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[The Sage]

This crowd sucks. This match has been good. Rollins finally woke them up.

 

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

Oh, Rollins busting out Tanahashi's Slingblade!

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Slingblade by Rollins!! Tanahashi style!

 

[runawayboulder]

The problem with the E is that they put too much emphasis into the comedy. If they let these guys show that they have actual ability the majority of the time then people will accept the wackiness.

 

[The Sage]

The Adam Rose character is more of an homage to the Aldous Snow character from Get Him to the Greek.

And oh boy, you've got Bo Dallas pegged all wrong... it's not meant to be a comedy character, but he's the greatest wrestling troll of all time. He acts like a super babyface, but he's got one of the most punchable faces you'll ever see. Once you see it in action, you'll know what I mean. He was originally pushed as a good guy on NXT, but the crowd hated him so much for the forced babyface routine that they turned him into a heel where he thought the crowd still loved him. It's gold, but it may not translate to these main roster crowds because it's pretty subtle character work. We shall see.

Bo Dallas is a John Cena type they want you to boo.

 

[Frico]

Rollins!

 

[Benstamania]

The Adam Rose character is more of an homage to the Aldous Snow character from Get Him to the Greek.

And oh boy, you've got Bo Dallas pegged all wrong... it's not meant to be a comedy character, but he's the greatest wrestling troll of all time. He acts like a super babyface, but he's got one of the most punchable faces you'll ever see. Once you see it in action, you'll know what I mean. He was originally pushed as a good guy on NXT, but the crowd hated him so much for the forced babyface routine that they turned him into a heel where he thought the crowd still loved him. It's gold, but it may not translate to these main roster crowds because it's pretty subtle character work. We shall see.

Bo Dallas kind of reminds me of original Kurt Angle.

 

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

Yeah Sage, the crowds the past few weeks have been pretty crummy the last few weeks. I think a lot of it is the fact that they get so burned out by the end. Taping Superstars beforehand, followed by a 3 hour Raw taping... that's 4+ hours of wrestling and I don't think most crowds can handle it.

The smarkier crowds like Chicago, New York & Philly do ok for the entire shows but I think it's too much to ask to keep the attention spans of a lot of fans.

 

[The Sage]

Rollins' athleticism is crazy!

 

[runawayboulder]

Bo Dallas kind of reminds me of original Kurt Angle.

With a little bit of Positively Page mixed in

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Bo Dallas kind of reminds me of original Kurt Angle.

If that's how he turns out, I think I'll be Bolieving.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Bo Dallas kind of reminds me of original Kurt Angle.

I never thought of that, but you are right.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

It almost looked like Rollins was about to Devitt's Bloody Sunday for a sec there.

 

[The Sage]

Wow, Reigns is pretty athletic himself.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

That Superman Punch looked real good!

 

[LOBO3315a]

Line in the sand!!!!

 

[Benstamania]

AAAAAAAAAnd Triple H is the only one wearing pants.

 

[The Sage]

Haitch is the only one wearing pants.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I'm assuming there is a beat down coming. Otherwise, HHH changed clothes and taped his hands for nothing.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Haitch is the only one wearing pants.

It is my understanding that Stephanie wears the pants.

 

[Donnie Darko]

AAAAAAAAAnd Triple H is the only one wearing pants.

Pants? Where we're going, we won't need pants.

 

[LOBO3315a]

A neat twist would be the Wyatts turning on Evolution for interfering in the match....

 

[Pink Ranger]

Pants? Where we're going, we won't need pants.

I can tell you, as a pick-up line, that rarely works .

 

[The Sage]

Triple powerbomb by Evolution!

 

[Donnie Darko]

I love that the beat downs against The Shield make sense. They attacked everyone in WWE for over a year, so it makes sense that no one would ever come to their defense.