Sasha on NXT and Raw Booking Differences

[Perd]

And her short title reigns.



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While recently appearing on Sam Roberts' podcast, Sasha Banks talked about how NXT creative was different from the main roster:

"We kind of always knew where we were going, so it helped me prepare and think about it ahead of time about how can I make this better. But when I go to RAW, it's legit like I have no clue what I am doing so I don't even know what to prepare for. I get handed something and told something and am like 'okay, I have one hour to get... okay let's just do it.' Honestly, I wish we had the opportunity to know what we are doing in the next three months."

Sasha continued, "'Oh, maybe you'll have a tag match maybe you'll have a promo. maybe you'll have this random match that doesn't make any sense,' or who knows, maybe you'll just sit in catering, who knows. None of them [WWE Superstars] know what's going on when you see Monday Night RAW, we're all surprised and sometimes were confused and sometimes they don't even follow through with a storyline."

When asked about her short title reigns, here was Sasha's response:

"I don't know if it was something with me or they just want to keep on flipping flopping, I don't know!"

Stuff most of us already suspected. But Sasha certainly didn't pull any punches.

[Sparkybob]

On the plus side the wackiness of WWE booking keeps you on your feet and forces you to not be in your comfort zone.

[schizo]

The title flip flopping is puzzling to me, unless it's leading to a heel turn or.....something, the whole thing just seems like a cruel joke on Sasha.

"Here's your title reign.....ok, your done"

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Aug 31, 2017 23:25:38 GMT -5 schizo said:

The title flip flopping is puzzling to me, unless it's leading to a heel turn or.....something, the whole thing just seems like a cruel joke on Sasha.

"Here's your title reign.....ok, your done"

Probably ribbing her being too much of a mark.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Sasha reaching that "I'm so tired of this shit I'm not even going to sugarcoat it, this shit sucks" stage of just being sick of the main roster booking. I don't blame her though. There's always been that "walking of eggshells' undercurrent to news stories and it looks like people are starting to get sick of it. Shame Sasha will get steamrolled by Nia next week in punishment.

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Aug 31, 2017 23:32:34 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Sasha reaching that "I'm so tired of this shit I'm not even going to sugarcoat it, this shit sucks" stage of just being sick of the main roster booking. I don't blame her though. There's always been that "walking of eggshells' undercurrent to news stories and it looks like people are starting to get sick of it. Shame Sasha will get steamrolled by Nia next week in punishment.

Nah, she'll get the ol' Marty Jannety treatment.

Get fired, then get rehired only to get fired again ... 5 times in 3 hours.

[schizo]

Aug 31, 2017 23:39:34 GMT -5 @ambrosefan said:

Aug 31, 2017 23:32:34 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Sasha reaching that "I'm so tired of this shit I'm not even going to sugarcoat it, this shit sucks" stage of just being sick of the main roster booking. I don't blame her though. There's always been that "walking of eggshells' undercurrent to news stories and it looks like people are starting to get sick of it. Shame Sasha will get steamrolled by Nia next week in punishment.

Nah, she'll get the ol' Marty Jannety treatment.

Get fired, then get rehired only to get fired again ... 5 times in 3 hours.

That whole time she sits in catering not realizing all that happened

[schizo]

Damn, double post

[Final Countdown Jones]

Aug 31, 2017 23:39:34 GMT -5 @ambrosefan said:

Aug 31, 2017 23:32:34 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Sasha reaching that "I'm so tired of this shit I'm not even going to sugarcoat it, this shit sucks" stage of just being sick of the main roster booking. I don't blame her though. There's always been that "walking of eggshells' undercurrent to news stories and it looks like people are starting to get sick of it. Shame Sasha will get steamrolled by Nia next week in punishment.

Nah, she'll get the ol' Marty Jannety treatment.

Get fired, then get rehired only to get fired again ... 5 times in 3 hours.

Next step down from "can't make a successful title defense" is "can't win a match with a firing stip".

