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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 18, 2023 17:26:35 GMT -5
After seeing the Trish promo. If all signs point towards Bianca vs. Trish at Summerslam and Trish WINNNING.
I'm all for it.
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Post by cornettesracket on Apr 18, 2023 18:09:02 GMT -5
I've tried to enjoy Bianca's work, but kind of like Charlotte, there is a Performance Center style that feels off for me that I usually don't get with those who've spent time outside of the WWE system There is a bit of that alright. I’m not wishing this to happen to Bianca but we’ve seen it happen to Charlotte, where kairi sane got injured as because of the performance centre training, she seemed unable to call an audible, and it looked terrible. And Becky and Asuka seemed to cop something was off with kairi and worked around the issue. And I’ll echo what others have said about Bianca and her inability or unwillingness to sell in her matches. She needs to drop the title soon as you can’t suspend disbelief with her matches.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 19, 2023 2:11:35 GMT -5
I've tried to enjoy Bianca's work, but kind of like Charlotte, there is a Performance Center style that feels off for me that I usually don't get with those who've spent time outside of the WWE system Charlotte's talked in interviews about how as an athlete all the moves and athleticism came easily to her, but it was the other aspects of wrestling that took much longer to learn. It wouldn't surprise me if that's also the case with Bianca, though it feels she's getting less chances to learn because her matches have to have all her regular spots.
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Post by mistery on Apr 19, 2023 6:33:31 GMT -5
I've tried to enjoy Bianca's work, but kind of like Charlotte, there is a Performance Center style that feels off for me that I usually don't get with those who've spent time outside of the WWE system Charlotte's talked in interviews about how as an athlete all the moves and athleticism came easily to her, but it was the other aspects of wrestling that took much longer to learn. It wouldn't surprise me if that's also the case with Bianca, though it feels she's getting less chances to learn because her matches have to have all her regular spots. Yeah. And the problem with that is that it happens in every single one of her matches so the audience is losing interest because outside of her and Ronda, the other women have way more variety in their momentum shifts. Like look at Asuka. You never know when she is gonna be reversing something into the Asuka Lock or a submission that puts someone else away. Same goes for Becky or pretty much every other woman. This is only a problem with Bianca because she just HAS to control 95%+ of the match, and whatever offense the other person does get is immediately no sold.
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Post by gl83 on Apr 19, 2023 8:27:33 GMT -5
After seeing the Trish promo. If all signs point towards Bianca vs. Trish at Summerslam and Trish WINNNING. I'm all for it. According to Kermit, Trish is only suppose to be with the company until SummerSlam or so, where she’s facing Becky Lynch.
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Post by Medium Rare, Trash Just Like U on Apr 19, 2023 15:48:37 GMT -5
After seeing the Trish promo. If all signs point towards Bianca vs. Trish at Summerslam and Trish WINNNING. I'm all for it. According to Kermit, Trish is only suppose to be with the company until SummerSlam or so, where she’s facing Becky Lynch. Bianca's reign being ended by Trish would be terrible IMO anyway.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 22, 2023 7:24:31 GMT -5
384+ days. Seems to be no challenger in sight for Backlash.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 22, 2023 8:14:56 GMT -5
384+ days. Seems to be no challenger in sight for Backlash. My guess is they'll run Bianca/Iyo on Raw, then Bianca's actual next challenger will come over via the draft.
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Post by mistery on Apr 22, 2023 8:35:14 GMT -5
384+ days. Seems to be no challenger in sight for Backlash. My guess is they'll run Bianca/Iyo on Raw, then Bianca's actual next challenger will come over via the draft. I will be honest. I don't think there is anyone on SD (who is active and not injured) who Bianca hasn't beaten yet outside of Raquel. Or anyone who is even remotely a threat.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 22, 2023 8:44:05 GMT -5
My guess is they'll run Bianca/Iyo on Raw, then Bianca's actual next challenger will come over via the draft. I will be honest. I don't think there is anyone on SD (who is active and not injured) who Bianca hasn't beaten yet outside of Raquel. Or anyone who is even remotely a threat. I'd been assuming it was going to be Charlotte, who is going to be in the draft even if she's not on TV right now.
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Post by mistery on Apr 22, 2023 9:10:59 GMT -5
I will be honest. I don't think there is anyone on SD (who is active and not injured) who Bianca hasn't beaten yet outside of Raquel. Or anyone who is even remotely a threat. I'd been assuming it was going to be Charlotte, who is going to be in the draft even if she's not on TV right now. I don't even know if it'll be Charlotte, considering she isn't supposed to be back until late in the Summer at the earliest apparently. She's apparently taking time off to travel the world and work in bodybuilding competitions. Bianca's reign won't be able to last that long as you can already see the audience fatigue setting in. I also don't feel like the audience would be all too sympathetic towards Bianca losing to Charlotte at this point, considering Bianca is just as destructive as Charlotte is in killing others momentum at this point. It's why I can't rule out Bianca dropping the title either at Backlash (assuming the match gets announced) or on the draft episode of RAW, and getting moved over to Smackdown so she can chase Rhea. Because it's not like Rhea is in any better of a position right now either when it comes to challengers. And I think Bianca moving over isn't unlikely since she's been on RAW for awhile now, and also the Street Profits should be shifted to Smackdown as well. And wherever Montez goes, Bianca will follow. Or vice versa.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 22, 2023 12:26:36 GMT -5
I'd been assuming it was going to be Charlotte, who is going to be in the draft even if she's not on TV right now. I don't even know if it'll be Charlotte, considering she isn't supposed to be back until late in the Summer at the earliest apparently. She's apparently taking time off to travel the world and work in bodybuilding competitions. Bianca's reign won't be able to last that long as you can already see the audience fatigue setting in. I also don't feel like the audience would be all too sympathetic towards Bianca losing to Charlotte at this point, considering Bianca is just as destructive as Charlotte is in killing others momentum at this point. It's why I can't rule out Bianca dropping the title either at Backlash (assuming the match gets announced) or on the draft episode of RAW, and getting moved over to Smackdown so she can chase Rhea. Because it's not like Rhea is in any better of a position right now either when it comes to challengers. And I think Bianca moving over isn't unlikely since she's been on RAW for awhile now, and also the Street Profits should be shifted to Smackdown as well. And wherever Montez goes, Bianca will follow. Or vice versa.
