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Post by centeroftheuniverse on May 5, 2024 5:38:42 GMT -5
She's set for her first house show tonight since her call up, and her first main event one since her Becky feud last September.
No confirmation of her opponent, but with Bianca/Jade/Naomi against Damage CTRL, and Bayley and Tiffany scheduled to be on, it'll probably be Bayley vs Tiffany in a 'title defense'. Nia hasn't been scheduled, but she is currently in France, so perhaps she could make it a triple threat.
WWE DE RETOUR A AIX-EN-PROVENCE !
¬Triple Main Event! Randy Orton vs Solo Sikoa in a Grudge Match! LA Knight vs AJ Styles! Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill vs Asuka, Kairi Sane and Dakota Kai!
Grudge Match Randy Orton vs Solo Sikoa
LA Knight vs AJ Styles
Bianca Belair / Naomi / Jade Cargill vs Auska / Kairi Sane / Dakota Kai
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match New Catch Republic vs A-Town Down Under Eight Person Mixed Tag Match Bobby Lashley, The Street Profits and B-fab vs. The Final Testament Carlito vs Santos Escobar PLUS: “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Bayley, Tiffany Stratton*
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Post by 4real on May 5, 2024 7:43:44 GMT -5
Turn Tiff face now Fallon is a heel. Have Fallon attack Tiff and drag her back to the farm for more work!
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on May 5, 2024 15:27:28 GMT -5
In case you wanted to feel old, I saw an interview from almost a year ago where she admitted to not knowing who Limp Bizkit are.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 5, 2024 15:35:19 GMT -5
In case you wanted to feel old, I saw an interview from almost a year ago where she admitted to not knowing who Limp Bizkit are. To be fare, you wouldn't recognize this guy either on the street. Looks more like Santa Claus than Fred Durst these days.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on May 5, 2024 15:40:40 GMT -5
I'd like to believe Limp Bizkit is Ludwig's favorite band and he's gotten her into them since.
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Post by J is Justice on May 5, 2024 15:41:11 GMT -5
In case you wanted to feel old, I saw an interview from almost a year ago where she admitted to not knowing who Limp Bizkit are. I wish I didn't know who they were.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on May 5, 2024 15:44:24 GMT -5
In case you wanted to feel old, I saw an interview from almost a year ago where she admitted to not knowing who Limp Bizkit are. I wish I didn't know who they were. I don't like this gimmick.
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Post by asuka007 on May 5, 2024 15:46:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd much rather she won MITB than QOTR. I assume she will at least be in the tournament as she's not a current champ and doesn't have an obvious grudge/story, and it will give her something to do on TV for the next couple of weeks, and hopefully get back in the W column. She's been protected in that she's only been pinned once, a roll up, and they've all been in the upper scene, but she's not won in her last 4 matches, and not since March 8th, whereas she racked up 5 wins from Feb 2nd to March 8th in her 'establishing' phase. Perhaps a R1 win over Tegan or someone clearly there to do the job, and then lose either in the QF or the SF on the Saudi Smackdown show. Perhaps the defeat could be via some sort of Bianca/Jade shenanigans to set up a mini tag programme with Nia ahead of an unsuccessful title challenge at Clash, before moving on to MITB. I've no desire to see her back in the ring with Naomi so soon, but if they were on a collision course in their bracket, then the aforementioned Jade/Bianca stuff could tie in well there. I think it depends. They left the door open for Bayley vs. Tiffany in a single match. So do they want to do that soon, or wait a bit? If it’s the former, then I could see them keeping her out of QOTR?
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Post by J is Justice on May 5, 2024 15:50:18 GMT -5
I wish I didn't know who they were. I don't like this gimmick.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on May 5, 2024 19:03:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd much rather she won MITB than QOTR. I assume she will at least be in the tournament as she's not a current champ and doesn't have an obvious grudge/story, and it will give her something to do on TV for the next couple of weeks, and hopefully get back in the W column. She's been protected in that she's only been pinned once, a roll up, and they've all been in the upper scene, but she's not won in her last 4 matches, and not since March 8th, whereas she racked up 5 wins from Feb 2nd to March 8th in her 'establishing' phase. Perhaps a R1 win over Tegan or someone clearly there to do the job, and then lose either in the QF or the SF on the Saudi Smackdown show. Perhaps the defeat could be via some sort of Bianca/Jade shenanigans to set up a mini tag programme with Nia ahead of an unsuccessful title challenge at Clash, before moving on to MITB. I've no desire to see her back in the ring with Naomi so soon, but if they were on a collision course in their bracket, then the aforementioned Jade/Bianca stuff could tie in well there. I think it depends. They left the door open for Bayley vs. Tiffany in a single match. So do they want to do that soon, or wait a bit? If it’s the former, then I could see them keeping her out of QOTR? Yeah, I hope it's further down the line as Bayley ain't dropping the belt so soon, but if they do continue that feud then no need for her to be in QotR, although there's no guarantee that Bayley will be on the Saudi show. I think there is a bit more leeway with matches at Saudi as both shows last year had 7 matches instead of the now seemingly normal 4 or 5, but very few are guaranteed a PLE spot these days, especially when they're running them every 3 weeks at the moment. I guess we'll probably find out the SD QotR bracket during RAW on Monday.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 7, 2024 17:34:55 GMT -5
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 8, 2024 19:36:41 GMT -5
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 10, 2024 19:48:42 GMT -5
Tiffany gets the house show bracket match against Michin.
