Why can't Braun have comedic elements to his character?

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StrowGAWD been carrying that dumpster fire show for 18 months and not a single title to his name.
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Disgrace.

It’s only one belt for him. He’s not IC champ material. Just like Brock wasn’t anything but a world champ. Braun is good without a belt. He don’t need it. Then u have to worry about making him take an L to get it off of him.
 

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I see absolutely no problem with this. Braun still a beast and as others have said, he's always been a damn cartoon so he does funny shyt from time to time :manny:
 

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This is what the current audience wants.

Maybe argue it’ll cut him off from being the next Rock or Austin if you must, but he was never going to be that anyway. So long as he doesn’t go full Big Show or Kane, he’ll be fine.
 
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This is what the current audience wants.

Maybe argue it’ll cut him off from being the next Rock or Austin if you must, but he was never going to be that anyway. So long as he doesn’t go full Big Show or Kane, he’ll be fine.

Exactly why play fighting and it’s ever shrinking ratings will be off cable tv in a couple years

Appealing to the beta marks is why the product is trash to begin with
 

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This is what the current audience wants.

Maybe argue it’ll cut him off from being the next Rock or Austin if you must, but he was never going to be that anyway. So long as he doesn’t go full Big Show or Kane, he’ll be fine.
both of them had cartoonish gimmicks at one point or another. Old Stone cold and hollywood rock




 

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Exactly why play fighting and it’s ever shrinking ratings will be off cable tv in a couple years

Appealing to the beta marks is why the product is trash to begin with

WWE is the only reason there’s still a USA network. They’re gonna pay so much money to keep WWE it’ll make your eyes pop out.
 

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both of them had cartoonish gimmicks at one point or another. Old Stone cold and hollywood rock






These were all well after they broke out.

I don't think comedic elements would have stopped them from breaking out though, I was just saying if others want to argue it, fine, just that Braun is never going to be that massive breakout draw that those guys were anyway (very likely no one will ever be, with how things are done now), so they might as well use him to appeal to the audience they do have and give them what they want.

He's not going to be damaged irreparably so long as they don't go too far with it.
 

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IMO, comedy has been part of wrestling forever and it's cool to me as long as they aren't a) overly dependent on it and b) it is funny


I'm rarely moved either way when watching Raw, but for me to :pachaha: at him singing with that big ass double bass and :damn: at him destroying Elias with it in the same damn segment means his character is doing OK.

I don't want to start a debate, but I see *some* Austin-like qualities in him that I haven't seen in anybody in a long time. The ability to go from :russ: to :birdman: real quick AND have the crowd behind you the whole way is rare and shouldn't be taken for granted. I hope they don't fukk up and wait too late to strike
 
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fukk y'all complaining just to complain. That Braun and Elias segment was great. Braun has been the MVP of Raw for a long time now. Elias is walking his way to stardom! Would y'all rather go back to the days of nothing but Jericho, Owens, Reigns, and Rollins?

And even in those days, what was the most entertaining parts of that? 46 year old Chris Jericho, dressed ridiculously with his multitude of scarves and a scowl on his face, adding people to an imaginary list

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That character worked for the same reason’s Braun does, it embraces the ridiculousness of being in pro wrestling. The only difference between Braun singing about whooping ass while strumming a cello (:heh:) and lifting an ambulance with his bare hands is that one is intentionally comedic while the other is unintentionally hilarious because of the absurdity of it all.
 
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