WWE Moving Forward With Plans For Rusev vs Cena At WM 31?

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Unless he gets a generic squash match at WM, beating Rusev is the perfect spot for Roman Reigns if they want to make him a star. There's surely still enough life in Roman Reigns that he'll be given the star treatment by the crowd as he goes over the undefeated Russian, as opposed to Rusev turning into the biggest babyface on Planet Earth if he goes against Cena.

Honestly I see an angsty Mania crowd burying that match completely. The build would be the drizzling shits. The match wouldn't be far behind. The outcome would be telegraphed. Just no. Reigns deserves better.

 

[Prince Bálor]

WWE is coming around on Ziggler.

Rusev isn't "bad" he just doesn't do it for me. I'd rather watch Brodus Clay

From your mouth to God's ears, man. Ziggler truly deserves to be treated well.

 

[Snowman1]

My guess for Rusev's future after his undefeated streak ends would be... He'll be jobbing probably, before getting released, eventually.

Unless they decide to repackage him and give him a manager, seeing as how he doesn't have any good mic skills. They could give him Heyman, but we all know how well that's worked out for Ryback, Axel and Cesaro.

When Heyman actually tries to get the guy over, it works. WIth Cesaro he was trolling the audience with the "Mike Lient" stuff, with Rybaxel he was busy with the feud with Punk. Heyman didn't actually try to get those three over.

Honestly I see an angsty Mania crowd burying that match completely. The build would be the drizzling shits. The match wouldn't be far behind. The outcome would be telegraphed. Just no. Reigns deserves better.

We shall see. The buildup really depends - as you say - with the material they give Reigns. If they keep sabotaging him with this then the crowd will have none of it. He'll have a much better match with Rusev than he will Brock, and I don't really see a better option for the guy.

 

[Aids Johnson]

Why would you take Lana out of the picture? She will be the one keeping his head from going underwater after his enevitable first loss and run towards unemployment. Heyman was shit on hard when Ryback came to him and the way it was played out was pretty played out. Axel was/is on life support still, and Cesaro is just positioned wrong. Cesaro could be a great Heyman guy, but it was how it was done that hurt him. Hell his deal now being "autoheel" is just hated by fans, who refuse to boo him.

Rusev vs Cena could be great, especially if Rusev could go over Cena at Fast Lane without an outside source before losing at WM, that would be a sweet rub for him still. How WWE handles it (with the Cena winning the belt announcement) is yet to be seen.

Ambrose over Rusev would be dogshit, so would Bryan. They should just stick with Cena, or let Ryback have his big win. I'm still confident it's Ryback taking the wind out of Rusev's sails, and I like that.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

. He'll have a much better match with Rusev than he will Brock, and I don't really see a better option for the guy.

Uhhhh, highly debatable.

 

[WWESpongefan]

This is what I was sure was going to happen. I was sure it would be John Cena to beat Rusev because that's just how predictable WWE is these days. I would have thought John Cena would have beat Rusev back at Tribute To The Troops. They surprised me on that, but I'm sure that when the time comes, John Cena will be the one to give Rusev his first loss as sad and predictable as that is. To me it's not even that I necessarily don't like Rusev for being anti-America but I don't really find him all that entertaining. Even if they are just out for a promo I tune them out. Unless it's against a worthy opponent like Ambrose or Reigns I tune out any match Rusev has.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Blech fuck all that, plan sounds terrible, I was a Rusevfan coming into it all but meh this isn't the direction to go.

 

[Prince Bálor]

When Heyman actually tries to get the guy over, it works. WIth Cesaro he was trolling the audience with the "Mike Lient" stuff, with Rybaxel he was busy with the feud with Punk. Heyman didn't actually try to get those three over.

Well, that's the thing. He should've tried putting those guys over. Especially Cesaro, but instead he was like 'LOL, my client Brock Lesnar conquered The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.' - that shit had hurt Cesaro, man. Paul E was barely talking about the guy, even when he did, he never failed to mention Lesnar who didn't even show up till SummerSlam.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Well, that's the thing. He should've tried putting those guys over. Especially Cesaro, but instead he was like 'LOL, my client Brock Lesnar conquered The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.' - that shit had hurt Cesaro, man. Paul E was barely talking about the guy, even when he did, he never failed to mention Lesnar who didn't even show up till SummerSlam.

I think it is pretty obvious that Vince put the screws on Cesaro's push for whatever reason. Everything done post-Mania is a slap in the face considering how over he was and how great he is in the ring. Hearing Vince talking about Cesaro w/ SCSA made it really clear that he is going to hold him down as much as he can. He views him as a mid card act, period. He may be right, but I get tired of the WWE deciding who goes where on the card. BACK IN MY DAY the crowd were the ones who decided.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I think it is pretty obvious that Vince put the screws on Cesaro's push for whatever reason. Everything done post-Mania is a slap in the face considering how over he was and how great he is in the ring. Hearing Vince talking about Cesaro w/ SCSA made it really clear that he is going to hold him down as much as he can. He views him as a mid card act, period. He may be right, but I get tired of the WWE deciding who goes where on the card. BACK IN MY DAY the crowd were the ones who decided.

Correct.

Vince also said Cesaro hasn't made the connection with the crowd. Bullshit, everyone loves Cesaro. He may not be Dean Ambrose on the mic, but he sure as hell does have in-ring skills speaking for him instead.

Vince still thinks he listens to the crowd, but the only 'crowd' he listens to is himself.

 

[Green Jesus]

Cesaro's awesome and he is really manageable on the mic. His in-ring skills speak for itself, but he can actually back it up in charisma when given the proper material. He did what Rusev can't and made the "US vs the world" angle less shit when he was champion, and no matter how buried he gets, with only a few wins fans forget all about it and treat him like a super-hero. I would take Cesaro over Reigns and Bryan any day of the week.

 

[WarMachine1]

As long as Lesnar's retaining the title, I'm happy

 

[Prince Bálor]

As long as Lesnar's retaining the title, I'm happy

He will, hopefully.

 

[Snowman1]

I think it is pretty obvious that Vince put the screws on Cesaro's push for whatever reason. Everything done post-Mania is a slap in the face considering how over he was and how great he is in the ring. Hearing Vince talking about Cesaro w/ SCSA made it really clear that he is going to hold him down as much as he can. He views him as a mid card act, period. He may be right, but I get tired of the WWE deciding who goes where on the card. BACK IN MY DAY the crowd were the ones who decided.

I can't help but feel like the long-term plan for him (don't "ha" that yet) was to face Cena at Summerslam (that's why). They seemed to have some big plans for Cesaro when WM time came around, but seemed unsure as the Heyman stuff happened, which coincided with the unknown of whether or not Bryan's injury was as serious as it wound up being.

Low and behold, Bryan's injury wound up being that bad, and Cena had to be thrust into the title picture since nothing else would have drawn as well as Brock/Cena. Then you KNOW they had some sort of big match planned for Cena, and what would the other match have been? Maybe Randy Orton, but then you had to find someone for Reigns to face. It seemed like Cesaro was being groomed to face one of those guys in a big match, but plans had to change.

But it ultimately doesn't matter. We see now what would have happened to Cesaro after said feud anyway, and it makes NO SENSE for Vince to make those comments about him "not connecting" That's a bunch of bullshit and he knows it, and that's why nobody watches his show anymore.

 

[KITT]

Source: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...ng-forward-with-plans-for-rusev-vs-john-cena/

- No, no and no. Don't do it. Cena's the last guy who should conquer Rusev.

Really? You think losing to the top star in the business is not good enough to end Rusev's streak? Maybe they could get someone real box office like Kofi to end it...