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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 15:15:34 GMT -5
On the bright side... maybe WWE will call up Adam Rose to the main roster soon. He'll have to do a heel turn to really be worth anything as far as I'm concerned, but his gimmick is gold, especially in the new WWE paradigm.
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 15:19:30 GMT -5
On the bright side... maybe WWE will call up Adam Rose to the main roster soon. He'll have to do a heel turn to really be worth anything as far as I'm concerned, but his gimmick is gold, especially in the new WWE paradigm. He will be called up and be a midcarder. Pair him with Fandango. |
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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 15:20:16 GMT -5
On the bright side... maybe WWE will call up Adam Rose to the main roster soon. He'll have to do a heel turn to really be worth anything as far as I'm concerned, but his gimmick is gold, especially in the new WWE paradigm. He will be called up and be a midcarder. Pair him with Fandango. ... WWE doesn't hate me that much. |
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 15:20:31 GMT -5
Hopefully he is going through his rough patch like HHH did and he becomes an even more dangerous villian. He is going to have to change his gimmick to get out of the doldrums of jobber land. Really sucks too. I'm a big fan of his gimmick. I have no idea why the Authority didn't pick him up. He would have been perfect for that stable and could have had some really good matches with Daniel Bryan. |
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Post by setokaiba on Mar 10, 2014 15:21:20 GMT -5
Changing his gimmick kills everything that makes him special. He's not a great ringworker or anything... it was the gimmick that made him a breath of fresh air. He was the one true old school chickenshit heel in the entire company. But they tired that with MVP and it failed. |
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 15:22:12 GMT -5
He will be called up and be a midcarder. Pair him with Fandango. ... WWE doesn't hate me that much. It seems inevitable to me. Rose is a comedic character heel or face. And WWE seems to want to call up comedic characters right now. The rest of the card is full and from the looks of things Ziggler or Berto is about to get a push (to go further in the mid card) so there goes another spot. |
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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 15:23:05 GMT -5
They're intentionally NOT making The Authority into a true faction, more of a loose affiliation. Putting Sandow into the Authority would have done nothing for Sandow or the Authority. They should have given him his own 3 or 4 man faction to lead, or paired him with a less intelligent but more physical wrestler, ala Ted DiBiase.
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 15:25:35 GMT -5
They're intentionally NOT making The Authority into a true faction, more of a loose affiliation. Putting Sandow into the Authority would have done nothing for Sandow or the Authority. They should have given him his own 3 or 4 man faction to lead, or paired him with a less intelligent but more physical wrestler, ala Ted DiBiase. Well I have Sandow leading a stable involving Aiden English, Oliver Grey and Mason Ryan in 2K14 so I know what you mean. |
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Post by setokaiba on Mar 10, 2014 15:26:44 GMT -5
They're intentionally NOT making The Authority into a true faction, more of a loose affiliation. Putting Sandow into the Authority would have done nothing for Sandow or the Authority. They should have given him his own 3 or 4 man faction to lead, or paired him with a less intelligent but more physical wrestler, ala Ted DiBiase. A bodyguard would be good for Sandow. |
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 15:27:47 GMT -5
They're intentionally NOT making The Authority into a true faction, more of a loose affiliation. Putting Sandow into the Authority would have done nothing for Sandow or the Authority. They should have given him his own 3 or 4 man faction to lead, or paired him with a less intelligent but more physical wrestler, ala Ted DiBiase. A bodyguard would be good for Sandow. Something Rusev should be. |
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Post by setokaiba on Mar 10, 2014 15:36:36 GMT -5
A bodyguard would be good for Sandow. Something Rusev should be. Rusev could work but it's clear he will be beating up jobbers for a while. |
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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 16:27:19 GMT -5
