Did they just give up on Lacey or what?

[nisidhe]

I think they reduced her characterization to such an extent that she became rather generic. She's absolutely green (though not necessarily incorrigible), but seems okay on the mic and in backstage segments. Like Mandy Rose, though, Lacey's gimmick is fairly tied up in her sexual appeal which, given the narrative WWE has wanted to push about the women becoming as high-profile as the men, does seem rather a throwback.

Now, had they gone with a WW2 pin-up girl, Transatlantic accent and all, they might have had a winner there. She might have channeled some of the spunk we associate with women of that era and gotten herself over. Vince, however, likely misread her character completely.

[Bang Bang Bart]

May 28, 2019 21:56:12 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I was more impressed about Bayley's complete 180 in terms of booking. I was expecting her to do the job either clean or with blatant Charlotte interference. But not only did she sucker punch Charlotte, but also got out of the distraction pin, and got the win.

And heck, her music was the one that was playing in the post-match when she was just looking on at Charlotte and Lacey’s fight.

[theironyuppie]

May 28, 2019 22:20:33 GMT -5 nisidhe said:

I think they reduced her characterization to such an extent that she became rather generic. She's absolutely green (though not necessarily incorrigible), but seems okay on the mic and in backstage segments. Like Mandy Rose, though, Lacey's gimmick is fairly tied up in her sexual appeal which, given the narrative WWE has wanted to push about the women becoming as high-profile as the men, does seem rather a throwback.

Now, had they gone with a WW2 pin-up girl, Transatlantic accent and all, they might have had a winner there. She might have channeled some of the spunk we associate with women of that era and gotten herself over. Vince, however, likely misread her character completely.

She plays that side up more when she's being a face.

Tonight felt like something of a burial, but it could just as easily be a means to get to a 'wildcard' Lacey/Charlotte match on next week's Raw. The thing with Lacey is she got built up a little, but then she lost to Becky three times in three nights, and there's hardly anyone in the Raw midcard she could beat to look like a threat.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

WWE's booking is so start and stop that it's really not a wonder a ton of wrestlers within the company are miserable and want out with a flourishing alternative scene happening.

[sportatorium]

So weird. I thought they hotshotted her into the title picture too fast, but to her credit- she got her heel character over. That tonight should have been Charlotte getting her Dq’d & then beating down Bayley together. Instead Lacey was the only one who came out looking bad.

[Mozenrath]

May 28, 2019 21:56:12 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I was more impressed about Bayley's complete 180 in terms of booking. I was expecting her to do the job either clean or with blatant Charlotte interference. But not only did she sucker punch Charlotte, but also got out of the distraction pin, and got the win.

Yep. I think they were still, in their own warped way, trying to protect Lacey a little in that she had Bayley down for more than 3, just with the ref not looking, but definitely Bayley got the better of the other two tonight.

[theironyuppie]

May 28, 2019 21:56:12 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I was more impressed about Bayley's complete 180 in terms of booking. I was expecting her to do the job either clean or with blatant Charlotte interference. But not only did she sucker punch Charlotte, but also got out of the distraction pin, and got the win.

Charlotte interference seems to actually help babyfaces, at least this year. See also the 'Beat the Clock' challenge on Raw before Mania where they mystifyingly (because given Becky was winning at Mania it would have been such an easy way of making Ronda look like more of a threat first and the Mania match feel less predictable) had Becky beat Ronda's time easily despite Charlotte giving her a big boot before her match with Liv.

[Tenshigure]

May 28, 2019 22:06:15 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

May 28, 2019 22:00:47 GMT -5 @kn said:

Imagine Vince's shock as he sees a Rice Krispy treat the size of half a coffee table. He'd lose it.

He sees that peg game and it just messes his life up.

"Who the hell are you callin' an Ig-No-Ray-Moose, you good for nothing piece of sawdust! I'll buy this whole establishment and burn the place to the ground!"

[schma]

She must have sneezed in front of Vince.

[Deleted]

Must've been cause of my positive thread about her.

Vince has had it out for me since my cigarette caused a sneezing fit while I was watching Asian porn with Jim Ross.

[spagett]

May 29, 2019 0:13:20 GMT -5 schma said:

She must have sneezed in front of Vince.

It may not even be something as minor and stupid as that.

Vince is likely to have just woken up on Tuesday morning, from his usual 45 minutes a night of sleep, and decided he just doesn't like Lacey Evans anymore. For no reason.

Then in a few months he'll wake up and think "God Damn Pal, why aren't we pushing Lacey Evans??? She's great!!!"

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

not sure if it's losing interest in Lacey but part of it is probably wanting to push and establish Bayley again

[schma]

As bad as this was for Lacey it made Bayley look fantastic. She got in Charlotte's face, played mindgames with her and still picked up the win. This was a side of Bayley that the main roster has rarely seen.

[California Superstar]

I hope not.

[salz4life]

Just sit back and enjoy the genius that is Vince McMahon.

[sunnytaker]

May 28, 2019 22:25:33 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

May 28, 2019 21:56:12 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I was more impressed about Bayley's complete 180 in terms of booking. I was expecting her to do the job either clean or with blatant Charlotte interference. But not only did she sucker punch Charlotte, but also got out of the distraction pin, and got the win.

And heck, her music was the one that was playing in the post-match when she was just looking on at Charlotte and Lacey’s fight.

Bayley was probably just excited to see someone turn on someone when she was there but it wasn't on her for a change.

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

I’ll give it another week. She took one of Charlotte’s sometimes finishers and bounced right back up.

Next week after she loses to Charlotte on both RAW and SDL? Then the answer is yes.