan and with The Rhodes Brothers, but then it's just been rinse/repeat of long droning promos, Kane interfering in Main Events; it even went away when it felt stale, and came back a couple of months later even worse!

It has happened in the late 90s but it happened better, at a better time, consisting of workers who could do little wrong and didn't outstay it's welcome, you saying that because it happened then that it's okay to be rehashed poorly today?

Not only was HHH's theme used to open Raw, it also interrupted Roman Reigns' theme when he *finally* won the world title at SS.

I'm tired of the Authority too. I've said before I can obviously separate performer from character, but The Authority is really grating on me to the point I'm struggling to watch.

It's everything from the Formulaic beginning to many Raw's of HHH and Stephanie droning on - I can understand their characters thinking they're the main focal point, but surely the people playing them should realise it's repetitive - and things like HHH randomly becoming a good guy for a night, Stephanie flip-flopping - This week when she was booed and said something like "Welcome to Monday night Raaaawww!" and the crowd cheered, and she said "I knew I'd get you with that one.." like she was the one being cheered - it's just cringeworthy now and gone on for way too long for anything impacting to come from the story.
 
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Yeah Authority feels a tad fresher now. They actually have a good stable of Barrett, Rusev, and Shamus. Finnally doing something with Barrrett, effectlively putting him in the main event scene.
 
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I don't really mind The Authority but I really think they need to lower their screen time and maybe take a break from being on screen for a while. They don't need to be on screen every single week, but I think there is still some value in having them around, like as a presence or something. That's just my thoughts anyway.
 
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The authority needs an injection of new members. It needs to mirror the Corporation we remember from 98/99, with not a great, but certainly a varied line-up of members that actually wrestle. I look at the roster and I don't really see WWE planning anything for a select number of wrestlers, people like Curtis Axel and Stardust. Wouldn't they fair better in this faction than J & J security??
 
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The authority needs an injection of new members. It needs to mirror the Corporation we remember from 98/99, with not a great, but certainly a varied line-up of members that actually wrestle. I look at the roster and I don't really see WWE planning anything for a select number of wrestlers, people like Curtis Axel and Stardust. Wouldn't they fair better in this faction than J & J security??
For a minute I thought that Rusev and Barrett would join, but I guess not.
 
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