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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 3, 2022 0:08:23 GMT -5
Doudrop & Nikki should be a fun tag team for Sasha & Naomi to face. Don't mind it. I also love that they really try and get every woman on the Raw roster doing something or having a storyline atm. They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that...
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Post by Raw is Doodie101 on May 3, 2022 6:48:19 GMT -5
Doudrop & Nikki should be a fun tag team for Sasha & Naomi to face. Don't mind it. I also love that they really try and get every woman on the Raw roster doing something or having a storyline atm. They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that... Yeah, Smackdown needs a lot of work just in general. Oof.
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Post by theironyuppie on May 3, 2022 7:21:31 GMT -5
They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that... Yeah, Smackdown needs a lot of work just in general. Oof. A major step would just be a second, or non-title women’s feud consistently getting time. They’re starting to build Raquel and Lacey as faces, but much of the roster faces that cycle of hardly getting time, then getting crowd apathy because of that limited use, encouraging WWE to give them even less time. Same thing happened to Toni and Shotzi among others last year.
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Post by mistery on May 3, 2022 7:51:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Smackdown needs a lot of work just in general. Oof. A major step would just be a second, or non-title women’s feud consistently getting time. They’re starting to build Raquel and Lacey as faces, but much of the roster faces that cycle of hardly getting time, then getting crowd apathy because of that limited use, encouraging WWE to give them even less time. Same thing happened to Toni and Shotzi among others last year. It's why I'm baffled that people want callups to Smackdown right now for the women. There's going to be no spot on the card for callups now. Plus I don't think Smackdown would have a time issue if they cut down Roman's entrance and promo to less than 5 minutes total, and stopped recapping his stuff like four or five times through the night.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2022 8:11:49 GMT -5
Doudrop & Nikki should be a fun tag team for Sasha & Naomi to face. Don't mind it. I also love that they really try and get every woman on the Raw roster doing something or having a storyline atm. They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that... Last week was good for Smackdown. 4 women’s matches, plus the Lacey promos. Have the Ronda-Charlotte feud, the tag team title feud, and then introducing Lacey and Raquel as top faces.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 3, 2022 8:20:00 GMT -5
They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that... Last week was good for Smackdown. 4 women’s matches, plus the Lacey promos. Have the Ronda-Charlotte feud, the tag team title feud, and then introducing Lacey and Raquel as top faces. I am not counting the minute long Shotzi and Aliyah beat the clocks as "Matches", I'm sorry. They were a storyline device, they were essentially a segment, but I will not call them matches to say "Smackdown had four women's matches", Shotzi didn't get a single thing of offense in and Aliyah was barely any better. Lacey's storyline is dragging, and I'm not the only one who thinks so, the live threads are getting sick of it. Raquel is smiley generic hoss babyface, not a ton of people who really like this direction either So sure they're getting time on Smackdown, but I would honestly say RAW's using their women way better right now, just my thoughts on the matter.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 3, 2022 8:21:52 GMT -5
They seem to be doing that now, yes, which seems convenient to me, but I'm not complaining that Doudrop and Asuka finally showed back up again. Not really sure where Alexa is ever gonna pop up though, but it just in general helps with the depth I think WWE and AEW have been hearing criticisms and have been making efforts to do something about it from each brand, and it's nice to see, and I hope that would continue. Smackdown still needs work though, Shotzi and Aliyah didn't really deserve that... Yeah, Smackdown needs a lot of work just in general. Oof. Their top women's feud has been regulated to humiliating Drew Gulak every week ... RAW's women's division is doing a lot more, some of it might be hit or miss, but I actually feel like there's a lot more going on, and it's genuinely been refreshing.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2022 8:31:19 GMT -5
Last week was good for Smackdown. 4 women’s matches, plus the Lacey promos. Have the Ronda-Charlotte feud, the tag team title feud, and then introducing Lacey and Raquel as top faces. I am not counting the minute long Shotzi and Aliyah beat the clocks as "Matches", I'm sorry. They were a storyline device, they were essentially a segment, but I will not call them matches to say "Smackdown had four women's matches", Shotzi didn't get a single thing of offense in and Aliyah was barely any better. Lacey's storyline is dragging, and I'm not the only one who thinks so, the live threads are getting sick of it. Raquel is smiley generic hoss babyface, not a ton of people who really like this direction either So sure they're getting time on Smackdown, but I would honestly say RAW's using their women way better right now, just my thoughts on the matter. They were squash matches but still matches. And that’s surprising about Lacey’s promos not being over in the live threads. I think they’ve been fantastic and it’s only been 3-4 weeks it seems. I’m sure she’s still knocking off the ring rust after pregnancy and childbirth so I don’t mind them biding their time. Seems she’ll be an over face when she does come back.
