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Post by schma on Mar 6, 2018 2:26:55 GMT -5
According to WWE.com Rousey is scheduled to appear on every Raw prior to Wrestlemania. I know that there was some contention over just what entailed 'full time' when it was announced that she was a full time wrestler despite having only appeared on PPV. www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/ronda-rousey-to-appear-on-every-raw-leading-up-to-wrestlemaniaEdit: apparently this just links to her superstar profile now with no sign of the article that said she'd be at every Raw.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 2:38:19 GMT -5
I'm actually glad. This whole angle has been so unintentionally funny.
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Post by schma on Mar 6, 2018 2:40:35 GMT -5
The one thing I do find a bit sad about all this is that after being declared full time, they still needed to notify us that she would be showing up on Raws regularly at least for the next month because of several precedents.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Mar 6, 2018 2:47:09 GMT -5
If Rousey could act (she can't) she would be a great choice for Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2.
But if she wants to be there and improve more and more, good for her. I'd like to see her be a female Shamrock. I know they have a few girls like that on the roster, so a female Shamrock and Blackman would be awesome.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Mar 6, 2018 3:32:16 GMT -5
Ugh tonight was more of the same. Silly ass look and feel of her at first and then gets intense and looked awesome. They need to get her more reps in the performance center and get her better coached on facial expressions and character I think. Or have her buddy Baszler show her how it's done. Ass kicker Ronda is awesome imo, happy/hand slapping Ronda is not.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 6, 2018 3:39:42 GMT -5
So showing up to work is fine and dandy but you know she was signed as a WRESTLER not a "Stand around and look confused"...er...
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Mar 6, 2018 5:45:19 GMT -5
If she's full time now then she needs to stop acting like a celebrity guest who's happy to be there on the cool fake fighting show and actually act like a wrestler now. I think you could see when they were walking back up the ramp she was smiling again but Kurt was still selling the fight and she kinda snapped out of it a little bit when he looked at her.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 6, 2018 5:52:56 GMT -5
So showing up to work is fine and dandy but you know she was signed as a WRESTLER not a "Stand around and look confused"...er... I think holding off on this for now is a good call. Makes her more of a draw to Mania but unlike many others she should stick around afterwards. This is actually a much better way of handling such a talent than they normally do.
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Post by eJm on Mar 6, 2018 6:22:23 GMT -5
So showing up to work is fine and dandy but you know she was signed as a WRESTLER not a "Stand around and look confused"...er... I think holding off on this for now is a good call. Makes her more of a draw to Mania but unlike many others she should stick around afterwards. This is actually a much better way of handling such a talent than they normally do. Yeah, don’t put her in the ring until it means something. It goes against, like, 95% of their PPV and talent builds so props for that. Which means next week Sonya Deville’s facing Rousey in her debut match, probably.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 6, 2018 10:06:03 GMT -5
I REALLY hope she can pick up wrestling as well as Kurt Angle did or Shayna Baszler has. I'm not seeing anything on the acting side of things, and have nothing to go on with her in ring stuff.
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Post by JCBaggee on Mar 6, 2018 11:49:36 GMT -5
This would go a long way to building hype for her in-ring debut taking place at Wrestlemania, so knowing Vince he's already got it booked for her to tag with Kurt against Finn and Sasha with Stephanie as the special ref and Triple H at ringside on the go home Raw.
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Mar 6, 2018 12:06:29 GMT -5
I'm always tempted to yell at the screen about Shayna Bazler being right there but I know she's not the mainstream celebrity that Ronda is or maybe was. Hopefully Ronda picks it up quickly because it could do so much good for WWE. But if she fizzles out...you know...Shayna's right there.
Oh well, I'm just glad those two CAWs aren't following her around.
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Post by KofiMania on Mar 6, 2018 12:31:11 GMT -5
I'm always tempted to yell at the screen about Shayna Bazler being right there but I know she's not the mainstream celebrity that Ronda is or maybe was. Hopefully Ronda picks it up quickly because it could do so much good for WWE. But if she fizzles out...you know...Shayna's right there. Oh well, I'm just glad those two CAWs aren't following her around. Shayna doesn't have any outside starpower, like Rousey does. She may as well be Sonya Deville.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 14:47:58 GMT -5
So showing up to work is fine and dandy but you know she was signed as a WRESTLER not a "Stand around and look confused"...er... Are you honestly suggesting they should waste Rouseys first match on a random Raw? Or do you think she shouldn't promote her first match at all by being on TV beforehand? Would you prefer the Taker or Brock situation where they only show up to wrestle? Sometimes it seems you're negative for negativities sake.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 6, 2018 14:54:17 GMT -5
So showing up to work is fine and dandy but you know she was signed as a WRESTLER not a "Stand around and look confused"...er... Are you honestly suggesting they should waste Rouseys first match on a random Raw? Or do you think she shouldn't promote her first match at all by being on TV beforehand? Would you prefer the Taker or Brock situation where they only show up to wrestle? Sometimes it seems you're negative for negativities sake. All I was saying was if she's going to show up to every single RAW it could be a sort of diminishing returns aspect, I am happy Ronda is showing up, but we're still a long way out to Mania, and she's signed as a wrestler. In Kayfabe she even stated she didn't want any special treatments so, it's just a weird stance. Especially considering what happened felt like a Go Home Mania segment and not a Month out till Mania segment. But sure, call me negative for negatives sake, that's nice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 15:17:10 GMT -5
Are you honestly suggesting they should waste Rouseys first match on a random Raw? Or do you think she shouldn't promote her first match at all by being on TV beforehand? Would you prefer the Taker or Brock situation where they only show up to wrestle? Sometimes it seems you're negative for negativities sake. All I was saying was if she's going to show up to every single RAW it could be a sort of diminishing returns aspect, I am happy Ronda is showing up, but we're still a long way out to Mania, and she's signed as a wrestler. In Kayfabe she even stated she didn't want any special treatments so, it's just a weird stance. Especially considering what happened felt like a Go Home Mania segment and not a Month out till Mania segment. But sure, call me negative for negatives sake, that's nice. She's wrapped up in a situation where every week she has had to beat up her bosses so I could see why in kayfabe, Kurt feels it more important to tie a bow around this whole mess before plunking her in the women's division, when Wrestlemania's coming up and the competition's pretty stiff there as it is. She's signed full-time, she's showing up to work every week as advertised, I think that's satisfactory. I'm still expecting her to get "perks" at some point. I really doubt she's gonna be a full-timer the way everyone else is but so far it's fine I think. There's enough pro wrestling shenanigans here that it's fun to watch and every WWE storyline is gonna have holes. Not that you're being overly negative but you are complaining about problems that haven't even occurred yet, yesterday was a go-home show quality angle but that doesn't mean it's peaked and there's a chance they'll address her "perk free" existence.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 6, 2018 15:29:20 GMT -5
She did OK last night.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 15:48:33 GMT -5
I'm actually glad. This whole angle has been so unintentionally funny. No joke, I was all ready to hate this angle, but everyone involved is terrible in a different and hilarious way and it makes the entire thing perversely enjoyable. It’s so, so bad.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 6, 2018 15:57:23 GMT -5
I lol'd when she dragged Steph up onto the apron.
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Mar 6, 2018 18:42:20 GMT -5
I genuinely don't know what they can do with her for 4 more weeks to stretch it out.
This week and last week (or her last appearance if it wasn't last week) already felt sorta samey.
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