Something Rusev should be. Rusev could work but it's clear he will be beating up jobbers for a while. This. He'd make a good bodyguard for Sandow, but that's not what WWE has in mind for him. They're still smarting from Ryback and Batista not getting any traction, it seems likely that Rusev will be their next attempt to fill the "monster" role. |
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 16:57:14 GMT -5
Rusev could work but it's clear he will be beating up jobbers for a while. This. He'd make a good bodyguard for Sandow, but that's not what WWE has in mind for him. They're still smarting from Ryback and Batista not getting any traction, it seems likely that Rusev will be their next attempt to fill the "monster" role. It will fail. Rusev's Drago gimmick will get old. He is a mid carder at best. |
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Post by setokaiba on Mar 10, 2014 17:04:27 GMT -5
This. He'd make a good bodyguard for Sandow, but that's not what WWE has in mind for him. They're still smarting from Ryback and Batista not getting any traction, it seems likely that Rusev will be their next attempt to fill the "monster" role. It will fail. Rusev's Drago gimmick will get old. He is a mid carder at best. The problem imo is there have been way too many of these monster/big man that fans may not care about the gimmick. Zeke Jackson, Mason Ryan, Big E, Ryback, Brock Lesnar, Vladimir Kozlov, Umaga, Batista and Khali just to name a few. How many can WWE try to make or push to the top before fans just stop caring? |
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Post by Raven_turns#HEELYESBITW on Mar 10, 2014 17:07:38 GMT -5
It will fail. Rusev's Drago gimmick will get old. He is a mid carder at best. The problem imo is there have been way too many of these monster/big man that fans may not care about the gimmick. Zeke Jackson, Mason Ryan, Big E, Ryback, Brock Lesnar, Vladimir Kozlov, Umaga, Batista and Khali just to name a few. How many can WWE try to make or push to the top before fans just stop caring? I believe they already have. Big E was surviving but the program with the Real Americans really showed his weaknesses and Cesaro is out shining him in every way. Which brings me to my latest fear...............................Cesaro being used to build Rusev when he turns face. |
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Post by setokaiba on Mar 10, 2014 17:10:22 GMT -5
The problem imo is there have been way too many of these monster/big man that fans may not care about the gimmick. Zeke Jackson, Mason Ryan, Big E, Ryback, Brock Lesnar, Vladimir Kozlov, Umaga, Batista and Khali just to name a few. How many can WWE try to make or push to the top before fans just stop caring? Which brings me to my latest fear...............................Cesaro being used to build Rusev when he turns face. WWE isn't stupid enough to do something like that right? Flashback:  Okay nevermind |
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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 17:58:51 GMT -5
Rusev has more ability than any of those guys. He's probably going to end up getting lost in the shuffle, but he's far and away the best of those "power wrestlers" that WWE has right now. I don't get excited about power guys often, but Rusev is genuinely explosive and can deliver a wicked fast standing kick.
Of course, in WWE, competence as a wrestler is usually a death sentence.
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Post by iodill8 on Mar 10, 2014 18:10:32 GMT -5
Rusev has more ability than any of those guys. He's probably going to end up getting lost in the shuffle, but he's far and away the best of those "power wrestlers" that WWE has right now. I don't get excited about power guys often, but Rusev is genuinely explosive and can deliver a wicked fast standing kick. Of course, in WWE, competence as a wrestler is usually a death sentence. He reminds me of Umaga, who I really liked. (I'm not saying that because he's dead). Or Yokozuna. Without the rump. |
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Post by wildknight on Mar 10, 2014 19:25:55 GMT -5
Rusev has more ability than any of those guys. He's probably going to end up getting lost in the shuffle, but he's far and away the best of those "power wrestlers" that WWE has right now. I don't get excited about power guys often, but Rusev is genuinely explosive and can deliver a wicked fast standing kick. Of course, in WWE, competence as a wrestler is usually a death sentence. He reminds me of Umaga, who I really liked. (I'm not saying that because he's dead). Or Yokozuna. Without the rump. Both very capable big guys. I was never a fan of Umaga, but that was because of his packaging, not his work. |
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