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Originally Posted by Destor
Crowd should have popped when lesnar went over but they're so smug that when he did they were stunned silent. They never considered they might be wrong. Pretty hilarious outcome tbh. They forgot that they were mad he was going to win and when he lost theyt forgot that it should have made them happy..raging against a machine of their own making.
Cena and reigns are the same blue print. Problem with reigns isnt that people boo him, same people bood cena. The problem is reigns doesnt have the merch potential cena had. You'll never have another steve austin though. That era was the last true boom. Too much hot shotting by bischoff and vince. The industry has never and will never recover.
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1. Crowd never considered it because it was not ever realistically (or even suggested) as a possibility until it happened tonight, it made no sense. Especially with Lesnar supposedly "leaving". Everyone thought Reigns (as the obvious booked face for the past 3+ years) was going over as the face and Lesnar as the heel for the past 4+ weeks was to be the loser heel. Why would they expect any different? Nothing suggested otherwise, i.e., that Lesnar should be champ or a face (or would even stay) or that Reigns should lose (or be a hated heel) based on the recent booking, commentary, etc.
2. Everyone said the same about Hogan, etc., until the NWO and Austin came along and changed the game. The fact is the horrible writing/storytelling and lack of star power is what is preventing most from buying in. Most (90%+) fans actually still knew things weren't legit when Austin, etc., were at their peaks, but they still bought in because the storytelling and star power enabled them to do so. Everyone knows TV and movies aren't real but they still draw tons of people in because the storytelling and talent is good enough. WWE simply isn't currently.