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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2022 11:46:24 GMT -5
I'm so mad.
*burns the Super Brutality shirt that I definitely have*
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jan 11, 2022 11:52:07 GMT -5
New NXT 2.0 Champion Punch Rockgroin? NXT Champion Big McLarge Huge? NXT Champion Bron Breakker? Wait-
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 11, 2022 12:08:05 GMT -5
Maybe now she won’t be so lame.
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Post by sportatorium on Jan 11, 2022 13:08:42 GMT -5
You know how they did Miz/Edge in a war of words to go up against Punk & MJF? I'm seriously wondering if they are going to try to make her a joke of Cody's slow burn quasi-heel turn.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2022 13:26:56 GMT -5
I look forward to seeing some other tag teams get a shot at the belts such as [no results found]. Depending on how the Rumble return goes and how Nikki feels, I can see the Bellas challenging for them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2022 13:27:47 GMT -5
I feel like she sounds even more Scottish than usual here. 😂
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Post by Totorob101 on Jan 11, 2022 13:35:13 GMT -5
I look forward to seeing some other tag teams get a shot at the belts such as [no results found]. Depending on how the Rumble return goes and how Nikki feels, I can see the Bellas challenging for them. I think it'll be the Bellas against Carmella Zelena (or whoever the champs are,iv forgot who they are!) with the bellas winning the titles and retiring the titles along with their own retirement,probably the best way to dispose of the women's tag titles as they will never be important.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 11, 2022 13:42:06 GMT -5
I'm honestly interested in this. That original gimmick was lame so to turn it on it's head and make her a delusional superhero, a heel, that makes the most sense. but like... it didn't have to be lame. there are ways of making this work that doesn't come off the way that the WWE wrote it. the WWE just wrote it in like the lamest possible way.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 11, 2022 13:47:55 GMT -5
I'm honestly interested in this. That original gimmick was lame so to turn it on it's head and make her a delusional superhero, a heel, that makes the most sense. but like... it didn't have to be lame. there are ways of making this work that doesn't come off the way that the WWE wrote it. the WWE just wrote it in like the lamest possible way. Yeah, I was one of the gimmick's biggest proponents and I still don't consider it an outright failure given Nikki went from barely making Main Event to being on TV most weeks, but WWE just doesn't know how to book strong babyfaces.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2022 14:03:36 GMT -5
I'm honestly interested in this. That original gimmick was lame so to turn it on it's head and make her a delusional superhero, a heel, that makes the most sense. but like... it didn't have to be lame. there are ways of making this work that doesn't come off the way that the WWE wrote it. the WWE just wrote it in like the lamest possible way. Yep. Nikki tried her best to make it work but it didn't work. She's posted kids loving the gimmick and she's posted a lot of great things but when the booking doesn't reflect that then the only way to go was down. Like, in a great world that gimmick could have turned into some E&C "silly but serious" type of momentum but it was always looked at as that "ugh what is she doing, this is embarrassing" thing that they have faces do. That's one of the most damning things ever that can happen to a face. Like, just imagine you trying to be yourself and you've got people looking at you like they're ashamed to be around you. That was pretty much how they had Rhea act for at least half of their teaming together.
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Post by saneiac on Jan 12, 2022 0:27:30 GMT -5
Maybe now she won’t be so lame. No. I like Nikki, but she's short, she's not blonde, and she's not a horsewoman. WWE will never put any effort into Nikki.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 12, 2022 0:36:14 GMT -5
Maybe now she won’t be so lame. No. I like Nikki, but she's short, she's not blonde, and she's not a horsewoman. WWE will never put any effort into Nikki. They made her champion, they could have f***ing tried one microcosm if they were gonna make her a damn champion. They just didn't. That being said I don't expect this to work, I expect her to get destroyed by Rhea because Rhea has way more stock invested in her at this point, and needs a stepping stone back to the world title picture. I genuinely don't see Nikki having a floor after this but I could be proven wrong, just doesn't feel like it ends well.
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Post by Mike Strike on Jan 12, 2022 1:35:48 GMT -5
So Nikki vs. Mighty Molly is happening in the rumble now, right? Surely WWE has enough sense to make that happen?
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 12, 2022 3:11:55 GMT -5
No. I like Nikki, but she's short, she's not blonde, and she's not a horsewoman. WWE will never put any effort into Nikki. They made her champion, they could have f***ing tried one microcosm if they were gonna make her a damn champion. They just didn't. That being said I don't expect this to work, I expect her to get destroyed by Rhea because Rhea has way more stock invested in her at this point, and needs a stepping stone back to the world title picture. I genuinely don't see Nikki having a floor after this but I could be proven wrong, just doesn't feel like it ends well.
In hindsight I think they would have been best not giving her the belt so fast. It was a moment (and the Raw main event with her beating Charlotte in a no-holds-barred match was fun), but it's also hard when your whole character is an underdog and you've already climbed the summit without facing adversity first. Even if they just waited longer before her doing the cash-in, but that seemingly goes against how WWE books their women's MITB winners. (2018: Same night. 2019: Same night. 2020: N/A/Next Night. 2021: Next night.)
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 13, 2022 10:02:37 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 18, 2022 5:15:38 GMT -5
WWE promoting matches that never actually happen is really starting to get annoying
Even more annoying? Zelina and Carmella coming out and bragging about breaking up Rhea and Nikki, calling them losers, and the fallout is... Rhea and Nikki brawl and the match never starts! Always nice to be reminded the heels won this feud and continue to get zero comeuppance, even when the two former friends are starting to fight one another, they have literally no other challengers for their belts so they're sticking around...
One positive is Nikki's promo was great, start calling her "The Peoples Hero" and drop the "Almost a Superhero" shit, way better tagline...
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 18, 2022 8:50:50 GMT -5
NXT Champion Big McLarge Huge? NXT Champion Bron Breakker? Wait- NXT 2.0 Champion Bob Johnson.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 18, 2022 9:18:45 GMT -5
WWE continues to be terrible at booking faces.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 14, 2022 23:53:25 GMT -5
Boy this heel turn for Nikki ASH has been great guys, it's been real interesting continuing to watch her lose, and lose... and continue to lose some more still!
Also shoutout to that complete f***up of the Riptide tonight... yeesh when it all goes wrong for a gimmick it really goes wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 0:08:54 GMT -5
The solution for Nikki's losing is for her to turn heel.
Oh,wait...
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