Reflecto
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Post by Reflecto on May 10, 2016 3:03:19 GMT -5
Her character is fantastic, but she's rather terrible in the ring. Luckily, that doesn't matter much on the main roster. Still, this is the only question mark for promoting her. With her injury last year taking a lot of time out of her (rather quick) development, and how she's developed from "abysmal" to "kind of terrible but carryable by the right people, and a great character"- promoting her now and not a year from now is a little weird. Character-wise, she's ready now- but it could be the difference between "Dana Brooke is a world-class manager" and "Dana Brooke becomes the next big women's star."
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2016 3:41:46 GMT -5
So you've got Dana/Emma, Naomi/Tamina are still buddies afaik, Sasha/Becky and why not put together Alica/Paige as a team as they have little else to do, that's enough for a tag division isn't it? Give them some belts to have a tournament over, gives everyone something to do while the womens champ is dealing with her challenger.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on May 10, 2016 4:55:16 GMT -5
Good to see her move up. She's improved greatly in ring, and she's a good heel on the mic.
Not pleased about Becky getting the headpat though, seeing as it's been the killing curse in NXT.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 10, 2016 5:00:14 GMT -5
So you've got Dana/Emma, Naomi/Tamina are still buddies afaik, Sasha/Becky and why not put together Alica/Paige as a team as they have little else to do, that's enough for a tag division isn't it? Give them some belts to have a tournament over, gives everyone something to do while the womens champ is dealing with her challenger. I think they have the roster to support it, but it'd probably end up like the TNA version, where TNA stopped trying to do anything with it fairly quick. I think a tournament would be good, but I am not sure what would be at stake. I am inclined to say "winning team has a match where the winner of it is number one contender", or they get a triple threat, but I worry that'd only serve to drive a wedge in acts that otherwise work fine as it is.
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Post by Phil Parent on May 10, 2016 5:25:23 GMT -5
For those unfamiliar with Dana.
- She rubs herself alot. - She loves flexing her bicep. - She talks funny, partially because... - She's something of a dimwit.
The pairing with Emma just WORKS because they complete each other. Emma makes sure Dana doesn't accidentally lock herself up in any closets, because she has the brains she doesn't have. Dana makes sure Emma has a chance at actually WINNING MATCHES because she has the muscle Emma doesn't have.
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Post by 魔界5号 on May 10, 2016 5:31:50 GMT -5
Her and Emma are awesome together so I'm glad that they're still a thing.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on May 10, 2016 5:52:20 GMT -5
As long as she remains like Scott Steiner in how she speaks I'm down with it. Big Momma Pump is a gimmick I never knew I wanted until now.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on May 10, 2016 6:57:15 GMT -5
Love it. Don't job her out and don't give her fluky wins. She's legit as an entertaining character. Don't give her the whoopee cushion treatment, bookers/writers. Comedy from her is gold, but she's still got to appear more than a Santino.
Because, more importantly, Emma is good and doesn't need comedy booking bringing her--and a supposedly legit women's division--down.
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Post by CMWaters on May 10, 2016 7:26:26 GMT -5
Kayfabe: She ran to Emma because she wanted to get away from Asuka on NXT.
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Post by MrElijah on May 10, 2016 7:34:58 GMT -5
As long as she remains like Scott Steiner in how she speaks I'm down with it. Big Momma Pump is a gimmick I never knew I wanted until now. Dana: Every time I gotta talk to this dumb redneck trash I gotta dumb myself down!
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 10, 2016 7:37:34 GMT -5
I'm not a devoted NXT watcher, so I've only heard about her an Emma's great pairing. Another case where they better not assume we know all of NXTs history. It was clear from the reaction today that the crowd didn't have a damn clue who Dana was.
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on May 10, 2016 7:40:06 GMT -5
I love everything about her (got used to the trashy plastic pornstar look) and the pairing with Emma, so yay!
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Post by auph10imitated on May 10, 2016 8:18:59 GMT -5
I like her. She proved herself in that match with Asuka. The only problem here is there are already too many women. People are going to get lost in the shuffle.
Charlotte Natalya Becky Lynch Sasha Banks Emma Paige Summer Rae Naomi Tamina Alicia Fox Dana Brooke
In addition to Lana, Maryse, Rosa Mendes, Eva Marie.
Thats way too many women to feature IMO. I think Tamina and Alicia Fox have run their course however.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 10, 2016 9:07:42 GMT -5
It's great Emma and Dana have reunited, they work really well together.
However Dana is somebody that has massive potential to improve into something special and I just hope she can do that on the main roster. If she's working against Sasha and Becky in tag matches every night it can only help. Hopefully Dana will still do the NXT tapings for a while though, I like it when they straddle two shows, there's been too many clean breaks lately.
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Post by The Yes Man on May 10, 2016 9:10:45 GMT -5
She did a good job of making me want to see Becky take her arm.
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Post by cool on May 10, 2016 9:37:48 GMT -5
I like her. She proved herself in that match with Asuka. The only problem here is there are already too many women. People are going to get lost in the shuffle. Charlotte Natalya Becky Lynch Sasha Banks Emma Paige Summer Rae Naomi Tamina Alicia Fox Dana Brooke In addition to Lana, Maryse, Rosa Mendes, Eva Marie. Thats way too many women to feature IMO. I think Tamina and Alicia Fox have run their course however. No way Alicia has run her course, She's the most underultlized diva on the roster.
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Post by lionheart21 on May 10, 2016 9:44:03 GMT -5
Big Momma Pump is a gimmick I never knew I wanted until now. Dana: Every time I gotta talk to this dumb redneck trash I gotta dumb myself down, don'tchaknow! Fixed
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Post by CMWaters on May 10, 2016 9:44:08 GMT -5
I like her. She proved herself in that match with Asuka. The only problem here is there are already too many women. People are going to get lost in the shuffle. Charlotte Natalya Becky Lynch Sasha Banks Emma Paige Summer Rae Naomi Tamina Alicia Fox Dana Brooke In addition to Lana, Maryse, Rosa Mendes, Eva Marie. Thats way too many women to feature IMO. I think Tamina and Alicia Fox have run their course however. Someone said it in another thread, but I'll say it here: were I confident enough for WWE to do this without it ending up languishing like it did in the past, I'd say bring back the idea of having the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles. It would give other women not in the main Women's title picture something to do, plus it could help some of the newer girls pairing them with a roster veteran or something along those lines. ...heck, have the tournament finals for the first champions end in Japan, and have the Jumping Bomb Angels present the winners with the gold for a historical connection.
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Post by PKO on May 10, 2016 10:36:31 GMT -5
I'm surprised to see Dana's so popular.
She definitely needed more time in development, and it's especially bad timing that she's just come back from an injury. She's grown on me but she was probably the weakest woman who got regular tv time in NXT, and getting promoted to the main roster will probably stunt her growth as a performer.
I think her main strength is she's really solid at taking moves. She'd make a good enhancement talent, which the divas division desperately needs. There's too many women with potential that could get squandered, or...well....Tamina who sucks at taking moves. Dana's good enough to put others over, but not good enough to feel like wasted talent.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 10, 2016 10:54:33 GMT -5
I love everything about her (got used to the trashy plastic pornstar look) and the pairing with Emma, so yay! Just glad she ditched the white hair.
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