GOT Wrestle Fest Fan Thread
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Really talented bloke called Chris Hero, of Kassius Ohno as he was known in NXT.
Unsurprisingly, WWE wasted him completely.
yelyah
@Marty_1878
This guy
He let himself go a bit prior to being signed to NXT - this is/was him in NXT:
Thing is, he worked perfectly in the Shield in a way that accentuated his (limited) strengths and hid his deficiencies. You're right, he is too green to be a leading solo star. He's barely had a singles match, let alone a long PPV headlining style match.
Maybe while he's been out they'll have been drilling him to get him ready. He's been having acting lessons to help him on the mic, hopefully they'll have helped him on ring craft too as I think he will definitely be champion at the end of Mania.
Indeed. In The Shield he had two hyper-mobile ring technicians to work with, and his role was to be the hot tag with the set piece "five moves of doom" and look dominant.
I've never seen Reigns tell a story in the ring, or be in a meaningful feud. Ambrose is years ahead of him at this (and probably always will be), and even Rollins (despite the occasional wooden laugh and awkward promo) is better too.
larrygobfiend
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I think you're all being a bit harsh on Reigns. He's definitely got something about him.
I thought Rollins would die on his arse after the Shield split up - shows how much I know. He's ace.
I thought Rollins would die on his arse after the Shield split up - shows how much I know. He's ace.
ijjysmith
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Agreed - I don't mind Reigns to be honest. As mentioned above, he certainly has 'the look' of what they go for, and he can be impressive and does the whole intensity thing pretty well.
Although I do admit he has his limits.
larrygobfiend
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Maybe the time off he's had will have given him some time to learn a bit about wrestling philosophy etc. I did hear he's been taking acting lessons to improve his mic skills.
Also, he's probably the wettest wrestler I've ever seen. Dunno if that's a good or a bad thing.... I'll go for good.
ijjysmith
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Haha
I did see a meme about his hair and why it was always wet when he came to the ring!
Not being harsh on him at all - I acknowledged he has "the look" and that's what he has got about him, and given that it's sports entertainment then these days that is all that is needed to be the next Cena, who also has "the look" but isn't technically sound in the ring to say the least.
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
I touched on this the other week in here, when it comes to being a star in wrestling "technical ability" is way down on the list of things you need.
Wrestling exists to make money. (In WWE) Vince owns it to make money and John Cena wrestles to make money. Vince makes money from John Cena.
But it doesn't cost him a single penny that John Cena can't throw a decent fake punch or puts on a sloppy stf. Or doesn't know 17 differing suplex variations.
Same with Reigns. He's by far the worst guy from the shiled in terms of technical abilty but from day 1 he's been the guy talked of as being the next big things. Because he has the look.
Sure, that will get you attention in the first place and a decent push but you have to have more than that to be a success. You need charisma, you need vocal ability, you need to connect with an audience. You need a lot of things, and technical abilty is near the bottom.
N.S.N.O.
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agreed with the views on Reigns, I don't think he's ready for the top spot yet either, but he's one of the few (maybe the only one) with the look wwe loves (which is because he can appeal to casual fans)....
problem I see with reigns is, before he got injured he was was being forced on the fans...and he doesn't have to mic skills, charisma or ring skills to back up the push he's getting....if things don't change when he returns, come WrestleMania I think Reigns will be booed out of the building (not what you want when you're starting the 'Reigns era')....
for me right now, Reigns should be a heel (maybe a Paul heyman guy) for a year atleast.....let him develope his character and get more experience in singles match....then eventually build the tension between Reigns & Lesnar and have reigns turn babyface before WrestleMania....
for the mania coming, have a heel Reigns against Cena...and put him over....that would elevate him better...
just to throw it out there,
My Mania card would be something like:
Lesnar vs Rock
Reigns vs Cena
Wyatt vs Taker
Sting vs HHH
Rollins vs Ambrose
Ziggler vs Rusev
Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro
Paige vs Emma
(have Rollins cash in on Lesnar or the Rock....crowd would pop huge)...
Hall of Fame: Undertaker, Macho Man, Demolition...
problem I see with reigns is, before he got injured he was was being forced on the fans...and he doesn't have to mic skills, charisma or ring skills to back up the push he's getting....if things don't change when he returns, come WrestleMania I think Reigns will be booed out of the building (not what you want when you're starting the 'Reigns era')....
for me right now, Reigns should be a heel (maybe a Paul heyman guy) for a year atleast.....let him develope his character and get more experience in singles match....then eventually build the tension between Reigns & Lesnar and have reigns turn babyface before WrestleMania....
for the mania coming, have a heel Reigns against Cena...and put him over....that would elevate him better...
just to throw it out there,
My Mania card would be something like:
Lesnar vs Rock
Reigns vs Cena
Wyatt vs Taker
Sting vs HHH
Rollins vs Ambrose
Ziggler vs Rusev
Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro
Paige vs Emma
(have Rollins cash in on Lesnar or the Rock....crowd would pop huge)...
Hall of Fame: Undertaker, Macho Man, Demolition...
ijjysmith
Calm
Quite like that card mate.
Not entirely convinced Taker is going to do anything though sadly. We'll sort of sadly.