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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 5, 2022 22:10:43 GMT -5
Every single week it seems like she interrupts something some face is doing and beats them down. The whole act has just gotten incredibly tired, and it's probably going to get so much worse now that the other division is also an unstoppable mega-heel who no one ever gets to upstage for any amount of time. And it feels like Britt's reactions have also definitely diminished in recent months, feels like everything with her at this point just feels like the designated bathroom break because every single time she's onscreen you know beat for beat what's about to happen and we all know the endgame is Rosa whenever they feel like doing that after pointlessly stalling on it for an eternity.
She's a great talent and all but at this point Britt's entirely at the Charlotte point for me of, "Drop the belt, go away, stay away for awhile so other people can get some screentime that isn't about you for once."
It doesn't really help that being champion has completely defanged her character. Her main strength is in lashing out at those she sees as wronging her, hard for her to really do that when she's been queen of the world for months so she's just endlessly mad about nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2022 22:12:07 GMT -5
She gotta take an L and lose the belt because I'm bored with her. It's like Alexa's hold on the title for me.
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Post by Chiral on Jan 5, 2022 22:13:00 GMT -5
Yeah I'm so sick of Britt. She's been the main character of the women's division since Double or Nothing 2019 (or as someone more aptly described in the live thread tonight just a main nefarious force of evil rather than a character). I feel like her cool heel schtick has led to her title reign losing all its momentum. The division desperately needs a face champ now especially with Jade likely also to have a longass run with her belt lest it just be misery booking.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2022 22:13:32 GMT -5
They never should've let Ruby lose.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 5, 2022 22:13:40 GMT -5
I think she either loses at BOTB in a huge upset, or she loses at Revolution
I just dont see her holding the belt much longer, and it feels like if she clashes with Rosa again it might not be for a belt, feels like they have moved away from it with Rosa now in Martinez and Jade's sights and Ruby and Riho in Britt's
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Post by Facetious on Jan 5, 2022 22:13:57 GMT -5
She gotta take an L because I'm bored with her. It's like Alexa's hold on the title for me. It honestly is getting to that point. We have Ruby, Riho, and Rosa all ready to dethrone her.
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Post by Demented on Jan 5, 2022 22:16:15 GMT -5
I think Monty Python summed up my feelings on Britt Baker's title run
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 5, 2022 22:16:30 GMT -5
It's been like that for awhile with me.
Why not have her drop the title for a month or so in one of her matches with Statlander or Ruby, and then when it back before the Rosa match?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 5, 2022 22:18:15 GMT -5
It's been like that for awhile with me. Why not have her drop the title for a month or so in one of her matches with Statlander or Ruby, and then when it back before the Rosa match? Or just... Do the Rosa match? No reason it couldn't have just been done ages ago, the build's already been done for it. And Britt sure as hell didn't need to hold the title for at this point eight months, the champion before her had it for a f***ing year. In general AEW really needs to learn it's okay for belts to have a little mobility once in awhile.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 5, 2022 22:22:48 GMT -5
It's been like that for awhile with me. Why not have her drop the title for a month or so in one of her matches with Statlander or Ruby, and then when it back before the Rosa match? Or just... Do the Rosa match? No reason it couldn't have just been done ages ago, the build's already been done for it. And Britt sure as hell didn't need to hold the title for at this point eight months, the champion before her had it for a f***ing year. In general AEW really needs to learn it's okay for belts to have a little mobility once in awhile. I thought Baker should have lost the title at Full Gear against either Rosa or Soho.
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Post by One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel on Jan 5, 2022 22:24:19 GMT -5
It's been like that for awhile with me. Why not have her drop the title for a month or so in one of her matches with Statlander or Ruby, and then when it back before the Rosa match? Or just... Do the Rosa match? No reason it couldn't have just been done ages ago, the build's already been done for it. And Britt sure as hell didn't need to hold the title for at this point eight months, the champion before her had it for a f***ing year. In general AEW really needs to learn it's okay for belts to have a little mobility once in awhile. Also, something that's very much a problem with AEW's womens division in general As someone that started watching again in the last like 7 months or so I don't have any real interest in Britt vs. Rosa cause I barely see Thunder Rosa on Dynamite lol. I feel like I haven't even seen half the division.
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Post by Chiral on Jan 5, 2022 22:25:14 GMT -5
Comparing her run to the other big heel champs of 2021 in AEW as well, IMO at least Kenny's long reign had distinct phases and a clear endgame. He went from starting champ as Impact invader/defection, to belt collector, to losing the belt collector status, to the endgame with Hangman satisfyingly wrapping up a multi year storyline.
