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Post by trollrogue on Mar 12, 2019 23:19:06 GMT -5
I shudder to make a thread title like this cause it's equally on the same scale as fatshaming or beauty-shaming uggos, but purely due to Alexa Bliss's promo about her becoming host at WM-- that was a heel promo. And the crowd (mostly the guys) refused to boo anything she said.
Then you have Corey Graves' insane erotic commentary whenever Bliss/Rose/Charlotte do anything, it's a perversion but still the same mindset any weak-willed dude like "PUPPIES" Kang would think about the skimpily-clad Women's Wrestling Division who are all let's face it in general crazy-hot (Dana Brooke looked slammin' for instance against her sell job to Ronda and she's a jobber). Some ppl just can't be good heels due to natural charisma, and I'd argue Bliss's gimmick is too "hot" to be treated as a heel gimmick.
Now this could be either one of three reasons why-- Bliss is too pretty for a heel (specific attention to her role in Team LittleBig when both Strowman and Alexa played heel roles but got the biggest facepops pretty much every segment they were in), Bliss is not too pretty for a heel just a bad heel, or the WWE are just inept at storytelling since they failed to push Sparkle Splash Alexa as a face, and now are failing to push her as a Twisted Bliss Alexa as a pure heel but are sorta milking her tweener status (again in an inept way like they did with Elias) bc she keeps getting huge face pops as a heel.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 23:26:04 GMT -5
No. Despite it running its course, she’s just a good tweener/heel. That and they have no room for her rn as the Mania stories are already in place.
Sparkle bliss wasn’t going to fly and it has nothing to do with WWE. Same with her heel character. It has nothing to do with WWE being awful or something. She’s just a good heel when needed. That being said, I hope she’s able to turn face very soon.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 23:30:53 GMT -5
She got good heel heat going up against Becky, but just about anyone can do that. I remember seeing a video where a little girl told her parent she liked Alexa because "she's small and tough like me" so I do think her size is part of her appeal. She's also a really nice person IRL who has a history with an eating disorder and I think people latch onto that.
Just make her a sassy face who doesn't back down from anyone, no matter how much bigger they are. She'd be better off in the ring as a face anyway, because then she'd be able to bust out her high flying moves.
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Post by darbus alan on Mar 12, 2019 23:32:33 GMT -5
I think she's gotten better with the heel-ish role lately. But man, I think she could absolutely kill it as a face.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Mar 12, 2019 23:35:27 GMT -5
She's too pretty to be a girl who doesn't let me have a lock of her hair to keep in my underwear drawer.
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Post by oneday on Mar 12, 2019 23:43:13 GMT -5
Trish Stratus got heat just fine, so I don't think looks plays too much into it. Plus, most over heels in the WWE get cheers with an occasional boo. It's nothing special to only Alexa.
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Post by Tenshigure on Mar 12, 2019 23:47:16 GMT -5
Narcissism is a very easy trait to exploit with any conventionally attractive person. "Too pretty" isn't something to worry about when you've got a broad spectrum to work with.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 12, 2019 23:51:13 GMT -5
No.
Trish got heat, Eve got heat, Stacy got heat, Stephanie got and still gets heat, and any number of gorgeous women in the company's history have gotten heat.
Fans want to cheer her, she can still get heat, but fans want her to be a face. Her backstory, size, and athleticism is perfectly suited for a face.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 12, 2019 23:51:17 GMT -5
She's fine as a heel, the problem is more that it got old. She was on top for too long, and we saw everything in her playbook. She's currently lost in the mix because there are too many bigger fish out there for her to be in a top spot.
Ronda, Becky, and Charlotte don't have time for her, Bayley and Sasha are doing tag stuff with Nia and Tamina as the main heel team right now. If Alexa solidly was a face, she could probably find some wiggle room to tag, but currently, ehhh. She's probably better waiting for her spot with her talk segment for the time being.
