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Post by mistery on Apr 18, 2022 18:35:28 GMT -5
. I doubt it, they knew for months that Ronda was coming back. She started prepping for her return pretty much immediately after giving birth Could still have f***ed with Alexa's plans because the logical story to Alexa's return should have been going after Charlotte and taking the title from her but definetly feels like Ronnie derailed whatever they have had for Alexa initially. Worth noting that there were reports that Charlotte was actively campaigning to feud with Ronda, which in hindsight was (still is) a really bad idea.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 19:59:14 GMT -5
They've ruined years out of her career. Unforgivable!
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 18, 2022 20:30:57 GMT -5
Still feel that Alexa being in the Elimination Chamber match was needless in the first place. I get they wanted to give Bianca everything ahead of her second title run, but they did it in a way that damaged possible future feuds.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Apr 18, 2022 20:36:35 GMT -5
Alexa will die and her sister Alexiel will pop up as totally not Alexa
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Post by Dub H on Apr 18, 2022 21:37:45 GMT -5
Obviously Alexa should be the new leader of The Dark Order
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Post by ehead on Apr 19, 2022 0:02:59 GMT -5
Still feel that Alexa being in the Elimination Chamber match was needless in the first place. I get they wanted to give Bianca everything ahead of her second title run, but they did it in a way that damaged possible future feuds. I always was under the impression that the vignettes were leading for her to return after Elimination Chamber but the Saudis must have requested for her to be on the show and we saw what happened. It's baffling to me that they can find screen time every week for Dana Brooke & Tamina but they couldn't find 2 minutes here and there for Alexa to cut promos. I think this might be what will convince Alexa to not re-up when her contract will be expiring. She'll probably be eyeing an acting career in the process, which I have no doubt she can be successful in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2022 0:12:07 GMT -5
My biggest worry has and will continue to be if she is healthy...As much as Alexa clicks with the audience she has proven to be a liability herself at times and thus it makes it difficult to write long-term storylines including lots of in-ring work. She is in a very weird spot as is a vast majority of WWE's "evolution" women
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Post by thehottag on Apr 19, 2022 0:15:42 GMT -5
5 hours on prime-time TV a week (7 if you count NXT) & you can't find something - anything! - for one of your most popular acts?
Vince has to have cooled off on her, or else this is some unfathomable incompetence. Maybe both, I dunno.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 19, 2022 3:01:57 GMT -5
My biggest worry has and will continue to be if she is healthy...As much as Alexa clicks with the audience she has proven to be a liability herself at times and thus it makes it difficult to write long-term storylines including lots of in-ring work. She is in a very weird spot as is a vast majority of WWE's "evolution" women She's a hard person to figure out how to use. As much as we criticize WWE and rightfully so for how they utilize a lot of talent, she's someone I really don't know how I would use. Like yeah she's super over which is great but she's also a five foot tall girl who is a mediocre worker and is very injury prone making her untrustworthy when it comes to putting her in long term storylines. I thought the team with Nikki was a good idea as it lightened her work load while still making use of her overness and star power. However even then she was still getting injured a decent bit IIRC. I guess you could use her as a manager but she seems like to big of a star to be in a role like that. I thought maybe them not using her was a case of her contract being up soon and them just starving her out but then someone said she still has two years left so I don't know. I think it could be a case of them just simply not knowing what to do with her as apposed to them not wanting to do anything with her. I do think that whenever her WWE run ends that she'll probably be done with wrestling as she really seems tailor made for only WWE. I don't see AEW being a good fit for her and Impact doesn't seem to ever sign the high profile WWE cast offs likely either because they are too pricey for them or the talents themselves aren't interested as AEW will pay more and give them more exposure.
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Post by eJm on Apr 19, 2022 3:06:30 GMT -5
I mean, for as much as I can agree with the points made, I can't blame her for being frustrated either. Wasn't even like most of it was any of her doing, just that they had plans for her and...didn't.
Also, the whole "give someone the gimmick of your most over and bankable talent and then fire said bankable talent" thing was basically throwing her under the bus and completely unfair to her.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 19, 2022 3:15:45 GMT -5
I mean, for as much as I can agree with the points made, I can't blame her for being frustrated either. Wasn't even like most of it was any of her doing, just that they had plans for her and...didn't. Also, the whole "give someone the gimmick of your most over and bankable talent and then fire said bankable talent" thing was basically throwing her under the bus and completely unfair to her. Weird thing is, she was acting more like The Fiend around Rumble 2021 time doing that mid-match transformation into actual no-sell mode, than she was after she āgot given the gimmickā.
