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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 19:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 19:53:18 GMT -5
I just viewed it as The Lioness addressing her Kingdom and rallying up the troops after her lengthy absence. Can't wait for The Lioness to reclaim her Kingdom and destroy Charlotte the Panther regime. She wasn't The Tigress we hoped to be.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 23, 2015 19:57:20 GMT -5
I think it was more to cement Paige as a heel than make Nikki a face.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 20:00:15 GMT -5
I just viewed it as The Lioness addressing her Kingdom and rallying up the troops after her lengthy absence. Can't wait for The Lioness to reclaim her Kingdom and destroy Charlotte the Panther regime. She wasn't The Tigress we hoped to be. Anyone thinking it's going to be Charlotte vs. Sasha or even Becky vs. Sasha or Becky vs. Sasha vs. Charlotte at Wrestlemania, keep dreaming. PWI's #1 Female will be in that match someway somehow. Nikki vs. Sasha Banks seems realistic.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 23, 2015 20:02:07 GMT -5
I thought Paige's weird character flip to be more odd. The chronic backstabbing horrible person seemed much less perturbed about the Steve Harvey-esque botch than I would expect from the person that stabbed all her friends in the back.
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Post by Starshine on Dec 23, 2015 20:06:45 GMT -5
I don't think the divas divison has ever been this woeful.
Sure their matches are better, but no one gives a shit. It's very sad. I blame some of this on the awful booking of the Bellas during their title reign, and their inability to commit to a heel run. It completely ruined what little traction the #DivasRevolution had out of the gate. Right now Charlotte's the champion and while it should have been a memorable guard changing moment and win for women's wrestling being taqken seriously, she's not over.
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Post by gr1990 on Dec 23, 2015 20:13:14 GMT -5
I think it was more to cement Paige as a heel than make Nikki a face. By walking off arm-in-arm with the lady who thinks all the women in the world, especially the little girls in the audience, are just super? It just seemed like they were completely casting aside kayfabe in the name of having their two most prominent female stars standing together in support and praise of women, which is really cool in isolation, but it would have a lot more impact if you hadn't portrayed those stars as the bad guys (largely using negative female stereotypes) for the majority of the past year.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 23, 2015 20:22:31 GMT -5
I think it was more to cement Paige as a heel than make Nikki a face. By walking off arm-in-arm with the lady who thinks all the women in the world, especially the little girls in the audience, are just super? It just seemed like they were completely casting aside kayfabe in the name of having their two most prominent female stars standing together in support and praise of women, which is really cool in isolation, but it would have a lot more impact if you hadn't portrayed those stars as the bad guys (largely using negative female stereotypes) for the majority of the past year. Admittedly I didn't even see it, but it sounds like Paige being a sycophant by now buddying up with Nikki. Unless the commentators were rallying behind them then...no comment there.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 24, 2015 8:45:58 GMT -5
No, because we're trying to forget that the anchor dragging the Divas Revolution back all year won an award
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Dec 24, 2015 8:59:40 GMT -5
The mixture of kayfabe and breaking character is so annoying. Yeah they're "real" awards because the fans voted but then you have Owens and Ziggler fighting on the stage after one. Then you have nonsense like Nikki and Paige friending it up after a year of the "revolution" which she started specifically to tear the Bellas down.
I hate the whole "just playing a character on TV" thing for heels too. Well you're on TV right now so maybe you should you play your character.
If they wanted to have an inspirational speech for women and girls then why couldn't we have had a face diva PRESENT the award and say it before giving the nominees? Give them some sympathy and a nice round of applause and build them up instead of a supposed bad guy.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 24, 2015 9:24:11 GMT -5
Sasha Banks breaks friendships and tries to cripple her opponent in matches but no one says anything when she's doing the crying and hugging deal after every match. Kayfabe don't exist for the divas. It's been implied that Sasha was basically the same as Bayley but created The Boss persona because she thought that's what she had to do in order to find success. So there's a bit of leeway there. That said the four horsewomen do break kayfabe all the bloody time.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 24, 2015 9:25:57 GMT -5
She said something?
I wasn't paying attention to anything above her neck.