[AlexaBliss4Life]

Aug 31, 2017 23:00:51 GMT -5 Perd said:

And her short title reigns.



nodq.com/news/506231463.shtml

While recently appearing on Sam Roberts' podcast, Sasha Banks talked about how NXT creative was different from the main roster:

"We kind of always knew where we were going, so it helped me prepare and think about it ahead of time about how can I make this better. But when I go to RAW, it's legit like I have no clue what I am doing so I don't even know what to prepare for. I get handed something and told something and am like 'okay, I have one hour to get... okay let's just do it.' Honestly, I wish we had the opportunity to know what we are doing in the next three months."

Sasha continued, "'Oh, maybe you'll have a tag match maybe you'll have a promo. maybe you'll have this random match that doesn't make any sense,' or who knows, maybe you'll just sit in catering, who knows. None of them [WWE Superstars] know what's going on when you see Monday Night RAW, we're all surprised and sometimes were confused and sometimes they don't even follow through with a storyline."

When asked about her short title reigns, here was Sasha's response:

"I don't know if it was something with me or they just want to keep on flipping flopping, I don't know!"

Stuff most of us already suspected. But Sasha certainly didn't pull any punches.

Well she ain't winning the strap back from Lexi now, that's for sure lol

[Deleted]

That sounds very frustrating.

[Chiral]

WWE must be the most creatively stifling company to work for.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Sept 1, 2017 2:51:42 GMT -5 Chiral said:

WWE must be the most creatively stifling company to work for.

I write freelance for a living and even the clients with lots of guidelines and directions don't sound asbad as having to deal with WWE creative on some of this shit.

[ilggant]

Aug 31, 2017 23:25:38 GMT -5 schizo said:

"Here's your title reign.....aaaaaaaaand it's gone"

fixed

[eJm]

*insert rant here about ridiculous divide between main roster and developmental he's written for months, reusing the 'PC to Mac' example from before*

I get that Sasha shouldn't be ranting about these things in public but heck, you didn't even need for her to do that because it's painfully obvious there is a divide and nobody cares to actually sort it out because it's hurting business and perception and it has for YEARS.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Whenever I read any of Sasha's interviews, her face in my head is the one from Big E's socks.

[Society of the Spectacle]

You can definitely sense her frustration here.

"Anything can happen" can be a legit creative direction, but not for an extended period. The title can hot potato and change hands sure, but if there is no ultimate goal behind it the entire time, then fans will not care,and the talent will get demoralized.

There is nothing exciting about an eight person tag or a spur of the moment fatal four way if they are of no consequence down the road. There is no heat to a babyface losing their title defenses if the conclusion to the story is... For them to lose more title defenses in the same way.

I knows the internet likes to bash on talent that complain about their booking. But if you are literally not given a direction, there's nothing to work with,you won't care and the fans won't care. We're at a point where we have a team of thirty some odd writers, a bevy of hall of fame talent who can advise, and Vince McMahon at the top of the pyramid, and that entire army of creative can't book a legitimate direction for all of their talents so that they can really dig into their characters and make the audience care? It's mind boggling.

I know the infamous pipe bomb is almost cliche now, but the line where Punk said, "Vince is a millionaire who should be a billionaire" rings so true. Technically, this is probably the most talented roster the company had ever had. So to have someone like Sasha who checks every box you would want in a superstar, and then hamstring her so that her character only gets so over, it's bordering on self-sabotage.

[HMARK Center]

Yeah, not knowing where your character is headed next week, let alone next month or three months from then, has to be beyond frustrating. When you have time to prepare it gives you a chance to work on minute details and contribute some of your own ideas to the process: you'll think more about things like your facial expressions, word choices, etc. and likely come across as more authentic since you're not being asked to come up with something with no advanced warning. That these wrestlers show up on Monday and Tuesday and have no clue what they'll be doing is not the way to book any wrestling promotion.

[Snake Pit]

It's WCW all over again!

[WWEedy]

We all knew this was coming though right? I mean these smiling new stars that they used to push the Women's Revolution without actually giving them anything meaningful was obviously going to create this sentiment. The talents all over the card clearly have a lot more to give, the longer they are given forks to eat soup with, the more this feeling will breed.