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Post by knsffa on Mar 29, 2022 15:56:22 GMT -5
Hey, come on. There's no way WWE would release one of its top merch sellers... They've always really liked Alexa though and unlike Bray who was apparently "difficult" (which you can take for whatever it's worth) and they released as a result despite being a big merch mover, she strikes me as someone who probably just does what they want and doesn't make any waves. Makes no waves except when she expresses understandable grief Royal Rumble night and deletes the tweet. Or shares agreement with frustrated fans in regards to her television time that makes her 'wait and see' tweet all the more ironic. Least she took humor in a fan referencing that. She seems like a conundrum of sorts. |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 29, 2022 15:56:34 GMT -5
Raquel's a solid enough wrestler, but has very little charisma (if any), so I've always thought she and Zelina would be perfect for each other. They make up for what the other lacks. I think the problem basically boils down to Zelina would likely be the RAW Women's Champion instead, which would be an incredibly bad idea since she is very poor in the ring, and having a heavy to cover her faults is not going to be enough. Zelina wouldn't have to be Raw Women's Champion though necessarily. They could just be a tag team and then eventually they break up and Raquel gets the big push coming out of it and smashes Zelina. Basically the same thing they did with Raqel and Dakota. I agree that Zelina as Raw Women's Champion would be way above her station. I said it in another thread but she really should just strictly be a manager (preferably for someone like Raquel) who only wrestles occasionally. However they don't like using the women as managers it seems so that's not happening. |
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Post by mistery on Mar 29, 2022 16:06:45 GMT -5
I think the problem basically boils down to Zelina would likely be the RAW Women's Champion instead, which would be an incredibly bad idea since she is very poor in the ring, and having a heavy to cover her faults is not going to be enough. Zelina wouldn't have to be Raw Women's Champion though necessarily. They could just be a tag team and then eventually they break up and Raquel gets the big push coming out of it and smashes Zelina. Basically the same thing they did with Raqel and Dakota. I agree that Zelina as Raw Women's Champion would be way above her station. I said it in another thread but she really should just strictly be a manager (preferably for someone like Raquel) who only wrestles occasionally. However they don't like using the women as managers it seems so that's not happening. I think the problem is that Raquel shouldn't really be a top champion either. Her NXT title reign really exposed her as being pretty much completely devoid of any charisma. She was fine at best in the ring, but definitely a bad champion in retrospect. I can't imagine her finding any sort of real success on the main roster. I think her ceiling would be a monster heel for the face to overcome, but I doubt she'll ever sniff singles championship gold for any sort of meaningful stretch of time. |
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Post by knsffa on Mar 29, 2022 16:23:01 GMT -5
Seen a few lists floating around with who the call-ups are expected to be but without any real source guessing it's not accurate. If someone sees something reported don't hesitate to share. I only note the floating around in event someone with access to more places comes across something.
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Post by mistery on Mar 29, 2022 16:26:54 GMT -5
Seen a few lists floating around with who the call-ups are expected to be but without any real source guessing it's not accurate. If someone sees something reported don't hesitate to share. I only note the floating around in event someone with access to more places comes across something. What are these lists you see floating around? I can reach out to someone like Andrew Zarian to check and make sure. |
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Post by knsffa on Mar 29, 2022 16:43:28 GMT -5
Seen a few lists floating around with who the call-ups are expected to be but without any real source guessing it's not accurate. If someone sees something reported don't hesitate to share. I only note the floating around in event someone with access to more places comes across something. What are these lists you see floating around? I can reach out to someone like Andrew Zarian to check and make sure. Last night a list was floating around on some live posts and chats with mostly usual suspects and LDF. Nothing has been reported by anyone reliable or least semi reliable today I would assume it's a BS list. If that actually pops up somewhere reliable or semi might be something to it. For the time being sounds like a spoof on the draft with a 'entire faction' called up. |
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Post by gl83 on Mar 29, 2022 17:01:04 GMT -5
What are these lists you see floating around? I can reach out to someone like Andrew Zarian to check and make sure. Last night a list was floating around on some live posts and chats with mostly usual suspects and LDF. Nothing has been reported by anyone reliable or least semi reliable today I would assume it's a BS list. If that actually pops up somewhere reliable or semi might be something to it. For the time being sounds like a spoof on the draft with a 'entire faction' called up. I feel like the ones most likely to get called up are Ciampa, LA Knight, Raquel Gonzalez and Io Shirai(her being called up might explain one of the reasons why they did what they did last week instead of waiting for GiGi to get cleared from injury). Cameron Grimes might be a possibility if he fails to win the NA title at Stand & Deliver and MSK are also likely choices as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2022 17:08:09 GMT -5
Whatever list may be floating around is not likely all that different from everyones guesses here so it is probably just someone guessing the obvious names.