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Post by Totorob101 on May 11, 2024 3:02:14 GMT -5
Tiffany gets the house show bracket match against Michin. Sucks that tiffany isn't on tv for her match but its an easy win for her so it doesn't matter that much she and Jade are easily the favourites for the queen of the ring.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on May 11, 2024 4:40:51 GMT -5
The fact she is facing Michin yet again sucks as well, easy win or not. It's just like ah, who cares, you can lazily face again for the 10th time, and away from TV as showcasing you, and giving you a fresh opponent, is not that important at the moment. They could have easily had Nia vs Michin off TV, Tiffany vs Naomi (admittedly again) on TV and given Tiffany the chance to beat all of the 'Big 3', all of them by shenanigans of course, because I'm not sure if she's had a clean win since her call up (she couldn't even beat Zelina without LDF getting involved), but it would have still been a huge statement, whereas here, it just shows she's not a priority and her being in the tournament and off TV is counterproductive to her momentum, her stock, her perceived importance, and her presentation. From a world title match to bumped off TV in a meh, nothing match within 6 days. I can actually see her beating Bianca next week to avoid the Jade vs Bianca match this early, and Bianca selling her leg probably planted the seeds to make a roll up loss more of a possibility, but if she doesn't, and even if she has a really good match then the QOTR will have been negative for where they see her fitting in IMO, and it would then be getting towards 3 months since she last had a TV win - March 8th in a lazy 2 min, needless, directionless rematch with Michin, which all but confirmed she wouldn't be at Mania as they were pivoting away from the only story she had going. I was disappointed she missed Mania, but I was so annoyed last night. It was 1am here, but as soon as I saw the bracket and that she was relegated to a house show I turned the TV off. I was honestly hoping it would be like Chelsea vs Blair and Tiffany not in the tournament at all. I did spend the next 2 hours on Twitter searching 'Tiffany Stratton' 'Tiffany TV' etc. to see what others were saying and ended up seeing pretty much all the results from the other matches , so I probably won't bother catching up on it today. I've said it a few times over on the other forum, but Jade Cargill coming through at the same time, and not being as poor as some were expecting/hoping doesn't do Tiffany much good in the being pushed stakes.
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Post by mistery on May 11, 2024 5:38:01 GMT -5
I mean I am just going to say it. If you are on Smackdown and are a woman at this point, your ceiling is pretty much subterranean at this point. The show only being two hours, on top of Bianca and Jade being the only women WWE wants fans to get seriously invested in, at least on Smackdown. With Bayley being a very distant third.
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Post by J is Justice on May 11, 2024 6:23:30 GMT -5
The Eaters of Planets will consume all, leaving nought but ruin in their wake.
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Post by asuka007 on May 11, 2024 7:44:43 GMT -5
I hope the knee injury angle is a way to set up Tiffany beating Bianca. It’s too soon for Bianca vs. Jade already imo.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on May 11, 2024 8:07:59 GMT -5
I hope the knee injury angle is a way to set up Tiffany beating Bianca. It’s too soon for Bianca vs. Jade already imo. Yeah, that's probably the only hope, or Bianca is perhaps 'medically withdrawn' and Tiffy either gets a bye or a late replacement like Tegan stepping in (it would mean a very weak path through, but hey ho). On the flip side, a 5 minute match where Tiffany is working the knee and on the front foot against a clearly physically limited opponent, and then KOD out of nowhere 1,2,3, would be awful. If she were to lose, it would be much better having a 10-15 min solid match, both fully healthy, and Bianca just comes out on top.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on May 11, 2024 9:56:43 GMT -5
Quite the doom & gloom atmosphere here!
Stratton'll be going in there against a knee-knackered Bianca. She could very-well win, injure her off a hypothetical loss or they could go to a double count out/DQ. Belair won't be fighting Cargill regardless. I'd rather Tiffany not be Queen but I don't see them squashing her in any case.
*double knocking ambidextrously on wood*
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