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Post by smokinvokoun86 on May 24, 2021 13:49:43 GMT -5
I’d give Shida’s title run a solid B. It should be higher but for the longest time, she wasn’t given much to do. But whenever she is featured, she was always given a ton of respect. Shida with what she could control, had a lot of great matches and she put prestige on the title. She did everything she possibly could with what she was given and I salute her for it.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on May 24, 2021 13:51:47 GMT -5
I think I'd give the Shida reign a B-, and that's with some generosity for the context of the reign. Shida put in good work (aside from a few bad Dynamite matches in late summer into fall of 2020), but AEW established a strict booking style that never made room for a promo-weak champion or a small roster. Some title matches were excellent, some were hampered by the booking, some were as good as they could get against a green opponent, and at least one was outright terrible. Given the roster Shida had to wrestle, the in-ring was probably as strong as it was getting.
AEW already failed to have a strategy for how to handle promos with Japanese-speaking and ESL talent before the pandemic. Khan and co compensated for Shida's lack of promo skill by either awkwardly shoehorning her angles into squash matches, or worse (and more frequently), just having her not show up for weeks at a time.
Shida held up her end, but she deserved a stronger and better-paced reign.
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Post by darbus alan on May 24, 2021 14:04:05 GMT -5
I'll give Shida a solid B, though I am grading it on a curve given all the circumstances surrounding it.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 24, 2021 15:13:23 GMT -5
Shida: B-. She's had the best overall match quality of the three female champions so far in AEW, but her reign's been affected by the pandemic and being left off multiple Dynamites right after most of her title defenses were done. Still, a whole year with the title is quite the accomplishment.
How would we grade the previous two women's title reigns?
My opinions:
Riho: C-. I liked the video package for her match against Emi Sakura at Full Gear two years ago, but aside from that, Riho had missed some Dynamites due to STARDOM commitments with Brandi even mentioning Riho not being around in a promo, and there was the Nightmare Collective bullshit that ruined Riho's match against Statlander. Nyla Rose: C. Her reign ended sooner than I thought it would, but her promo work during that time was good. AEW should have held off on the Revolution 2020 Statlander match until she was fully recovered from the flu, and I think that would have gone better.
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Post by pippen94 on May 24, 2021 18:18:25 GMT -5
I think I'd give the Shida reign a B-, and that's with some generosity for the context of the reign. Shida put in good work (aside from a few bad Dynamite matches in late summer into fall of 2020), but AEW established a strict booking style that never made room for a promo-weak champion or a small roster. Some title matches were excellent, some were hampered by the booking, some were as good as they could get against a green opponent, and at least one was outright terrible. Given the roster Shida had to wrestle, the in-ring was probably as strong as it was getting. AEW already failed to have a strategy for how to handle promos with Japanese-speaking and ESL talent before the pandemic. Khan and co compensated for Shida's lack of promo skill by either awkwardly shoehorning her angles into squash matches, or worse (and more frequently), just having her not show up for weeks at a time. Shida held up her end, but she deserved a stronger and better-paced reign. Shida's reign has been completely forgettable. No memorable angles or moments. Some decent matches including against Rosa. Britt with belt would've given far more exposure
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Post by markymark on May 24, 2021 21:15:00 GMT -5
We need a rematch on Dynamite.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2021 4:42:32 GMT -5
Listening this makes her even more likeable!
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Post by chrom on May 25, 2021 19:42:54 GMT -5
So Rosa will get to continue to wrestle in AEW
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Post by markymark on May 25, 2021 19:45:05 GMT -5
I wonder if Kamille show up at the Buyin considering there is likely there will be a women match featuring Rosa, and maybe Serena.
One poster in the Dark thread brought a good point that Julia shouldnt be jumping ahead above the likes of Madi, she is still very raw.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 25, 2021 22:37:36 GMT -5
I wonder if Kamille show up at the Buyin considering there is likely there will be a women match featuring Rosa, and maybe Serena. One poster in the Dark thread brought a good point that Julia shouldnt be jumping ahead above the likes of Madi, she is still very raw. Julia's exactly where she needs to be. A young plucky babyface on the lower card with a few wins who can give some other higher card wrestlers a more prestigious victory.
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Post by markymark on May 26, 2021 9:41:34 GMT -5
I kinda want Riho to win so a certain tennis racket man loses his mind.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 26, 2021 9:46:12 GMT -5
There are really only two words for the above and they are "F***" and "Yes".
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on May 26, 2021 9:52:28 GMT -5
Hook it to my veins. Serena has become a favourite of mine to watch since she debuted. Not many people in the ring as good as her. And Riho is just outstanding of course.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 26, 2021 9:54:08 GMT -5
Hook it to my veins. Serena has become a favourite of mine to watch since she debuted. Not many people in the ring as good as her. And Riho is just outstanding of course. Like, I barely remember her first WWE run but I was still happy to see her back for the MYC but this run...damn, man, I can't remember the last wrestler whose built such a back catalogue of great matches in such a short space of time. I'd argue that she's been the best pandemic era signing for AEW.
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Post by pinja on May 26, 2021 9:59:07 GMT -5
She must've always been great or how can someone seemingly suddenly turn into female Bret Hart? She's a total ring general.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 26, 2021 10:10:57 GMT -5
So today Shida finally hits the year mark as AEW Womens Champ. How would u rate her reign? I'd rank it a B. I think that the highs have been great, and she's obviously been working hard, especially stuff like how she worked on the Japanese side of the tournament to help produce it, but she's been overshadowed at points by things like the Rosa and Baker feud. A lot of this is the pandemic and issues like injuries/illness with some of the women, but she also has just not been given much in the way of angles. It feels like Abadon is the only person who has even really had an angle with her, even if I am sure that's not literally true. I'd put her reign under Riho's and Nyla's so far just since she has had precious few angles. A lot of it is because Penelope Ford was like the only notable heel who was around and not hurt for a prior, and Ford is honestly just not on that level right now, granted, and we'd have really benefited from some face challengers like Statlander and Big Swole who were injured/ill, too, but it is what it is. Honestly, if Baker wins it, I kinda hope Britt doesn't get a long reign. Two long reigns in a belt hurt a belt more than help it.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on May 26, 2021 10:36:52 GMT -5
So on the one hand, Riho/Deeb is very much a PPV match.
But the hell with it, I'm psyched to have this match easily streamable whenever I want and easy to simul-watch with people.
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Post by toodarkmark on May 26, 2021 10:51:41 GMT -5
Thunder Rosa's first AEW shirt. Great to see her becoming more involved in the DNA of AEW. First the T-Shirt, then THE GRAPHIC.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 26, 2021 11:52:31 GMT -5
Shida title reign while long, has been a B
There has been times they forgot about her and just became a bit of an afterthought. Some of it pandemic related for sure but she always felt behind Britt on the totem pole
Shida brought it in all her matches tho for sure. They just missed an opportunity to really make her a true star
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on May 26, 2021 12:16:32 GMT -5
We need a rematch on Dynamite. I agree, the Pencil Army vs. Chris Brookes group of outsiders and haters deserves to be on TNT or TBS.
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