pokajabba

Aug 24 2015, 10:47:36 AM

Charlotte was scheduled to win the Divas championship shortly after making her main roster debut – that is, until John Cena got involved.

According to an insider report from WrestleZone.com, the plan was for Charlotte to capture the Divas championship from Nikki Bella almost immediately upon getting called up. However, John Cena went to Vince McMahon and had Charlotte’s push squashed. He was acting on behalf of his girlfriend Nikki Bella, who is close to setting a record for the longest reigning Divas Champion in history.

Not only was Charlotte’s push scaled back from what it would have been, but Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch’s dominance over WWE’s other Divas was also toned down.

Source: http://www.sescoops.com/report-john-cena-squashed-charlottes-divas-title-push/

Fromage

Aug 26 2015, 02:41:32 PM

Since Ambrose and Reigns are gonna need a partner and I think the only logical thing now is to have Erick Rowan join them.

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:20:45 PM

Bryan can have passion in his promos, no doubt. He just needs to have a sense of direction and a reason behind that passion. I mean, you mentioned the connection with Harper, but hell, I personally had already forgotten about any of their interactions, and I wonder if anyone else even remembers, either. But does bringing him back and instantly inserting him in the middle of this really give him any real reason to be as passionate and furious about it as you suggest? Is there any real reason for him, as a character, to be at all invested in this whole ordeal going down? 'Cause, quite frankly, he sorta seems like he'd be a rather random addition.

T-Unit

Aug 26 2015, 04:22:44 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:20:45 PM

Bryan can have passion in his promos, no doubt. He just needs to have a sense of direction and a reason behind that passion. I mean, you mentioned the connection with Harper, but hell, I personally had already forgotten about any of their interactions, and I wonder if anyone else even remembers, either. But does bringing him back and instantly inserting him in the middle of this really give him any real reason to be as passionate and furious about it as you suggest? Is there any real reason for him, as a character, to be at all invested in this whole ordeal going down? 'Cause, quite frankly, he sorta seems like he'd be a rather random addition.

Because he doesn't like the Wyatt's:

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:26:20 PM

T-Unit

Aug 26 2015, 04:22:44 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:20:45 PM

Bryan can have passion in his promos, no doubt. He just needs to have a sense of direction and a reason behind that passion. I mean, you mentioned the connection with Harper, but hell, I personally had already forgotten about any of their interactions, and I wonder if anyone else even remembers, either. But does bringing him back and instantly inserting him in the middle of this really give him any real reason to be as passionate and furious about it as you suggest? Is there any real reason for him, as a character, to be at all invested in this whole ordeal going down? 'Cause, quite frankly, he sorta seems like he'd be a rather random addition.

Because he doesn't like the Wyatt's:

But that was years ago, and was already dealt with. :\

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:24:52 PM

I like the idea of Bryan being inserted into the Tag Team Division. It could suit his health better. Imagine this, Bryan and Sami Zayn being a team. Maybe Bryan and Cesaro if the first option isn't possible.

T-Unit

Aug 26 2015, 04:27:53 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:26:20 PM

T-Unit

Aug 26 2015, 04:22:44 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:20:45 PM

Bryan can have passion in his promos, no doubt. He just needs to have a sense of direction and a reason behind that passion. I mean, you mentioned the connection with Harper, but hell, I personally had already forgotten about any of their interactions, and I wonder if anyone else even remembers, either. But does bringing him back and instantly inserting him in the middle of this really give him any real reason to be as passionate and furious about it as you suggest? Is there any real reason for him, as a character, to be at all invested in this whole ordeal going down? 'Cause, quite frankly, he sorta seems like he'd be a rather random addition.

Because he doesn't like the Wyatt's:

But that was years ago, and was already dealt with. :\

That was just last year.

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:29:47 PM

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:24:52 PM

I like the idea of Bryan being inserted into the Tag Team Division. It could suit his health better. Imagine this, Bryan and Sami Zayn being a team. Maybe Bryan and Cesaro if the first option isn't possible.

Actually, going along the lines of discussion until now, I honestly think that teaming Bryan up with Roman Reigns can possibly accomplish a number of things. One, as you mentioned, keeps Bryan from overdoing things, as he has a tendency to do, and could benefit his health. Two, it frees up Ambrose from being saddled with a Reigns tag team, so he can continue his singles pursuits. And three, since Reigns has pretty much established that he flat out can not go in singles competition and sort of needs to be in a tag team in order to be properly utilized, who better to team him up with than one of the best in the business? He could probably learn a lot by teaming with a guy like Bryan at that.