Even though Bianca's been booked stronger than Charlotte, fans perceive Charlotte's booking as stronger, and that's important. Plus at this point, having both Rhea and Bianca on the same roster feels like it's unbalanced.
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Post by clc on Apr 22, 2023 12:33:56 GMT -5
If I was a betting man, I'd wager Bianca's reign ends when she wants to have a baby. Drops the belt without ever losing.
There are 3 credible people that could beat maybe beat her. Rhea, Charlotte, and Ronda. Rhea is Smackdown champ, Charlotte is on hiatus, I'm not so sure they want to put a singles belt on Ronda again.
Bianca is so OP, cheating to win isn't even a credible option. She shrugs off surprise roll ups, and routinely is shown as being superior to 3 champion level contenders. They would need to build up a new person, or do some type of story where we find out Bianca was like dropping PCP before all her matches to explain why every one else sucks so bad compared to her. Sort of the opposite when they had to retroactively explain why Brock was weaker when he came back due to some stomach sickness.
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Post by mistery on Apr 22, 2023 13:41:46 GMT -5
I don't even know if it'll be Charlotte, considering she isn't supposed to be back until late in the Summer at the earliest apparently. She's apparently taking time off to travel the world and work in bodybuilding competitions. Bianca's reign won't be able to last that long as you can already see the audience fatigue setting in. I also don't feel like the audience would be all too sympathetic towards Bianca losing to Charlotte at this point, considering Bianca is just as destructive as Charlotte is in killing others momentum at this point. It's why I can't rule out Bianca dropping the title either at Backlash (assuming the match gets announced) or on the draft episode of RAW, and getting moved over to Smackdown so she can chase Rhea. Because it's not like Rhea is in any better of a position right now either when it comes to challengers. And I think Bianca moving over isn't unlikely since she's been on RAW for awhile now, and also the Street Profits should be shifted to Smackdown as well. And wherever Montez goes, Bianca will follow. Or vice versa.
Even though Bianca's been booked stronger than Charlotte, fans perceive Charlotte's booking as stronger, and that's important. Plus at this point, having both Rhea and Bianca on the same roster feels like it's unbalanced.
Well if they plan on doing Bianca/Rhea at some point, they should probably be on the same brand. Otherwise you run the risk of the Rumble and/or Chamber being way too predictable.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2023 16:13:21 GMT -5
With Charlotte allegedly not back untill late summer and there being no challengers properly built up.
Either she drops it to IYO who then goes onto feud with Bayley and possibly Dakota and gawd willing Asuka while Bianca gets drafted to SD to go after Rhea.
Or the option they more than likely will go with is she gets "robbed" of her title via MITB so this way she does not get pinned atleast fairly and WWE will completely kill what cred that title holder may have by constantly proclaiming them a fake champion because they never beat the Biancanator fairly.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Apr 22, 2023 19:18:00 GMT -5
It's crazy that Bianca's run is only a little over 2 months longer than Gunther's because it feels like it's been going on for an eternity.
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Post by asuka007 on Apr 22, 2023 20:35:11 GMT -5
It's crazy that Bianca's run is only a little over 2 months longer than Gunther's because it feels like it's been going on for an eternity. The booking for Gunther has been far better. And Gunther knows how to sell well for his opponents while still coming off like a big scary monster in the end.
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Post by polarbearpete on Apr 23, 2023 8:55:59 GMT -5
I say she loses to either Charlotte or Trish. I’d like Ronda moving to Raw and winning the title off of her but it looks like she’ll be in the tag division for the foreseeable future.
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 23, 2023 9:41:55 GMT -5
I actually prefer Roman's reign over Bianca's, purely because when Roman defends his title it usually feels like a pretty big deal and I at least get a great match out of it (albeit with a disappointing finish approximately 99% of the time)
But when Bianca defends it, it's like "yeah she's probably winning I don't even really need to watch the match"
With Gunther I'm actively rooting for him to keep the IC title haha
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 23, 2023 10:32:52 GMT -5
I actually prefer Roman's reign over Bianca's, purely because when Roman defends his title it usually feels like a pretty big deal and I at least get a great match out of it (albeit with a disappointing finish approximately 99% of the time) But when Bianca defends it, it's like "yeah she's probably winning I don't even really need to watch the match" With Gunther I'm actively rooting for him to keep the IC title haha Even with the inevitable ref bump, Roman's excellent at creating suspense and making it feel like his opponent could win, in everything from how he sells moves to his patented 2.99 kickouts. Bianca's strengths are centered on doing her moves (and I do think her consistency and athleticism is impressive), so you don't get the same suspense, she's not good at selling or at timing near-falls, so you just get her doing her moves.
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