Re: Road to Reigns-tlemania - Official WWE Thread Part 20

[M99]

You know they've fvcked up when the crowd starts chanting for Rusev. The guy who hates America. In the birthplace of America.

[M99]

Remember how Michael Cole was yapping about Brock have a broken rib when Rollins splashed Brock on the announce table?

Do you know what will smash that rib?

A SPEAR BEBY GURL. BLEE DAT

[Tomwin Lannister]

WWE spoilering their own WM ending already lmao, as if it wasn't predictable enough

Now Bork has a broken Rib, if only there was somebody out there who specialised in finishing people off with a move that impacts his opponents mid-section....

[Onyx]

WWE messed up huge tonight, but there's still plenty of time to fix things and get out of this predicament. Orton/Batista was set last year, yet they managed to fix it.

Plenty of ways. Reigns could turn heel, Rollins could cash in, Bryan could be involved, etc etc. I don't think the main event is set in stone.

[M99]

No room for Bryan. He got eliminated fair and square in kayfabe. The Shield triple threat I mentioned is the only way it will work storyline wise and we will have a good main event.

Why I mean if you want to count overness as a face, Reigns is hardly top 5 even when being booked like a monster. Ambrose who lost 95% of his matches, Ziggler who was stuck in midcard hell, Bryan who was injured for nearly a year but no WWE pushes Reigns down our throat just because he has the look.

[Tomwin Lannister]

Hope Bork busts Reignsface up real good, and pulls his silky hair out, just to see Vince limping down to the ring half way through the main event to tell the reff to inform Bork/Reigns that Reigns will be losing after all.


DA look needs to be stopped, it's the only way.

[M99]

Someone send this to WWE. EXACTLY my feelings.

I'm not furious because Daniel Bryan didn't win. I'm not furious because Dolph Ziggler didn't win. I'm not furious because Dean Ambrose didn't win.

I'm furious because I (was) paying 10 dollars a month and giving at minimum 15 hours a month to have my intelligence insulted.

The entire Rumble match was built around Reigns. Eliminations were planned out to mitigate heat. Rock was booked to come in to put Reigns over. The entire thing was structured with two things in mind:

1) We want to put Reigns over. We want to make Reigns the next face of the company. You may or may not want it, WWE Universe. We really don't *bleep* care.

2) We know it's going to piss you off. We know you're going to boo the elimination of guys like Bryan and Ziggler. So we're going to structure this whole *bleep* thing to try and take advantage of your attention span in hopes of putting our guy over the guys you actually love to death.

It's why Bryan was in at 10 and, more importantly, it's why he went out so early. They thought we would let it go. But we didn't.

It's why Kane and Show eliminated Ziggler and Ambrose. They thought we would boo the bad guys for taking out our favorites and then cheer their designated hitter for eliminating the big, old generic bad guys.

And finally, knowing that might all fail - they booked the all-time favorite to come out and save Reigns from being mauled because, if all else fails, surely these morons will forget that they aren't happy when good old Rocky saves the day.

WWE, I'm mad because you've insulted my intelligence. You did it last year with Batista. You did it the year prior with Twice in a Lifetime.

I'm mad because you're so *bleep* wrapped up in making your vision happen that you fail to realize we're all old enough and smart enough to understand that it's all *bleep* scripted. We're savvy enough to boo YOU as the bookers and the event as a whole instead of just booing the bad guy heels as if we don't know who really caused that elimination.

You have Daniel Bryan. Beloved by all. Cheered by the smarks, the marks, the young and the old. You have Dolph Ziggler. Beloved by all. Cheered by the smarks, the marks, the young and the old. You have Dean Ambrose who is crazy and everyone loves his craziness and can't get enough of it.

They don't have to win. Just be *bleep* smart enough to have them lose to a heel. Don't try to put your chosen face over the faces that the "Universe" you talk about so often actually support.

I cancelled my subscription. I uninstalled the network from my console. You will not get another *bleep* dollar. Two Rumbles in a row where you left the crowd in attendance and the fans at home FURIOUS AT YOU FOR INSULTING US.

*bleep* you, WWE. You are clueless.

[izzy]

It's a cancerous company right now.

You literally wonder what is actually going on backstage.

