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Post by mc74 on Jan 29, 2023 2:32:28 GMT -5
The final two should've by rights came down to Rhea vs Asuka. Have them in an intense battle before Rhea won the Rumble. Would've been a great way to keep fans on the edge of their seats as the Rumble match came to a close.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 29, 2023 2:56:34 GMT -5
I do think it's a little weird to do this big character change and not win with it... but I guess Asuka still like laughing maniacally on the outside while staring a hole through Rhea still works
(and again she was basically responsible for the finish)
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Post by Chuck Conry on Jan 29, 2023 3:06:54 GMT -5
I hope this gets her back to where she was when pre Mania loss to Charlotte. But I'm not sure Trips has proven he can rehab everyone from Vince's doing. Shinsuke Nakamura and Kross are proof. And he's tried hard with Kross.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 29, 2023 3:22:51 GMT -5
I hope this gets her back to where she was when pre Mania loss to Charlotte. But I'm not sure Trips has proven he can rehab everyone from Vince's doing. Shinsuke Nakamura and Kross are proof. And he's tried hard with Kross. There's really no rehabbing for Kross... cause he was never really over to begin with.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Jan 29, 2023 9:01:32 GMT -5
I was happy when Rhea won, but damn putting Asuka and Rhea in final three was hard choices for me. For f***ing real tho! Please don't drop the ball with her, this is amazing.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 29, 2023 9:22:53 GMT -5
That entrance look was cool.
She better finally get a win at Mania now.
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Post by sunnytaker on Jan 29, 2023 9:54:18 GMT -5
my guess is that asuka ends up on smackdown challenging charlotte at mania since her alignment is probably going to be tweener (she may act heel but everyone is going to be cheering her) and rhea/bianca seems set in stone at this point. maybe do an EC match for raw and smackdown women for the right to face charlotte at mania (cause the heel side on smackdown doesn;t really have a mania level opponnent for her unless ronda is back for that and they already feuded for the title when ronda got it off charlotte.)
plus asuka deserves a big mania win so a character change run would make this the perfect time to do it.
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Post by schma on Jan 29, 2023 11:01:47 GMT -5
Her pop was massive, one of the biggest of the night and I really liked that they played up just how thrown off people were by her new/old look. It would be a mistake to not use her. If this leads to finally getting a win over Charlotte at WM that would be fantastic.
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Post by Moppy on Jan 29, 2023 11:07:46 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 29, 2023 11:17:28 GMT -5
It was obviously cool but I also think that maybe they shouldn’t have had her debut at the Rumble when she wasn’t going to win and spent a good amount of time as a bump machine/body in the ring. Maybe have saved it for Raw tomorrow where she shows up and destroys some fools. Just my opinion and hopefully they do something cool with it other than Asuka with pants and new makeup. What Asuka was looking for was LONG TIGHTS! [/Balor]
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 29, 2023 11:24:26 GMT -5
That "I'm kinda terrified...yet interested" holy shit pop when she took off the mask and revealed that look was great.
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Post by dbrussel on Jan 29, 2023 13:50:08 GMT -5
Stacy Asuka with a new hat face paint
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Jan 29, 2023 16:58:16 GMT -5
I'm hoping this is a similar thing to what her idol Muta did when he was in All Japan in the early 2000s. Different and cooler looking over masks to reveal new variations of the facepaint.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 29, 2023 17:09:56 GMT -5
If it’s Bianca/Ripley at Wrestlemania then yeah, let’s do Flair/Asuka one more time, let the Kana version have a run for a few months or so. If they’re not doing anything with Rousey at the moment or unifying the women’s belts soon, why not?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 29, 2023 17:13:40 GMT -5
If you even already gave it a thought, it's too late. Here's 41 year old Asuka, still being my spirit animal.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 29, 2023 17:18:38 GMT -5
Murder clown Asuka coming out to avenge her biggest defeats is a great angle idea, issue is that it’s pretty much only Charlotte Flair on that list, because Carmella (understandably) hasn’t been around for months.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 29, 2023 17:22:14 GMT -5
Murder clown Asuka coming out to avenge her biggest defeats is a great angle idea, issue is that it’s pretty much only Charlotte Flair on that list, because Carmella (understandably) hasn’t been around for months. If only Athena (even though she never beat Asuka) was still here so Asuka could beat her up and talk shit on her more.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 29, 2023 17:27:33 GMT -5
Murder clown Asuka coming out to avenge her biggest defeats is a great angle idea, issue is that it’s pretty much only Charlotte Flair on that list, because Carmella (understandably) hasn’t been around for months. Well, there's also Rhea who pretty much beat the old look off her (remember, last time we saw Asuka she wasn't smiling and had no paint on).
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 29, 2023 17:30:09 GMT -5
To quite the funny guy from the Wonder Woman movie: “I’m both frightened, and aroused.”
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 29, 2023 17:30:48 GMT -5
Murder clown Asuka coming out to avenge her biggest defeats is a great angle idea, issue is that it’s pretty much only Charlotte Flair on that list, because Carmella (understandably) hasn’t been around for months. Well, there's also Rhea who pretty much beat the old look off her (remember, last time we saw Asuka she wasn't smiling and had no paint on). Ripley is also the locked in #1 Contender for WrestleMania, now’s not the time to be dropping losses in someone else’s storyline.
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