One year since Diamante was on TV

[chrom]

It's officially as of today been 365 days since Diamante was seen on TV, her last match on there being a women's tag match

Since then she's been relegated to the webshows

[warden]

Whoooooooooooooooo??

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

I really don't get why she isn't used to break up the Bunny/Ford combo. At least, I can't think of a reason that isn't awful. They keep trotting out the same two heels in the "beatable midcarder" position, which is making matches more repetitive than they need to be, when someone just as capable is practically benched.

[chrom]

Maybe she needs to dye her hair blonde

[dbrussel]

No surprise if the rumors after the Ivelisse fiasco are true.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Dec 16, 2021 16:50:16 GMT -5 dbrussel said:

No surprise if the rumors after the Ivelisse fiasco are true.

None of the rumors I recall implicated Diamante at all, except that she and Ivelisse seemingly remained friends afterward. And Diamante was clearly enjoying working for AEW enough that her girlfriend hopped over to AEW despite reservations about the women's booking, based on some of Kiera Hogan's comments.

And hell, Diamante has still gotten steady work even if she hasn't been on TV, it's not like she's been frozen out of the promotion. She's literally been there at more shows than not.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Could she be used as a jobber to the stars more occasionally? Sure. But she's been around a whole and we know what she is. She's a decent hand but she's unlikely to become a better worker or character at this stage. I'm perfectly fine with her being mainly on Dark and she had a nice feud with Swole there which is fine. She also has been a solid veteran in some of the recent six person tags. She's good to have around but I'm not losing sleep over her not being on TV.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I dont even think she was ever officially signed tbh. She's there to be a veteran hand and is used on the DARK shows. That's not a punishment, it's just what they use her for.

I know people arent high on Ford or Penelope but they are longer term investments and were signed close to day one. So of course AEW is using them more imo.

[bog]

She's probably my favorite woman on the roster. Love her work and would love to see her on TV more.

[Mr Mario Mario]

What are you talking about Dynamite is on every week


Oh wait, Diamanté……My bad

[clifford]

Dec 16, 2021 15:07:03 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

I really don't get why she isn't used to break up the Bunny/Ford combo. At least, I can't think of a reason that isn't awful. They keep trotting out the same two heels in the "beatable midcarder" position, which is making matches more repetitive than they need to be, when someone just as capable is practically benched.

See also: Emi Sakura

[dbrussel]

Dec 16, 2021 16:54:32 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

Dec 16, 2021 16:50:16 GMT -5 dbrussel said:

No surprise if the rumors after the Ivelisse fiasco are true.

None of the rumors I recall implicated Diamante at all, except that she and Ivelisse seemingly remained friends afterward. And Diamante was clearly enjoying working for AEW enough that her girlfriend hopped over to AEW despite reservations about the women's booking, based on some of Kiera Hogan's comments.

And hell, Diamante has still gotten steady work even if she hasn't been on TV, it's not like she's been frozen out of the promotion. She's literally been there at more shows than not.

Some of the rumors say that she chose the wrong side in this Ivelisse thing and that's why she's not signed "full time" with AEW.

She has a per appareance agreement

[Mozenrath]

Dec 17, 2021 8:17:00 GMT -5 dbrussel said:

Dec 16, 2021 16:54:32 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

None of the rumors I recall implicated Diamante at all, except that she and Ivelisse seemingly remained friends afterward. And Diamante was clearly enjoying working for AEW enough that her girlfriend hopped over to AEW despite reservations about the women's booking, based on some of Kiera Hogan's comments.

And hell, Diamante has still gotten steady work even if she hasn't been on TV, it's not like she's been frozen out of the promotion. She's literally been there at more shows than not.

Some of the rumors say that she chose the wrong side in this Ivelisse thing and that's why she's not signed "full time" with AEW.

She has a per appareance agreement

I would be surprised if so, given Diamante seems like she got on fine with other people. Like, even before Ivelisse dumbed herself out of position, as Ernie Ladd would have put it, Diamante was on Being The Elite fairly regularly with Vickie, Alex, Dasha, Santana, and Ortiz. I honestly can't remember if Ivelisse ever was on it, which, kinda helped reinforce the idea that they two weren't exactly close.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

"Diamante is on the shitlist for siding with Ivelisse, which is why she's used several times a month" isn't a very convincing story. Haven't run into those rumours myself, but it'd have been just as easy to let her go entirely if that was the case. I think she's just generally seen as a fine presence to keep around but not one Tony feels much interest in pushing.

[salz4life]

Why don't they put Diamante with PnP? Oh yeah... the Inner Circle. Is that even a thing anymore?

[kingoftheindies]

I always got the impression that after her last Dynamite match was... less than stellar they decided she needed more seasoning on the internet shows.

Kind of a raw deal but I remember her singles matches om Dynamite being rough and I also think that other wrestlers have passed her by... both in development and in talent acquisition

[markymark]

Dec 21, 2021 11:57:35 GMT -5 kingoftheindies said:

I always got the impression that after her last Dynamite match was... less than stellar they decided she needed more seasoning on the internet shows.

Kind of a raw deal but I remember her singles matches om Dynamite being rough and I also think that other wrestlers have passed her by... both in development and in talent acquisition

The first match vs Shida was flat but I feel it was due to Diamante still being rusty with the pandemic was still at its highest point and indies were shutdown, the match they had at Elevation was much better.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I think it says something that it took me several times passingly looking at this thread title before I realized I was thinking of Abadon rather than her.