The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[PAOerfulone]

In a main event that was overbooked to high hell, cameos from Cena and Undertaker (the one and only time in my entire life I was disappointed to hear the gong. I was really happy to see Taker, but MAN, I was READY for the glass shatter! XD)...
My absolute favorite part of this match, and quite possibly my FAVORITE piece of storytelling in wrestling history, this is how fucking GOOD it was!!!
When Roman was in the middle of the ring, w/ the chair in his hand. Cody is on one side of the ring. Seth is on the other. Both are struggling to get up. Roman has to make a decision.
And it should have been the EASIEST decision to make!!!
All he had to do was hit Cody, cover him, and retain the title. He could have ended Cody's story and continued his historic reign RIGHT THERE...
But he saw Seth in that Shield gear, w/ his back turned to him, he saw the chair in his own hands...
And that one fateful night in 2014 came RUSHING back...
When Seth took the chair to Roman's back, broke up the Shield, and betrayed him.
Roman NEVER got over it. That memory, and the pain, trauma, and heartbreak associated w/ it... He never moved on from it, it was STILL there! And it all came back in that one moment. In that ONE single, solitary moment: Nothing else mattered. Not Cody. Not The Rock. Not The Bloodline. Not WrestleMania. Not the title. All that mattered to him in that moment, was that night in 2014...
And he couldn't help himself.
He saw his chance at revenge...
And it cost him EVERYTHING!

(breathes) That... That right there... Moments like that! SHIT LIKE THAT!!
THAT is why I LOVE professional wrestling so fucking much!!!
An absolute masterclass in story-telling! It was BEAUTIFUL!!!

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 08 April 2024