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Post by mistery on May 3, 2022 8:39:17 GMT -5
I am not counting the minute long Shotzi and Aliyah beat the clocks as "Matches", I'm sorry. They were a storyline device, they were essentially a segment, but I will not call them matches to say "Smackdown had four women's matches", Shotzi didn't get a single thing of offense in and Aliyah was barely any better. Lacey's storyline is dragging, and I'm not the only one who thinks so, the live threads are getting sick of it. Raquel is smiley generic hoss babyface, not a ton of people who really like this direction either So sure they're getting time on Smackdown, but I would honestly say RAW's using their women way better right now, just my thoughts on the matter. They were squash matches but still matches. And that’s surprising about Lacey’s promos not being over in the live threads. I think they’ve been fantastic and it’s only been 3-4 weeks it seems. I’m sure she’s still knocking off the ring rust after pregnancy and childbirth so I don’t mind them biding their time. Seems she’ll be an over face when she does come back. To be honest, the Lacey promos haven't really been catching on fire with the live audiences either. It doesn't help that the story is told very haphazardly, or if I want to be overwhelmingly cynical, its all a lie to get her heel heat on her return. The only places where she'll be treated like a face are more rural states like Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, etc. While she'll still get indifference or even potentially booed in states like NY, California, etc.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2022 8:48:15 GMT -5
They were squash matches but still matches. And that’s surprising about Lacey’s promos not being over in the live threads. I think they’ve been fantastic and it’s only been 3-4 weeks it seems. I’m sure she’s still knocking off the ring rust after pregnancy and childbirth so I don’t mind them biding their time. Seems she’ll be an over face when she does come back. To be honest, the Lacey promos haven't really been catching on fire with the live audiences either. It doesn't help that the story is told very haphazardly, or if I want to be overwhelmingly cynical, its all a lie to get her heel heat on her return. The only places where she'll be treated like a face are more rural states like Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, etc. While she'll still get indifference or even potentially booed in states like NY, California, etc. Why the rural/city divide? The content doesn’t seem particularly political or anything to me.
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Post by mistery on May 3, 2022 9:11:16 GMT -5
To be honest, the Lacey promos haven't really been catching on fire with the live audiences either. It doesn't help that the story is told very haphazardly, or if I want to be overwhelmingly cynical, its all a lie to get her heel heat on her return. The only places where she'll be treated like a face are more rural states like Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, etc. While she'll still get indifference or even potentially booed in states like NY, California, etc. Why the rural/city divide? The content doesn’t seem particularly political or anything to me. It's probably because that kind of story plays significantly better in rural/red states opposed to more urban areas.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2022 10:14:24 GMT -5
Why the rural/city divide? The content doesn’t seem particularly political or anything to me. It's probably because that kind of story plays significantly better in rural/red states opposed to more urban areas. It’s more of an overcoming adversity story, which is usually universal. It’s not very patriotic/nationalistic, despite the military background.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 11:08:59 GMT -5
Wow! Nikki ASH and Doudrop are a team! What can we see with the pair?
... lose, of course!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 27, 2022 22:02:46 GMT -5
One year ago, Nikki ASH won the Money in the Bank, and cashed in to become Women's World Champion
A year later, she is jobbing out, as she's basically done for months, in an elimination match on RAW for a chance to be in the MITB match again
Really helps elevate those careers!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Oct 24, 2022 22:02:18 GMT -5
RIP Nikki A.S.H., what a career run that gimmick had...
Welcome back Original Crazy Nikki Cross
Attacking faces, attacking heels, why not? Can't be any worse than what she was doing!
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Post by lionheart21 on Oct 24, 2022 22:04:29 GMT -5
I have missed this Nikki
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Post by mistery on Oct 24, 2022 22:04:55 GMT -5
RIP Nikki A.S.H., what a career run that gimmick had... Welcome back Original Crazy Nikki Cross Attacking faces, attacking heels, why not? Can't be any worse than what she was doing! And it will probably end poorly because crazy Nikki Cross died on the main roster as well.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Oct 24, 2022 22:06:06 GMT -5
RIP Nikki A.S.H., what a career run that gimmick had... Welcome back Original Crazy Nikki Cross Attacking faces, attacking heels, why not? Can't be any worse than what she was doing! And it will probably end poorly because crazy Nikki Cross died on the main roster as well. It can't be worse. It just can't. ASH was so bad in like every arc she had. I feel like if she wins one match as Cross she'll have cleared the bar lmfao
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 24, 2022 22:07:34 GMT -5
RIP Nikki A.S.H., what a career run that gimmick had... Welcome back Original Crazy Nikki Cross Attacking faces, attacking heels, why not? Can't be any worse than what she was doing! And it will probably end poorly because crazy Nikki Cross died on the main roster as well. with Vince booking
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 24, 2022 22:07:56 GMT -5
To be honest I've pretty much only ever enjoyed Nikki Cross as the weirdo stomping around outside the ring during Sanity matches.
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