🟢 Shotzi in the Dark

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Last October I asked what were the chances of how much of success she'll have at SmackDown? The predictions were sadly very true.  She's a goner. > Last time we saw her was taking a fall against Sasha Banks in March after that out of field heel turn...

> Where's Shotzi? What do you think is her future now? She used to be THE must-see-gal at NXT.

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I wish she was in NXT 2.0 right now, as a babyface, feuding with Mandy.

I knew she wasn't going to do well on the main roster, especially after they turned her heel. Vince never really used Ruby Riott properly and Shotzi's an even weirder version of her. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea, but it sucks because I think she's very marketable and someone kids could really like (there was a poster here, I forget who, who said their daughter was really into her because of her look)

[msc]

Remaking the best Pink Panther film going by the thread title?

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Between her father passing and her back she has had it rough and maybe..MAYBE all those compounding at once really just took it all out of her for now idk..totally grasping here.

Would love if she went back to NXT because the main roster under the current regime is never gonna do anything with her.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:30:55 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Between her father passing and her back she has had it rough and maybe..MAYBE all those compounding at once really just took it all out of her for now idk..totally grasping here.

Would love if she went back to NXT because the main roster under the current regime is never gonna do anything with her.

She'd fit in so well with the other crazies in NXT.

[knsffa]

My guess is she does the pre-show dark matches for Smackdown if they do a woman's match. That seems to be her main role these days unless they need her to do the favors for a televised match. Odds are favoring no cuts at this time, which is actually a good thing. If Shotzi wants to do more I feel for her. If she is fine making money doing very little, she may be in luck for some time to come. JTG may have brought some of that old JTG Luck with him when he paid a visit for the HOF.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:31:44 GMT -5 @dax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:30:55 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Between her father passing and her back she has had it rough and maybe..MAYBE all those compounding at once really just took it all out of her for now idk..totally grasping here.

Would love if she went back to NXT because the main roster under the current regime is never gonna do anything with her.

She'd fit in so well with the other crazies in NXT.

And she would thrive because someone like her just excells better under a more intimate setting where they can devote alot more to her entire personality than the main roster has/would.

This is where me harping on WWE's absoloute lack of attention to using Vingettes and skits to enhance talent comes in and THIS is what HHH did so well with her he let her ride around in the tank and kill Robert Stone to have people get used to her and get her over.

Don't wanna have her wrestle every week? good but now let her chase nattie around the arena or something in her tank and get her personality over with the audience.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:36:43 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:31:44 GMT -5 @dax said:

She'd fit in so well with the other crazies in NXT.

And she would thrive because someone like her just excells better under a more intimate setting where they can devote alot more to her entire personality than the main roster has/would.

This is where me harping on WWE's absoloute lack of attention to using Vingettes and skits to enhance talent comes in and THIS is what HHH did so well with her he let her ride around in the tank and kill Robert Stone to have people get used to her and get her over.

Don't wanna have her wrestle every week? good but now let her chase nattie around the arena or something in her tank and get her personality over with the audience.

I wish they gave a f*** about the women's tag division because even if they don't think Shitzi's good enough to be a singles star, she showed with Ember she's at least really good in a tag team. She has so much personality, you can throw just about anyone who struggles in that area with her and it'll work.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:36:43 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:31:44 GMT -5 @dax said:

She'd fit in so well with the other crazies in NXT.

And she would thrive because someone like her just excells better under a more intimate setting where they can devote alot more to her entire personality than the main roster has/would.

This is where me harping on WWE's absoloute lack of attention to using Vingettes and skits to enhance talent comes in and THIS is what HHH did so well with her he let her ride around in the tank and kill Robert Stone to have people get used to her and get her over.

Don't wanna have her wrestle every week? good but now let her chase nattie around the arena or something in her tank and get her personality over with the audience.

This kind of stuff should've happened way much more.

> Thank heavens we at least got Poor Corbin getting his nutsacks shooted at!   Crazy to think that happened almost a year ago...

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Apr 5, 2022 15:41:34 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:36:43 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

And she would thrive because someone like her just excells better under a more intimate setting where they can devote alot more to her entire personality than the main roster has/would.

This is where me harping on WWE's absoloute lack of attention to using Vingettes and skits to enhance talent comes in and THIS is what HHH did so well with her he let her ride around in the tank and kill Robert Stone to have people get used to her and get her over.

Don't wanna have her wrestle every week? good but now let her chase nattie around the arena or something in her tank and get her personality over with the audience.

This kind of stuff should've happened way much more.

> Thank heavens we at least got Poor Corbin getting his nutsacks shooted at!   Crazy to think that happened almost a year ago...

The woman had people feeling for her over her original tank being crushed.



Normally...crying over crushed toy tank should rightfully lead to absoloute laughter but she absoloutley sold the f*** outta it like her own child just died in front of her so while she aint the best wrestler the woman has so much to offer that WWE is missing out on.

She is another one WWE is gonna let slip outta their fingers and another company is gonna hugely benefit.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:47:26 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:41:34 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

This kind of stuff should've happened way much more.

