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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Aug 21, 2021 21:28:21 GMT -5
Again, fandom is absurd, lol.
*A Horsewoman steals the shine from somebody fresher*: This is bullshit, rabble rabble!!!
*Another Horsewoman steals the shine from somebody fresher but it's my gal Charlotte*: GOAT girl, GOAT girl, yeah that's her! Bout to start calling Ric Charlotte's dad.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 21, 2021 22:11:16 GMT -5
I wish I could say I was surprised but... I really just am not
I wish I could feel anything for Charlotte winning the belt AGAIN but after the Becky thing it just feels like someone stabbing me with a fork after I've already been shot lmfao.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 21, 2021 22:12:07 GMT -5
Time to update the thread title! Done!
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Post by pippen94 on Aug 21, 2021 22:12:33 GMT -5
Keep putting belt on person who gets no reaction from crowd
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Post by theironyuppie on Aug 21, 2021 22:29:44 GMT -5
Keep putting belt on person who gets no reaction from crowd I can understand being unhappy at the result, but I also don't think you can watch that and think Charlotte doesn't get crowd reactions or stand out on big stages. I kinda think they would have been better waiting on Nikki's cash-in rather than giving her the belt right away, but here we are.
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Post by deezy on Aug 21, 2021 22:32:55 GMT -5
Keep putting belt on person who gets no reaction from crowd Charlotte has been getting reactions since the crowds have came back.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 21, 2021 22:33:36 GMT -5
Keep putting belt on person who gets no reaction from crowd I can understand being unhappy at the result, but I also don't think you can watch that and think Charlotte doesn't get crowd reactions or stand out on big stages. I kinda think they would have been better waiting on Nikki's cash-in rather than giving her the belt right away, but here we are. I HATE Charlotte's booking and WWE character Saying she has no fans or no crowd reaction just isn't correct.
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Post by pippen94 on Aug 21, 2021 22:35:59 GMT -5
I can understand being unhappy at the result, but I also don't think you can watch that and think Charlotte doesn't get crowd reactions or stand out on big stages. I kinda think they would have been better waiting on Nikki's cash-in rather than giving her the belt right away, but here we are. I HATE Charlotte's booking and WWE character Saying she has no fans or no crowd reaction just isn't correct. Sometimes she gets go away heat. Tonight crowd gave no reaction to win
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Post by Dub H on Aug 21, 2021 22:51:32 GMT -5
Oh wow,no one saw this coming.
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Post by Dub H on Aug 21, 2021 22:53:10 GMT -5
Keep putting belt on person who gets no reaction from crowd I can understand being unhappy at the result, but I also don't think you can watch that and think Charlotte doesn't get crowd reactions or stand out on big stages. I kinda think they would have been better waiting on Nikki's cash-in rather than giving her the belt right away, but here we are. Think is ,she never got nearly good amount or consistent reaction,nor brought number nor merch sales to justify her push. Asuka always,always outpops her with a fraction of the focus, Becky even before her big push was much more loved and at least her popularity can KINDA justify her booking(which is still bad), and I would bet Bayley sold more merch.There is just no reason to push her at that level,above everyone else miles and beyond.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Aug 21, 2021 23:14:57 GMT -5
Nikki couldn't afford to lose the belt this soon with how bad the character has been floundering, Rhea basically is there because the never-ending feud with Charlotte, Charlotte ends up becoming even more of a hate sink than is really needed, and the feud between Rhea and Charlotte is STILL NOT GOING TO END.
None of those three benefitted at all from this. And as someone who adores all three, that really upsets me to no end.
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Post by Totorob101 on Aug 22, 2021 0:08:29 GMT -5
Think that's it for this nikki ash crap,turn her heel ASAP and back to her insane character because noone likes her as that dumb superhero rubbish and while rhea would have been a better choice,charlotte is far more worthy as champion then nikki ever was.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Aug 22, 2021 0:45:26 GMT -5
Yep as I called it, Charolette lost so she could be a transitional champ from herself to herself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2021 0:59:11 GMT -5
Yep as I called it, Charolette lost so she could be a transitional champ from herself to herself. You have to admit, Charlotte cashing in MITB on herself next year would be very interesting.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 22, 2021 1:02:27 GMT -5
It's funny to me that everyone joked, "They need to give Charlotte two more title reigns to make up for her losing her NXT ones!" and then they literally did it.
Also, it feels completely ass-backwards having this whole storyline of Charlotte insisting Nikki isn't a superhero and isn't in her league then Charlotte gets her rematch and sure enough she's right and Nikki taps. It can work if you build to a rematch where Nikki beats her one-on-one but given the crowd was outright booing tonight I imagine more likely is Charlotte beats her on Raw and this push is over.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 22, 2021 1:46:47 GMT -5
Charlotte was probably the most over of the three tonight from what I heard in the staidum, but when it's between Nikki's half-baked character and Rhea being all over the place alignment-wise since getting the call up, it's not that big of a feat.
The problem I have with her is that she's the same damn Charlotte Flair she was in 2014 when everyone started jumping on the NXT bandwagon. I know they don't want to change too much of her because she's a Flair, but even then they could try to do something with her that isn't singles champion or singles top competitor. Putting aside what she's doing right now, having Alexa Bliss do a run with Nikki in the tag division allowed her to have a completely different character arc and freshened her up without changing her base gimmick. They should try doing something like that with Charlotte instead of Women's champion reign 256.
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Post by theironyuppie on Aug 22, 2021 1:55:46 GMT -5
Think that's it for this nikki ash crap,turn her heel ASAP and back to her insane character because noone likes her as that dumb superhero rubbish and while rhea would have been a better choice,charlotte is far more worthy as champion then nikki ever was.
At the same time, I don't think raving lunatic Sanity Nikki would have played well on the main roster, which is why they changed her up to align with Alexa.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 22, 2021 2:05:18 GMT -5
Charlotte was probably the most over of the three tonight from what I heard in the staidum, but when it's between Nikki's half-baked character and Rhea being all over the place alignment-wise since getting the call up, it's not that big of a feat. It probably didn't hurt that Charlotte was the only person in the match doing anything. It was a weirdly structured match, Charlotte basically beat them both up the whole time while they worked together against her, got all the cool spots, had Rhea helpless, then got the win. The match was entirely about her.
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Post by Dub H on Aug 22, 2021 2:59:48 GMT -5
Charlotte was probably the most over of the three tonight from what I heard in the staidum, but when it's between Nikki's half-baked character and Rhea being all over the place alignment-wise since getting the call up, it's not that big of a feat. It probably didn't hurt that Charlotte was the only person in the match doing anything. It was a weirdly structured match, Charlotte basically beat them both up the whole time while they worked together against her, got all the cool spots, had Rhea helpless, then got the win. The match was entirely about her. So it is a Charlotte match
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Post by spagett on Aug 22, 2021 3:40:19 GMT -5
It's weird to say that winning the world title was the worst thing that could have happened to someone but I think that might be the case with Nikki Cross.
Her whole gimmick meant her ever winning the title should have been a long term story. She's almost a super hero, as she points out over and over, so you build her up slowly and then eventually if the crowd like her she can win the title and become a full super hero. Basic booking stuff.
Instead they hot shotted the title onto her with a surprise MITB cash in, which I maintain isn't the way a babyface should win their first world title, had her lose over and over each week and cut terrible repetitive promos that made the fans slowly turn on her.
And now she's already lost the title. I don't know where she can go from here, other than turning heel.
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