That's true but you make this type of decision with the intent of reaping the rewards down the road. If you bring Balor in with the sole intent on making merch money off his demon gimmick, it'll get old and dry up fast. And if you don't get him over to a high degree, it will limit his earning potential. The sad reality of wrestling is that you generally won't reach that earning potential w/o getting over as a heel. There are exceptions and Finn may end up being one but I don't think he has the tools for it.
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That's true but you make this type of decision with the intent of reaping the rewards down the road. If you bring Balor in with the sole intent on making merch money off his demon gimmick, it'll get old and dry up fast. And if you don't get him over to a high degree, it will limit his earning potential. The sad reality of wrestling is that you generally won't reach that earning potential w/o getting over as a heel. There are exceptions and Finn may end up being one but I don't think he has the tools for it.
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WWE clearly doesn't care who the crowd does and doesn't cheer for. See: Reigns, Roman.
Also this is literally the exact same thing they did with Rollins. Crowd eventually boo'd him...sorta.
The difference is that Rollins was an established main event player. Both had devastating injuries that forced them to relinquish the title but Balor is not a known commodity among the WWE audience overall. If Balor was at that level, I'd be against it but he's not. He's still a new act so there's still flexibility with how you present him to influence the audience. There is no appetite from the audience to cheer or boo Balor right now. There was an obvious one for Rollins. That's the difference.
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Finn is pretty damn over. His demon entrance was able to get a pop out of Corpus Christie, no easy feat.
Detroit was chanting for him last night briefly as well despite not even being in the building.
RAW also is really lacking in credible faces. There is definitely money to be made with a heel Finn at some point, but right now with the current roster makeup, keeping him face makes more sense.
I don't think it's reasonable to gauge how over Finn is based on a span of about a month. The gimmick was fresh. The entrance was fresh. In time when that wears off, where is he then? If he's sitting there as a face, you're going to get a lot more of the reactions that MCG gives than otherwise because he's plain as a good guy.
As for lacking credible faces, the reason why they're lacking credible faces is that in most cases right now they refuse to go down the proper route to obtain them. Reigns is not a credible face because of how he's booked. Zayn is not a credible face because they refuse to put any real resources into him. Seth is really the only one they have. Jericho probably would be if it wasn't for the fact that I think he's leaving. In this situation, they're best doing a Finn-Seth summer story that is intertwined with Zayn, Joe, KO, and probably Reigns as it can build credible faces with the fallout if done properly.
But knowing them, their face shortage is going to be solved by unnecessarily sticking Finn in a role that is going to go lame after a while then use the draft to siphon off a top face there to alleviate the problem whether it's Styles, Orton, Cena, or Wyatt or whoever they want.
Trust me, I want Finn as a heel but the company never does anything with the intention of making money down the road when it comes to these things. They're all about making money now.
I fully expect to be hating on Finn's blandness within a month again.
I fully expect to be hating on Finn's blandness within a month again.
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Not everyone watched Balor in NXT + NJPW. For a very large part, if not a majority, of the audience, he's a fresh and unknown character. With a set of new opponents instead of having to feud with Samoa Joe for a year, Finn definitely has some months as a successful face. Not that I don't want heel jacket Balor + The Club as champions group of course.
I expect the same but my argument is more about what the best thing for them to do with Finn is and what is likely the most entertaining potential. lol
It'd be nice to have a heel wrestling group be the focal point of Raw instead of Steph and Trips. I don't mind their presence once in a while but Mick, Trips, and Steph shouldn't be main players.
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I read this like 40 times before realizing you were saying "A" show.
Me: "A show? A show? What's a show? Huh?"
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I read this like 40 times before realizing you were saying "A" show.
Me: "A show? A show? What's a show? Huh?"
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I read this like 40 times before realizing you were saying "A" show.
Me: "A show? A show? What's a show? Huh?"
A Show:
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I read this like 40 times before realizing you were saying "A" show.
Me: "A show? A show? What's a show? Huh?"
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If Bork takes the title off Goldberg at Mania (highly probable) who's gonna take the title off Bork?
My guess is Roman -especially if WWE does the unthinkable and puts him over Taker
My guess is Roman -especially if WWE does the unthinkable and puts him over Taker
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WWE needs top level baby faces BADLY and Finn is arguably the most universally liked one on either roster.
People were begging for a Rollins face turn, it's been over 6 months and he just now since his promo at Takeover is getting to where he needs to be as a top face. RR is floundering as the #1 guy, Cena is a part timer and there are still some people that don't like him. Jericho should be in the conversation, but he's got one foor out the door. Who's next, Sami Zayn? Luke Harper? Uggh.
Finn has so many things that WWE so desperately needs, it's a shame he's not 5 years younger or they'd give him the whole company. But he sold boatloads of merch in NXT and was a huge draw for them. They would be insane to turn him now.
Ideally Finn gets the Roman push, Roman turns heel for a year or two, and by the time Finn is winding down you pull the trigger on Roman and fans will be much more willing to accept him.
People were begging for a Rollins face turn, it's been over 6 months and he just now since his promo at Takeover is getting to where he needs to be as a top face. RR is floundering as the #1 guy, Cena is a part timer and there are still some people that don't like him. Jericho should be in the conversation, but he's got one foor out the door. Who's next, Sami Zayn? Luke Harper? Uggh.
Finn has so many things that WWE so desperately needs, it's a shame he's not 5 years younger or they'd give him the whole company. But he sold boatloads of merch in NXT and was a huge draw for them. They would be insane to turn him now.
Ideally Finn gets the Roman push, Roman turns heel for a year or two, and by the time Finn is winding down you pull the trigger on Roman and fans will be much more willing to accept him.
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Why is Reigns over Taker unthinkable at this point though? They're clearly trying to push Reigns as hard as possible and Taker is old school, so he'll likely go out on a loss.
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Does anyone believe that it's unthinkable? I think almost all of us are assuming Reigns defeats Taker.
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