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That sitout razors edge was pretty cool.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 02:58 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 01:21 |
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Roman is a perfectly serviceable big-but-not-that-big-man who would have been mired in the upper midcard/Kane "The champ needs an opponent for this C-PPV" level in the last few eras and can play his role in creating a 4* match against 5* talent but has been massively overpushed and overprotected because Vince and the other parts of the inner circle hitched their wagon to the next homegrown "The Guy Until He's Broken Down Or 40" creation and there's not much to lose if they're wrong since WWE is now a toy licensing company first, a film studio second and a wrestling company third.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 02:59 |
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I think the biggest problem with Roman in general is just that he's not suited for how hard they're pushing him, but I think the biggest problem with Roman now is they've inextricably linked him to the controversy surrounding how he got here. For almost the entirety of his ascent to the title they were simply ignoring the fan rejection and pretending he was a beloved underdog and everything was going great, and that was stupid and tone-deaf but consistent to both his character and story arc, right up to Stephanie going full-on Dark Empress and making Roman out to be the people's champion. Silly and objectively stupid, but consistent. For some reason, once they finished the Wrestlemania push they decided it was time to give some sort of concession to reality, and Roman became the smirking too-cool-for-it-all not-a-good-guy they acknowledge a lot of the crowd dislikes who sort of openly bullies people, except he's also the champion everyone should love and the people opposing him are weasels and heels so you should like him, and they then proceeded to book him against maybe the guy the people who dislike Roman most want to see succeed in AJ and are now following that up with Seth, who that same crowd also specifically wants to cheer. Even if I was never on the Roman train, they were making a consistent case for him and by just ignoring the whole thing there was at least a chance he could establish his own identity. Now they've made a huge part of his identity specifically about a ton of people disliking him.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:04 |
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I'd like him more if WWE would stop muting the crowd mics and the commentary team acknowledged that he is getting booed out of the building rather than the crowd being 50/50 and wacky and nonsensical in [CITY NAME] Maggle
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:24 |
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As my weird Newfie Dad would say, he is hard, good and kind. Hard on grub, good for nothing, and kind of foolish. Words of wisdom.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:26 |
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with john cena the meme was "i hate john cena the character, not john cena the person." with roman, every interview i've read he comes across as entitled, wondering why he's not popular, telling people who don't appreciate him that they don't know what they're talking about. i don't like the character or the person.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:31 |
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Ostentatious posted:Asking for a friend, is Roman Reigns good or bad? No, he is the.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:38 |
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Roman doesn't have the skill set to go above being the top of the midcard and yet here we are
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:47 |
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Roman has been and always will be that other guy in the Shield I didn't care about.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 03:57 |
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I agree word for word with forums poster JOHN CENA.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 04:31 |
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good wrestler, good character when they let him have a mean streak, is the whiny and entitled "millenial" vince claims to hate in real interviews, terrible john cena, an even worse rock
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 04:46 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmPKjrh7kN0
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 04:48 |
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Eh.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 04:57 |
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Roman Reigns is the living embodiment of WWE not listening to its fans and this will always taint him. Doesn't matter how good or bad he is. That's why when he does something bad they tell him he sucks and when he does something good they tell him he still sucks.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:18 |
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He's a wrestler that is good at the main event WWE style and plays his part very well when he's put with. He's by no means a bad wrestler and I generally expect his matches to be good. Unfortunately everything else about him just loses it for me. He's a poor talker when he's doing anything other than grinding out a few catchphrases laden lines then standing there looking half asleep. He's booked against people that outmatch him in most qualities and while this generally results in good matches it also leads to short sighted situations like returning Rollins as a heel to be his sacrificial lamb. Almost every crowd boos the poo poo out of him or is totally indifferent to him. I don't think the situation is going to get any better either, its been bungled way too many times.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:18 |
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He's a trash fire
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:19 |
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some say he's the new diesel but he's really the new randy orton
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:37 |
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:43 |
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:some say he's the new diesel but he's really the new randy orton i want Roman to shatter his wrist when he cocks his arm too
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:43 |
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He's the best heel on the roster by far.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:45 |
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I like roman he can be cool sometimes, edit: The shield was cool
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:46 |
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I love when people say he is whiny or entitled when every other top babyface in history has thrown bigger hissy fits if the fans rejected them. There is one exception, John Cena.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:46 |
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Brock Lesnar posted:i want Roman to shatter his wrist when he cocks his arm too
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:49 |
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MassRafTer posted:I love when people say he is whiny or entitled when every other top babyface in history has thrown bigger hissy fits if the fans rejected them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28UEoLXVFQ
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:50 |
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Ever since Sons of Anarchy ended, Roman is the worst actor in a lead role on tv
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:51 |
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the exact second the shield broke up, i stopped finding roman reigns interesting and have not felt anything like that since
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 05:59 |
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i heard someone once say the Roman Reigns is lazy, is this true? is he a lazy larry?
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 06:05 |
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Ostentatious posted:i heard someone once say the Roman Reigns is lazy, is this true? he's a relaxasaurus roman
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 06:13 |
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roman should drive a segway to the ring edit: and away from the ring. the match should end and he should immediately get on the segway
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 06:24 |
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a regular tv show with a protagonist as disliked as roman reigns would last about three episodes
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 06:45 |
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Good point. Wat.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:02 |
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Seams posted:a regular tv show with a protagonist as disliked as roman reigns would last about three episodes orange is the new black keeps on ticking.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:08 |
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pressedbunny posted:He is the 7 booked like a 10 so everyone thinks he's a 5. Or 4, I suppose. Yup.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:12 |
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MassRafTer posted:I love when people say he is whiny or entitled when every other top babyface in history has thrown bigger hissy fits if the fans rejected them. my other response to this is that very few top babyfaces got as consistant of a rejection so early into their tenure There, again, is one exception. John Cena.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:28 |
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Roman Reigns is good, but the way he's booked is the way I would like to see Cesaro get booked instead. I'm going to resent Roman for this until I get what I want.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:29 |
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Roman Reigns is The Ultimate Warrior.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 07:46 |
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MassRafTer posted:I love when people say he is whiny or entitled when every other top babyface in history has thrown bigger hissy fits if the fans rejected them. Who do you like better John Cena or Roman Reigns?
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 08:11 |
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RacistGuidingLight posted:Every other wrestler has the deepest pools thing going against him. He talks mostly fine minus a few trash fires about magic beans and that period last year where he'd change up his motivations weekly and ya, his catch phrase is kinda grating. "The Look" isn't a tangible quality but it ain't bullshit neither. He looks like a leading man from his thousand yard stare to his cleft chin to his narrow jaw and soft, pouty lips. Arbitrary? Learned? Whatever. People react to it. Often with resentment. I don't understand this point. What I'm saying is that on the current roster I could probably name like 15 guys who are better at wrestling than Roman is and it's bullshit that a man like him is on top given the depth of the talent pool. And Jesus Christ if you think Roman is fine at talking then your perception of reality is so different to my own that I'm not convinced we live on the same planet. The look is horseshit because a troll with a hugeass beard was the most popular face in recent memory. It's an antiquated conception of what sells to a modern market that should have died long ago.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 08:43 |
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He does not make me want to watch wrestling. He makes me want to not watch wrestling. He is a bad wrestler.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 09:21 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 01:21 |
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I have no desire to watch Reigns and he's actively caused non-wrestling friends to not want to watch. He does not have the charisma for this position.
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# ? Jun 1, 2016 10:00 |