Is Roode TOO Good?

[PeaceAndLove]

Now let me get this off of my chest first and foremost. I am not a big fan of tna but i do not dislike it. i just dont watch it too often. Now to my point, Bobby Roode beat sting tonight to retin his title and is now facing mr.anderson on impact for the strap. I see two things here. One being roode is a much bigger star than anderson so im going to imagine he retains and two after anderson who next? There is only one guy i can imagine challenging roode and thats AA but i highly doubt he is going to win and now there is a huge space between now and bfg where storm SHOULD win the title. (sorry for the madden grammar) now on to my question. Is roode in a time period where he is quite frankly what he says he is in his promo's? and thats better than everyone else and undoubtedly the "It factor" of pro wrestling?

 

[sfury2005]

James Storm returned tonight so I think he is the next feud for Roode probably and he most likely will win the title in the near future.

 

[SacredMesa]

He very easily can beat Anderson for the title, after which as you said Austin Aeries seems like a very good options as both of them can have some great matches. When he is down there is still Kurt Angle, who can make the claim that Roode couldn't beat him at BFG and he can't beat him now.

Once that is done I fully believe we could see him go against someone like Daniels, assuming the whole fued with Styles ends soon and him and Kaz turn on each other, preferably with Kaz turning heel since heel Daniels vs heel Roode would be rather bleh. If they actually use Samoa Joe correctly I could see him competing in it as well. Also it's seems rather likely based on the ending of Slammaversay that Sting is probobly not done with Roode either.


There is still plenty for Roode to face if TNA plays their cards right.

 

[WJDwjdWJDwjd]

After Roode beats Anderson, he'll enter into a feud with James Storm. With the caliber of feud these two men are capable of, I think it should be one that in some form definitely lasts until Bound For Glory. It doesn't mean they have to have one on one matches every PPV in between now and BFG, but the feud should culminate there. I imagine Sting vs Roode will highlight the next PPV in some form. Maybe Roode/Crimson vs Sting/Storm, or a 3 of 4 way match for the title that involves at least Roode, Sting, and Storm. Furthermore, the Roode vs Storm feud was foreshadowed with Roode using Storm's beer bottles to pick up the win on Sting. Prepare for that to be mentioned at the next Impact in some fashion.

No matter how you look at it, we're looking at Roode vs Storm for the rest of the summer and into BFG. It's the best thing TNA can do right now in regards to the TNA Heavyweight title.

 

[alistahr]

first of all i wanna say.. i got back from slammiversary a couple of hours ago and it was freaking epic!

Now that the bragging is done. I think the best thing TNA can do right now is have him beat anderson, have him beat storm and then have him face aries at bound for glory.

Here we have two stars who have beat everyone in their respective divisions. They can both say theyve beat them all and no one's left, so they have to face each other to prove who "the man" of the entire company is.

Roode has also said in a interview in the UK, hed like for tna to go that way

we can only hope

 

[blockanWo]

He will beat Anderson. He will then go on and I think Aries will challenge him at Destination X. Storm will beat Roode at Bound For Glory.

 

[xxxdaniel_ariesxxx]

I think that Roode is going to say that he has already beat Storm three times in a row and that if Storm wants another shot then he will have to earn it in this years Bound For Glory Series. It's a good way to keep them away from each other until a big show while still letting people know that Storm hasn't forgotten about Roode. In the mean time Roode can feud with the rest of the perennial top contenders (Hardy, RVD, Anderson, Sting, Angle) until BFG.

Or, they can can blow their load on this feud and find a way to have Sting and/or Hogan find a way into the main event at BFG Against Roode, because Everyone who wants to see that...

 

[PDX_RipCity]

I understand your gut response after tonight's TNA Slammiversary main event. Sting vs Roode was a great match and it wouldn't have felt bad, or it wouldn't have felt wrong, if Sting had walked away with the title tonight (For instance, reports say the crowd lingered after the show expecting the match to be restarted so Sting could walk out with the title).

However, TNA still did the right thing. They will have another opportunity to put Sting over and give him one last run with the title when they actually do induct him into the Hall-of-Fame. Until then, they can continue to elevate and build Roode.

So, to answer your question, NO, Roode is NOT TOO good. Roode is still growing and evolving as a main event fixture and he's done a quality job at the top. I agree with everyone else, there's still plenty of fuel left in Roode's tank. Also, don't forget, Sting vs Roode had a hot, invested crowd, and a big part of the reason was because of the genuine heat that Roode's built up over the past year.

Roode is a poor man's Triple H, or a mix between Curt Hennig/Arn Anderson...and that role has been pretty valuable for TNA's developing main event scene...

 

[LegendKiller716]

Roode has been an amazing champion, but nobody is too good. I'd imagine his feud with Anderson will last longer than just one match. A screw job finish will probably drag it out a bit. I also see the possibility of an A Double feud here.

I think it's quite obvious TNA is gonna hold off on Storm until Bound For Glory. They want this thing to go full circle so Storm will win the BFG Series, and then go on to win the world title. It will be an awesome moment.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Too good? Yeah, let's not go overboard here. I've yet to see a wrestler that's "too good" in any company at any time period.

