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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 10:20:56 GMT -5
Being honest I don't really understand Charlotte's characterization in all of this either.
It's missing a step. Okay, the mad queen thing makes total sense - Charlotte had an amazing accomplishment of ending Asuka's streak and her year subsequently completely fell apart and was complete hell from there on and a large chunk of it is Becky's fault. I'm with you on that, okay. And that certainly tracks with how bloodthirsty she was at TLC and the Rumble.
But then she gets handed the Mania main event and.. She's just happy and flaunting about how special this makes her. Alright, I understand that as an end result. But more than anything else the way they've written the character - especially in light of all of Becky's accusations that she just had everything handed to her - she should be wanting to hurt Becky and prove she's superior to her. She should be absolutely obsessed with putting Becky through total hell and instead she's just content to go, "Ha ha, took your spot!" to her. It's too petty of a way of one-upping her for how obsessed she's been and how thoroughly Becky's made her miserable.
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Post by EyeofTyr on Feb 26, 2019 10:25:37 GMT -5
Honestly, this story isn't even that hard to write. I know that may sound crazy with the time they have between Rumble to Mania, but they know they have that time frame. They get it every year. Hell, they used to almost story beat for story beat chart out Mania season's shows to ensure they didn't fudge it up too badly.
Becky is the wild card, Charlotte is the slimy heel, Ronda is the war machine. These three elements just looking at them you can tell the type of stories you can tell with them. Even the one the WWE is trying to tell isn't inherently the wrong one to tell or bad.
The issue is that our dang record playing keeps skipping for some reason and we can't get to the next part of the song. And the song might be being hastily written by a ghost writer hack.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 26, 2019 10:36:17 GMT -5
Honestly, this story isn't even that hard to write. I know that may sound crazy with the time they have between Rumble to Mania, but they know they have that time frame. They get it every year. Hell, they used to almost story beat for story beat chart out Mania season's shows to ensure they didn't fudge it up too badly. Becky is the wild card, Charlotte is the slimy heel, Ronda is the war machine. These three elements just looking at them you can tell the type of stories you can tell with them. Even the one the WWE is trying to tell isn't inherently the wrong one to tell or bad. The issue is that our dang record playing keeps skipping for some reason and we can't get to the next part of the song. And the song might be being hastily written by a ghost writer hack. And if they wanted to set up the triple threat match, they could easily have done it without McMahon shenanigans. Have Becky and Ronda spend a couple of weeks hyping their rivalry, while Charlotte simmers and demands to be in the match - "she shouldn't even have been in the Rumble!" - then when she can't take it any more, Charlotte snaps and attacks Becky, injuring her. Ronda responds to this with, "I don't care who I fight. If Becky's gone, I'll fight Charlotte instead." Then, if the WWE had the balls to actually keep Becky off TV for a few more weeks, the pop when she did return to thwart Charlotte's plans of sliding into a one-on-one match against Ronda would have been huge. But the WWE's solution to a main event story is always, always to get the McMahons involved, to leech the heat away and piss the audience off. And it seems they have no ideas of how to book a badass, rebellious babyface other than 'invades the show and beats someone up, then gets dragged away by security'. It's pathetic, that these people get paid so much money but offer so little.
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 26, 2019 11:30:40 GMT -5
Being honest I don't really understand Charlotte's characterization in all of this either. It's missing a step. Okay, the mad queen thing makes total sense - Charlotte had an amazing accomplishment of ending Asuka's streak and her year subsequently completely fell apart and was complete hell from there on and a large chunk of it is Becky's fault. I'm with you on that, okay. And that certainly tracks with how bloodthirsty she was at TLC and the Rumble. But then she gets handed the Mania main event and.. She's just happy and flaunting about how special this makes her. Alright, I understand that as an end result. But more than anything else the way they've written the character - especially in light of all of Becky's accusations that she just had everything handed to her - she should be wanting to hurt Becky and prove she's superior to her. She should be absolutely obsessed with putting Becky through total hell and instead she's just content to go, "Ha ha, took your spot!" to her. It's too petty of a way of one-upping her for how obsessed she's been and how thoroughly Becky's made her miserable. I would enjoy seeing her torment Becky, but there's an interesting feature in WWE's booking where anything Becky says has to be proved correct and she can never be made to look weak. She says Asuka devalued the title and Asuka gets taken off TV for weeks to prove her point. WWE gave Charlotte grounds to complain about the Rumble finish (given Becky was legally wrong if morally right getting added to the match) and then completely ignored it because they don't want to undermine Becky's credibility.
