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TheRock1525
08/29/17 12:55:58 AM
#101:


ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys you realize they're going to try and have Reigns beat Cena to get people on his side, right.


Honestly, the long game here is to have Cena win, Reigns to have some level of self-reflection/character development, then have him beat Cena at a bigger PPV (like the Royal Rumble) and then win the Universal title at WM.
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Strife2
08/29/17 12:58:56 AM
#102:


TheRock1525 posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys you realize they're going to try and have Reigns beat Cena to get people on his side, right.


Honestly, the long game here is to have Cena win, Reigns to have some level of self-reflection/character development, then have him beat Cena at a bigger PPV (like the Royal Rumble) and then win the Universal title at WM.


I'm ok with everything except the last part.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 12:59:03 AM
#103:


ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys you realize they're going to try and have Reigns beat Cena to get people on his side, right.


He hasn't won a PPV match since WM
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Solioxrz362
08/29/17 12:59:12 AM
#104:


TheRock1525 posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys you realize they're going to try and have Reigns beat Cena to get people on his side, right.


Honestly, the long game here is to have Cena win, Reigns to have some level of self-reflection/character development, then have him beat Cena at a bigger PPV (like the Royal Rumble) and then win the Universal title at WM.

Sounds like, as long as they do that middle part right, it wouldn't be too bad for that to happen. If he stops cutting bland defensive promos and does more like he did tonight then he could maybe regain some favor with the crowd. His wrestling is already solid (except the Superman Punch sucks) so just improve the promos and allow him to show some more personality.

Or just finally definitively turn him heel and keep him as he is. That'd probably work wonders too.
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:00:07 AM
#105:


I know JaKyL thinks otherwise but they want that Reigns over Lesnar moment and it's gonna happen sooner or later. I think it'll be at WM, to be honest.
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:01:05 AM
#106:


I think 2015 and 2017 Reigns are world's apart in terms of wrestling and mic work.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:01:39 AM
#107:


Oh I don't disagree that it'll happen

I just don't think it's WM at this point
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:02:18 AM
#108:


TheRock1525 posted...
I think 2015 and 2017 Reigns are world's apart in terms of wrestling and mic work.


Sufferin' Succotash, son
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:04:11 AM
#109:


Jakyl25 posted...
Oh I don't disagree that it'll happen

I just don't think it's WM at this point


His match with Braun will be pretty telling, to be honest.
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Solioxrz362
08/29/17 1:06:35 AM
#110:


He's obviously better than the days of Sufferin' Succotash or the beanstalk. His promos still aren't consistently good though. Every time he gets in the ring to tell someone how great he is while he's clearly on the defensive, it's not good. If he's gonna talk about how great he is and how he retired the Undertaker and how someone needs to say something to his face, he's gotta put more confidence and more oomph behind it. As it is, it seems like he's trying to stop the fans from booing him, when really he should be trying to get them to cheer him. Big difference.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:07:13 AM
#111:


This is like the opposite of that "Cena's bad year" angle where he was treated as full of self-doubt after losing to Rock and needed to get him in the ring again, but he still won most of his matches.

Reigns is presented as still cockily believing himself to be the Big Dog despite a string of high profile losses that don't seem to mean much.
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:15:47 AM
#112:


Jakyl25 posted...
This is like the opposite of that "Cena's bad year" angle where he was treated as full of self-doubt after losing to Rock and needed to get him in the ring again, but he still won most of his matches.

Reigns is presented as still cockily believing himself to be the Big Dog despite a string of high profile losses that don't seem to mean much.


Mostly cause can still say "I retired the Undertaker." Which Cena viciously undercut with one sentence.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:38:42 AM
#113:


Watched the WWE YouTube edit of the promo

Odd that Cena would take credit for using the US Title Open Challenge to introduce AJ when that's 100% not what happened. <_<
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GTM
08/29/17 1:39:12 AM
#114:


I think his promos are better but his wrestling is worse

get beat up jump punch jump punch get beat up jump punch roar miss spear random spear win (if he wins)
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GTM
08/29/17 1:39:49 AM
#115:


should've mention zayn!

whos in jobbersville right now
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:43:32 AM
#116:


GTM posted...
should've mention zayn!

whos in jobbersville right now


Maybe that was his original idea but they told him not to because Zayn is in the doghouse, and AJ was a last-minute rewrite
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:44:56 AM
#117:


Why is Zayn in the doghouse again?
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:46:34 AM
#118:


His loquacious hipster-ness rubs Vince the wrong way. Too sincere for pro wrestling!
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 1:47:54 AM
#119:


You know what amazes me?

How Owens never falls into the doghouse. Even just for his look, I feel like one day Vince will just go "dammit why is this fat fuck on every show?"

I always think the other shoe is gonna drop on Owens at some point.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:47:55 AM
#120:


I did not know until tonight that Mike Kanellis is 2 months clean from an opiate addiction that he even hid from Maria. Good for him for opening up.

