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Post by autisticgeordie on Jan 27, 2020 13:10:26 GMT -5
The post match backstage interview that WWE uploaded with Becky didn't do her any favors either. Where Becky and the interviewer talked about how she's now the greatest women's wrestler in the world. Which is bad enough when everyone knows it isn't actually true. But it gets worse. They brought up the ref stopping Asuka from pinning Becky incident, and she defaulted into anti-authority mode for a couple of seconds, talking about how the company was trying to protect her, and she beat Asuka fair and square without their help. ...Which is blatantly false. The ONLY reason she won is because the ref stopped Asuka from pinning her. If anyone got screwed over here, it was Asuka herself. Combine that with the audience being somewhat pissed off at Becky winning, and things could rapidly go south for her. And no one likes Charlotte either. So its a match that could either be heatless, or the audience will just completely dump on it. There is a good story there to say she is the fighting champion and WWE wants to protect her while she wants to fight but she doesn't have the right opponents for that You need a Bianca or Shayna to step up to her and have someone tell Becky listen you can't win against them and we have an investment to protect but Becky tells them to f*** off. She will eventually lose to one of them proving the higher ups right and it would make Becky a good fighting babyface After that rumble performance, Bianca vs. Becky is something that could be fantastic; Bianca's a great heel, too.
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Post by autisticgeordie on Jan 27, 2020 13:12:28 GMT -5
I think people have started to turn on Becky's character so much that they forget (or they don't want to admit) "Hey, when she get's in the ring, she's actually really good.", like, she and Asuka apparently had a great match (I heard it wasn't as good as their match last year, but still) and people still are refusing to give her credit for it. Becky is a 7 in the ring She has good chemistry with Asuka and Charlotte but everyone else is hit and miss Honestly, I don't see the issue with her being a 7 in the ring, which I think is honestly fair, but I think she makes up with it for how over she is (I'm surprised she hasn't gotten booed out of the building, honestly.) and with how she sells and is able to get the fans into her matches. It's like The Miz, sure, he's not a 'workrate' guy, but he doesn't really need to be because he's that damn good at everything else. She's got good chemistry with Sasha, too, considering their NXT Takeover match and Hell In A Cell match (Becky winning not-withstanding) were both pretty awesome.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 27, 2020 13:15:15 GMT -5
Becky is a 7 in the ring She has good chemistry with Asuka and Charlotte but everyone else is hit and miss You say she's a 7 in the ring like that's a mark against her; that's perfectly adequate in-ring work and I've always thought that she was a better character actor in terms of her selling and facial expressions. Not everyone has to be a 'Moves' wrestler. Not at all, i'm not saying a 7 is bad at all that's just a barometer because it can dip lower on certain opponents She can perform moves but her matches are better when their is an investment. Almost Cody Rhodes like. I never had a desire to watch a random Cody Rhodes match but give me a Cody match with some story behind it and i'm all over it
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Post by autisticgeordie on Jan 27, 2020 13:19:23 GMT -5
You say she's a 7 in the ring like that's a mark against her; that's perfectly adequate in-ring work and I've always thought that she was a better character actor in terms of her selling and facial expressions. Not everyone has to be a 'Moves' wrestler. Not at all, i'm not saying a 7 is bad at all that's just a barometer because it can dip lower on certain opponents She can perform moves but her matches are better when their is an investment. Almost Cody Rhodes like. I never had a desire to watch a random Cody Rhodes match but give me a Cody match with some story behind it and i'm all over it Yeah, like, comparing Becky to Cody is a more apt comparison than my comparison between Becky and The Miz was, I think it's refreshing to have people like Becky, Cody and Miz in wrestling because, while they're not bad in the ring by any means, they can really elevate matches that have a great story, like The Miz vs. Ziggler, Cody vs. MJF and Becky vs. Charlotte (in 2018 before WWE ran it into the ground.)
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 27, 2020 14:06:02 GMT -5
The bit where Becky was desperately clinging to the referee’s legs to stop him from ending the match seemed rather jarring, especially for someone WWE wants to present as this badass take-no-crap character. What Becky did seemed more in line with what a heel would do.