I'm also unsure how much Becky can bump as she hasn't wrestled at all since the Rumble, not even on house shows. I haven't heard any rumours of injury or anything, but it is interesting.
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Feb 26, 2019 12:49:45 GMT -5
The only resolution to this feud is a Double Stunner from The Man to Charlotte and Ronda and The Man winning that belt at WM.
Oh, and for Ronda to leave Browne.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 26, 2019 16:16:42 GMT -5
Did Ronda give up the belt tonight? Is this the WWE's attempt at going for a competitive fight feel? 'I don't wanna fight the mandatory challenger, so I'll vacate the title instead'? They're doing their level best to kill this angle. And the sad thing is, they're actually really trying to make it better, they just have no clue how to deal with something that is organically exciting and hot. They've turned chicken salad into chicken shit before. Rock/Austin at X7 was a masterpiece match, and some of the build was excellent. Some of it was also about The Rock's manager being Debra. Even something as undeniable as two of the greatest talents in wrestling history in the main event of the biggest show in wrestling history, and they still had to f*** with it.
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Post by rrg251 on Feb 26, 2019 18:50:42 GMT -5
Do they necessarily even want to do a triple threat?
What if they did Ronda vs. Charlotte, Ronda wins, and then a banned Becky shows up and insults Ronda for having an easy opponent, which leads to Ronda putting the championship on the line then and there? Sort of the Hulk Hogan WrestleMania IX finish, but more sensical.
The same logic could be applied to the triple threat. Ronda pins Charlotte and Becky asks Ronda if she wants to leave WrestleMania without beating her, which leads to a new championship match, but this time one-on-one. Or vice versa with Becky pinning Charlotte and Ronda doing the "you won, but you didn't beat me, so let's settle this now" bit.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 26, 2019 19:05:45 GMT -5
Did Ronda give up the belt tonight? Is this the WWE's attempt at going for a competitive fight feel? 'I don't wanna fight the mandatory challenger, so I'll vacate the title instead'? They're doing their level best to kill this angle. And the sad thing is, they're actually really trying to make it better, they just have no clue how to deal with something that is organically exciting and hot. They've turned chicken salad into chicken shit before. Rock/Austin at X7 was a masterpiece match, and some of the build was excellent. Some of it was also about The Rock's manager being Debra. Even something as undeniable as two of the greatest talents in wrestling history in the main event of the biggest show in wrestling history, and they still had to f*** with it. The thing about that is, the promo video they did for the match is one of the best packages that the WWE has ever put together, and Debra barely gets a mention. It's built around each man's need to win, and specifically Austin's almost pathological obsession, which obviously led to the heel turn. So I have my hopes that, even with whatever nonsense they throw at this match in the next month, it will still end up being a huge, main event match. I'm just worried that people will get bored of Becky having to do the same thing, week after week. If there's one thing the WWE knows how to do (sometimes inadvertently) it's kill someone's heat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 20:22:44 GMT -5
I like the latest turn with Ronda being attacked and throwing down the belt.
It keeps Becky hot, causing chaos, and she isn’t gonna stop till she gets what she wants.
It makes Ronda look strong as if the McMahons don’t listen to Becky maybe they will listen to her.
Flair sits on the sidelines can still be in the match or if WWE wants to take her out it makes sense from a storyline stand point.