Roode is someone that's done a good job as champion all in all. He's had to overcome the handicap of TNA consistently booking him to look weak in almost every outing & feud he's been in since winning the title. He's improved on the mic, he's been a consistently over heel and he's kept people interested. All in all, Roode has done his job and done it well despite some bad booking sometimes.

As for who will take the title or as who should take it, it's all but written in the stars that James Storm will be the one. He returned last night and there's talk that the BFG Series will be returning, beginning this Thursday. It's been something of a negative in my eyes that's dogged Roode's run. We've all been given reason to see that Storm would be the one to take the title from Roode as soon as Roode won it, which has made his feuds feel mostly like they're just placeholders.

 

[silrock316]

Now let me get this off of my chest first and foremost. I am not a big fan of tna but i do not dislike it. i just dont watch it too often. Now to my point, Bobby Roode beat sting tonight to retin his title and is now facing mr.anderson on impact for the strap. I see two things here. One being roode is a much bigger star than anderson so im going to imagine he retains and two after anderson who next? There is only one guy i can imagine challenging roode and thats AA but i highly doubt he is going to win and now there is a huge space between now and bfg where storm SHOULD win the title. (sorry for the madden grammar) now on to my question. Is roode in a time period where he is quite frankly what he says he is in his promo's? and thats better than everyone else and undoubtedly the "It factor" of pro wrestling?

To answer your question: YES, he is too good. The catch though is that he is TOO GOOD FOR TNA. I like TNA, I really do. I root for it to become better because wrestling was at its best with two good companies but right now Roode's skills are wasted in TNA. They are not seen by enough people for him to get his due.

If he went to WWE and WWE brash didnt destroy him, he would be a top heel in the company forever and I wouldnt doubt him headlining a couple Wrestle Manias in his career.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

The only guy in TNA right now who is "too good" for the spot he's in is Austin Aries, and that's simply because he's run the gauntlet on every competitor thrown his way and has been a man among boys in that respect for a long, long time now. He hasn't even been defending his X Division title, and wasn't even scheduled to last night either, for months, because there's no one even CLOSE to his level.

Roode has made massive strides, but "too good" are two words I'd never apply to him.

 

[Rayne]

Folks say "Too Good" because we simply haven't seen a long-term champion for a while. In both WWE and TNA/IW, the past few years have been marked by an era where there would seem to be a new champion every month.

The trendy thing to do these days is compare Bobby Roode to HHH, but I think his reign has been more akin to Diesel's 1995 WWF title run. (Get past the face/heel distinction.) At the time, Diesel wasn't booked to be unstoppable, merely relentless. Challengers came, they looked imposing, Diesel put them down. When Bret Hart finally beat him, it came out of nowhere; small package, three count, and millions of fans going "wait, what?" That's the shoes Bobby Roode is in right now. Most of the feuds he's been in, there's been the legitimate threat of him losing the belt. (Sorry, RVD, you don't make the cut.) The world expected him to lose to James Storm; a couple months later, he's still running strong. Sting would have been a great choice to go over on the night he entered TNA/IW's fly-by-night hall of fame, and Roode gets past him.

It's not that Roode is too good; it's that people aren't used to seeing someone hang on this long anymore. It's a rare case of TNA/IW doing booking well.

 

[Canadian_SXE]

Roode is like the longest reigning transitional champion in the history of wrestling. He has held the title this long because they are saving him for James Storm which is rediculous. It makes all his feuds meaningless. Why does James Storm get another shot at Roode. He was beat on Impact, at Against All Odds(granted not pinned in the match), and at Lockdown. So how does he earn another shot, because he is back from finding himself. Who the fuck cares about James Storm. There are tons of guys on the roster that are a lot better than he is. He hasn't evolved one bit since he debuted. He has used the beer drinking cowboy gimmick since day one almost. Roode on the other hand as evolved signifacantly. He went from generic Canadian guy, to wall street millionaire to now the It Factor. What has Storm done but be carried by his more talented tag team partner.

 

[midgensa]

Is Roode too good? Absolutely not ... is he doing really well for TNA right now? Absolutely.

He has been solid in the stick and has performed very well with his feuds since winning the title. It is obvious that they should have put the strap on him without Storm winning it first because Storm HAS to win at BFG and it would be a much better build and story if Storm had not held the title before.

I agree with a previous poster that his current run has struggled a little through the fact that EVERYONE KNOWS that Storm is going to be the one to take it back and every one else seems like a "placeholder."

Though, I thought Sting had a shot the other night since he was the first in the Hall and all of that, I thought they might go that route. But I don't think ANYBODY thought that AJ, RVD or Anderson was going to take the belt off of Roode and with Storm coming back around it is the money match everyone wants.

They could easily book him into a feud with Hardy for a couple of months that would work and get them closer to BFG. But it still would be tough because none of us would believe that Hardy could beat him.

