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Post by Ben Wyatt on Oct 24, 2022 22:08:16 GMT -5
And it will probably end poorly because crazy Nikki Cross died on the main roster as well. with Vince booking It wasn't great in NXT either
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 24, 2022 22:08:42 GMT -5
This just doesn't feel that different from what Liv is doing. Wrestling has too many crazy people.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 24, 2022 22:10:39 GMT -5
It wasn't great in NXT either her vs. Asuka was great. her and Shayna killed it. Her part in the the Aleister Black mystery angle ruled.
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mistery
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Post by mistery on Oct 24, 2022 22:10:53 GMT -5
It wasn't great in NXT either Pretty much this. People have rose tinted glasses for Nikki Cross. She's an okay wrestler but like...not exactly world title material, or even remotely close to main event level material. Also the audience is gonna be confused after tonight since Nikki laid out everyone, both face and heel. Nikki in general just isn't going to get over with fans now. There's a reason why they paired her with Alexa, and it was because Nikki at the time was absolutely dead in the water.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 24, 2022 22:12:03 GMT -5
This just doesn't feel that different from what Liv is doing. Wrestling has too many crazy people. Liv is doing extreme stunts and getting more overvand Nikki is attacking heels and faces. Seems different to me.
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mistery
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Post by mistery on Oct 24, 2022 22:16:06 GMT -5
I also feel like having her crash the main event was a bad idea. Now there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and you run the risk of putting Iyo and Dakota even further behind the eight ball, because you know they are gonna end up jobbing to Nikki Cross in WWE's third or fourth attempt to get her over.
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Post by J is Justice on Oct 24, 2022 22:17:29 GMT -5
I'm so happy.
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Perd
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Post by Perd on Oct 24, 2022 22:19:14 GMT -5
Nikki CRASH?
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 24, 2022 22:20:09 GMT -5
It wasn't great in NXT either Pretty much this. People have rose tinted glasses for Nikki Cross. She's an okay wrestler but like...not exactly world title material, or even remotely close to main event level material. Also the audience is gonna be confused after tonight since Nikki laid out everyone, both face and heel. Nikki in general just isn't going to get over with fans now. There's a reason why they paired her with Alexa, and it was because Nikki at the time was absolutely dead in the water. She's one of those people who are good for midcard depth and that's it. There's nothing about her that indicates that she should be champion or someone in a main event picture. However yet it seems like they try with her every year.
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Post by asuka007 on Oct 24, 2022 22:23:31 GMT -5
The show ended with Nikki pounding Bianca and Bayley while wearing tight leather pants.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 24, 2022 22:23:55 GMT -5
I also feel like having her crash the main event was a bad idea. Now there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and you run the risk of putting Iyo and Dakota even further behind the eight ball, because you know they are gonna end up jobbing to Nikki Cross in WWE's third or fourth attempt to get her over. I doubt it. I think she's definitely going to be leaning more towards being a heel but just one who is out of controllable and unpredictable. More likely they feed a face to her like Candice to set up a three way at Crown Jewel where she'll be the fall girl. Then I guess they'll do something where Bayley convinces her to be on her Wargames team (since they still haven't addressed the problem of them not having a fourth partner for that) because she's crazy and can be easily duped.
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Post by gl83 on Oct 24, 2022 22:28:21 GMT -5
I also feel like having her crash the main event was a bad idea. Now there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and you run the risk of putting Iyo and Dakota even further behind the eight ball, because you know they are gonna end up jobbing to Nikki Cross in WWE's third or fourth attempt to get her over. I doubt it. I think she's definitely going to be leaning more towards being a heel but just one who is out of controllable and unpredictable. More likely they feed a face to her like Candice to set up a three way at Crown Jewel where she'll be the fall girl. Then I guess they'll do something where Bayley convinces her to be on her Wargames team (since they still haven't addressed the problem of them not having a fourth partner for that) because she's crazy and can be easily duped. They'll probably feed her someone like Dana Brooke. Triple threat is also where I think it's headed. She beat up Bayley, but she also costed Bianca her match tonight.