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Post by tenshi on Jan 27, 2020 23:20:54 GMT -5
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Jan 27, 2020 23:22:57 GMT -5
Her and Charlotte are both bring booked as tweeners right now. It's f***ing weird. Though I like that both characters are cocky as f***.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:34:52 GMT -5
Becky calling herself the GOAT...oh deary you don't want none of the one true G.O.A.T I have said I do not want her on the main roster as long as Vince is around.....but f*** if this ends up being all set for Io when back from her injury and facing Becky for the title at Mania....which opens the door for Charlotte to face Rhea. But I am intrigued where this overly arrogant Becky story is headed and also baffled why no Shayna tonight maybe they changed their mind on her call up for now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:36:05 GMT -5
Nah, I'm sick of Becky's on screen character.
She's REALLY female John Cena now with the "I'm better than everyone" and all those comments. Hell, Cena was even more humble than her. Her character's just someone that I wanna see get her ass beat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:38:51 GMT -5
I have no earthly idea what they were thinking with that promo tonight. Going, "I've beaten everyone in my path, I'm afraid of no one, everyone around here is terrible, I beat Charlotte all the time, I'm always going to win!" helps nobody, does nothing to drive any sort of stories, and just makes Becky come off as ridiculously unlikable.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 27, 2020 23:50:07 GMT -5
That promo tonight was garbage
She has become the female John Cena. Coming off a serious program where she wanted to prove herself and she's joking almost instantly
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 27, 2020 23:51:42 GMT -5
Her character going from zero to hundred like that makes no damn sense
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:53:10 GMT -5
That promo tonight was garbage She has become the female John Cena. Coming off a serious program where she wanted to prove herself and she's joking almost instantly Kind of curious how long it'll be before the crowd's outright against her. She does still largely get cheers but there are occasions when she's booed and it sounded like there were quite a few of them tonight.
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Post by Chiral on Jan 27, 2020 23:53:11 GMT -5
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 27, 2020 23:54:29 GMT -5
That promo tonight was garbage She has become the female John Cena. Coming off a serious program where she wanted to prove herself and she's joking almost instantly Kind of curious how long it'll be before the crowd's outright against her. She does still largely get cheers but there are occasions when she's booed and it sounded like there were quite a few of them tonight. The boos has slowly been coming but it is nowhere near what you expect for someone as strong a push as her What's saving her is that she really hasn't beaten anyone more deserving then her which could change if they bring in Bianca and Shayna
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Post by Perd on Jan 27, 2020 23:56:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I don’t know what that was. Short of a full fledged heel turn, there’s really nowhere you can go with it.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 27, 2020 23:57:00 GMT -5
I wonder if they do make her heel if she’ll be riding solo or if she aligns with Seth for the power couple angle.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:58:15 GMT -5
What's saving Becky is that "Dean Ambrose-like" love she has. Ambrose was doing wacky shit for years. Even when he was running over dudes and he was the leader it took someone as popular and great as AJ Styles to get him booed. In Becky's case there isn't anyone as popular and great they've had her come across to where she'd get booed yet which is why she hasn't been heavily booed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 23:58:19 GMT -5
My best guess is that the whole, "I'm picking who I fight!" thing is setting up her showing up by surprise in NXT to attack Baszler to set up a match there, but really that just further raises the question of why on earth Shayna didn't win the Rumble.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 28, 2020 0:00:05 GMT -5
Lynch is at a bit of a crossroads now, I think. The fans stuck with her through this character shift because she was finally getting the push and accolades she deserved, and she was saying a lot of things that people wanted to hear about Flair and Rousey, but that wasn't REALLY the character that got her over to begin with, it was the fun, dorky "I can't open this can of pineapple rings" Becky Lynch that everyone truly loved. Now that she's actually been pushed strongly, and all that resentment about her previous lack of push has died down, what we're left with is someone who is unreasonably abrasive to those who are now in the position she used to be in. It might be all right now, because with nobody having that kind of groundswell of momentum like Lynch had in mid-2018 she isn't losing the crowd, but if someone else does get hot... Maybe.
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