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Post by thetower52 on Mar 25, 2019 10:15:48 GMT -5
Thank Christ.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 10:21:28 GMT -5
I like Nikki, she improved way more than anyone ever thought that she would. Good for her.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Mar 25, 2019 10:27:55 GMT -5
Ok.
I mean, I'm happy for her and all. She had a career that exceeded what the shelf-life should have been, especially considering when she debuted, but I got past the point of caring about the Bellas long ago.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 11:08:22 GMT -5
Does this mean her entrance dance is retiring too?
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Post by chrom on Mar 25, 2019 11:09:17 GMT -5
Well, now we should look back at all the great times in her career. ... Oh... I wish you died in the womb!
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 25, 2019 11:20:39 GMT -5
Truly the end of an era.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 25, 2019 11:25:34 GMT -5
My favorite thing about her career is how sour she makes the AJ Lee fans
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Post by BorneAgain on Mar 25, 2019 11:27:55 GMT -5
She's been so off and on in terms of activity these past two years that it kind of renders this announcement a little less impactful.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 11:45:05 GMT -5
Never had much respect for her until her last title reign when I realized that I was inexplicably being entertained by her matches, and that's what rasslin' is all about.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 25, 2019 11:57:16 GMT -5
My favorite thing about her career is how sour she makes the AJ Lee fans Says a lot about her career.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 25, 2019 12:12:33 GMT -5
Y'all are gonna feel foolish when this turns out to be a ruse and she joins The Undisputed Era.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 12:12:58 GMT -5
You know what? Good for her.
The women of wrestling, for the most part, tend to know when to fold 'em and walk away a lot more than the men do.
Did Nikki start off sucking in the ring? Absolutely. Did she improve by leaps and bounds when someone actually took the time to show her how to work? Absolutely.
She reminds me a lot of Trish Stratus in that regard, actually.
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Post by zappa on Mar 25, 2019 12:13:02 GMT -5
Funny thing about that AJ Lee promo is Nikki Bella ended up being a much better worker than her.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 25, 2019 12:17:24 GMT -5
Funny thing about that AJ Lee promo is Nikki Bella ended up being a much better worker than her. Nah. She definitely improved but AJ was a better wrestler and better on the mic.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 25, 2019 12:17:54 GMT -5
She's been so off and on in terms of activity these past two years that it kind of renders this announcement a little less impactful. Yeah, she has more or less been semi-retired for years now. So this has a little less impactful. I never hated the Bella twins they both started off extremely green since they were brougth up in the dark times of developmental. But Nikki became pretty solid towards the end and the Bellas have always been pretty damned over with the crowd.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 12:18:29 GMT -5
Her falls count anywhere match with Natalya was awesome and I find Natalya really boring, so while I wouldn't call myself a fan, Nikki was alright in my book. And I'm seconding the post about Nikki vs. Asuka.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 25, 2019 12:56:44 GMT -5
She will never get the respect she actually deserves. If Evolution was her last match, it was a good way to go out.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Mar 25, 2019 12:58:54 GMT -5
First of all, I don't believe it.
Second, lost opportunity to have someone who was so prominent in WWE to not have a retirement match.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 25, 2019 13:03:59 GMT -5
She did the best she could with what she had, she wasn’t hired or taught how to have good matches, this was when developmental sucked, specially for women. You had either Bill Demott doing shit for what he should be arrested and FCW only taught you how to drive under the influence. Nikki never had a shot and when the nxt women came up, she became obsolete and already too old and with a serious neck injury to improve to that level. The total divas show and spinoff drew money, I just wish that it never influenced creative like it did for a time. She had a decent career all things considered, I just still laugh when she said that her breaking up with Cena was like Superman breaking up with Wonder Woman, nah that’s not it. She really did have bad timing as far as being a good in ring competitor. True, but Triple H never would have hired her in the first place so the way she came in was really the best shot she had.
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Post by Woo on Mar 25, 2019 13:07:30 GMT -5
Funny thing about that AJ Lee promo is Nikki Bella ended up being a much better worker than her. Yeah, I can't say I agree with that at all.
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