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So Rousey's match at wrestlemania is gonna be vs a non wrestler? That's dumb. I guess this is a gimmick afterall. I think she can be forgiven on the mic. She's new at this but i think she'll be fine there.

 
coyote5 said:
Maybe so, but she is green as hell.  Hope her ring work makes up for the utter lack of charisma.
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You’re absolutely right, she seemed like she was going to have a breakdown on the mic.  I read somewhere that ole Paul Heyman might work with her a little bit, she definitely needs a manager to do a lot of her talking

 
Listen I want to give her the benefit of the doubt, it's not her fault that she's getting thrown into the spotlight right from jump street, but it's really hard to ignore the fact that she got knocked the #### out and exposed in her last two MMA matches while they tout her coming in as the baddest ##### on the planet.  I know I'm supposed to forget that and kayfabe this, but the sight of her stumbling around punch drunk can't be unseen.  She's gonna need to really go balls to the wall here.

 
coyote5 said:
Are you basing that on something other than what she showed in the ring tonight?  Otherwise you have me shuked.  She was a black hole out there.
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Really bad. Honestly if you've watched wrestling most of your life like a lot of us in here, from day 1, for 99% of people charisma and fluidity on the mic is something you have or you don't. Can't think of many people that started trash on the mic and became good.

 
Reigns doesn't win royal rumble and still somehow main events wrestle mania. Is this what you guys have been dealing with the last few years?

 
So Roman gonna win and then they ####ify him by getting rekt by Showman? I just don't get what they're trying to do with RR. They been doing this for like 3 years now. Just pick a direction and go with it. Anything is better than waffling.

 
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coyote5 said:
Listen I want to give her the benefit of the doubt, it's not her fault that she's getting thrown into the spotlight right from jump street, but it's really hard to ignore the fact that she got knocked the #### out and exposed in her last two MMA matches while they tout her coming in as the baddest ##### on the planet.  I know I'm supposed to forget that and kayfabe this, but the sight of her stumbling around punch drunk can't be unseen.  She's gonna need to really go balls to the wall here.
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Meh, Brock Lesnar got stomped in his last UFC fight before he came back in 2012.  Mike Tyson lost just before his big WWE angle. Didn't matter for either of them. 

 
ShamrockPride said:
So Roman gonna win and then they ####ify him by getting rekt by Showman? I just don't get what they're trying to do with RR. They been doing this for like 3 years now. Just pick a direction and go with it. Anything is better than waffling.
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Constantly shove him down the audience's throats. The best call (and easy call) was Strowman. He's 10000x times more over now and would get Reigns over as a heel instantly beating Braun for the belt down the road. Not to mention there's the buzz of Brock legit clocking the #### out of him at Rumble. They believe Reigns beating the unbeatable monster Brock is going to push Reigns to another level. It didn't 2 years ago. It's not now. JMO There's no one on Braun's level right now. He's the most over guy in the company right now. He's the most impressive physically imposing guy in the company right now. JMO Braun AND Elias have bypassed Reigns as the faces in the company. There's zero reason not to turn Reigns.

 
I am out after last night. Make Braun look great by eliminating 5 guys and then, of course, not Reigns??

Tired of him being pushed down our throats. His stupid lead up to the Superman bunch is pathetic and weak. Just tired of it. I have better things to watch.

It's not even entertaining at this point.

 
Payne said:
I am out after last night. Make Braun look great by eliminating 5 guys and then, of course, not Reigns??

Tired of him being pushed down our throats. His stupid lead up to the Superman bunch is pathetic and weak. Just tired of it. I have better things to watch.

It's not even entertaining at this point.
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See you tonight for RAW.

 
I was starting to enjoy wrestling again until last night. Between Rousey facing McMahon and Reigns winning the Elimination Chamber I'm not too excited about Wrestlemania. Only thing Im looking forward to is Osuka vs Bliss

 
Asuka is such an amazing performer. She took a beating and still looked awesome in the win. She got Nia over big time. So much in fact, I think Rousey's match in Wrestlemania should have been vs Nia Jax. It would've had a Hogan vs Giant feel to it.

Also, they need to somehow get Strowman into the main even as a triple threat match.

 
Well they really have left a lot to get accomplished between now and WM. You have Cena!Braun/Rollins/Elias/Miz all without a storyline going in—so they are going to have to “manufacture” some beef between them.

No one wants to see Hardy/Wyatt again, but I am sure they will force one more match.

they have all this talent and all they can focus on is Reigns. I will be canceling my network subscription after WM unless something amazing happens.

 
shadyridr said:
Asuka is such an amazing performer. She took a beating and still looked awesome in the win. She got Nia over big time. So much in fact, I think Rousey's match in Wrestlemania should have been vs Nia Jax. It would've had a Hogan vs Giant feel to it.