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Post by mrtuesday on Dec 24, 2015 9:47:47 GMT -5
I tune out whenever a Bella starts talking.
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Post by audiencewatching on Dec 24, 2015 10:25:32 GMT -5
Very classy.
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Post by Totorob101 on Dec 24, 2015 10:27:22 GMT -5
Divas are crazy, jealous and hypocrites. One moment Nikki talks about how she loves her fan, then when shes back on Raw, she will scowel and ignore them and cheat to victories.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 24, 2015 14:07:19 GMT -5
It comes across like that, but then, surely she's in a position where all she needs to do is ask and they'd turn her? It's really weird how there's a section of the crowd who want to cheer them, the Bellas themselves seem to actively sabotage WWE's attempts to make them dislikeable by being sincere and inclusive every time they don't have a script to read from, and it'd make sense seeing as they're some of the company's main ambassadors to the mainstream media. Yet they insist on booking them as bitchy heels with odd, jarring babyface moments that leaves them with absolute zero character and limits their appeal as a result. Eventually, one way or another, Cena and Nikki have to cross pathes on TV like Bryan and Brie did. Not fair for one couple to but not the other. Cena and Nikki can dominate the company for years and years to come in their divisions. When Cena wins #16, Nikki has got to come out and celebrate like how Wrestlemania 20 had a celebration for a wrestler who won the world title. Gotta make it a big deal to include family. Cena: WWE World Heayvweight Champion - 498+ Days Nikki: WWE Divas Champion - 498+ Days Some day that's going to happen. Until....... HHH and Steph bury them both. The sad reality is that the reason WWE acknowledges Bryan/Brie and not Cena/Nikki is because they see Cena as a hunky ladies man/gay bait who they want to appear "available", but they don't see Bryan as an attractive man (which is BS) so they mention his marriage to Brie with the expectation that fans will go "Awwww, isn't that nice, the little troll actually found someone, aren't they so cute together?".
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Post by moondoggie on Dec 24, 2015 15:00:40 GMT -5
#datdressistrash Thats more like it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2015 12:18:02 GMT -5
Eventually, one way or another, Cena and Nikki have to cross pathes on TV like Bryan and Brie did. Not fair for one couple to but not the other. Cena and Nikki can dominate the company for years and years to come in their divisions. When Cena wins #16, Nikki has got to come out and celebrate like how Wrestlemania 20 had a celebration for a wrestler who won the world title. Gotta make it a big deal to include family. Cena: WWE World Heayvweight Champion - 498+ Days Nikki: WWE Divas Champion - 498+ Days Some day that's going to happen. Until....... HHH and Steph bury them both. The sad reality is that the reason WWE acknowledges Bryan/Brie and not Cena/Nikki is because they see Cena as a hunky ladies man/gay bait who they want to appear "available", but they don't see Bryan as an attractive man (which is BS) so they mention his marriage to Brie with the expectation that fans will go "Awwww, isn't that nice, the little troll actually found someone, aren't they so cute together?". I think it's more along the lines of they don't want to mention the fact the top babyface is dating the top heel of the divas division. Like they made mentions of Cena being married before. Hell current sex bait machine Roman Reigns is constantly mentioned as being a father and a husband. Plus by mentioning Cena is dating Nikki, you would need to work it in a storyline somehow. It's easier to write Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan because Brie is the Bella girl under her sisters shadow and dresses like a hippy chick while Nikki plays the alpha heel Lioness. What's Cena suppose to say? Yeah she's evil and I don't like it but I love dat ass! f*** hustle loyalty respect. Moar lyke Hustle loyalty Erect WWE Universe am I right? Plus they showed clips of Nikki and Cena together on total divas during raw before
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 25, 2015 13:23:28 GMT -5
The Bellas are bitches, yet are booked as faces.
The reason is because to WWE, in particular Stephanie, being a bitch is a positive trait.
And given the surprisingly decent pops Nikki gets from the females in the crowds, she might be right.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 25, 2015 15:19:36 GMT -5
I'm seriously sick of people spouting her lioness crap as if "but she's a lioness, she's fierce" means anything.
Remember on Total Divas where everyone shat on Eva Marie for the "A wolf does not concern itself with the problems of sheep" thing? That.
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