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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 13:20:25 GMT -5
She catches more shit than she deserves on there, so it's funny to see her go off like this. She unfortunately gets that same mess everywhere, haha. Like, yeah they hired her and might do all these things because she’s Ric’s daughter, but there’s absolutely no denying that she’s improved and goes all out when it comes to big matches.
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Post by schma on Feb 5, 2019 14:32:59 GMT -5
She catches more shit than she deserves on there, so it's funny to see her go off like this. She unfortunately gets that same mess everywhere, haha. Like, yeah they hired her and might do all these things because she’s Ric’s daughter, but there’s absolutely no denying that she’s improved and goes all out when it comes to big matches. To be fair though it rings hollow when she accuses Becky of cosplaying her dad because of calling herself "the man" when Charlotte uses his strut, his finisher, his woo, his robe and a remix of his entrance music. Don't get me wrong Charlotte is fantastic but stones and glass houses and all that when it comes to calling other people out for acting like her dad.
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Post by Woo on Feb 5, 2019 14:39:19 GMT -5
Uhhh why does Becky need an invite? She showed up on Raw and challenged Ronda no problem And oh look Stephanie finding some way to involve herself in something that has nothing to do with her Well HHH always found a way to involve himself in whatever the hottest thing was sadly now his wife is doing the same.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 5, 2019 14:53:09 GMT -5
Charlotte should have responded by openly bragging about nepotism. More heat that way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 14:59:13 GMT -5
She unfortunately gets that same mess everywhere, haha. Like, yeah they hired her and might do all these things because she’s Ric’s daughter, but there’s absolutely no denying that she’s improved and goes all out when it comes to big matches. To be fair though it rings hollow when she accuses Becky of cosplaying her dad because of calling herself "the man" when Charlotte uses his strut, his finisher, his woo, his robe and a remix of his entrance music. Don't get me wrong Charlotte is fantastic but stones and glass houses and all that when it comes to calling other people out for acting like her dad. I mean, isn’t that the point in kayfabe? The heel being the hypocrite?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 15:01:25 GMT -5
Uhhh why does Becky need an invite? She showed up on Raw and challenged Ronda no problem And oh look Stephanie finding some way to involve herself in something that has nothing to do with her Well HHH always found a way to involve himself in whatever the hottest thing was sadly now his wife is doing the same. And he always put the younger talent over when he did except for Punk. Much like Stephanie did here when she took the punch and beatdown. People can change for the better, and that includes Hunter. He isn’t the same dude as he was 10 or 20 years ago and it shows with the way he bonds over his NXT talent and puts them over. Not to mention that Stephanie really isn’t as egotistical as her TV personality let’s her out to be.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 5, 2019 15:58:54 GMT -5
So that segment really suffered from the WWE's utter inability to pace a story. Becky went from graciously but cautiously accepting Stephanie's praise to brimful of paranoia and belligerence, in thirty seconds flat. It was so rushed.
I get what they were going for, and I guess it won't matter when they show the highlights package over the coming weeks, but it didn't make Becky look like the most rational person in the world. They should have had Stephanie be more obviously condescending, or held off on Becky snapping until next Smackdown.
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Post by cabbageboy on Feb 5, 2019 16:10:55 GMT -5
It was the same problem that the early Austin/Vince storyline had, namely that Vince's demands were fairly reasonable in terms of looking after Austin's health and well being. Try and apply Becky's logic last night to another sport. It's 1935 and the Yankees are about to sign Joe DiMaggio but Ed Barrow is concerned about a previous knee injury. Instead of getting tests done on the knee DiMaggio refuses and attacks the GM of the New York Yankees. It all goes downhill from there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 16:13:39 GMT -5
So that segment really suffered from the WWE's utter inability to pace a story. Becky went from graciously but cautiously accepting Stephanie's praise to brimful of paranoia and belligerence, in thirty seconds flat. It was so rushed. I get what they were going for, and I guess it won't matter when they show the highlights package over the coming weeks, but it didn't make Becky look like the most rational person in the world. They should have had Stephanie be more obviously condescending, or held off on Becky snapping until next Smackdown. I’m still positive if they had Becky just talk and not act there’d be tons of people saying stuff about Stephanie the emasculator or asking why didn’t becky just hit Stephanie or something. I know comparing Becky to stone cold isn’t the most popular thing to do, but if you look back to the early Vince/Becky stuff, Vince was arguably in the right as he wanted Austin to be safe so he could be fit to compete. Austin was being a dick to McMahon and threatened him on numerous actions. I get the rebuttals, Austin didn’t actually attack Vince until weeks ahead, but I can’t picture the same Becky who walked out of Raw sporting a bloody nose just ripping Stephanie to shreds with words and nothing more.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 16:14:18 GMT -5
