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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jul 31, 2022 2:38:25 GMT -5
One thing that will be interesting, is if the Twitch bullshit is done. Dakota's been streaming, and even streamed on Friday night. If she streams, that means the Twitch bullshit is done and wrestlers are free to stream again.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Jul 31, 2022 3:04:45 GMT -5
They changed her name? Ew.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Jul 31, 2022 3:48:18 GMT -5
Her sister must now become Miyo Sky.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Jul 31, 2022 4:00:58 GMT -5
My partner was sleeping in the other room so I had to silently mark the f*** out.
I probably looked like a mime on way too much caffeine.
Io is here! 1/3 things I asked for from Daddy H. I don't even care about the name change right now, Kana changed to Asuka, and she owned it. Io will have no problem doing the same methinks.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jul 31, 2022 4:10:01 GMT -5
While it would be unfair to Asuka, I def would let her be Io first opponent and let them have a 15-20 min banger on RAW with Io picking up a win and you can carry Asuka into the feud since Bianca and Bayley need a 3rd person Tho that's assuming Becky isn't injured and they don't go to Rhea/Bianca but I am guessing they keep Rhea busy possibly with Beth
If Becky's healthy, there's a chance they keep it as a 3-on-2 feud, with Becky/Bianca vs the Bayley group as a kind of women's Summerslam 1991 match, minus the jingoism. With that group there, I think they're probably going to soon bring back Beth as you say, and build up Rhea further before the proper Bianca match/feud.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jul 31, 2022 5:23:03 GMT -5
I really hope Becky isn't hurt too bad and won't have to miss time. That would such a buzz kill coming off her face turn tonight and this big angle they set up. They've been snake bit by injuries enough as it is lately.
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Post by Moppy on Jul 31, 2022 7:22:53 GMT -5
Becky v Bayley feels like a Mania main-event if they build it right.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 7:32:33 GMT -5
I actually don't mind Io Shirai becoming Iyo Sky. Just like I did mind WALTER becoming Gunter. If it means she's gonna get a push, I'm cool with it.
It's not that drastic of a change. You could argue it suits her character more aswell.
I'm guessing this is for copyright purposes.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jul 31, 2022 7:38:09 GMT -5
SRS just said this faction was proposed before to Vince and it was nixed. Vince:who needs those flippy doos dammit, we’ve nikki ass and doudrop! (Not even shade to Nikki and Doudrop because they’re great talents, just booked like scorched earth right now)
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Post by mc74 on Jul 31, 2022 7:51:49 GMT -5
Never watched Summerslam, but hearing about the women's division being given a shot in the arm does help inspire confidence. Looking forward to seeing what else Triple H and Co. have in store.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jul 31, 2022 9:14:40 GMT -5
Even though I'm not sure I'm going to come back and watch yet, I hope this is a sign Triple H is ready to make the main roster womens divisions matter again, because they got strip mined and downplayed, but there's a chance this shot in the arm can also be a foot up the ass of AEW to get them to have to keep up. Let the women draw in WWE and hopefully shake some actual specter of competition out of the other guys.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 9:36:06 GMT -5
Even though I'm not sure I'm going to come back and watch yet, I hope this is a sign Triple H is ready to make the main roster womens divisions matter again, because they got strip mined and downplayed, but there's a chance this shot in the arm can also be a foot up the ass of AEW to get them to have to keep up. Let the women draw in WWE and hopefully shake some actual specter of competition out of the other guys. It is legit exciting for the women now because idk whether it is just some peoples revisionist history when they talk about how oh NXT on USA was shit but either forget , disregard or whatever but that womens division was god tier and just from that we can gather there is going to be a mad scramble for female talent now across the board and that is nothing but a good thing. TK over there in AEW better start taking his womens division far more seriously or else he is gonna lose alot of important female talent in the future because HHH aint f***ing around the women are one of his absoloute bread and butter things he puts the utmost importance in and that is not gonna go unnoticed by any female wrestler.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 9:40:08 GMT -5
I hate, hate, hate Io's name change - it's a WALTER instance where I will never ever use the new name - but otherwise I've got hopes for her if HHH is the one booking her. Dakota's cool and Bayley is Bayley so hopefully this freshens up the women's division.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jul 31, 2022 9:47:47 GMT -5
Even though I'm not sure I'm going to come back and watch yet, I hope this is a sign Triple H is ready to make the main roster womens divisions matter again, because they got strip mined and downplayed, but there's a chance this shot in the arm can also be a foot up the ass of AEW to get them to have to keep up. Let the women draw in WWE and hopefully shake some actual specter of competition out of the other guys. It is legit exciting for the women now because idk whether it is just some peoples revisionist history when they talk about how oh NXT on USA was shit but either forget , disregard or whatever but that womens division was god tier and just from that we can gather there is going to be a mad scramble for female talent now across the board and that is nothing but a good thing. TK over there in AEW better start taking his womens division far more seriously or else he is gonna lose alot of important female talent in the future because HHH aint f***ing around the women are one of his absoloute bread and butter things he puts the utmost importance in and that is not gonna go unnoticed by any female wrestler. One women's match on Dynamite and Rampage per week definitely isn't going to cut it now, and neither is the Dynamite women's match being in the same quarter hour right before the main event. With that being said, I'm now looking forward to seeing what's next with WWE's Women's division now that Iyo and Dakota are on the main roster.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 31, 2022 9:55:10 GMT -5
