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Post by wwotbh on Apr 22, 2015 5:48:08 GMT -5
I loved them too actually. Their downfall, as it's been mentioned started with Angelina being deported. She was THE star of that act, as much as I've seen revisionist history putting Velvet in that role due to her greater fappability I suppose, Angelina carried that group on her back. The other two were lackey #1 and #2 respectively, although they were admirable in those positions. Madison did surprisingly well stepping up, especially as she had been a mostly mute tertiary character up until then, but it just wasn't the same. (Nevermind the gross misuse of Angelina upon her return...)
The other huge factor I'd say, other than just the inevitable loss of freshness any act suffers after a few years, was the way the Hogan/Bischoff TNA treated their women. Almost as soon as they arrived, the Knockout's TV time was greatly diminished and the entire division was centered on the former supporting players, who were also reworked from tongue-in-cheek parody to a more straight up 90's era "tits and ass" type presentation. The roster at that time was as strong as it has ever been and shit like BP mud matches were taking center stage leaving women like Roxxi, Hamada, Sarita, Taylor, Alissa, Daffney etc etc etc mostly off TV entirely, which didn't sit well with the fans at all. Complete misinterpretation (or intentional burial) by new management of what made the division so hot with critics and audiences at the time.
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Apr 22, 2015 12:11:52 GMT -5
TNA booking ruined The Beautiful People. Namely the Hogan/Bischoff era, which pretty much everyone knew was going to happen the second they walked in.
I think any women's wrestling act would have gotten ruined when they showed up. And because TNA is TNA, they don't have a clue on how to fix it.
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Post by rocket on Apr 22, 2015 12:15:40 GMT -5
Notice how Angelina's visa problems ended around the same time Hogan/Bischoff took over. That's a bad 1-2 punch for them (and the knockouts) if I ever saw one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 1:40:16 GMT -5
Yeah they were great...7 years ago. Outside maybe the Horsemen, no stable stays fresh for almost a decade. Please, the crowd will be going crazy for those Big Show and Kane run-in DQs in 2020. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 23, 2015 2:35:13 GMT -5
Yeah they were great...7 years ago. Outside maybe the Horsemen, no stable stays fresh for almost a decade. Please, the crowd will be going crazy for those Big Show and Kane run-in DQs in 2020. That's simply not possible. There is no way Big Show and Kane will be running to the ring in 2020. Perhaps they might walk really slow to the ring, or get wheeled in if they get that bad and can find a wheelchair big enough. But definitely no running by that time. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 23, 2015 3:45:17 GMT -5
People used to wear JNCOs, too. Sometimes people are into dumb shit.
Eh, maybe that's harsh, but I never thought they were particularly special.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 3:55:25 GMT -5
I was a huge fan of them too. They captured the one group of women we all hated. The stuck up girls we went to high school with.
God knows I didn't turn in to see boring as hell Kurt Angle. Or tired old fat 1 Kevin Nash, tired old fat 2 Booker T or not old looking but best days long behind him Scott Steiner.
Truthfully even Sting wouldn't have kept me watching for long, but then a new segment started and I saw the two best wrestlers I had seen in years!
SHARKBOY and CURRYMAN!!!!
But we arn't here to talk about the legendary pair who TNA wasted at every turn.
Love, Rayne and Sky were actually drawing heel heat. People were even cheering the baby face girls who fought them. Its true Angelinas visa issue hurt them but it wasnt what killed them.
I think people just want to pretend this didn't happen, but it did. Kevin Nash wanders backstage and bumps into Maddison and Velvet, and tells them to wrestle each other in a mud wrestling match. Both girls immediately bimbo it up and go out there and put on a crap fest which kills their heel heat dead. Then they bring in Lacy, who I am willing to be had zero wrestling training, and I am also willing to bet no one bothered to find out if she could actually wrestle before sending her out.
The Knockouts roster were decent workers, not personalities and without the heat the Beautiful people were getting they were left looking second rate.
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Post by BigAl on Apr 23, 2015 22:00:12 GMT -5
The godawful angle with Winter didint do Angelina any good, plus when the bookers wanted to turn the focus of Ko onto Velvet, where the ko champs like Mickie and Winte rplayed second fiddle to velvets feud with Karen or Velvet's whatever crap she was going through, didnt help either in terms of people just getting sick of anything or anyone associated with TBP.
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Apr 28, 2015 14:54:56 GMT -5
Wasnt watching 08-10 TNA but remember reading alot about BP, they were kinda praised back then
Madison and Angelina look 100% anorexic these days, hope they get some help
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 16:20:08 GMT -5
Angelina and Davey Richards are engaged. Ha.
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Post by Emmet Russell on Apr 29, 2015 21:25:55 GMT -5
Angelina and Davey Richards are engaged. Ha. The Wolf finally found some bones. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 21:26:47 GMT -5
Angelina and Davey Richards are engaged. Ha. The Wolf finally found some bones. She found his. Penis. |
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Post by Emmet Russell on Apr 29, 2015 21:31:25 GMT -5
The Wolf finally found some bones. She found his. Penis.  |
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