There’s just to much time between the Rumble and Mania.
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Post by Doctor No on Feb 26, 2019 20:28:28 GMT -5
Yes they do. Daniel/Kofi/KO just needs to be announced. KO has put in good character work. Plus it will elevate 3 characters instead of just 2. Adding KO will also help appeal to a more worldwide audience.
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Post by schma on Feb 27, 2019 0:33:18 GMT -5
Being honest I don't really understand Charlotte's characterization in all of this either. It's missing a step. Okay, the mad queen thing makes total sense - Charlotte had an amazing accomplishment of ending Asuka's streak and her year subsequently completely fell apart and was complete hell from there on and a large chunk of it is Becky's fault. I'm with you on that, okay. And that certainly tracks with how bloodthirsty she was at TLC and the Rumble. But then she gets handed the Mania main event and.. She's just happy and flaunting about how special this makes her. Alright, I understand that as an end result. But more than anything else the way they've written the character - especially in light of all of Becky's accusations that she just had everything handed to her - she should be wanting to hurt Becky and prove she's superior to her. She should be absolutely obsessed with putting Becky through total hell and instead she's just content to go, "Ha ha, took your spot!" to her. It's too petty of a way of one-upping her for how obsessed she's been and how thoroughly Becky's made her miserable.
After Charlotte's promo tonight, I'm thinking she's the one scared of Becky. Becky has straight up owned her for months now but Charlottes out here claiming that Ronda and Becky are scared of her. Funny though that she's saying it when Becky is ostensibly still in jail. I agree that it would make sense that Charlotte wants this to prove once and for all that she's better than Becky who has had her number since September. However, I can see her being scared deep down (maybe not even admitting to herself) and seeing this as her chance to show up Becky without having to face her again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 9:38:07 GMT -5
More I think on it more I think they should've just done a draw between Becky and Charlotte at the Rumble. Could've had the two of them bickering over who gets the spot with Ronda focusing on her own thing through February, Becky wins a match for who gets the shot at Elimination Chamber, then Vince goes and adds Charlotte to the match anyway since Becky wasn't supposed to be in the Rumble. The whole thing would've made vastly more sense than what we have now.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 1, 2019 11:43:51 GMT -5
The last day and a half have made it ultra clear that they need to immediately move into this match being announced so that WWE can control the narrative and not Ronda.
Have Becky Wolverine healing factor her knee and just GET ON WITH IT!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 11:49:11 GMT -5
Becky wins the Rumble
Charlotte complains
Vince makes Charlotte vs. Becky for Fastlane with Ronda as the guest ref or whatever where if Charlotte wins, she gets in the WM match
Charlotte wins by going after Becky's knee and making her pass out in the Figure 8
Triple threat
How I would've had it gone down.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 22:05:36 GMT -5
Well... They've announced it.
They've got four weeks, hopefully they can get this mess back on track.
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Post by schma on Mar 10, 2019 22:09:29 GMT -5
Charlotte looked terrible at the end of that match just standing there gawking at Ronda who just turned her title match into a triple threat, then gawking at Becky, the person who's had her number for about seven months now. Of all the times for a post match beatdown or fight, this was it. Charlotte should have gone nuts on Ronda.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 22:09:59 GMT -5
Well... They've announced it. They've got four weeks, hopefully they can get this mess back on track. Man I want to say I hope so, but... GOD!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 22:11:09 GMT -5
They’ve got another month to find a way to over complicate this and make it even worse. I trust that the WWE will not disappoint in that regard.
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Post by Perd on Mar 10, 2019 22:11:11 GMT -5
After Ronda caused the DQ, she should’ve destroyed both Becky and Charlotte. That way you don’t have the awkwardness of Becky celebrating backdooring her way into the match.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 22:11:56 GMT -5
They announced the triple threat
Tommorow night Vince takes it away from Becky...because it was Stephanie that gave her the chance so Vince just overrides her choice
Gotta extend this in the most stupid way possible
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