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Post by trollrogue on Mar 12, 2019 23:52:57 GMT -5
No. Despite it running its course, she’s just a good tweener/heel. That and they have no room for her rn as the Mania stories are already in place. Sparkle bliss wasn’t going to fly and it has nothing to do with WWE. Same with her heel character. It has nothing to do with WWE being awful or something. She’s just a good heel when needed. That being said, I hope she’s able to turn face very soon. Honestly I made this poll to hear an answer exactly like this lol, to make sense of why it seemed 'wrong' that Alexa playing a heel still got popped for being WM Host Her being the Host makes her a 'face' in the same ways as it did The Miz as a host of MizTV (he was pretty neutral and sold on the mic for the faces he interviewed before announcing them, even Daniel Bryan) it's probably the highest way to push a Tweener, being a Host like Roddy
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Mar 13, 2019 0:06:25 GMT -5
Like 90% of the female roster are all conventionally attractive,by that logic then only ..... and ....... and maybe .... and ... should be the only female Heel's on the roster
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Mar 13, 2019 0:10:20 GMT -5
Conventionally attractive blonde white girls are basically the most readymade heels in existence.
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Post by schma on Mar 13, 2019 0:29:51 GMT -5
I don't think her level of prettiness has anything to do with it. She is charismatic and a decent promo with great expressions. I think part of it is that she had the Raw locker room locked down for over a year where she just dominated everyone despite occasionally acting like a chickenshit heel. I suspect some bought into her super booking. There are also the things people mentioned about her being wonderful in real life and whatnot. I think part of it might just be that they're ready for something new. The most successful of her contemporaries have reinvented themselves, whether Becky as the Man or Charlotte's new take on nepotism and entitlement. Even the lower tier roster members have been upping their game. You got some with static characters but she has the size and charisma to embody the fiery babyface and I think a lot of people see that.
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Post by trollrogue on Mar 13, 2019 1:05:16 GMT -5
Like 90% of the female roster are all conventionally attractive,by that logic then only ..... and ....... and maybe .... and ... should be the only female Heel's on the roster agreed, like mentioned in particular Dana Brooke on RAW against Ronda Rousey was probably the hottest thing I've seen subjectively-- and depending on your taste Sasha Banks being held back by Fit Finlay might've been your 'hottest thing' in an IMO objectively-known truth that WWE doesn't hire butterfaces.
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Post by trollrogue on Mar 13, 2019 1:12:24 GMT -5
I don't think her level of prettiness has anything to do with it. She is charismatic and a decent promo with great expressions. I think part of it is that she had the Raw locker room locked down for over a year where she just dominated everyone despite occasionally acting like a chickenshit heel. I suspect some bought into her super booking. There are also the things people mentioned about her being wonderful in real life and whatnot. I think part of it might just be that they're ready for something new. The most successful of her contemporaries have reinvented themselves, whether Becky as the Man or Charlotte's new take on nepotism and entitlement. Even the lower tier roster members have been upping their game. You got some with static characters but she has the size and charisma to embody the fiery babyface and I think a lot of people see that. the 'size' of Bliss is definitely of an underdog, I like how her offense is all about control as a heel despite her shorter stature so I don't know how that would work otherwise as a Tweener narcissist like Velveteen Dream. I never bought her comebacks in NXT as a babyface, so she should follow in Becky's footsteps to murk waters agreed
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Post by Totorob101 on Mar 13, 2019 2:03:16 GMT -5
nah, shes a natural heel and hopefully she continues to stay one for a long time to come. As a face shell just come out smiling and being nice, her character is and will always be a nasty little piece of work.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 2:56:44 GMT -5
Never really got the "she's a natural heel" talk. She's been good at it, sure, but I think her getting cheered all the time tells me she's actually a natural babyface.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Mar 13, 2019 3:22:05 GMT -5
Conventionally attractive blonde white girls are basically the most readymade heels in existence. Get her some ugg boots and a starbucks cup! Pumpkin Spice for lyfe, b*****s!
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Mar 13, 2019 3:46:26 GMT -5
I think heel or face as long as she's not still booked like 2002 HHH then she'll be okay.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 3:56:54 GMT -5
I think heel or face as long as she's not still booked like 2002 HHH then she'll be okay. Ember going down when she did was a shame, because Ember and Alexa would've killed it as a babyface tag team. They're best friends IRL so it would've felt like a natural pairing. Ember could've done most of the in ring work and Alexa could've brought some personality out of Ember.
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