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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Feb 20, 2019 17:07:16 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever been able to even process who she was every time I've seen her, so no.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Feb 20, 2019 17:07:50 GMT -5
Much like Kelly Kelly she’s gorgeous so you want to like her. Unlike Kelly Kelly she’s actually putting a serious effort into improving so you can’t help but like her. I thought her pairing with Sonya was odd at first but they’re really making it work. Mandy adapts well. She’s got a lot more going for her than some people give her credit for.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Feb 20, 2019 20:31:39 GMT -5
Much like Kelly Kelly she’s gorgeous so you want to like her. Unlike Kelly Kelly she’s actually putting a serious effort into improving so you can’t help but like her. I thought her pairing with Sonya was odd at first but they’re really making it work. Mandy adapts well. She’s got a lot more going for her than some people give her credit for. I'd argue that Kelly Kelly did try to get better as time went on, but she didn't have the resources that a lot of the women have now. There was no Performance Center, there weren't trainers like Sara Del Rey and Sarah Stock there, and WWE sure as hell weren't going to take her off the road and send her back to a sub par developmental system when they could just keep making money off her looks alone. No matter how much Kelly did or didn't want to improve, she wasn't going to get the chance.
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Post by schma on Feb 21, 2019 1:20:36 GMT -5
Much like Kelly Kelly she’s gorgeous so you want to like her. Unlike Kelly Kelly she’s actually putting a serious effort into improving so you can’t help but like her. I thought her pairing with Sonya was odd at first but they’re really making it work. Mandy adapts well. She’s got a lot more going for her than some people give her credit for. I was often distracted by her dead eyes. They kinda creeped me out. Kelly Kelly's dead eyes that is.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 21, 2019 1:29:30 GMT -5
Much like Kelly Kelly she’s gorgeous so you want to like her. Unlike Kelly Kelly she’s actually putting a serious effort into improving so you can’t help but like her. I thought her pairing with Sonya was odd at first but they’re really making it work. Mandy adapts well. She’s got a lot more going for her than some people give her credit for. I'd argue that Kelly Kelly did try to get better as time went on, but she didn't have the resources that a lot of the women have now. There was no Performance Center, there weren't trainers like Sara Del Rey and Sarah Stock there, and WWE sure as hell weren't going to take her off the road and send her back to a sub par developmental system when they could just keep making money off her looks alone. No matter how much Kelly did or didn't want to improve, she wasn't going to get the chance. Right. Kelly Kelly's never been my favorite by any means, but I do think she was trying. In addition to the things you listed, she also came in too late to train with Molly, Finlay, and Lance Storm, people who had contributed to Trish's training, as well as some of the others. Kelly Kelly had the deck stacked against her, so it's hard to say how she would have developed in another time period.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 21, 2019 1:40:36 GMT -5
Mandy definitely has better reactions in the ring, better facial expressions, than Kelly Kelly ever did. In fact, I think that's something that most of the women are really good at, these days. They understand that wrestling is an all-in-one performance, which I don't think was quite clear to some of them, back when they were told 'go out there, look pretty, two minutes and then the finish'.
I remember Alexa talking on Lilian Garcia's podcast about when she felt wrestling clicked for her, and it was when she was confident enough to be the character and realised that she wasn't thinking about what move to do next. I think Mandy, Sonya, Liv and some others are at that stage too.
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Post by trollrogue on Feb 21, 2019 1:47:57 GMT -5
For me, and this is the sole reason I'm glad I watched the final season of Tough Enough-- The Miz lit a fire under Mandy Rose's ass.
He called her "hot" when he's literally married to Maryse. But basically that was what boiled down her 'gimmick' in TE and what led to Mandy's success (before an injury took her out of the competition). That single moment with Miz made Mandy Rose (I'm assuming now) persevere thru the hoops and obstacles to get to the point where she's PINNING ASUKA CLEAN-ish before 'Mania with no other contender in sight.
If you follow her journey to get to this point-- or if you watch Mandy and Sonya's Donut YT videos either way-- it's hard not to get hype like a more-human version of Corey Graves the color commentator
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 21, 2019 16:40:49 GMT -5
Much like Kelly Kelly she’s gorgeous so you want to like her. Unlike Kelly Kelly she’s actually putting a serious effort into improving so you can’t help but like her. I thought her pairing with Sonya was odd at first but they’re really making it work. Mandy adapts well. She’s got a lot more going for her than some people give her credit for. I'd argue that Kelly Kelly did try to get better as time went on, but she didn't have the resources that a lot of the women have now. There was no Performance Center, there weren't trainers like Sara Del Rey and Sarah Stock there, and WWE sure as hell weren't going to take her off the road and send her back to a sub par developmental system when they could just keep making money off her looks alone. No matter how much Kelly did or didn't want to improve, she wasn't going to get the chance. Thank-you someone for saying this. Kelly Kelly was shit, but she wasn't lazy. And I will hammer this point home until I die - people never give her anywhere near enough credit for how over she was.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 21, 2019 16:44:07 GMT -5
I give credit that you can tell she been putting in the work. A lot of "former" models don't really pan out and don't really want to work hard in being a good worker. Mandy sure as done that, she not all the way there but she getting there.
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