All that said ... maybe they don't wait for BFG.

 

[New Hot Fed]

Here is what I think they should do.

First while I love Aries, Storm should be the one beating Roode.

Second, even before knowing the result of the RVD-Hardy-Anderson contending match my feelings were when the winner will face Roode on Impact, Storm should cost that guy the match. It doesn't make Storm a heel, it's just logical that he would want to be the one to beat Roode for the belt. What it does is it create a mini-feud with the guy that lost and Storm, while waiting for Storm to face Roode at BFG. Now we know it's Anderson but i'd rather it would have been Hardy. Hardy doing multiple matchs with Storm would have been off the hook. But Anderson it is. Let it be big brawls all over the place.

Third, Aries said it himself on Slammiversary: he wants to take it a step further. He wants to become "The" champ. So let's have a Roode-Aries feud for a while. It would be pretty even yet Roode would always end up with the win. Except one match, Aries vs Roode at Destination X but make it for the X division title and Aries would win the match. What it does is that it keep the World title on Roode yet make Aries look great by having beat the top guy. It would be a ladder match so that it would come across like agility and the type of X Dvision match that Aries is used to be doing would be Roode's undoing. But Roode beat RVD in a ladder match last month wich would make people maybe think that he could repeat again.

Fourth, I would have AJ Styles contend for the X title at BFG against Aries. Because AJ would likely be the Hall of Fame inductee. And going back to his roots would be an interesting nod. Of course he would win the X title too. You can start a series of match between AJ against a new comer for the X title after this event, someone that AJ would "make" in the process.

Fifth, after BFG, Aries turns heel in a vicious manner and go after new champion James Storm.

 

[Pera]

I dunno, there just wasnt that 'big time' pop for Storm when he made his comeback at Slammiversary. Sure, he wasn't off TV for that long but are the fans really invested in his character? Do they really want to see Storm beat the shit out of Roode at BFG?

There comes a time when you have to strike while the kettle is hot and sometimes things fall into place when you least expect it to. Austin Aries is the fucking man right now with great charisma and amazing ring work. I think TNA would be crazy to not consider throwing Aries into a main event feud with Roode (whether it's short term or long term) to determine their future plans. Roode is playing his role very well and it would be a shame if they changed a year long storyline at the last minute. But sometimes you have to take the jump and see where it takes you.

 

[MB1025]

I think what really works well is something that has hurt TNA in the past, but benefits them now. And that is the constant title changes int he past and moving the belt to a more established name.

Every time Roode steps in the ring people (IWC) fear TNA is going to take the belt off of him. I also think TNA knows this and they keep you on the edge of your seat waiting for that moment. Like at Slammiversary when Sting had Roode in the Scorpion Death Lock. The entire time I felt they were going to make the switch and my heart was racing.

I felt the same way when he was in the ring with Hardy. Every time Hardy hit a big move I got nervous.

BTW Storm got a huge ovation and the onsite reports all make note of this.

 

[ヒュー　G.　レックション]

Why does James Storm get another shot at Roode. He was beat on Impact, at Against All Odds(granted not pinned in the match), and at Lockdown. So how does he earn another shot, because he is back from finding himself. Who the fuck cares about James Storm.

He will earn it when he wins the BFG series I assume.

I dunno, there just wasnt that 'big time' pop for Storm when he made his comeback at Slammiversary. Sure, he wasn't off TV for that long but are the fans really invested in his character? Do they really want to see Storm beat the shit out of Roode at BFG?

I can't speak for all the fans, but I am definitely invested in Storm. And I'm kind of surprised really. Beer Money was one of my favourite tag teams ever, and while I knew both were great, I saw Roode being a future main eventer but not Storm. However now I totally buy Storm as a main event player, the aura he gives off, the great music and the promos he has doing I think Storm can be the top face of the company, if he isn't already.

As for the return pop, I think it was pretty big but Taz and Tenay sold it horribly IMO.

 

[ABMorales787]

No. Roode isn't too good. TNA just has a genuine battle plan in mind. Is there a reason why we don't say the same about CM Punk? Besides the fact that he's not the main event, he's still been champion just as long and has turned down every challenger. Maybe it's because with Punk, there's no real purpose to the run other than being a top guy. With Roode however, we've also seen several things develop as consequence to his reign. Jeff Hardy's comeback, Sting's HOF induction and James Storm's parallel development. We see the rollercoaster ride, but we anticipate the end because you know the result will have a major impact on things. Not to jab at Punk, but you don't get that feel with him and you didn't get that with many previous champions in TNA or WWE.

 

[IT Factor]

There is no such thing as "TOO good" in professional wrestling. There's not good enough, good enough, and way better than good enough. Bobby Roode's title reign has been one of the few saving graces about TNA lately. Maybe TNA will smarten up and start using their homegrown talents as main eventers moreso than the has-beens for wrestling's past. Though guys like RVD, Sting, Anderson, etc all have their places in TNA, they should never be taking places of guys like Storm, Styles, Roode, Daniels, etc who all established the company in the beginning.