Lyriqz ✪ Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Roode is garbage, always has been. Generic ass clown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGPLX. Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Roode's 2012 title run in TNA was brilliant; I don't think he'll ever top it. I think that period in TNA, from around 2010 to 2012, is actually pretty good in general and had a lot of highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Sure. He is a natural heel. But Im sure he isnt coming up with those lines... But what does that have to do with being capable of being a face in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardd Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I never agreed with you. He was a good face when he was in TNA. I enjoyed his work back when I used to watch it. So yeah, I fully believe he is capable. I just think his SD run has been absolute shit so far and I think thats on them. Because it has also happened to Tye, Nakamura and whoever else comes up from NXT... However, yes, I do agree that he is a natural heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning116 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Nope. I disagree. Bobby Roode has never been a good face. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I think Ruby Riot will fit in perfectly as manager and a third person with the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St★rstruck Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Cuz she has tattoos. Anyways, I feel like Bobby Roode's reign as TNA Champion was overrated just a bit by most fans. Never found it to be that special; nor his character at the time. I even feel the same way now, tbh - whether he's heel or babyface. I truly believe Roode's theme song alone has contributed to his popularity amongst the fans more than anything, hence the reason why WWE probabaly made the decision to turn him babyface to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardd Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Guess I'd fit in too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Cuz she has tattoos. Anyways, I feel like Bobby Roode's reign as TNA Champion was overrated just a bit by most fans. Never found it to be that special; nor his character at the time. I think it turned bad after Lockdown, which had James Storm beat him by kicking Roode out of the Steel Cage, so that he still ended up winning the match. The ending of the title reign was more than underwhelming and the fact that the "longest world title reign" in TNA history only lasted for about 8 months, lasting the entire duration of CM Punk's title reign, also made the reign a little less memorable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGPLX. Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I remember really enjoying that match at Lockdown, and although I wished Roode/Storm main evented BFG that year for the title, Aries winning the title at that time worked really well with the story going into the match. Also, Destination X in 2011 is possibly the best PPV of the entire year (and that includes Money in the Bank). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning116 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Anyways, I feel like Bobby Roode's reign as TNA Champion was overrated just a bit by most fans. Never found it to be that special; nor his character at the time. I even feel the same way now, tbh - whether he's heel or babyface. I truly believe Roode's theme song alone has contributed to his popularity amongst the fans more than anything, hence the reason why WWE probabaly made the decision to turn him babyface to begin with. You just summed up my whole opinion on Bobby Roode as a whole. Although, to be fair, he was really good with James Storm as Beer Money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Roode should be a heel and doesn't need to get rid of Glorious. Who cares if he's cheered? Better a cheered heel than Jinder, any day of the week. Not to mention he managed to get booed in NXT too. Guess I'd fit in too. We get it, you have tattoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardd Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Of what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning116 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Roode should be a heel and doesn't need to get rid of Glorious. Who cares if he's cheered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Roode should be a heel and doesn't need to get rid of Glorious. Who cares if he's cheered? No. Vince just cares if he gets reactions, as evident by Roman and Cena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning116 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Says you. Cena and Roman are on a completely different pedestal than Bobby Roode. So I kindly disagree. If that were the case, Bobby Roode would've been a heel already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Yes says me, who else is saying it? It's pretty obvious that WWE aren't bothered about the exact nature of fan reaction. If they're reacting then they're making money and thats all they care about. Roman and Cena being on a different pedestal to Bobby Roode is irrelevant because it's the principal. Whether he's heel or face, people reacting to his Glorious shtick is them making money so why would you get rid of that? Doing so without having a sturdy back-up plan would be illogical business and would mean loss of money. I don't care whether you like it as a fan or not, getting rid of the one thing that makes Bobby Roode, Bobby Roode is dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPC Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 They're making money regardless if the person is sitting in those seats because they (or somebody else) paid for it for them to be there. Whatever their principal is on this it really should come down to the cheers or boos. if a heel is being cheered then it should be written into the story for them to turn face at some point in time when it makes sense for it, same with faces getting booed. If they can't figure something out to make that star click with audiences it's best to turn them heel when the time's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 In the 80's maybe. Shit don't work like that anymore, catch up with the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPC Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Not really following you. They've done this plenty of times since the 80s and should again (if they really aren't anymore). The only logical explanation I can think of is because of the lack their of competition being the reason they choose to keep certain stars at the top just because they like that star and/or the sponsors push for them to have that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedHero1985 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 He really is terribly uninteresting. Besides "wears bodypaint sometimes" you can't find a significant amount of any characterization in him. I agree, the body paint would be interesting if there was a distinct persona that Finn unleashed in times of crisis, like a Hogan's hulking up but for big matches. The spear, the superkick and the standard DDT should be "retired" as finishes because large numbers of wrestlers are using them as high spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPC Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 If only there was a way to bring out the demon mid match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 He really is terribly uninteresting. Besides "wears bodypaint sometimes" you can't find a significant amount of any characterization in him. I agree, the body paint would be interesting if there was a distinct persona that Finn unleashed in times of crisis, like a Hogan's hulking up but for big matches. The spear, the superkick and the standard DDT should be "retired" as finishes because large numbers of wrestlers are using them as high spots. I disagree about the Spear, since that move really depends on the wrestler doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Not many people do the standard DDT tbh, at least not on TV. Variations of it yeah, but just a standard one? You actually don't see that very often in WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedHero1985 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Not many people do the standard DDT tbh, at least not on TV. Variations of it yeah, but just a standard one? You actually don't see that very often in WWE. Alexa Bliss is currently using it a standard Jake the Snake DDT as a finish. But everyone does a variation of it. If everyone is special then no one is. No one is protecting these moves so Bliss ending a match with a DDT, and Sasha hitting a DDT as a high spot desperation move then her opponent kicking out at two kills the maneuver for me. Why is Bliss's DDT special? The answer is it isn't. I think the spear is over-used. It is fine as a signature maneuver or a high spot but it should not be a finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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