El-P Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 My brain is totally fried by the heatwave, so it did not occur to me, but it makes total sense. What a creep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 I didn’t see the show and I’m loathe to give credit. But is it possible the appearance kept the scandal from hijacking the entire show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Stand Up For WWE, Again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted June 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Embrodak said: Yeah but the crowds were booing Roman out of every building he was in, and they weren’t remotely ready to turn him heel at that point. I not only think the Rollins cash-in was a good ending to the match, I think it’s literally the only thing they could have done that wouldn’t have pissed everybody off. I dunno, bubba. At that match, the crowd was actually going 50/50 and even when he beat Sheamus for the belt, the crowd was happy for it. I think that by doing the cash-in, they ended up with two problems: a lackluster title reign which ended up hurting Rollins (literally and figuratively), and having Roman, the bigger star, doing fuck all in the upper-mid card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted June 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Apparently Roman popped the ratings more than Vince. NEEDLE MOVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Ewiak Posted June 19, 2022 Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Yeah, people forget that when Roman was actually treated like an ass kicking babyface, he got better reactions. They were just too focused on underdog Roman for whatever reason. But yeah, I'll die on the hill that Roman should've won at WM 31, had his long face title reign to Summerslam or Survivor Series, and then they could've made an actual decision instead of the heel run that actually killed RAW ratings (look - the first time RAW's drop in ratings outpaced cable TV in general was Rollins as top heel. To be fair, that's also the period when Cena became the US title guy and not as full-time, which I think was the larger reason, but it's fun to dunk on Seth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 1:35 PM, KawadaSmile said: I dunno, bubba. At that match, the crowd was actually going 50/50 and even when he beat Sheamus for the belt, the crowd was happy for it. I think that by doing the cash-in, they ended up with two problems: a lackluster title reign which ended up hurting Rollins (literally and figuratively), and having Roman, the bigger star, doing fuck all in the upper-mid card. It was less than three months from Rock’s shoot “wtf, why are they booing him” look. They were booing Roman when he came out iirc, they got on his side because it was a great match where he played the babyface in peril perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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