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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 10, 2022 22:16:13 GMT -5
I am here for delusional Almost a SuperHeel Nikki.
I think it'll be fun. And even if the crowd wasn't biting for most of it, I thought the breakup segment was interesting as a different way of going about a tag breakup. We're so used to 'team of losers loses before one loser beats up the other loser after the match' that a longer interview was something fresh.
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Post by Fade on Jan 10, 2022 22:19:19 GMT -5
I am here for delusional Almost a SuperHeel Nikki. I think it'll be fun. And even if the crowd wasn't biting for most of it, I thought the breakup segment was interesting as a different way of going about a tag breakup. We're so used to 'team of losers loses before one loser beats up the other loser after the match' that a longer interview was something fresh.
It was awkward but in an awkward breakup kind of way.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 10, 2022 22:22:12 GMT -5
Gasp! What's this? Our caped crusader on the side of villainy? Say it ain't so!
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Post by facethatrunstheplace on Jan 10, 2022 22:51:15 GMT -5
Gasp! What's this? Our cape crusader on the side of villainy? Say it ain't so! The worst is yet to come.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Jan 10, 2022 23:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jan 10, 2022 23:16:03 GMT -5
I HATE Vince’s attitude towards babyfaces. He literally seems to think you cannot be a good person and succeed. You have be evil and a a-hole to get anywhere. Which is weird because from the entire promotions existence till 2014ish, wwe has been primarily a babyface promotion
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Post by robferatu on Jan 10, 2022 23:19:15 GMT -5
Even though, you could see her heel (or villainy) turn coming from miles away.
It was necessary to freshen up her character because they’d already gotten as much mileage as possible out of her being a superhero and now we’ll see how much mileage they’ll get out of her being a supervillain.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 10, 2022 23:25:52 GMT -5
In WWE, you HAVE to turn heel to succeed. That is a problem.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 10, 2022 23:28:24 GMT -5
I look forward to seeing some other tag teams get a shot at the belts such as [no results found].
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 10, 2022 23:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2022 23:34:06 GMT -5
So is Nikki telling us to BO-LIEVE in outselves??
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Post by Chiral on Jan 10, 2022 23:34:36 GMT -5
Like literally every pure babyface that has being nice as part of their gimmick gets treated like a mega loser, then they turn them heel and act like this was the only way they could've saved them.
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Post by J is Justice on Jan 10, 2022 23:37:00 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, she's lost it.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2022 23:38:16 GMT -5
In WWE, you HAVE to turn heel to succeed. That is a problem. This is another issue with WWE's current booking, faces are just dumbasses who rarely if ever succeed and if they do, they fail almost immediately afterwards. Nikki being made a face who did nothing but lose until she mentally snapped and turned heel, and now everyone's like "Aw yeah, this might be a fun character development!" shouldn't have to happen EVERY TIME, but WWE has no idea how to book standout babyfaces anymore, they got insanely lucky with Daniel Bryan, and Vince tried his damndest to throw that in the dumpster too before it started. It really just feels like Nikki's gonna get fed to Rhea anyway, so idk how much this is actually going to help the gimmick, but it's not like they didn't run her into the dirt already...
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 10, 2022 23:39:33 GMT -5
Like literally every pure babyface that has being nice as part of their gimmick gets treated like a mega loser, then they turn them heel and act like this was the only way they could've saved them. Like when they took Bayley, the superface of NXT... and made her act like a literal 4 year old... gee why didn't that get over?
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 10, 2022 23:40:07 GMT -5
I am honestly starting to believe that Vince is becoming more delusional in his old age. Like he cannot conceive that someone purely good could every succeed. You need to be evil and/or a jerk to get anywhere in his mind.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2022 23:42:56 GMT -5
Like literally every pure babyface that has being nice as part of their gimmick gets treated like a mega loser, then they turn them heel and act like this was the only way they could've saved them. But we can't have good people go over in this company. Only evil must prevail!
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 10, 2022 23:44:50 GMT -5
Like literally every pure babyface that has being nice as part of their gimmick gets treated like a mega loser, then they turn them heel and act like this was the only way they could've saved them. But we can't have good people go over in this company. Only evil must prevail! Something something good shit something something pal dammit
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jan 10, 2022 23:51:32 GMT -5
It's like Vince was watching Spaceballs, heard Dark Helmet say "Evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb" and then turned it off, thinking he'd learned something.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 10, 2022 23:54:43 GMT -5
More like Vince spent his career being ruthless and building his empire by crushing everyone around him and being linked to all manner of shady things. And for him, it worked.
Also anti heroes like Stone Cold and The Rock getting mega over. At some point, he just forgot that pure heroes CAN win if you do it right.
He should really look at Chris Evans Captain America for example for proof of that.
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