> Thank heavens we at least got Poor Corbin getting his nutsacks shooted at!   Crazy to think that happened almost a year ago...

The woman had people feeling for her over her original tank being crushed.



Normally...crying over crushed toy tank should rightfully lead to absoloute laughter but she absoloutley sold the f*** outta it like her own child just died in front of her so while she aint the best wrestler the woman has so much to offer that WWE is missing out on.

She is another one WWE is gonna let slip outta their fingers and another company is gonna hugely benefit.

I need to revisit that match up and segment in more details soon. Thanks for sharing.



^ This match was one of my favorite tv matches from '20. It had every spot that I love about pro wrestling (in quick fashion) ~ !

[J is Justice]

Apr 5, 2022 15:41:34 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:36:43 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

And she would thrive because someone like her just excells better under a more intimate setting where they can devote alot more to her entire personality than the main roster has/would.

This is where me harping on WWE's absoloute lack of attention to using Vingettes and skits to enhance talent comes in and THIS is what HHH did so well with her he let her ride around in the tank and kill Robert Stone to have people get used to her and get her over.

Don't wanna have her wrestle every week? good but now let her chase nattie around the arena or something in her tank and get her personality over with the audience.

This kind of stuff should've happened way much more.

> Thank heavens we at least got Poor Corbin getting his nutsacks shooted at!   Crazy to think that happened almost a year ago...

Now I miss Shotzi and Sad Corbin.

[J is Justice]

Turning Shotzi heel was dumb and it annoys me to this day.

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Apr 5, 2022 15:54:37 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:47:26 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

The woman had people feeling for her over her original tank being crushed.



Normally...crying over crushed toy tank should rightfully lead to absoloute laughter but she absoloutley sold the f*** outta it like her own child just died in front of her so while she aint the best wrestler the woman has so much to offer that WWE is missing out on.

She is another one WWE is gonna let slip outta their fingers and another company is gonna hugely benefit.

I need to revisit that match up and segment in more details soon. Thanks for sharing.



^ This match was one of my favorite tv matches from '20. It had every spot that I love about pro wrestling (in quick fashion) ~ !

Wanna know how much WWE is missing out on both these women all one has to do is watch that match.

Both women bump their f***ing asses off and take wicked bumps and Io completely elevates Shotzi in one go like it was nothing for her (and this was the first time they ever wrestled eachother) and no one since has been able to give Shotzi a better match in WWE and she has wrestled both Charlotte and Sasha since.

[asuka007]

I never had much hope for her on the MR to begin with. Not for lack of talent. But She’s like the last person Vince and co would “get.”

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Apr 5, 2022 16:15:59 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:54:37 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

I need to revisit that match up and segment in more details soon. Thanks for sharing.



^ This match was one of my favorite tv matches from '20. It had every spot that I love about pro wrestling (in quick fashion) ~ !

Wanna know how much WWE is missing out on both these women all one has to do is watch that match.

Both women bump their f***ing asses off and take wicked bumps and Io completely elevates Shotzi in one go like it was nothing for her (and this was the first time they ever wrestled eachother) and no one since has been able to give Shotzi a better match in WWE and she has wrestled both Charlotte and Sasha since.

#Moonsaults #TigerSuplex #SickGermanSuplexOnApron #SuperHurricanrana #CattleMutilation #Enzuigiri/Chop/Elbow-Exchanges ~ It really did have everything! 

[Feyrhausen]

Apr 5, 2022 15:47:26 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Apr 5, 2022 15:41:34 GMT -5 mj0mn0m said:

This kind of stuff should've happened way much more.

> Thank heavens we at least got Poor Corbin getting his nutsacks shooted at! :P  Crazy to think that happened almost a year ago...

The woman had people feeling for her over her original tank being crushed.



Normally...crying over crushed toy tank should rightfully lead to absoloute laughter but she absoloutley sold the f*** outta it like her own child just died in front of her so while she aint the best wrestler the woman has so much to offer that WWE is missing out on.

She is another one WWE is gonna let slip outta their fingers and another company is gonna hugely benefit.

I dont know if she still wears her helmet since she came to the main roster but she needs to leave it at home or make a replica or something. It has sentimental value to her and Vince and company love messing with peoples stuff for cheap heat.

[J is Justice]

Apr 5, 2022 16:16:43 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

I never had much hope for her on the MR to begin with.

Me either, but even I didn't think it would go this horribly wrong.

[Totorob101]

It's her look and style,simple as that,Vince and Co don't get it and will never push someone like her to the top as its just not a look they feel is marketable.

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Apr 5, 2022 16:39:42 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

Apr 5, 2022 16:16:43 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

I never had much hope for her on the MR to begin with.

Me either, but even I didn't think it would go this horribly wrong.

She probably didn't do herself any favors with her match with Sasha (which was really bad and it's almost impossible to have a bad match with Sasha), but I kinda wonder if her back injury had something to do with that. And even Rhea struggled in the ring for a couple months after getting called up, so going from NXT to the main roster might actually be a lot more difficult than I thought.