sportsgenius86 posted:

I was just laughing on the couch because they finally got the crowd to (mostly) like Roman Reigns and in his first big match they deliver a giant turd that was basically any monster of the month PPV match he'd had for the last several years that people hated and were tired of.

AkumaHokoru posted:

Apparently they weren't booing roman. they were booing people who wouldn't do the wave in the arena

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I mean, to be fair, booing him last night was kinda lame because he didn't do anything worth booing

AkumaHokoru posted:

Apparently they weren't booing roman. they were booing people who wouldn't do the wave in the arena

OldTennisCourt posted:

maybe booing roman last night was lame but that dude in the article is literally claiming you are just as bad as Charles Manson if you ever boo Roman again

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I mean, to be fair, booing him last night was kinda lame because he didn't do anything worth booing

mactheknife posted:

bobby beausoleil is a pretty great ring name, so

Chris James 2 posted:

, the implication is very much that in general booing Reigns anymore after what you know he went through is verboten behavior for good people

Alaois posted:

it even comes with a built-in finisher name, Lucifer Rising

Davros1 posted:

https://twitter.com/roofusdamas/status/1115202430919114752

Drew McIntyre posted:

call me Mr. Leslie Van Houten because i'm marrying her when she's paroled

Blast Fantasto posted:

From a thread about the Bret Hart attacker

https://twitter.com/mattyleehxc/status/1115278566915076096?s=21

It took seeing the dude's tweets to make you think it wasn't a work?

quote:

I'm going to play a devil's advocate and say, this was a good showing for ROH. Many of you have come out and said that you haven't watched ROH for "years" and only watched this PPV for NJPW, and yet, despite your criticisms, this thread is still being discussed five days later. Here's a hot-take; maybe this is exactly what ROH wanted.

One of ROH's biggest criticisms over the last several years is that they play things too safe. I believe since their partnership with NJPW, they have had this crutch of being affiliated with the #2 promotion in the world. Now that both companies have had the biggest show they could possibly hope for, why continue the partnership? They can still share talent without being directly affiliated and running duel shows. At this point, NJPW doesn't need ROH to do well in the states, and ROH just created more than enough buzz for themselves to carry them through this year, and into the future.

This brings me to the biggest critism being thrown down; the Enzo and Cass angle. I know I'm going to receive flack for this, but you know what, I like this for two reasons. The first being, that if NJPW honestly didn't know this angle was happening, then it is more reason for the two companies to slowly split from each other. The second reason is that ROH truly lacks drama, and you know where drama comes from? Great antagonists. I can't think of greater antagonists to all that ROH stands for than Enzo Amore and Cass. They are the antithsist to all that ROH was founded on. However, let me ask all of you this question, do any of you remember how the first show of ROH began? It was a crap shoot of controversy and great wrestling. Hell the Christopher-Street Connection were beat down by Da Hit Squad. Pretty controversial in 2003 to have two gay wrestlers get the poo poo kicked out of them for making out in the ring. Enzo, specifically is a wrestler who lives the gimmick, and isn't afraid to take chances. One may argue that he's only in it for himself, but I argue that his brand is just what American wrestling has lacked for too long; chaos. Say what you want, but he reminds me of a mid-90's Brian Pillman. If he, and Cass, can better themselves in-ring, then ROH has a gold-mine in their pocket.

To all of you who have claimed that ROH has played it too safe, and that they don't "pull the trigger," this is them answering the critics. They just dropped a nuke of chaos by using their biggest show ever as the launch-pad. No, this wasn't them "making GBS threads the bed." To me, this is them taking stock of the future of American wrestling.

ROH has survived numerous controversies over nearly 2 decades. They have been stripped of talent more times than I can remember. They are now being threatened by a new brand in AEW, where almost half of their talent have gone in a blink of an eye. ROH has always had the talent, but they have lacked the ambition. This show was them telling the wrestling world, we have survived worse and we're ready to go to war.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Enzo is the new Brian Pillman.


Okay.

Drew McIntyre posted:

in that he will be dead by 35

Benne posted:

I ... don't even know where to start with that

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I'm loving furious

Dangerous Person posted:

Somebody think of the blonde people