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Post by roweyfraggle on Aug 28, 2015 19:41:56 GMT -5
This is my first post. I watch quite a bit of wrestling with my husband and he told me i should start posting my thoughts on here.
NXT is my favourite show. I mean it really surpasses smackdown and gives raw a run for its money and i have thouroughly enjoyed watching the quality of the diva matches in particular.
Diva matches used to annoy me. The utter lack of skill and talent however NXT has (and im sure you will all agree) provided some of the best female matches this year.
Now sasha, charlotte and becky have moved onward and upwards i feel that the diva talent has taken a big hit. I get this show is a developmental platform and the purpose is to improve superstars in preparation for the main roster but i just cant get by Dana Brooke.
I feel they have hung so much on her being a bodybuilder and not put an awful lot of time Into actually training her both in the ring or how to deliver a promo.
Her character is weak, her look is dreadful she is crap in the ring and that little patting thing she does on devons head is so beyond contrived.
I think a little more time and they could have really done something great with her character. if she is to be a heel then they could have used the bodybuilding as a platform to have her go the way of Kurt angle and have her as a professional athlete who is an all american with sporting creds to her name but instead her character comes across as trashy and about one std away from being a porn star.
Maybe thats the point....i dunno. I just dont rate her and the fact i want to punch the TV everytime she is on might be what they are going for.
Thoughts?
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 28, 2015 19:45:44 GMT -5
She's something different, but alas different doesn't mean "good."
It's weird, sometimes she looks hot (blonde in rubber, what's not to love?) but she genuinely looked like a mental patient on NXT with those weird pigtails and female Gremlin make-up.
But wanting to punch the TV is heel 101, so she's maybe doing that right I suppose.
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Post by idislikeeverything on Aug 28, 2015 20:05:34 GMT -5
I love her. She is a Grade A wind up merchant and is using that to tide her over until she improves in the ring.
Called being smart.
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Post by roweyfraggle on Aug 28, 2015 20:13:53 GMT -5
Yeah i guess if being smart means putting her out in front of 15,000 people to kill her push before it even gets started. For me it was like Eva Marie heat. They weren't telling her she sucked because she is a heel they shouted it because she really does suck. Still. Not the worst match of the night. I would love to know who was responsible for that mess that was Eva Vs Carmella. Why would anyone think THAT was a good idea?
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Post by idislikeeverything on Aug 28, 2015 20:36:05 GMT -5
Yeah i guess if being smart means putting her out in front of 15,000 people to kill her push before it even gets started. For me it was like Eva Marie heat. They weren't telling her she sucked because she is a heel they shouted it because she really does suck. Still. Not the worst match of the night. I would love to know who was responsible for that mess that was Eva Vs Carmella. Why would anyone think THAT was a good idea? WWE do that. Dana makes the best of it. I said she is smart, not them. |
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Aug 28, 2015 20:38:54 GMT -5
She reminds me of Trish Stratus. She, like Trish, is big into fitness. Trish was pretty green until she developed into a hell of a wrestler. I can see Dana Brooke doing the same.
With Dana, I'm more interested in her attitude than her looks. She and Emma are a perfect team, the mean girls on the playground that have to get their come-uppance at some point.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 28, 2015 20:50:27 GMT -5
With Dana, I'm more interested in her attitude than her looks. She and Emma are a perfect team, the mean girls on the playground that have to get their come-uppance at some point. And what an original concept that is. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 28, 2015 20:52:48 GMT -5
Now you know how I feel about a third of the roster.  |
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 28, 2015 20:54:14 GMT -5
I am not going to dump on her too much because she's very new, and Victoria and Trish show that fitness models can be decent prospects as wrestlers. She has a long way to go, but she's in developmental.
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Post by One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel on Aug 28, 2015 21:15:05 GMT -5
She's one of the rare wrestlers that can make walking and running look like a challenge.
Take that as you will.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2015 9:04:31 GMT -5
It was kinda funny how she had that really long video package, like Dana is the next big thing in wrestling.
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Post by keezy on Aug 29, 2015 9:45:57 GMT -5
She reminds me of Aksana but Aksana at least had the foreign seductress gimmick going on.
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Post by BigWill on Aug 29, 2015 9:59:00 GMT -5
With Dana, I'm more interested in her attitude than her looks. She and Emma are a perfect team, the mean girls on the playground that have to get their come-uppance at some point. And what an original concept that is. Yeah, the problem really is that WWE's been so obsessed with the mean girls gimmick ever since they gave it to LayCool that they've been giving it to pretty much every heel diva since then. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 29, 2015 10:05:32 GMT -5
Many of the NXT workers who really stand out right now - Gable, Dillinger, Sasha, Enzo, Cass, Corbin - were, or in some cases still are depending on your opinion, absolutely terrible. They have to start somewhere.
But for what it's worth, I co-authored an entire thread on here about horrible things that are still better than Dana Brooke, so I agree with you. But she is also green as shit.
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Aug 29, 2015 10:08:49 GMT -5
With Dana, I'm more interested in her attitude than her looks. She and Emma are a perfect team, the mean girls on the playground that have to get their come-uppance at some point. And what an original concept that is. Just wait until they get a third member and start doing something similar to this with the group.  Except replace Summer on a stick with Emma on a stick. |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Aug 29, 2015 10:09:36 GMT -5
Give Dana a chance. Plus, she's a heel trying to make you not like her. As far as in-ring. No, she's not ready yet.
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Post by misconduct was wrong on Aug 29, 2015 10:17:16 GMT -5
The 4 Horsewomen have us spoiled with how great they've been. But in the time since they signed those women, they haven't really developed anyone else. So we might have to deal with a bit of a downswing in that division. At least until Athena and Kanna are ready.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Aug 29, 2015 10:17:28 GMT -5
It's a good thing she's in developmental I guess.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Aug 29, 2015 10:19:33 GMT -5
I've heard she works very hard at the PC and has a great attitude. I admit she's not at all ready in the ring yet. I don't think she's quite found her character yet either. Still, she is VERY new to this.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 29, 2015 10:20:36 GMT -5
I hated her initially, but she's grown on me. Granted, she still needs a ton of work on her in ring ability, but she nails the bitch role and can cut a solid promo. Plus, her theme song is great. Also, I prefer here to Eva Marie by a mile.
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