Spent too much time with Billy Corgan in TNA maybe
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Strife2
08/29/17 1:51:18 AM
#121:


TheRock1525 posted...
You know what amazes me?

How Owens never falls into the doghouse. Even just for his look, I feel like one day Vince will just go "dammit why is this fat fuck on every show?"

I always think the other shoe is gonna drop on Owens at some point.


It took Vince three years to notice Seth's silly pause in his music. Maybe he'll notice Owens in 2021 and go, "We gave that guy titles all the time?" Seriously, Owens almost never goes a month without a title reign of some sort. The whole U.S. statpadding was a bit much, but 2-3 IC reigns, the Universal, and god knows how many U.S. titles. He's definitely had success.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:57:00 AM
#122:


He's got Hunter's ear at least.

The difference between Roderick Strong's spot in NXT and Adam Cole's spot in NXT is Owens selling him to Trips
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voltch
08/29/17 2:03:05 AM
#123:


wrestling twitter never stops being full of drama.

Now it's Sami Callahan is a woman beater or something.
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ScareChan
08/29/17 2:09:11 AM
#124:


Cena beats Roman at No Mercy

Roman snaps and attacks Cena

GONG

Roman vs Taker 2 at Survivor Series in a buried alive or something
Roman wins

Roman and Brock at the Rumble

Cena Roman 2 at Mania
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ZeroSignal620
08/29/17 4:08:19 AM
#125:


TheRock1525 posted...
It's summertime so Cena needs to bury a member of the Shield. Rollins in 2015, Ambrose in 2016, and now Reigns in 2017.


Ambrose beat Cena clean less than a month before the triple threat match at No Mercy in 2016.

The only person responsible for burying Dean Ambrose is Dean Ambrose.
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scarletspeed7
08/29/17 4:09:59 AM
#126:


Better booking:

AJ holds US Title until Survivor Series.

In October the IC and US titles are unified.

Survivor Series team includes Y2J. The two of them are the survivors against team RAW.

They decide to tag team while AJ has the US Title. Y2AJ returns. They win the Tag Titles in December.

At the Rumble, AJ goes for the WWE title and holds all three.

AJ claims he can beat anyone in WWE.

In February Y2J and AJ win the RAW tag titles. AJ wins the 205 Live title.

At Takeover, AJ wins the belt off of Adam Cole.

At Mania, AJ beats Roman for the Universal Title.

AJ merges all of the belts into one belt and then on the night after Mania beats down Asuka and Charlotte (the sole title holders) until AJ Lee returns to stop AJ, building up to AJ vs. AJ at SummerSlam and AJ vs. Punk at next year's Mania.

Obviously this would be super-sensical and successful.
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 4:20:25 AM
#127:


ZeroSignal620 posted...
TheRock1525 posted...
It's summertime so Cena needs to bury a member of the Shield. Rollins in 2015, Ambrose in 2016, and now Reigns in 2017.


Ambrose beat Cena clean less than a month before the triple threat match at No Mercy in 2016.

The only person responsible for burying Dean Ambrose is Dean Ambrose.


Uh, pretty clear I meant verbally here considering Reigns and Cena haven't even wrestled yet.
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RPGlord95
08/29/17 5:49:45 AM
#128:


Reigns was great in that promo.

Cena killed him though.

Cena is a mean man.
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RaidenZeroX
08/29/17 7:24:31 AM
#129:


I need to go watch this. Why would they put someone who is still pretty bad on the mic (despite improvements) against someone like Cena, who is outstanding. Can't wait!
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PrivateBiscuit1
08/29/17 7:35:09 AM
#130:


Joe injured his knee and will be out for 6 weeks.

Still no word on how long Xavier Woods will be out, if at all.
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JetJaguar
08/29/17 7:46:36 AM
#131:


TheRock1525 posted...
ZeroSignal620 posted...
TheRock1525 posted...
It's summertime so Cena needs to bury a member of the Shield. Rollins in 2015, Ambrose in 2016, and now Reigns in 2017.


Ambrose beat Cena clean less than a month before the triple threat match at No Mercy in 2016.

The only person responsible for burying Dean Ambrose is Dean Ambrose.


Uh, pretty clear I meant verbally here considering Reigns and Cena haven't even wrestled yet.


That wasn't clear at all.

Why are you the worst?
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RaidenZeroX
08/29/17 7:57:03 AM
#132:


That was amazing. Wondering if they're doing this pairing now so Roman can hopefully learn about the art of the promo from Cena while he's still around, maybe have some time to tweak his delivery and stuff.

Don't they have promo classes and stuff, or couldn't they bring in acting coaches to help some of these people with their promos, or do they already do that?
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TheRock1525
08/29/17 8:37:54 AM
#133:


Cena since his latest return.