Even though I'm not sure I'm going to come back and watch yet, I hope this is a sign Triple H is ready to make the main roster womens divisions matter again, because they got strip mined and downplayed, but there's a chance this shot in the arm can also be a foot up the ass of AEW to get them to have to keep up. Let the women draw in WWE and hopefully shake some actual specter of competition out of the other guys. It is legit exciting for the women now because idk whether it is just some peoples revisionist history when they talk about how oh NXT on USA was shit but either forget , disregard or whatever but that womens division was god tier and just from that we can gather there is going to be a mad scramble for female talent now across the board and that is nothing but a good thing. TK over there in AEW better start taking his womens division far more seriously or else he is gonna lose alot of important female talent in the future because HHH aint f***ing around the women are one of his absoloute bread and butter things he puts the utmost importance in and that is not gonna go unnoticed by any female wrestler. As good as the men were on NXT, the Womens division was the draw in NXT. Shayna Bayzler said she will go to her grave saying the NXT womens roster was one of the best in history and she's not wrong. Hell, look at Bianca who was a heel and basically spent almost 3 years down there without ever being featured nowhere near as much as she has but everyone knew she had a star look I think this puts women on notice. If you saw the way HHH booked them before, you're going to possibly want to jump on board. Impact has been a steady rock for the women for years as well and def has the best division right now but WWE could be sneaking on them in a year under right booking
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jul 31, 2022 10:17:59 GMT -5
It is legit exciting for the women now because idk whether it is just some peoples revisionist history when they talk about how oh NXT on USA was shit but either forget , disregard or whatever but that womens division was god tier and just from that we can gather there is going to be a mad scramble for female talent now across the board and that is nothing but a good thing. TK over there in AEW better start taking his womens division far more seriously or else he is gonna lose alot of important female talent in the future because HHH aint f***ing around the women are one of his absoloute bread and butter things he puts the utmost importance in and that is not gonna go unnoticed by any female wrestler. As good as the men were on NXT, the Womens division was the draw in NXT. Shayna Bayzler said she will go to her grave saying the NXT womens roster was one of the best in history and she's not wrong. Hell, look at Bianca who was a heel and basically spent almost 3 years down there without ever being featured nowhere near as much as she has but everyone knew she had a star look I think this puts women on notice. If you saw the way HHH booked them before, you're going to possibly want to jump on board. Impact has been a steady rock for the women for years as well and def has the best division right now but WWE could be sneaking on them in a year under right booking The big thing is that Triple H was confident the audience would be receptive to higher level women's wrestling before there was money in it. Not out of a vapid bid for positive PR, not so he could talk about what a great feminist he is, not so he could try and court Ronda Rousey. Hell, the network wasn't even a thing when he started giving them that time and that ability to prove themselves. The main roster stuff was all empty and you coudl tell Vince's heart wasn't in it but he bought into the idea of positive press, he booked Evolution because he had Ronda and then never did it again afterward, and once Bruce got his ear their time went down again because they'd milked the positive press out of it and could go back to how Vince wanted it. Triple H won't f*** around with that. He changed the developmental policy of training women to 'wrestle like a diva' before he even had the greenlight from Vince to make the women matter. New Japan is adding a women's title because they've found that it's a barrier to booking shows in the US to not. That's a far cry from where things were ten years ago and a lot of that change in expectation and taste, you can pin on Triple H. This was a message to the fans but also a huge message to the talent, both signed and not. He's going to take it as seriously as he did in NXT, it's going to be sincere, and he's going to do right by them. It's going to be on everyone else to keep up, because this has never been out of obligation or an "I guess we have to" mentality, and he's going to put them on the big stage doing what they do this time and he's not going to keep that spto restricted to two or three top names who even a disinterested sexist has to begrudgingly admit will draw money.
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Post by PTBartman on Jul 31, 2022 10:33:26 GMT -5
While it would be unfair to Asuka, I def would let her be Io first opponent and let them have a 15-20 min banger on RAW with Io picking up a win and you can carry Asuka into the feud since Bianca and Bayley need a 3rd person Tho that's assuming Becky isn't injured and they don't go to Rhea/Bianca but I am guessing they keep Rhea busy possibly with Beth If Becky's healthy, there's a chance they keep it as a 3-on-2 feud, with Becky/Bianca vs the Bayley group as a kind of women's Summerslam 1991 match, minus the jingoism. With that group there, I think they're probably going to soon bring back Beth as you say, and build up Rhea further before the proper Bianca match/feud.
Unless the third person was Sasha, which could be interesting considering the Kayfabe history between Sasha and Baylee
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Jul 31, 2022 10:49:20 GMT -5
Knowing there’s a chance for people like Sarray to come up now and have a legitimate shot is very exciting cause before I’d be worried to all hell for her
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Post by schma on Jul 31, 2022 10:57:19 GMT -5
I'm not able to watch with anything resembling regularity now but I am stoked by this. I've long been a loud proponent for the Women's division and they've shown multiple times that they can rise to the occasion whenever they're given the chance. If we get back to where we were when stuff like Evolution was happening (that was arguably the best PPV that year) it will be wonderful.
It's amazing how the presence of Io and Dakota on Summerslam is enough to make us all go, oh shit, this is happening! I really hope they don't let us down.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 31, 2022 11:02:46 GMT -5
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