Also, they need to somehow get Strowman into the main even as a triple threat match.
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Reddit was all over Jax for botching every power move after about 5 minutes of the match. It was a dumb match to begin with. You have the monster v. monster match after Wrestlemania, not before. I don't get how this does anything for the two women moving forward.

The Reigns build is reminiscent of the 2014 Batista push, where Bryan forced his way into the ME just on fan support.
I feel bad for Reigns the worker, but couldn't care less about Reigns the wrestler.

 
Reigns the wrestler is pretty great. Even Reigns the character is getting there. There is a lot of room to improve but he has definitely won my appreciation.

Honestly I'd be a fan if he ditched the vest and the superman punch.

 
Craig_MiamiFL said:
Constantly shove him down the audience's throats. The best call (and easy call) was Strowman. He's 10000x times more over now and would get Reigns over as a heel instantly beating Braun for the belt down the road. Not to mention there's the buzz of Brock legit clocking the #### out of him at Rumble. They believe Reigns beating the unbeatable monster Brock is going to push Reigns to another level. It didn't 2 years ago. It's not now. JMO There's no one on Braun's level right now. He's the most over guy in the company right now. He's the most impressive physically imposing guy in the company right now. JMO Braun AND Elias have bypassed Reigns as the faces in the company. There's zero reason not to turn Reigns.
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Absolutely terrible what they’ve done to Reigns, who is legit a really good performer. If they would’ve done the heel thing a couple of years ago, which seemed like a no brainer, the marks would be clamoring for a face turn by now. 

 
Speaking of mic work, I think they are doing a horrible disservice to Asuka by making her do promos and in-ring interviews in English.  Some of the most awkward segments ever on Raw.  Let her go off in Japanese.  Put up sub-titles or something.  Or give her an interpreter... or if she was a heel, give her the new Mr. Fuji as a manager.  She's a great worker but interviewing her is so cringe-worthy.  Points to the banner... ESSELMAIYAAAA!  Please stop.  

Same could be said for Nakamura on the blue brand.  Just put up sub-titles.  That guy is creepy/awkward enough without forcing him to have to stumble all over the English language.

 
Craig_MiamiFL said:
Constantly shove him down the audience's throats. The best call (and easy call) was Strowman. He's 10000x times more over now and would get Reigns over as a heel instantly beating Braun for the belt down the road. Not to mention there's the buzz of Brock legit clocking the #### out of him at Rumble. They believe Reigns beating the unbeatable monster Brock is going to push Reigns to another level. It didn't 2 years ago. It's not now. JMO There's no one on Braun's level right now. He's the most over guy in the company right now. He's the most impressive physically imposing guy in the company right now. JMO Braun AND Elias have bypassed Reigns as the faces in the company. There's zero reason not to turn Reigns.
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I always think it's funny that people will demand that WWE shove one guy down fans' throats instead of another. Braun has been pushed to the moon the past year...beating pretty much everyone, including Roman Reigns. Meanwhile, Roman kept the IC title warm just so he could lose it back to Miz. 

I wish they'd pull the trigger on Braun too, but I would have done it at Rumble. Roman vs Braun deserves to be on top after the year they've had, often together. 

 
Jayrok said:
Speaking of mic work, I think they are doing a horrible disservice to Asuka by making her do promos and in-ring interviews in English.  Some of the most awkward segments ever on Raw.  Let her go off in Japanese.  Put up sub-titles or something.  Or give her an interpreter... or if she was a heel, give her the new Mr. Fuji as a manager.  She's a great worker but interviewing her is so cringe-worthy.  Points to the banner... ESSELMAIYAAAA!  Please stop.  

Same could be said for Nakamura on the blue brand.  Just put up sub-titles.  That guy is creepy/awkward enough without forcing him to have to stumble all over the English language.
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Um, no. Nakamura is awesome; his run in NJPW - elevating the secondary title to main event status - makes him a bona fide superstar. Now, you can leave it to VKM to mess with a good thing. It's obvious that he doesn't know how to handle a foreigner as anything other than a US-hating heel.

 
Tom Servo said:
Um, no. Nakamura is awesome; his run in NJPW - elevating the secondary title to main event status - makes him a bona fide superstar. Now, you can leave it to VKM to mess with a good thing. It's obvious that he doesn't know how to handle a foreigner as anything other than a US-hating heel.
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yes, he's a bona fide superstar.  No one is disputing that.  And he may have awesome mic skills in NJPW.  He just can't speak English and they're forcing him to in WWE.  His creepiness/awkwardness comes from his interviews, not his work in the ring.  

 
The wrong guy might have gone over last night, but I trust the machine. We #### on the company every single year about this time, and they still end up pulling out an amazing WrestleMania at the end. 

 
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