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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 9, 2021 2:07:50 GMT -5
Happened to see an article speculating that former UFC fighter Paige VanZant has entertained the thought of going to WWE now that she is no longer with UFC.
If you aren't familiar with her she's only 26 and just finished up a UFC contract where to be really frank she wasn't very good, losing 3 of her last 4 fights. However they hyped her up a lot initially as she's very attractive and to be fair can fight, just maybe not to what a UFC fighter could be. She's also apparently got a HUGE social media following. I guess a good comparison would be what Anna Kournikova was in tennis where they're good enough to be a pro but it's clearly the image driving the bus.
She's signed to some bare knuckle boxing league for 1 mil but just lost her first fight there&realistically doesn't seem like it'd be a long term plan anyway.
Honestly I think WWE could probably be a good fit for her in that she can probably handle the physicality well, has that aforementioned huge fan following, is really photogenic and could probably do well with the media side of things, and legitimately if you were to create a template for at least one 'look' for what WWE would want a woman to have, she's it.
Would y'all be fer it or agin it?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 9, 2021 2:08:24 GMT -5
Her first promo: PAIGE HERE!!
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Mar 9, 2021 2:10:02 GMT -5
There's plenty of MMA fighters that make the transition to pro wrestling, it's just a question of how they get presented once they get there.
As far as PVZ, I guarantee WWE would be jumping at the chance based on her looks alone.
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Post by Shark on Mar 9, 2021 3:04:47 GMT -5
I think it really all comes down to her. If she really throws herself into training and being good at it, I can see her making a Riddle-like transition. She doesn't have the name value or mystique of Ronda, so they'd have to be more patient in her case.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Mar 9, 2021 4:06:15 GMT -5
Paige VanZant isn't gonna accept the contract she'd be given, nor NXT. She'd be expected to go the Kacy Catanzaro route and I think WWE would swiftly see she's not gonna be NEARLY as good as people would assume. Ronda had size and a legitimate Olympic background and aura. Paige is the archetype of "pretty face who won a couple of fights so they tried to put the entire house on her."
She lost to an alien in BKFC. If she loses again, she'll stick to her OnlyFans-esque thing she's doing now FOR CERTAIN.
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Post by john84 on Mar 9, 2021 5:32:17 GMT -5
Her first promo: PAIGE HERE!! Paige vs. Paige VanZant for the right to use the name ''Paige'' confirmed? |
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Post by XIII on Mar 9, 2021 7:42:38 GMT -5
PVZ is the ultimate in Dana White projects. A hot chick that can’t hang with the good fighters but kept getting spots.
Rousey for all of her faults was an Olympic judoka so she already had the bumping and throws more or less sorted. Most of her offense was judo throws really.
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Post by nisidhe on Mar 9, 2021 8:17:27 GMT -5
You lost me comparing her to Kournikova. That's a hard pass.
She can come in on the usual track, but I wouldn't want the company to sell her as a UFC veteran or anything like that, especially since there have been far better UFC veterans coming through the company - and Rousey as a bar is not as high as one might think. But to fall short of that and expect Lesnaresque treatment on entry? Hell, no.
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Post by salz4life on Mar 9, 2021 9:47:56 GMT -5
Her name would be Van Zant.... can't have another Paige. LOL
I wonder if she would be willing to start at the bottom and work her way up. After how she was pushed by UFC (she was good, not great), I don't know if she'll want to start at the bottom. That's not being said as a negative towards her, either. If she's willing to put in the work, I'm all for giving her a shot.
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Post by Legion on Mar 9, 2021 11:03:09 GMT -5
They already have Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir and do nothing with them, why bloat the roster with another MMA person when you can't/don't use the ones you already have?
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Post by john84 on Mar 9, 2021 11:20:14 GMT -5
They already have Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir and do nothing with them, why bloat the roster with another MMA person when you can't/don't use the ones you already have? Yeah, I don't see them doing anything Duke and Shafir until/unless Rousey decides to return for one last run or something. As for VanZant, well guess we won't know until/unless they sign her I guess. Personally, I don't follow MMA so all the knowledge that I have about her has been what others have said in this thread tbh. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 9, 2021 11:31:42 GMT -5
Paige VanZant isn't gonna accept the contract she'd be given, nor NXT. She'd be expected to go the Kacy Catanzaro route and I think WWE would swiftly see she's not gonna be NEARLY as good as people would assume. Ronda had size and a legitimate Olympic background and aura. Paige is the archetype of "pretty face who won a couple of fights so they tried to put the entire house on her." She lost to an alien in BKFC. If she loses again, she'll stick to her OnlyFans-esque thing she's doing now FOR CERTAIN. I think you’re underselling her popularity if you think she’d be on Kacy Catanzaro’s level. She has millions of social media followers. She won’t be pushed like Ronda of course, but it would be somewhere in between. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 9, 2021 12:02:44 GMT -5
Yeah you wouldn't book her like Ronda. That wouldn't be her persona at all. She's much more say a Lana with some fight experience.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 14:48:15 GMT -5
PAIGE VANZANT
THE WHOLE f***ING SHOW!
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Post by Shark on Mar 9, 2021 23:10:08 GMT -5
Her name would be Van Zant.... can't have another Paige. LOL I wonder if she would be willing to start at the bottom and work her way up. After how she was pushed by UFC (she was good, not great), I don't know if she'll want to start at the bottom. That's not being said as a negative towards her, either. If she's willing to put in the work, I'm all for giving her a shot. She's not afraid of the work. She lost nearly 2 years of her career dealing with an arm that would get broke and unbroken and dealing with surgeries and she still came back and wanted to fight after all that and trained all through it. If they made her a deal she liked, even if it was starting in NXT, I think she'd do it if she really wanted to. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 10, 2021 0:19:02 GMT -5
I mean the plus side is they could maybe get Springsteen through her dad Litte Steven Van Zant
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Post by koreycaskets on Mar 10, 2021 0:58:02 GMT -5
Actually never heard of her till this thread. Checked out her Instagram. Good lord that woman is in great shape.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 3, 2021 22:56:00 GMT -5
Welp, she was apparently on AEW so I at least had the rasslin part right.
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Post by Demented on Nov 3, 2021 23:03:01 GMT -5
Welp, she was apparently on AEW so I at least had the rasslin part right. I can predict the future! Only the details will be wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 23:24:08 GMT -5
Weren’t they interested in her like two years ago?
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