King Devitt
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Post by King Devitt on Dec 12, 2020 21:39:02 GMT -5
I've called her Lady Austin for a reason.
She just became an entity on her own level with the music, darker edge, and dipping a bit into the Nikki Cross playlist.
Austin eventually just couldn't be booed or ignored anymore. He had a badass swagger and awesome music, and carried himself in a way no one else did. That's Io. Everything clicked, and she became so f***ing cool that you just couldn't boo her anymore. And rightly NXT changed course and let her keep her edge while also letting her go more tweener.
She definitely is still all about herself, she's always been kinda cocky, but she embraced it in a very striking presentation. I mean she'll help you if you help her, but to me she's not an outright babyface.
People respect confidence when you can back it up, and Io does, and that's why she can't be heel anymore.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 14, 2020 18:01:50 GMT -5
Nobody in NXT actually f***ing turns babyface. The main roster is almost as bad. Plenty of heel turns, never any face turns. It's part of what makes WWE so joyless and soul-crushing, even on NXT when it was good.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 14, 2020 21:06:17 GMT -5
Nobody in NXT actually f***ing turns babyface. The main roster is almost as bad. Plenty of heel turns, never any face turns. It's part of what makes WWE so joyless and soul-crushing, even on NXT when it was good. The last two proper face turns would be when , Ciampa did when he hugged Gargano and when he came back officially after the injury Killian did has thanks to his friendship with Drake Maverick Otherwise, yeah the crowd usually turns the wrestlers and HHH roles with it. Finn Balor, Io Shirai, Damian Priest, GYV looks to have turned face upon their NXT debut but all are mostly tweeners
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