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Post by agent817 on Apr 13, 2022 15:39:27 GMT -5
The thread about Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti on the AEW board made me want to discuss this. As everyone can see, the thing with their relationship being used on TV is cringeworthy, especially with talking about their sex life and stuff. But then it made me think of seeing real-life couples being used on TV.
One of the most recent examples of real-life relationships being put on TV that didn't work was Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. Neither Becky nor Seth wanted it put on TV, and there were a lot of things about it that didn't make sense. Now I don't mind the times when they were paired together as tag partners, but when their relationship was always mentioned, it made a lot of people cringe.
But then you had other examples like Rusev and Lana, when Lana was mainly the manager and cut promos for Rusev. Back in the 1990s, I remember DDP and Kimberly being together on TV, and Kimberly was just DDP's valet, at least before becoming one of the Nitro Girls.
When Miz and Maryse are on TV together, it really isn't all that bad. When they take part in storylines together, it works. Hell, at the start of this year, when Edge and Beth were on TV together, it worked, but at the same time, it was the first time they did a storyline together. I didn't mind the short-lived stable in AEW that had Adam Cole, the Young Bucks, Britt Baker, Kyle O'Reilly, and Bobby Fish, but that was scrapped after a few weeks. At least their relationship isn't mentioned a lot on TV.
I could go on. Feel free to talk about other examples. Which ones worked, and which ones didn't work?
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Post by Burst on Apr 13, 2022 15:45:09 GMT -5
It'd be very interesting to see a list of wrestling couples that fell apart after being in televised angles as well as a list of wrestling couples that had actual chemistry on-screen together. I feel like Miz/Maryse and Rusev/Lana are pretty much the only modern examples I can think of where they both had great chemistry together and the on-screen pairing hasn't damaged their relationship at all.
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 13, 2022 16:03:47 GMT -5
Savage and Elizabeth, full stop.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Apr 13, 2022 16:09:40 GMT -5
Jimmy Garvin and Precious, which apparently happened because Jimmy saw how much money Sunshine was making and thought his wife could do just as good a job and that would be extra income in their household.
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 13, 2022 16:11:27 GMT -5
Kayfabe couples slowly get together, everyone is on the journey together, people are invested. Real couples skipping that stage onscreen makes it hard to care.
It can work as a combo of
1. Heels
2. Established early and/or very slowly
3. Long-term relationship, we might not have seen it but at least we can accept it'll probably last.
4. One is the star, the other is a support act
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 13, 2022 16:51:16 GMT -5
It'd be very interesting to see a list of wrestling couples that fell apart after being in televised angles as well as a list of wrestling couples that had actual chemistry on-screen together. I feel like Miz/Maryse and Rusev/Lana are pretty much the only modern examples I can think of where they both had great chemistry together and the on-screen pairing hasn't damaged their relationship at all.  |
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Post by karl100589 on Apr 13, 2022 16:57:14 GMT -5
Steph and Trips is a fascinating one. It started as a kayfebe couple only for the two to get together IRL, forcing WWE to retcon their 2002 “separation”
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Apr 13, 2022 17:03:58 GMT -5
There’s also Adrian Street and Miss Linda. Adrian’s gimmick was basically that he was flamingly gay and also a bad ass, which he apparently is. Miss Linda has the rep of being tougher than most of the guys. I’ve always been fascinated by them.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 13, 2022 18:49:35 GMT -5
Theatre, TV, movies, wrestling, there may be exceptions in all cases, but broadly speaking, working directly with your partner or dating someone you work with directly is a catastrophic mistake
You're nine months into a ten month angle where in the main event your onscreen squeeze and real-life girlfriend has to hit the other guy with a chair so you can win the title
Except you end up in a pointless argument that morning about making coffee or something and break up and oh well
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Post by johnnyk9 on Apr 13, 2022 19:10:44 GMT -5
Jake and Cheryl Roberts even though it was brief
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Post by agent817 on Apr 14, 2022 10:26:04 GMT -5
I remember in 2004, Charlie Haas had Miss Jackie as his valet. I think those two were already together at that point.
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 14, 2022 10:36:03 GMT -5
You could write a book about the Cena/Nikki stuff
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Post by fg on Apr 14, 2022 10:39:58 GMT -5
Steph and Trips is a fascinating one. It started as a kayfebe couple only for the two to get together IRL, forcing WWE to retcon their 2002 “separation” Well, you can also spin that as them getting divorced in 2002 and getting remarried later. |
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Post by thecrusherwi on Apr 14, 2022 11:06:39 GMT -5
Has there been a real couple that has had less on-screen chemistry than Vince and Linda McMahon?
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Apr 14, 2022 11:55:24 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler coming to The Kay’s rescue against Right To Censor was funny since soon after she got fired, he quit in protest. Which blew up in Lawler’s face when she divorced him for one of The Dupps.
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Post by karl100589 on Apr 14, 2022 11:57:07 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler coming to The Kay’s rescue against Right To Censor was funny since soon after she got fired, and he quit in protest. Which blew up in Lawler’s face when she divorced him for one of The Dupps. leading to his short-lived rebound “Kitten” in the XWF (who happened to look just like the Kat) |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Apr 14, 2022 11:59:00 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler coming to The Kay’s rescue against Right To Censor was funny since soon after she got fired, and he quit in protest. Which blew up in Lawler’s face when she divorced him for one of The Dupps. leading to his short-lived rebound “Kitten” in the XWF (who happened to look just like the Kat) I forgot about that part. Lawler must have been ecstatic when WWE called him back after the InVasion. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 14, 2022 15:04:01 GMT -5
Has there been a real couple that has had less on-screen chemistry than Vince and Linda McMahon? Linda wouldn't have chemistry with someone grown in a lab to riff specifically with her. It is nothing to do with chemistry, Linda gets out-acted by the chairs she sits in |
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Apr 14, 2022 17:47:05 GMT -5
It'd be very interesting to see a list of wrestling couples that fell apart after being in televised angles as well as a list of wrestling couples that had actual chemistry on-screen together. I feel like Miz/Maryse and Rusev/Lana are pretty much the only modern examples I can think of where they both had great chemistry together and the on-screen pairing hasn't damaged their relationship at all. I think Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis would be another couple that fits here. |
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