Pushed to the Moon
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Apr 9, 2018 10:49:27 GMT -5
I like Charlotte but I didn't like Asuka losing her first ever Mania match. It was kinda anticlimactic.
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trollrogue
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Post by trollrogue on Apr 9, 2018 11:41:38 GMT -5
Just to defend Charlotte a bit here, on the SDLive gohome show during Mixed Match when Charlotte hit her moonsault and got a long two count on Asuka, everyone in my section of seating agreed that it was the closest Asuka has ever been to being pinned clean. After that match it started to dawn on me that Charlotte with the Fig Eight trumps Asuka with the Asuka Lock.
It calls back to the booking as well since Asuka obviously wanted the harder challenge between Bliss or Flair she chose the person who has more chance to beat the streak in Charlotte
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Post by Cela on Apr 9, 2018 13:22:38 GMT -5
All the build up, the hammering in the point, and the mixed match challenge being sacrificed to the streak... and you give it to frikkin Charlotte. The robot voiced nepotism beneficiary who is the safest person on the card. The absolute last person who needed the rub.
I... I don't get it.
Also, did Vince panic after the rumble? Why else would the two rumble winners lose?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 9, 2018 13:26:42 GMT -5
All the build up, the hammering in the point, and the mixed match challenge being sacrificed to the streak... and you give it to frikkin Charlotte. The robot voiced nepotism beneficiary who is the safest person on the card. The absolute last person who needed the rub. I... I don't get it. Also, did Vince panic after the rumble? Why else would the two rumble winners lose?Swerve? Who knows He went against the grain and took obvious outcomes and flipped them on their head. Asuka i'm not mad about all that much as Charlotte has the credentials to beat her tho I wanted Ember Moon to finally be the one to slay her Shinsuke....... I mean in ring wise everyone has their opinion on that but he was an over babyface who always got a reaction. The heel turn will be good for him but I guess it doesn't sit right with me that their Mania match was just an angle for a longer feud which i'm down for but still
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M.A.R.T.Z.
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Post by M.A.R.T.Z. on Apr 9, 2018 16:30:29 GMT -5
I'm actually relieved that Asuka lost. The streak was a brick wall since she got injured and vacated the NXT Womens title and her cocky character was grating on me in the worst possible way, and I'm a huge fan of the woman.
Now that she's experienced a loss, I can watch her matches again knowing she's a more down-to-earth character in more even matches and less predictable booking. It's actually refreshing and at least it happened in a match that many actually enjoyed, which is a lot more then the likes of Goldberg and Undertaker ever got...
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Ryushinku
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Post by Ryushinku on Apr 9, 2018 16:54:19 GMT -5
Charlotte's not chopped liver here, nothing wrong with losing to her in a very close match at WrestleMania.
And if anything, personally speaking, I'm just kinda glad the streak is over...I honestly felt it should've been gone in NXT, let alone in the main show.
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oneday
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Post by oneday on Apr 9, 2018 17:02:25 GMT -5
Really, it was here now or next year at WM. I don't think I could stand another year of the streak. It was already getting unbearable at this point in time. I just wish they had built up more of a story for the match.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2018 18:12:48 GMT -5
I wouldn’t be surprised if Asuka’s WWE run is slowly winding down. She’ll be 37 this year and while she looks and wrestles 10 years younger she may be getting to that point in her life where she wants do things other than constantly traveling and bumping every night. WWE could very well have just been a bucket list type thing for her like Ultimo Dragon. This is of course total speculation on my part, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
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schma
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Post by schma on Apr 10, 2018 3:35:26 GMT -5
I was fine with Charlotte beating Asuka because really, she's been the most dominant woman on the roster for a long time. That said, they picked the wrong moment to end it. There was little build to Charlotte working over her knee and there were all those moves she did that went beyond her usual arsenal. Asuka also tapped a lot quicker than several people on that show. Not only that, it wasn't even a proper figure 8 because of Charlotte's arm. It was a weird way to end it.
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