The only wild card amongst them is Io because on one hand she has been in this damn developmental for five years and it is way past damn time for her to get the main roster chance on the other NXT is losing their most valueable female not just as far as star power goes but who can make all these rookie women excell way faster by wrestling Io and learning from her.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 29, 2022 17:49:06 GMT -5
Zelina wouldn't have to be Raw Women's Champion though necessarily. They could just be a tag team and then eventually they break up and Raquel gets the big push coming out of it and smashes Zelina. Basically the same thing they did with Raqel and Dakota. I agree that Zelina as Raw Women's Champion would be way above her station. I said it in another thread but she really should just strictly be a manager (preferably for someone like Raquel) who only wrestles occasionally. However they don't like using the women as managers it seems so that's not happening. I think the problem is that Raquel shouldn't really be a top champion either. Her NXT title reign really exposed her as being pretty much completely devoid of any charisma. She was fine at best in the ring, but definitely a bad champion in retrospect. I can't imagine her finding any sort of real success on the main roster. I think her ceiling would be a monster heel for the face to overcome, but I doubt she'll ever sniff singles championship gold for any sort of meaningful stretch of time. She's probably going to be the new Nia Jax and fill that void. They kind of were trying it with Doudrop but they clearly don't give a crap about her so it's been pointless. Nia Jax was always pushed and presented pretty well (probably too well with how bad her work became the last couple of years) so if Raquel is treated similarly she'll do pretty well. I've noticed that when women when get called up to the main roster there are types that struggle and types that are treated really well. Women who are just simply good wrestlers or have nice girl next door face characters usually struggle as they just have no idea how to book characterfs like that for some reason. On the flip side those who get pushed well and usually thrive quickly are either women who can play the bitchy mean girl heel character well (Alexa, Carmella, Lacey Evans) or amazon types (Charlotte, Bianca, Rhea, Nia) who get booked strong because they kind of have to with their character and physical presence. Raquel definitely falls into the latter boat so she'll definitely get pushed and get plenty of opportunities regardless of whether she's deserving of them or not. |
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Mar 29, 2022 20:28:30 GMT -5
Do they really need to release anybody after this past year? This will be a common thing. There will be mass releases 3-4 times a year. As long as Nick Khan is here and they haven't sold the company, it will be as consistent as the sun rising every morning. |
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Post by knsffa on Mar 29, 2022 22:17:05 GMT -5
So after 2.0 tonight I'm thinking call-ups will be....
LA Knight
Tommaso Ciampa OR swerve...D'Angelo loses and goes up.
MSK
Raquel Gonzalez sooner or soon after pending how the tag goes.
Io Shirai
I think Dakota is an NXT lifer at this point. If Ciampa and Strong go up or out... she will be the most tenured person there.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 29, 2022 22:23:07 GMT -5
Hey, come on. There's no way WWE would release one of its top merch sellers... With how over she is and much merch she moves Alexa definitely should have a spot somewhere. Pretty sure the poster was joking since they did ditch one of their biggest merch movers already in Bray. it's also kinda gross to guess about whose going to lose their jobs guys. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 30, 2022 7:24:59 GMT -5
Call ups: Shane
Releases: Shane
Re-hires: Shane again
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Post by knsffa on Mar 30, 2022 12:58:00 GMT -5
Completely out of the blue. Doubt she will be called up. But at the same time I could see it.
Cora Jade.
Months ago she was being framed as the new top star of the 2.0 women's division. Then Nikkita Lyons arrived.
I could see Jade called up so they can tout her as 'youth'.
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Post by saneiac on Mar 30, 2022 13:14:13 GMT -5
LA Knights and Cameron Grimes are both "character" guys more than anything else, which is something the main roster needs badly.
I see a roughly 0% chance that Xia Li is still employed by Summerslam.
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Post by koreycaskets on Mar 31, 2022 9:13:37 GMT -5
I honestly think Nikkita Lyons is going to Smackdown after Mania.
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