Red Mosquito

he is the ryback of wrestlers with hair

I'm not saying he's one of my guys now or that I think he should be the champion, but he did show that he isn't a completely lost cause. He could be a legit main event guy one day.

So we are at the bar last night and a dude starts doing the YES chants randomly. One of my friends joined in. Like an hour later like 20 of us were doing it. Good time haha.

MattA75 wrote:As much as I said he wasn't ready (and still believe it to an extent), after rewatching that WM main event with Reigns, he deserves a lot of credit for helping to make that match quite enjoyable

numbers wrote:I'm not saying he's one of my guys now or that I think he should be the champion, but he did show that he isn't a completely lost cause. He could be a legit main event guy one day.

Reigns is young enough I think he can grow. My biggest thing with him is too much too early. There is so talent there. I don't think he is a good enough worker to carry people and probably won't ever be. Give him a good dance partner though (Bryan obviously, Brock obviously, probably Rollins as well) and I think there are some good matches there.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:he is the ryback of wrestlers with hair

As much as I don't like Ryback I think he will be WWE champion someday. He has a pretty good fan base and he has everything Vince is looking for. I prefer him as a heel but he is pretty over as a face.

i don't hate reigns like i do ryback

reigns is just boring and generally underwhelming...plus superman punch is a terrible move

I despise the Superman Punch. It is Five Knuckle Shuffle-level stupid.

Reigns is just very lazy I think. Which is weird being in the same family as guys like Rock, Umaga and Yokozuna who were good workers. Especially Umaga. Ahhhhh Umaga.





Reigns sadly does not have to be a good worker especially when he is handed so much. Why does he have to in that regard? He is already at the top of the card. It's not like guys like Bryan, Punk and Rollins who have to (had to with Punk) claw for everything and were handed nothing. Hogan wasn't a good worker whatsoever. Cena CAN be but usually isn't (he doesn't sell for shit) unless it's a big match. As far as top guys Austin was a great worker (especially pre injuries) and Rock is a very underrated worker. Brock is a phenom of an athlete and he gets away with that at times but he can work when he needs to.

Reigns needs to befriend Bryan. Nobody outworks Bryan. Rollins and Dolph are close but Bryan is one of the best workers of all time. His cardio is top notch. Reigns is sucking wind after 10 minutes sometimes.

numbers wrote:I despise the Superman Punch. It is Five Knuckle Shuffle-level stupid.

i like the punch but hate him cocking it and punching the mat, i think its a good enough signature move but it needs to be an out of nowhere kinda thing. i also kinda want to see him jump out of the ring clearing the ropes more, but thats only really safe when there are 3 or 4 people outside for him to jump on. the dude has tons of athletic ability, he just needs to turn it into some good believable moves that can flow well in the matches.

I just think the Punch is ridiculous, wouldnt all power behind the punch go away when you left your feet? I realize that its pro wrestling and theres plenty of non-sensical moves, but I dont have to like it.

numbers wrote:I just think the Punch is ridiculous, wouldnt all power behind the punch go away when you left your feet? I realize that its pro wrestling and theres plenty of non-sensical moves, but I dont have to like it.

he should try the starship pain #johnmorrison4life

numbers wrote:I just think the Punch is ridiculous, wouldnt all power behind the punch go away when you left your feet? I realize that its pro wrestling and theres plenty of non-sensical moves, but I dont have to like it.

im not positive because i dont watch much MMA ( ill probably watch CM Punk and that will be the first UFC PPV ill have seen in 3 years) but i think it gets used in those fights on occasion so i think it has some kind of extra effectiveness, though i would imagine its used in a somewhat different way by ufc fighters, its definitely exaggerated by Reigns to look "cooler".

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

numbers wrote:I just think the Punch is ridiculous, wouldnt all power behind the punch go away when you left your feet? I realize that its pro wrestling and theres plenty of non-sensical moves, but I dont have to like it.

he should try the starship pain #johnmorrison4life

Morrison was awesome. Great worker. I'd love to see him back.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

numbers wrote:I just think the Punch is ridiculous, wouldnt all power behind the punch go away when you left your feet? I realize that its pro wrestling and theres plenty of non-sensical moves, but I dont have to like it.

im not positive because i dont watch much MMA ( ill probably watch CM Punk and that will be the first UFC PPV ill have seen in 3 years) but i think it gets used in those fights on occasion so i think it has some kind of extra effectiveness, though i would imagine its used in a somewhat different way by ufc fighters, its definitely exaggerated by Reigns to look "cooler".

In MMA with the Superman punch you bring your rear leg forward to suggest you're going for a kick, then snap the leg back while throwing a cross, resulting in greater power behind the punch - it has decent power

To me, what Reigns is doing is like the difference between throwing a baseball with your feet planted and throwing a baseball with your feet off the ground. Again, it's wrestling so this is all a moot point really, but I just don't like the move. The same way I HATE when Rock uses the People's Elbow as a finishing move.

I don't mind the people's elbow. Not as a finisher but it's a fun move and obviously over as fuck. It was a shame Punk lost the title on the fucking people's elbow.

I loved during the Rock/Foley feud (one of my favorite feuds ever) when Foley cut some promo and said (paraphrasing) that he wasn't going to sell that abortion he calls the people's elbow.

I get to meet Mick and a comi con here in May. Should be fun.

numbers wrote:To me, what Reigns is doing is like the difference between throwing a baseball with your feet planted and throwing a baseball with your feet off the ground. Again, it's wrestling so this is all a moot point really, but I just don't like the move. The same way I HATE when Rock uses the People's Elbow as a finishing move.

That stuff doesn't bother me. I mean, the F5 looks more harmless to me than any of these moves. He's just dropping guys, lol.

Talking about finishers it's weird HBK just used a super kick. The fact he was the smaller guy in the ring most of the time it just always made me chuckle.

The move that should be banned is the spear. Seems like everyone spears people these days. It's boring.

as much as i like rollins i'm not a huge fan of the curb stomp...i think it'd be fine for a lesser wrestler, but i'd rather see something involving skill/technique from someone with his talent

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:as much as i like rollins i'm not a huge fan of the curb stomp...i think it'd be fine for a lesser wrestler, but i'd rather see something involving skill/technique from someone with his talent

That Curb Stomp into RKO was epic, though.

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:as much as i like rollins i'm not a huge fan of the curb stomp...i think it'd be fine for a lesser wrestler, but i'd rather see something involving skill/technique from someone with his talent

That Curb Stomp into RKO was epic, though.

what would your finisher be, burt?