[M99]

It has not only crashed, the live support staff apparently has no one that can actually do manual cancellations on site and are asking people (well, me) to call back tomorrow.

I did laugh at the CS person going "Why are you canceling?" Me: "Uh, because I really dislike Roman Reigns and don't understand why he's being shoved down my throat" CS: "That's ok, my team was pulling for Ambrose."

[silver]

Just changing topics a bit, I just watched the Triple Threat and Seth Rollins was f****** amazing! You tell me why he can't be, or is not believable in the main event. Wrestling can get you over. You have to be able to tell a story in the ring which Rollins can do and is arguable, outside of Daniel Bryan, the best wrestler in the company right now. Give me Rollins, who may be average on the mic but amazing in the ring over someone like JBL, great on the mic but rubbish in the ring, anyday.

[RealGunner]

A lot of people on twitter were cancelling their subscription as well. It's a real thing.


Anyways, I am pretty sure Rusev is going over cena at WM. Cena will get wins before that, but Rusev will win the feud. He deserves to as well.

[Jay29]

I still can't get over how unbelievably stupid that Rumble was last night. WWE were warned last year about bullshit booking but clearly they didn't learn their lesson.

The crowd favourites - Bryan, Ziggler, Ambrose - got rubbish outings and ended up doing nothing of note. Wyatt was looking good until he was eliminated in the crappiest of ways by two old and stale bad guys. They had him eliminate Daniel freaking Bryan only for him to go out with such a whimper.

Reigns is their guy. We get that. But the way they booked the Rumble created a situation where their main guy, who's meant to be the next face of the company, was boo'd out of the arena, and where his epic moment of winning the thing made people angry instead of happy. Way to go, WWE.

The moment Ambrose went out and we were left with Show and Kane and Reigns you knew who would win. It was the most predictable ending to a Rumble I've seen in ages, where you knew two of the last three were not going to win during what should be the most suspenseful part. Actually, at no point did I get the sense that more than one person could win it because nobody else, bar maybe Rusev, was booked strong. Wyatt started out strong but faded and went out with a whimper.

The eliminations didn't even set-up future story-lines, either. Where does this leave guys like Ziggler and Ambrose now? What's going to happen with Bryan? What can these guys do now that a) makes sense and b) hasn't been done several times before.

I genuinely feel bad for Reigns for having to be treated like that because his employers haven't got a clue.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Grown men getting mad that their favourites didn't win

Reigns

[El Gunner]

Nothing beats last year's rumble though when it comes to being absolute shit.

At least Reigns is better than Batista imo.

[Pedram]

Nothing beats last year's rumble though when it comes to being absolute shit.

At least Reigns is better than Batista imo.

Let's be honest, both are equally shit.

The only difference between Reigns and Batista is that the former is supposed to be a future star.

[Onyx]

Meltzer Report on Backstage Reaction to The Rumble
From Wrestling Observer Radio tonight

"The idea of Bryan being in a three way is seen as them going to the well one too many time often. They were expecting the backlash, but were surprised at the level of the backlash. They panicked early. Dwayne was not happy

Meltzer got a text midway through the radio show tonight.

[Casciavit]

Title match was great, rumble was awful.

Reigns getting booed out of the building, and the Rock had to come out to damage control it

[Tomwin Lannister]

Rock didn't even remotely salvage it, that's how pissed fans are.

[Onyx]

After WM last year, I'm sure everyone can safely say this has been the worst period ever in WWE history.

[Tomwin Lannister]

In terms of stupid decisions, yes.

[Casciavit]

Rollins and Bork in the title match ffs soo good

Ambrose getting the loudest pop

The Bryan reactions when he got eliminated

[Onyx]

Unless this is some long term plan to get Bryan further over or turn Reigns heel or something, WWE must really think the fans are stupid.

Also Orton still has a rematch clause for the title and Bryan probably does too.

[Freeza]

Rollins and Bork Lazor was the Best thing all night. Bubba needed a bigger run also

[Tomwin Lannister]

Hope Bubba comes back full time tbh ffs

[Freeza]

Imagine D-Von entering right after

[Onyx]

Bubba was a decent heel in TNA imo, got good mic skills.

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