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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Jun 30, 2021 7:05:07 GMT -5
Guess who's back. Back again. Raquel's back. Muscles.
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Post by gl83 on Jun 30, 2021 9:45:39 GMT -5
It probably doesn’t help that Raquel’s character is so inconsistent. The first few weeks with the “curtain call” and the handshake with Mercedes, it felt like they were trying to position her as s Face-leaning Tweener.
Now, they’ve turned around and made her full Heel. Having her be a sore loser and attacking Ember & Shotzi; ordering Dakota to make Ember watch as she destroyed Shotzi; last week coming out and mocking Io’s sabbatical, etc.
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Post by mistery on Jun 30, 2021 10:24:18 GMT -5
It probably doesn’t help that Raquel’s character is so inconsistent. The first few weeks with the “curtain call” and the handshake with Mercedes, it felt like they were trying to position her as s Face-leaning Tweener. Now, they’ve turned around and made her full Heel. Having her be a sore loser and attacking Ember & Shotzi; ordering Dakota to make Ember watch as she destroyed Shotzi; last week coming out and mocking Io’s sabbatical, etc. I mean it was pointed out by a friend last night, but Raquel isn't even advertised for Great American Bash, and they haven't focused on building up any real contenders for a title match either. That speaks volumes of how well this reign for hers is going. I honestly think that if Charlotte never had that second reign, you could make an argument for Raquel's current reign being the worst in the lineage of the title, at least so far. Both from a booking and audience perspective. It's why I think she loses that title sooner rather than later, if just for the fact that she just isn't interesting enough to hold it. It doesn't help that (predictably), Io Shirai and a lot of other women continue to overshadow her in every aspect.
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Post by Kyle Butler on Jun 30, 2021 12:21:31 GMT -5
So if Raquel and Ryker are both on the main roster next year, who gets the Backlash poster? The woman with the back muscles or the dude who actually lashes his own back? Or Lashley?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 12:53:34 GMT -5
So if Raquel and Ryker are both on the main roster next year, who gets the Backlash poster? The woman with the back muscles or the dude who actually lashes his own back? Or Lashley? Bobby got Back(lash)
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Post by pinja on Jun 30, 2021 13:37:43 GMT -5
We might call it the back - Naomi calls it the rear view.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 30, 2021 15:35:35 GMT -5
Ricochet’s back muscles are bigger and can do more than anything Raquel’s can do. Yeah but I hear Raquel's will actually wear a mask
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jun 30, 2021 15:39:28 GMT -5
So if Raquel and Ryker are both on the main roster next year, who gets the Backlash poster? The woman with the back muscles or the dude who actually lashes his own back? Or Lashley? The poster will show it as a math problem... Raquel's back + Lashley = Ryker's back lashing Underneath will be the PPV logo and "Y'get it, right?"
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 30, 2021 21:58:55 GMT -5
Look at this friggin doofus with her belt turned around because back muscles One day, Dakota Kai's fingers will finally shoot spiderwebs so she can swing through the city.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Jul 2, 2021 15:16:35 GMT -5
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Jul 2, 2021 15:28:01 GMT -5
But can they do tricks?
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Post by pinja on Jul 2, 2021 16:00:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2021 16:24:28 GMT -5
I can't tell if she's in on the joke or not.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Jul 2, 2021 16:39:35 GMT -5
I can't tell if she's in on the joke or not. I don’t think she is which just makes it kind of sad.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Jul 2, 2021 19:07:55 GMT -5
Jordynne Grace would like to weigh in.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jul 2, 2021 20:12:31 GMT -5
It probably doesn’t help that Raquel’s character is so inconsistent. The first few weeks with the “curtain call” and the handshake with Mercedes, it felt like they were trying to position her as s Face-leaning Tweener. Now, they’ve turned around and made her full Heel. Having her be a sore loser and attacking Ember & Shotzi; ordering Dakota to make Ember watch as she destroyed Shotzi; last week coming out and mocking Io’s sabbatical, etc. I mean it was pointed out by a friend last night, but Raquel isn't even advertised for Great American Bash, and they haven't focused on building up any real contenders for a title match either. That speaks volumes of how well this reign for hers is going. I honestly think that if Charlotte never had that second reign, you could make an argument for Raquel's current reign being the worst in the lineage of the title, at least so far. Both from a booking and audience perspective. It's why I think she loses that title sooner rather than later, if just for the fact that she just isn't interesting enough to hold it. It doesn't help that (predictably), Io Shirai and a lot of other women continue to overshadow her in every aspect. I said when she was first announced as the challenger for Io and you could tell they were setting her up to be the one to dethrone her, that ANYONE would have been better than Raquel. Then we got the whole "they strapped my girl up!" bandwagon (which still mystifies me), but I still stand by my original sentiment.
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Post by dex on Jul 13, 2021 21:56:19 GMT -5
So they really aren't giving her anything to work with, and I don't think a feud with Xia Li is going to help matters. There really seems to be no clear plan in place for her reign. I get that having Shotzi and Tegan called up probably messed with plans, but things were pretty dull and aimless even before their callups . It's really weird that they don't seem to have a clear plan in place for the person who beat Io.
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Post by mistery on Jul 13, 2021 22:12:55 GMT -5
So they really aren't giving her anything to work with, and I don't think a feud with Xia Li is going to help matters. Ther really seems to be no clear plan in place for her reign. I get that having Shotzi and Tegan called up probably messed with plans, but things were pretty dull and aimless even before their callups . It's really weird that they don't seem to have a clear plan in place for the person who beat Io. Honestly having the main titles on Raquel and Kross at the same time was (still is) an absolutely horrendous idea. Doesn't help that they won the titles basically at the same time as well. Neither Kross or Raquel are even remotely cool and both suffer from the same "big person" syndrome that doesn't mesh with NXT. NXT is basically supposed to be the workrate brand for WWE to appeal to more hardcore fans, but neither Raquel or Kross fit that mold at all and are just dragging their divisions down. Hell, it's pretty telling that the main focus in the women's division right now is on the tag titles and anything not involving the main title. And it's kinda funny because outside of Dakota, no other woman really gets excited about working with her. Doesn't help that she lets her idiot boyfriend (Braun) run down her coworkers on social media and signal boosts his absolutely horrendous and offensive jokes and takes (to the point of where he would have been either buried 10 feet under or outright fired for the people he targeted if he wasn't already released).
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 13, 2021 22:27:58 GMT -5
Raquel/Xia next week:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 22:56:25 GMT -5
I’ll just share my hot take from the Raw thread.
Ripley has the best back in all of WWE.
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