WWE RAW LD 3/14/2011 - A Career Could Be Washed Ashore

[JGlass]

At least he made sense as a heel.

 

[Coco]

The fuck he did.

 

[JGlass]

Oh, because RKO'ing anyone that looks at him just screams face.

 

[Coco]

Nothing makes sense about avoiding getting fired by invoking a mental illness the company apparently knew about, revealing that you somehow faked the illness, and then still not getting fired. Not one thing.

 

[Uncle Sam]

yes, the 8ish minutes combined she was on the screen surely was the difference

Well, my DVR cut off the last three minutes of Raw.

 

[JGlass]

Fair enough, but his character made sense as a heel more than it does as a face.

 

[Coco]

I can't be arsed to think in those terms. People like who they like and sometimes people are attracted to assholes.

 

[Remix]

I can't be arsed to think in those terms. People like who they like and sometimes people are attracted to assholes.

Just ask Milenko.

 

[X]

He's such a boring asshole though.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

He was better seven years ago.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I'm a little late to the dance on this one, wasn't home all day.

But on the topic of facial expressions, Orton is just goofy. Come on, Nick.

Come on, Nick? You didn't think he looked fucking insane last night? Like he was ready to kill someone? It's called acting. I'm fairly certain I've read that you study acting, no? Facial expressions are important while performing, and it's part of an on-screen character. It worked.

And yeah, he gets great reactions. He's just clueless as to how to take advantage of that once the match actually starts though. He's still working the same formula he was a heel, all slow and "Viper" like, it's the opposite of how a babyface should work to get the crowd fired up and involved in the match.

The only problem I have with this is you believing Orton needs to adjust his style. They started cheering him for doing heelish things. Why would anyone who likes Orton want him to change? I'm obviously in the minority about this around here, but I'm definitely in the majority among all fans. If I weren't, he wouldn't be getting the reaction he's getting.

It doesn't help that he's been booked as fucking unstoppable, I can't remember the last time he was pinned clean or dirty, the guy constantly goes over. Which is another problem with his feud with Punk, every week he beats the fuck out of all of Nexus and they never get the better of him. How are we supposed to take Nexus and Punk as a threat to Orton if he disposes of them with ease on a weekly basis? They should be taking cues from how Miz and Cena has been booked, with Miz beating down Cena each week leading up to their match. That's how you book a damn feud.

Unless, A. They plan on having Punk win at Mania, or B. Punk takes control starting this week.

ICM Punk has been dragging that thing to relevance for 3 months now. I'm honestly glad they cut the fat, because those 4 guys are so damn green their painful to watch.

Totally agree. This thing has been stale and nearly dead long before Orton started punting them back to FCW.

 

[X]

Nexus was dead after Summerslam.

 

[Coco]

Nexus had legs for me until TLC.

 

[Coco]

Come on, Nick? You didn't think he looked fucking insane last night? Like he was ready to kill someone? It's called acting.

There's acting and then there's just chewing scenery.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

And if he wouldn't have gone a bit over the top, he would have been called robotic and unemotional. With certain people, the guy can't do anything right. Amazing.

 

[Coco]

I'm sure there's a healthy middle ground. But you're right, Randy Orton just won't be able to find it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Has anyone made a thread pondering the fate of Nexus yet? Someone should get right on it if not.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Has anyone made a thread pondering the fate of Nexus yet? Someone should get right on it if not.

I did in the WrestleMania 27 forum. No clue if it's still relevant.