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Post by mistery on Oct 24, 2022 22:29:33 GMT -5
I also feel like having her crash the main event was a bad idea. Now there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and you run the risk of putting Iyo and Dakota even further behind the eight ball, because you know they are gonna end up jobbing to Nikki Cross in WWE's third or fourth attempt to get her over. I doubt it. I think she's definitely going to be leaning more towards being a heel but just one who is out of controllable and unpredictable. More likely they feed a face to her like Candice to set up a three way at Crown Jewel where she'll be the fall girl. Then I guess they'll do something where Bayley convinces her to be on her Wargames team (since they still haven't addressed the problem of them not having a fourth partner for that) because she's crazy and can be easily duped. This seems like a good prediction but like...Nikki just kinda sucks and this is their fourth or fifth attempt at trying to push her as a serious threat. WWE's never going to learn that the ~crazy girl~ gimmick doesn't get over in most situations and Nikki has had many attempts at trying to make her a threat.
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Post by gl83 on Oct 24, 2022 22:36:53 GMT -5
I doubt it. I think she's definitely going to be leaning more towards being a heel but just one who is out of controllable and unpredictable. More likely they feed a face to her like Candice to set up a three way at Crown Jewel where she'll be the fall girl. Then I guess they'll do something where Bayley convinces her to be on her Wargames team (since they still haven't addressed the problem of them not having a fourth partner for that) because she's crazy and can be easily duped. This seems like a good prediction but like...Nikki just kinda sucks and this is their fourth or fifth attempt at trying to push her as a serious threat. WWE's never going to learn that the ~crazy girl~ gimmick doesn't get over in most situations and Nikki has had many attempts at trying to make her a threat. The crazy girl gimmick works when you do a buildup and have a story behind it(i.e. AJ Lee, Victoria, Mickie James).
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 24, 2022 22:39:51 GMT -5
I doubt it. I think she's definitely going to be leaning more towards being a heel but just one who is out of controllable and unpredictable. More likely they feed a face to her like Candice to set up a three way at Crown Jewel where she'll be the fall girl. Then I guess they'll do something where Bayley convinces her to be on her Wargames team (since they still haven't addressed the problem of them not having a fourth partner for that) because she's crazy and can be easily duped. This seems like a good prediction but like...Nikki just kinda sucks and this is their fourth or fifth attempt at trying to push her as a serious threat. WWE's never going to learn that the ~crazy girl~ gimmick doesn't get over in most situations and Nikki has had many attempts at trying to make her a threat. She's kind of in the same boat as Natalya, Carmella, and Tamina (although I think Nikki is a better all around talent then those three). There's people they always keep around so they'll give them these annual pushes to make them useful and freshen up the title picture. Problem is there not good enough to be in that spot. I understand wanting to get some different talents in there every once in a while instead of the five or six chosen ones all the time but at the same there has to be better options for that.
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Post by mistery on Oct 24, 2022 22:42:29 GMT -5
This seems like a good prediction but like...Nikki just kinda sucks and this is their fourth or fifth attempt at trying to push her as a serious threat. WWE's never going to learn that the ~crazy girl~ gimmick doesn't get over in most situations and Nikki has had many attempts at trying to make her a threat. She's kind of in the same boat as Natalya, Carmella, and Tamina (although I think Nikki is a better all around talent then those three). There's people they always keep around so they'll give them these annual pushes to make them useful and freshen up the title picture. Problem is there not good enough to be in that spot. I understand wanting to get some different talents in there every once in a while instead of the five or six chosen ones all the time but at the same there has to be better options for that. Yup. And like gl83 mentioned, her return tonight had literally zero buildup. It was just a random ass attack and doesn't give me any reason to tune in because Nikki isn't interesting enough to be a singles champion again.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 24, 2022 22:52:52 GMT -5
Cornball supreme is back
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Post by john84 on Oct 24, 2022 22:54:20 GMT -5
Personally I loved the Crazy Nikki persona back in NXT and felt we never really got to see that much of it in the main roster so I'm hopeful for now with this.
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Oct 24, 2022 23:05:16 GMT -5
This is the Nikki I’ve been dying to see for her entire WWE/NXT run. She’s a great promo and she can work in the ring.
Next up: Doudrop.
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Post by deezy on Oct 24, 2022 23:08:09 GMT -5
I felt bad that she got no reaction tonight. Alot of people in my section didn't know who she was at first. Hopefully things will get better as time goes on for her.
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