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Post by mistery on Mar 2, 2022 16:20:22 GMT -5
Short of having her win the women's battle royal, I am honestly not sure where Asuka would fit in right now. They should have been using her, but she's in a spot of being too big to just use for random bullshit, but any of their already-planned stuff, plugging Asuka into one of the pre-existing title matches would be a mismatch, I figure. She, too, might be someone where waiting until after 'Mania makes some level of sense, but it should probably not have gotten to this place to begin with. We also don't know if Asuka's even healthy. Sean Ross Sapp's supposed to have more later today, apparently. PWInsider posted a report just earlier today refuting SRS's previous claim, saying she is completely cleared but creative can't find anything for her.
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 2, 2022 16:26:46 GMT -5
We also don't know if Asuka's even healthy. Sean Ross Sapp's supposed to have more later today, apparently. PWInsider posted a report just earlier today refuting SRS's previous claim, saying she is completely cleared but creative can't find anything for her. PWInsider was the original report, though. That just means they haven’t changed their story.
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Post by holyshida on Mar 2, 2022 18:11:15 GMT -5
How the f*** can you have no plans for Asuka. Asuka still hasn't won a match at WM and Bayley has yet to have a 1 on 1 match and will miss Mania for the 2nd straight year, but gotta push Ronda ffs
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Post by papagiorgio on Mar 2, 2022 18:32:03 GMT -5
Sure, they could try to fit more women into a cluster match for the tag titles like last year, but I am fine with the 3 women matches currently booked as is. They can fit the rest of the women on a preshow or Smackdown battle royal the night before. They don't really need Bayley, Bliss, or Asuka to sell tickets. I would save them for after Wrestlemania. Saudi Arabia is behind the times and needed some extra names like Lita and Bliss.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 2, 2022 18:43:04 GMT -5
How the f*** can you have no plans for Asuka. Asuka still hasn't won a match at WM and Bayley has yet to have a 1 on 1 match and will miss Mania for the 2nd straight year, but gotta push Ronda ffs Because the disappear for months, show up and get a title match is Sasha’s gimmick.
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Post by holyshida on Mar 2, 2022 19:04:31 GMT -5
How the f*** can you have no plans for Asuka. Asuka still hasn't won a match at WM and Bayley has yet to have a 1 on 1 match and will miss Mania for the 2nd straight year, but gotta push Ronda ffs Because the disappear for months, show up and get a title match is Sasha’s gimmick. Maybe not fire half the roster and their women's division outside the title matches wouldn't be so bare and you'd have credible opponents for Asuka
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 2, 2022 19:07:57 GMT -5
Because the disappear for months, show up and get a title match is Sasha’s gimmick. Maybe not fire half the roster and their women's division outside the title matches wouldn't be so bare and you'd have credible opponents for Asuka Employees are an expense. They got guaranteed TV money coming in. Throw any old shit on TV and as long as the cheque clears, who cares?
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Post by asuka007 on Mar 2, 2022 19:21:32 GMT -5
Short of having her win the women's battle royal, I am honestly not sure where Asuka would fit in right now. They should have been using her, but she's in a spot of being too big to just use for random bullshit, but any of their already-planned stuff, plugging Asuka into one of the pre-existing title matches would be a mismatch, I figure. She, too, might be someone where waiting until after 'Mania makes some level of sense, but it should probably not have gotten to this place to begin with. They threw AJ vs. Edge together quick and people are hyped for it. I wish WWE was willing to do that sort of thing for the women as well. But they just, don’t.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 2, 2022 19:29:32 GMT -5
Short of having her win the women's battle royal, I am honestly not sure where Asuka would fit in right now. They should have been using her, but she's in a spot of being too big to just use for random bullshit, but any of their already-planned stuff, plugging Asuka into one of the pre-existing title matches would be a mismatch, I figure. She, too, might be someone where waiting until after 'Mania makes some level of sense, but it should probably not have gotten to this place to begin with. They threw AJ vs. Edge together quick and people are hyped for it. I wish WWE was willing to do that sort of thing for the women as well. But they just, don’t. Both guys have been around, though. Yeah, it'd be good if women basically ever got PPV grudge matches and not just title ones, but even if they did that, I'm not sure who she'd even show up to fight or why.
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Post by holyshida on Mar 2, 2022 19:30:46 GMT -5
Maybe not fire half the roster and their women's division outside the title matches wouldn't be so bare and you'd have credible opponents for Asuka Employees are an expense. They got guaranteed TV money coming in. Throw any old shit on TV and as long as the cheque clears, who cares? I don't even understand what you're saying, you're making no sense. Are you excusing this??