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:38:45 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:29:47 PM

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:24:52 PM

I like the idea of Bryan being inserted into the Tag Team Division. It could suit his health better. Imagine this, Bryan and Sami Zayn being a team. Maybe Bryan and Cesaro if the first option isn't possible.

Actually, going along the lines of discussion until now, I honestly think that teaming Bryan up with Roman Reigns can possibly accomplish a number of things. One, as you mentioned, keeps Bryan from overdoing things, as he has a tendency to do, and could benefit his health. Two, it frees up Ambrose from being saddled with a Reigns tag team, so he can continue his singles pursuits. And three, since Reigns has pretty much established that he flat out can not go in singles competition and sort of needs to be in a tag team in order to be properly utilized, who better to team him up with than one of the best in the business? He could probably learn a lot by teaming with a guy like Bryan at that.

I like the idea of Zayn & Bryan because both of them are vastly over and are deemed ultimate underdogs. Plus, Zayn is much like Bryan in the sense that he's not in optimal health. Both of them would substantially benefit from this team-up. In my opinion, they should give Reigns a heel run then maybe everyone will view him differently.

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:50:18 PM

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:38:45 PM

TGM

Aug 26 2015, 04:29:47 PM

Crusader

Aug 26 2015, 04:24:52 PM

I like the idea of Bryan being inserted into the Tag Team Division. It could suit his health better. Imagine this, Bryan and Sami Zayn being a team. Maybe Bryan and Cesaro if the first option isn't possible.

Actually, going along the lines of discussion until now, I honestly think that teaming Bryan up with Roman Reigns can possibly accomplish a number of things. One, as you mentioned, keeps Bryan from overdoing things, as he has a tendency to do, and could benefit his health. Two, it frees up Ambrose from being saddled with a Reigns tag team, so he can continue his singles pursuits. And three, since Reigns has pretty much established that he flat out can not go in singles competition and sort of needs to be in a tag team in order to be properly utilized, who better to team him up with than one of the best in the business? He could probably learn a lot by teaming with a guy like Bryan at that.

I like the idea of Zayn & Bryan because both of them are vastly over and are deemed ultimate underdogs. Plus, Zayn is much like Bryan in the sense that he's not in optimal health. Both of them would substantially benefit from this team-up. In my opinion, they should give Reigns a heel run then maybe everyone will view him differently.

I'm not at all opposed to a Reigns heel turn, what I'm most concerned with is how limited he is in the ring. I still can't figure out if it's because he's being instructed by management to do the bare minimum in the ring, or if he really does only know how to do just three moves. But his entire matches for far too long now has consisted of him getting beat down (already a mistake, they shoulda been having Reigns mowing through guys the very instant The Shield broke up), then coming back with punches, a spear, possibly a samoan drop every now and then, and if it spills onto the outside, that nifty little apron leg drop of his.

But that's it. He doesn't even mix it up with regular moves like grapples or other slams, it's just his flashy superman punches and spears. And it's just bizarre. How is this guy not out there just tossing people and slamming them around? How come his only slamming move was the triple powerbomb? They give this guy the most limited moveset imaginable, and it's not even one that really even fits in with his build and type of character they'd like him to be. He's supposed to be "The Shield's muscle", so why not go all out with that?

Unless, of course, he actually just flat out can't go beyond what he's shown. It's just so hard to tell with this guy, because he spent so long sheltered behind tag teams while in The Shield, and his limited abilities only came to the forefront when he was pushed out on his own, and he appears to be showing no improvement in the ring at all, let alone on the mic.

I dunno what it is about the guy, but I do think there's a reason that WWE has significantly scaled back on his push, and I'm not sure it was only because of the negative crowd reaction to his Rumble win. Because, outside of idiot smark territories who haven't come around with the times and are too blinded to see that Reigns isn't getting the Cena treatment anymore, crowd reactions really haven't been all that sour on him since Mania. But even so, he's had a noticeable de-push since then, where as a guy like Ambrose alternatively has went on to have the main event program with Rollins that, quite frankly, made more logical sense for Reigns to do. But they didn't pull the trigger, and I think that may be because they've realized he just isn't that good, he isn't ready, and they've lost their confidence in him.