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Post by eJm on Apr 19, 2022 3:19:24 GMT -5
I mean, for as much as I can agree with the points made, I can't blame her for being frustrated either. Wasn't even like most of it was any of her doing, just that they had plans for her and...didn't. Also, the whole "give someone the gimmick of your most over and bankable talent and then fire said bankable talent" thing was basically throwing her under the bus and completely unfair to her. Weird thing is, she was acting more like The Fiend around Rumble 2021 time doing that mid-match transformation into actual no-sell mode, than she was after she āgot given the gimmickā. I mean, there were aspects of the Firefly Funhouse character in the newer gimmick but I get that. It wasn't exactly a full on transfer which, again, super weird.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 19, 2022 3:26:33 GMT -5
Weird thing is, she was acting more like The Fiend around Rumble 2021 time doing that mid-match transformation into actual no-sell mode, than she was after she āgot given the gimmickā. I mean, there were aspects of the Firefly Funhouse character in the newer gimmick but I get that. It wasn't exactly a full on transfer which, again, super weird. Yeah, she did have a lot of twisted children's show host still around a bit in the newer gimmick. (Though closer to like Loonette from Big Comfy Couch than Mr. Rogers.)
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Post by eJm on Apr 19, 2022 3:28:21 GMT -5
I mean, there were aspects of the Firefly Funhouse character in the newer gimmick but I get that. It wasn't exactly a full on transfer which, again, super weird. Yeah, she did have a lot of twisted children's show host still around a bit in the newer gimmick. (Though closer to like Loonette from Big Comfy Couch than Mr. Rogers.) Like, if I were booking it now, I'd go into creative, show them the Pibby Adult Swim prank, point at Bun Bun when he gets pixel eyes and go "That".
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Post by cornettesracket on Apr 19, 2022 3:48:17 GMT -5
My biggest worry has and will continue to be if she is healthy...As much as Alexa clicks with the audience she has proven to be a liability herself at times and thus it makes it difficult to write long-term storylines including lots of in-ring work. She is in a very weird spot as is a vast majority of WWE's "evolution" women Canāt believe youāre blaming Alexa. Maybe the blame should be on Ronda for being unable to twice perform a headlock takeover safely on Alexa and drive her head in the mat.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Apr 19, 2022 6:28:23 GMT -5
5 hours on prime-time TV a week (7 if you count NXT) & you can't find something - anything! - for one of your most popular acts? Vince has to have cooled off on her, or else this is some unfathomable incompetence. Maybe both, I dunno. Even "unfathomable incompetence" feels like an understatement. What kind of clown show are you running when "Alexa is the #2 babyface in the division" and "Creative has nothing for Alexa" are allegedly BOTH true?
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Post by Rolent Tex on Apr 19, 2022 7:41:00 GMT -5
Iāll forever say itā¦if Vince f***ing Russo can find a spot on TV for you no matter if he hates youā¦no matter if the angle or gimmick is shitty or offensiveā¦and your current ācreativeā setup canāt do the job they were hired to do andā¦I dunnoā¦be creativeā¦then Youāve got problems.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 19, 2022 8:18:41 GMT -5
Imagine devoting weeks of TV time for a one-match return on a PPV where she doesn't even matter and then going "Actually we dunno about this, not because it didn't work or anything, but because nah". But then instead of going back to the drawing board on it you just kinda let her hang out doing nothing. It's weird.
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Post by Mecca on Apr 19, 2022 8:23:02 GMT -5
Iāll forever say itā¦if Vince f***ing Russo can find a spot on TV for you no matter if he hates youā¦no matter if the angle or gimmick is shitty or offensiveā¦and your current ācreativeā setup canāt do the job they were hired to do andā¦I dunnoā¦be creativeā¦then Youāve got problems. Their structure has changed since those days. If they had a writer who was Russo like in the sense that he felt he could get anyone over, give everyone something to do and was vocal about the parts that sucked, they'd fire him in seconds. The WWE is a bureaucracy of the highest order these days and anyone truly trying to change anything wouldn't be received well.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Apr 19, 2022 8:28:36 GMT -5
My biggest worry has and will continue to be if she is healthy...As much as Alexa clicks with the audience she has proven to be a liability herself at times and thus it makes it difficult to write long-term storylines including lots of in-ring work. She is in a very weird spot as is a vast majority of WWE's "evolution" women Canāt believe youāre blaming Alexa. Maybe the blame should be on Ronda for being unable to twice perform a headlock takeover safely on Alexa and drive her head in the mat. I dont see anything in that post blaming Alexa or anyone really for her being injury prone. But she is and that is unfortunately a liability.
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