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Mar 2, 2022 19:42:38 GMT -5
It's the road to Wrestlemania. They have their stories in place and feuds locked down. They do this every single year. Stop feeding in to the news system that wants you to get outraged and subscribe to hear/read more things to get you outraged. But even if we accept the idea that Wrestlemania is presently 100% set in stone and things are nailed down. When, precisely, should people care that their favorites aren't booked on the biggest show of the year? And Asuka fans are already pretty vocal in general about what creative's done with her. They don't need PWInsider to "get them outraged"; they've been pretty vocally outraged for four years. Plus, "they ran Alexa return vignettes for weeks, she had one match, and now bye bye" is evergreen complaining content, that's not a Wrestlemania issue.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 2, 2022 19:45:42 GMT -5
It's the road to Wrestlemania. They have their stories in place and feuds locked down. They do this every single year. Stop feeding in to the news system that wants you to get outraged and subscribe to hear/read more things to get you outraged. But even if we accept the idea that Wrestlemania is presently 100% set in stone and things are nailed down. When, precisely, should people care that their favorites aren't booked on the biggest show of the year? And Asuka fans are already pretty vocal in general about what creative's done with her. They don't need PWInsider to "get them outraged"; they've been pretty vocally outraged for four years. Plus, "they ran Alexa return vignettes for weeks, she had one match, and now bye bye" is evergreen complaining content, that's not a Wrestlemania issue. Yeah, if you're going to do... literally nothing with someone... why hype them up for weeks... have them wrestle one match and then not do ANYTHING with them.
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Post by eJm on Mar 2, 2022 19:50:31 GMT -5
But even if we accept the idea that Wrestlemania is presently 100% set in stone and things are nailed down. When, precisely, should people care that their favorites aren't booked on the biggest show of the year? And Asuka fans are already pretty vocal in general about what creative's done with her. They don't need PWInsider to "get them outraged"; they've been pretty vocally outraged for four years. Plus, "they ran Alexa return vignettes for weeks, she had one match, and now bye bye" is evergreen complaining content, that's not a Wrestlemania issue. Yeah, if you're going to do... literally nothing with someone... why hype them up for weeks... have them wrestle one match and then not do ANYTHING with them. And if you’re going to do that with Alexa, why not with Bayley or Asuka? Have them in the Chamber. It’s not like it seems to matter in the wider context of things, right?
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Mar 2, 2022 20:28:04 GMT -5
In the meantime, we get Ronda Rousey.
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Post by tenshi on Mar 2, 2022 21:05:07 GMT -5
In the meantime, we get Ronda Rousey. Ronda vs Asuka after WrestleMania has potential...
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Post by mistery on Mar 2, 2022 21:38:42 GMT -5
In the meantime, we get Ronda Rousey. Ronda vs Asuka after WrestleMania has potential... Asuka deserves way better than to be a victim to Ronda. Also there is an INCREDIBLY high chance Ronda gets booed if she faces Asuka. Which would cause her to melt down again.
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Post by tenshi on Mar 2, 2022 22:17:33 GMT -5
Ronda vs Asuka after WrestleMania has potential... Asuka deserves way better than to be a victim to Ronda. Also there is an INCREDIBLY high chance Ronda gets booed if she faces Asuka. Which would cause her to melt down again. I was just looking for matchups and a division with Ronda, Asuka, Shayna, Naomi, Sasha and Charlotte at its core could be, at least, decent enough to get things going for themselves. The problem would be putting it to practice, though...
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Mar 2, 2022 22:52:31 GMT -5
People are fantasy booking Bayley and Asuka like they’re ready to go and but are they really?
Fightful has been way more reliable than PWI lately and they reiterated again today that Asuka hasn’t been cleared and she’s not expected back until “around Spring” and Bayley tore her ACL in mid-July and was given an estimated 9 month recovery time. She was always going to be cutting it fine for early-April and Wrestlemania even if she rehabbed like crazy. There’s no point rushing her back if she’s not 100% when she’ll probably make more of an impact with a big post-Mania return anyway.
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Post by genwrestling on Mar 3, 2022 2:42:10 GMT -5
SmackDown is seriously lacking in women as of late, maybe getting 2 of the 3 females mentioned (or all of them) would be right aside from the possible main roster call-ups. But I would want Bayley to remain on SmackDown just because it would feel weird seeing her without antagonizing Michael Cole lol
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 3, 2022 3:38:36 GMT -5
Come to think of it I wonder what the deal is with Lacey, she's probably due to come back sometime in the next couple of months.
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