Bucks dragged badly at points (especially during the preemption month where they did the same finish 897,343 times), but at least the big matches were stellar and the payoff was MOTY.
I just don't have any confidence Britt's reign will have a payoff worth it because none of the heights have even reached "June 2021 preemption month Young Bucks wait for Brandon Cutler to cold spray Luchasaurus because who cares 400,000 less people are watching until we're back on Wednesdays" level for me. It's just "britt comes out, calls opponent a loser, wins via cheating...D....M...D...." it's like 2016-17 or so Alexa mixed with Jinder Mahal's title reign.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2022 22:27:06 GMT -5
I'm honestly glad more people are coming around to my perspective, though I believe I've always been a jaded ass, so just ignore me.
The issue with Britt stems from how she's been placed on a higher echelon compared to the other women, meaning her constantly picking fights and showing aggression towards the others feels out of place given how Baker has been firmly entrenched as the main character of the women's division. What point is there for her to show jealousy when we've presented that she gets the most television time out of anyone on the roster, and even had other wrestlers call that out?
If she was clawing her way to the top and having to get the TV time like anyone else, I can see this character, but when she was the only one that they bothered to give time to, first because she was the only woman they were confident in back when they couldn't rely on the joshi talent due to the pandemic and even after they benefitted from some of the additional talents coming in like Serena Deeb, Thunder Rosa, and Ruby Soho, I don't see how this character works.
The other issue is... Britt doesn't get any real comeuppance. I complain a lot about how AEW is largely filled with heels who are toothless and unable to get in anything on their opponents which begs the question as to why someone would want to play the villain in this company, yet Britt always gets away at the end. There doesn't seem to any real end goal or plan in sight for her; we know Rebel sucks in the ring to the point it's a running joke on commentary and used in stories, so we can't rely on her to be an opponent for Baker, nor do I know what the long-term goals are with Jamie Hayter. And not even the people that defeated Baker have managed to go far in the company with that accolade; heck, one of them is out of the company and is now more known for how Tony Khan regarded her than anything she ever accomplished in AEW.
It doesn't make for good television. I know I always come off like a miserable sod, but the truth is, I don't like being miserable because I've had a miserable existence and I don't want one of the few things I willingly escape towards make me unhappy.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2022 22:27:24 GMT -5
This sums up the speed of the angle of it and most of AEW's angles
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 5, 2022 22:27:47 GMT -5
they have really telegraphed for Rosa to be the big match, but... yeah trying to stretch to DoN is a bit much. I do think even if certain things drag too long the payoffs are usually good but it becoming clear she is treading water is hurting Britt a bit
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Post by petef3 on Jan 5, 2022 22:30:53 GMT -5
Honestly, a quick title turnaround wouldn't be such a bad thing. Having Britt be desperate and enraged and demanding to get her title back would probably freshen her up a bit, even if she quickly regains the belt from Riho.
I know Tony is against hotshotting titles, but if every champion has a multi-month reign then it's hard to get too invested in their first few title defenses because they're foregone conclusions.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2022 22:32:11 GMT -5
Honestly, a quick title turnaround wouldn't be such a bad thing. Having Britt be desperate and enraged and demanding to get her title back would probably freshen her up a bit, even if she quickly regains the belt from Riho. I know Tony is against hotshotting titles, but if every champion has a multi-month reign then it's hard to get too invested in their first few title defenses because they're foregone conclusions. At this point I'm ready for a pair of cup of coffee reigns instead of these 9 month or more runs
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Post by Dub H on Jan 5, 2022 22:32:25 GMT -5
Honestly I have been biased because I can't stand Britt ever sicne she was the focus while she was injured but the title run is bad and all she does as a character is make her opponents look bad. Plus Shida could carry a feud against anyone, Britt cant carry a match by herself,so it is a jarring difference between the titles runs.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 5, 2022 22:33:12 GMT -5
There's enough history and anticipation around it that AEW could announce Britt vs. Rosa, do it the next day and it'd still seem huge.
AEW does seem to have a problem with telegraphing the next champion so much that it feels like the champ is just spinning wheels until they finally get to the next winner. Omega's reign had the same problem at times, as did Mox's. It seems worse with Britt because she's not as good as putting other people over in promos and matches as those two guys are. Nor does AEW let her.
AEW really needs to do a better job of building contenders and making you believe the champ can lose, especially with Britt.
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Post by markymark on Jan 5, 2022 22:34:09 GMT -5
Serena is going to be next in line for a title shot because she is going to beat Shida next week(Shida is heading back to Japan for Makai the first week of February and considering you need to do 14 day quarentine over there..)
If Riho beats Britt she will be a transitional champ imo.
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