Made Rusev job to him again in somehow the second dumbest match of the night.
Verbally buried Baron Corbin backstage which led to the death of his push.
Injured Samoa Joe at a house show.
Verbally buried Roman Reigns at a contract signing in front of the entire audience.

I feel like anyone who thinks Cena is a real manipulator will have a lot of ammo right now.
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PrivateBiscuit1
08/29/17 11:00:05 AM
#134:


1. Charlotte - 1st Reign - 113 days
2. Alexa Bliss - 1st Reign - 112 days
3. Bayley - 1st Reign - 76 days
4. Charlotte - 4th Reign - 57 days
5. Charlotte - 2nd Reign - 43 days
6. Charlotte - 3rd Reign - 29 days
7. Sasha Banks - 1st Reign - 27 days
7. Sasha Banks - 2nd Reign - 27 days
9. Sasha Banks - 3rd Reign - 20 days
10. Sasha Banks - 4th Reign - 8 days
11. Alexa Bliss - 2nd Reign - 0 days+ - Current Champion

Holy shit those Sasha title reigns. Lol
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HashtagSEP
08/29/17 11:01:35 AM
#135:


Has Sasha ever successfully defended the title?

And man, it almost makes you wonder if Bliss only lost so she wouldn't surpass Charlotte on longest reign
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eaedwards6400
08/29/17 11:05:25 AM
#136:


HashtagSEP posted...
Has Sasha ever successfully defended the title?

And man, it almost makes you wonder if Bliss only lost so she wouldn't surpass Charlotte on longest reign


Bliss's interview yesterday showed this.
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HashtagSEP
08/29/17 11:06:24 AM
#137:


eaedwards6400 posted...
HashtagSEP posted...
Has Sasha ever successfully defended the title?

And man, it almost makes you wonder if Bliss only lost so she wouldn't surpass Charlotte on longest reign


Bliss's interview yesterday showed this.


Oh? I didn't see it.
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Strife2
08/29/17 11:09:07 AM
#138:


Such a stupid reason to waste everyone's time.
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eaedwards6400
08/29/17 11:13:07 AM
#139:


HashtagSEP posted...
eaedwards6400 posted...
HashtagSEP posted...
Has Sasha ever successfully defended the title?

And man, it almost makes you wonder if Bliss only lost so she wouldn't surpass Charlotte on longest reign


Bliss's interview yesterday showed this.


Oh? I didn't see it.


Oh I'm sorry. Her promo showed that Sasha has never defended!
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HashtagSEP
08/29/17 11:14:18 AM
#140:


Oh, well then that makes it hilarious
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Tom Bombadil
08/29/17 11:34:47 AM
#141:


I now understand why TEW gives an added boost/penalty for being better or worse than the other person in promos
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HashtagSEP
08/29/17 11:43:21 AM
#142:


That was just a pretty good segment overall

Reigns definitely held his own when it was his turn. We need more of that kind of Reigns.

But then Cena Mega Evolved.
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RaidenZeroX
08/29/17 11:48:34 AM
#143:


I wish there was a way to know how much of what Cena said was scripted. Does he have more freedom on the mic than other people, because it seems like he said some stuff that Vince wouldn't like. Isn't he really against the whole breaking kayfabe thing?
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 11:54:49 AM
#144:


RaidenZeroX posted...
Isn't he really against the whole breaking kayfabe thing?


No not really

Most of the Network original content totally exposes the business!
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RaidenZeroX
08/29/17 11:55:32 AM
#145:


Jakyl25 posted...
RaidenZeroX posted...
Isn't he really against the whole breaking kayfabe thing?


No not really

Most of the Network original content totally exposes the business!


That's true! I thought I remembered hearing something about Vince hating that, but the network is evidence enough. Thanks!
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HashtagSEP
08/29/17 11:55:59 AM
#146:


To be honest, I think Vince actually believes he's doing something revolutionary with that

"Their brains will explode when they realize how this actually works!"
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 11:58:18 AM
#147:


RaidenZeroX posted...
Jakyl25 posted...
RaidenZeroX posted...
Isn't he really against the whole breaking kayfabe thing?


No not really

Most of the Network original content totally exposes the business!


That's true! I thought I remembered hearing something about Vince hating that, but the network is evidence enough. Thanks!


He's also a walking contradiction too

Remember he punished Lana and Rusev for getting married in real life

His whims are tough to predict
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Strife2
08/29/17 12:59:33 PM
#148:


Can we finally get the US Open Challenge tonight? They kept using it as a bait and switch to keep the Owens feud going. I want a random opponent for a change.
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ExThaNemesis
08/29/17 1:12:37 PM
#149:


"Coz I can do this part time, better than you could ever do it full time."

Damn.
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Jakyl25
08/29/17 1:18:31 PM
#150:


According to Dave:

100% scripted except for the part where Roman forgot his lines

They're specifically trying to replicate Cena vs Rock and they don't realize Roman isn't The Rock
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