It was the same problem that the early Austin/Vince storyline had, namely that Vince's demands were fairly reasonable in terms of looking after Austin's health and well being. Try and apply Becky's logic last night to another sport. It's 1935 and the Yankees are about to sign Joe DiMaggio but Ed Barrow is concerned about a previous knee injury. Instead of getting tests done on the knee DiMaggio refuses and attacks the GM of the New York Yankees. It all goes downhill from there. Pretty much, but Austin made it work, and I’m fully confident that Becky can as well.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 5, 2019 16:17:10 GMT -5
It was the same problem that the early Austin/Vince storyline had, namely that Vince's demands were fairly reasonable in terms of looking after Austin's health and well being. Try and apply Becky's logic last night to another sport. It's 1935 and the Yankees are about to sign Joe DiMaggio but Ed Barrow is concerned about a previous knee injury. Instead of getting tests done on the knee DiMaggio refuses and attacks the GM of the New York Yankees. It all goes downhill from there. Pretty much, but Austin made it work, and I’m fully confident that Becky can as well. There are actually a lot more parallels with Austin/McMahon than I realized. The whole concept of them not being the chosen one and getting yanked around by the system to the point where paranoia sets in when they finally do earn a big opportunity. And the crowd is responding in literally the exact same way 20+ years onward.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 16:23:44 GMT -5
Pretty much, but Austin made it work, and I’m fully confident that Becky can as well. There are actually a lot more parallels with Austin/McMahon than I realized. The whole concept of them not being the chosen one and getting yanked around by the system to the point where paranoia sets in when they finally do earn a big opportunity. And the crowd is responding in literally the exact same way 20+ years onward. I started noticing the parallels in January. Before I just assumed they’d turn her back into a full fledged heel, but they’re running with it and pretty much hitting all the marks while the crowd eats it up and is getting more and more behind her. Add that to Ronda being the wholesome fighting champion who’s getting booed due to the tides changing and Charlotte being an egotistical, expensive woman who wants her moment and no one else’s and you’ve got yourself Austin/Bret/Rock of the women’s division, IMO. You’ll hear zero complaints from me about this due to the outcome being obvious, and sometimes the obvious is a damn good thing.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 5, 2019 16:36:56 GMT -5
We all know what would happen if they brought up the Austin parallel ,Austin is going to come out to raise a beer with Becky. Then Austin eats a Stunner
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Post by héad.casé on Feb 5, 2019 16:44:15 GMT -5
Charlotte is ripping into fools lmao. I bet Charlotte has been waiting to do this for a long time.
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Post by sportatorium on Feb 5, 2019 16:49:07 GMT -5
I wish Charlotte (or any other wrestler) would respond to stuff like that with:
“Thanks for the post! Catch me & all the other superstars on Smackdown Live this Tuesday night!”
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 5, 2019 17:33:16 GMT -5
We all know what would happen if they brought up the Austin parallel ,Austin is going to come out to raise a beer with Becky. Then Austin eats a Stunner Wouldn't be the first time she's stunned someone. And she can claim the moniker of the People's Champ, while she's at it, too.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 5, 2019 17:35:35 GMT -5
We all know what would happen if they brought up the Austin parallel ,Austin is going to come out to raise a beer with Becky. Then Austin eats a Stunner Wouldn't be the first time she's stunned someone. And she can claim the moniker of the People's Champ, while she's at it, too. To her credit, she does a pretty decent looking stunner.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 18:47:59 GMT -5
I really liked the stuff from yesterday between Becky/Steph/Ronda. The only real dilemma is continuity, because yeah, Stephanie's need for a doctor's appraisal is hard to buy since they never really do stuff like that, and I really liked Ronda going off on Becky because now her stubbornness has the potential to affect Ronda's pay per view money, only her thing about Becky being unprofessional rings hollow because she was routinely putting the boss in armbars when she'd get the chance.
Good stuff in a bubble but continuity problems as usual.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 18:54:41 GMT -5
We all know what would happen if they brought up the Austin parallel ,Austin is going to come out to raise a beer with Becky. Then Austin eats a Stunner Wouldn't be the first time she's stunned someone. And she can claim the moniker of the People's Champ, while she's at it, too. Her Stunner looks good, but her People's Elbow is adorably shitty.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 5, 2019 19:25:18 GMT -5
Wouldn't be the first time she's stunned someone. And she can claim the moniker of the People's Champ, while she's at it, too. Her Stunner looks good, but her People's Elbow is adorably shitty. so...just like the real one?
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