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Post by Watch AEW Magnitude on Apr 1, 2024 22:26:26 GMT -5
Becky losing the title to Alexa so quick after winning it always bothered me, but the way it happened made it even worse. Alexa put Becky through a table in the buildup to the match, so usually logic would dictate that Becky would win the tables match and get her revenge. But nope! Alexa put her through the table and then won the Tables Match as well.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 1, 2024 23:07:50 GMT -5
She really started this new era of stans. She really didn't. Alexa threads were nothing compared to the Mickie and AJ stan threads. Bayley was not in her super babyface role at that point, she was already getting booed because they had wrecked her call up by that point already. the Alexa feud just put the cap on just how badly they handled her character, and I've never seen anyone defend the this is your life or Kendo stick match.
Yeah, Bayley's run was already in trouble even before Alexa arrived on Raw. The clunky way they booked the Charlotte feud to make sure it was a four-way at Mania (including randomly ending Charlotte's 'PPV Streak' a month before Mania cause random Sasha interference) was only matched by the clunky ending of the Mania match itself.
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Post by HIM on Apr 2, 2024 20:10:02 GMT -5
More Becky comments about Lacey, Vince and Roman.
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 2, 2024 20:17:04 GMT -5
More Becky comments about Lacey, Vince and Roman.
She says that Lacey was green and had done almost nothing besides walking up and down the ramp. Seth also tells her that Vince's outburst was a sign that she had really become a 'top guy'.
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Post by HIM on Apr 2, 2024 20:24:18 GMT -5
More Becky comments about Lacey, Vince and Roman.
She says that Lacey was green and had done almost nothing besides walking up and down the ramp. Seth also tells her that Vince's outburst was a sign that she had really become a 'top guy'.
That's the truth. We all knew she'd be a filler feud and it shouldn't have happened. Such a weird feud.
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Post by gl83 on Apr 2, 2024 20:54:41 GMT -5
She says that Lacey was green and had done almost nothing besides walking up and down the ramp. Seth also tells her that Vince's outburst was a sign that she had really become a 'top guy'.
That's the truth. We all knew she'd be a filler feud and it shouldn't have happened. Such a weird feud. ......A 3-month filler feud.......
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Post by HIM on Apr 2, 2024 20:57:33 GMT -5
That's the truth. We all knew she'd be a filler feud and it shouldn't have happened. Such a weird feud. ......A 3-month filler feud....... Wow it was that long? Damn, that's wild.
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Post by schma on Apr 2, 2024 21:01:44 GMT -5
......A 3-month filler feud....... Wow it was that long? Damn, that's wild. I think it was actually 4-5 months. Lacey was her opponent from the night after WM until the week before Summerslam.
Becky is completely correct here, how do you go from main eventing WM to feuding with someone who has had no matches on the main roster and then face them for several months because no one has been built up?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2024 21:09:18 GMT -5
I get Becky's point of view and for the most part I agree.
But that is still a dick move to just no sell someone just because she saw Lacey as not deserving of the spot she was getting.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 2, 2024 21:14:25 GMT -5
I get Becky's point of view and for the most part I agree. But that is still a dick move to just no sell someone just because she saw Lacey as not deserving of the spot she was getting. Looking at the actual text, she says she didn’t sell it because she got popped with it for real, so her body went autopilot and went with the natural instinct of trying to get rebalanced to stop the fall, not to actively fall to sell the move.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Apr 2, 2024 21:15:42 GMT -5
As green as Lacey was, I thought their matches together were surprisingly decent. The feud just shouldn't have gone longer than a month.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 2, 2024 21:19:36 GMT -5
shit why'd i have to be reminded of alexa's reign of terror. that was so confusing as it was happening
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Apr 2, 2024 21:34:49 GMT -5
Wow it was that long? Damn, that's wild. I think it was actually 4-5 months. Lacey was her opponent from the night after WM until the week before Summerslam. Becky is completely correct here, how do you go from main eventing WM to feuding with someone who has had no matches on the main roster and then face them for several months because no one has been built up?
I think Vince thought Lacey was going to be a huge star and wanted to give her a rub from feuding with Becky. Mind, Vince is also famously a terrible eye for talent on his own so...
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Post by theironyuppie on Apr 2, 2024 21:46:12 GMT -5
I think it was actually 4-5 months. Lacey was her opponent from the night after WM until the week before Summerslam. Becky is completely correct here, how do you go from main eventing WM to feuding with someone who has had no matches on the main roster and then face them for several months because no one has been built up?
I think Vince thought Lacey was going to be a huge star and wanted to give her a rub from feuding with Becky. Mind, Vince is also famously a terrible eye for talent on his own so... The actual way Lacey got booked (right down to them not knowing if she was a face or a heel) suggests that if that was the case, they went about it in a strange way. And the feud went so long before it turned into the Lacey/Corbin vs Becky/Seth feud. Becky is also quite critical of the latter pairing, saying despite their actual romance they didn't have on-screen chemistry then, it felt forced, and the commentary about them was obnoxious. (She also mentions telling Vince about her concerns about being seen as 'Seth's girlfriend', to which Vince responds 'No, Seth is your boyfriend!").
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Apr 2, 2024 21:54:05 GMT -5
It damaged Lacey Evans as I think she would have been quite decent if she'd done another year in NXT but her sudden call-up halted her progress and she never really recovered. I assume Vince saw her classic blonde good looks and her patriotic military background and pitched a fit demanding an instant call-up seeing dollar signs all over her. Becky would have been better off feuding with the Riot Squad with Charlotte on Smackdown and Ronda taking a break, the Riot Squad had been having matches with her pre-Mania and the numbers game would have made Becky an underdog plus all 3 of the RS were capable wrestlers. Kayfabe there was a case for Carmella to get the next title shot as she had just won the WM battle royale.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 2, 2024 23:21:39 GMT -5
I mean the Man vs. the Traditional Southern Lady is an obvious feud... but Lacey was not ready yet.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Apr 2, 2024 23:44:15 GMT -5
I feel like Lacey had some potential, but it was way too much too fast for her. Vince's shit booking was helping things either.
It's also on Vince for not having any women lined to face Becky. Besides the other Horsewomen and Nia Jax, the only other people decent enough at that point in time were Naomi (babyface), and Natalya. And everyone hates the yearly Nattie push that goes nowhere..which she actually had again when she fought Becky lol. It was great to have a women's main event at Wrestlemania, but when you don't have anything to follow up that moment besides a whole lot of nothing it kinda leaves a weird aftertaste.
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Post by Watch AEW Magnitude on Apr 3, 2024 0:15:36 GMT -5
Back in NXT I knew Lacey was going to get pushed crazy hard at some point. Tradtionally attracrive blonde with a military background and she’s a mom to boot? Felt like a sure thing that Vince would want to push her to the moon.
The Becky/Seth versus La ey/Corbin feud was just about the worst thing you could have done to everyone involved.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 3, 2024 0:28:38 GMT -5
a lot of Becky's post mania stuff didn't work and a lot of her management is holding me back because they like you fell flat because well outside of getting a title shot they didn't really ever show Lacey getting any preferential treatment...
(and then she said it to Bayley at one point and that's just like... what?)
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Post by asuka007 on Apr 3, 2024 0:45:12 GMT -5
Even doing something like Becky vs. Sonya would have been a better option imo.
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