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Post by sunnytaker on Aug 30, 2022 11:49:08 GMT -5
so i see this going in one of a few ways
1) team bianca wins at the clash and i'm fairly certain bayley won't be taking the pin and they don;t want to have one of the "new" tag champs to take the fall so they give it to team smiley here.
2) they're going to make raquel the early sasha of title reigns- her first nxt tag title run lasted an hour, the second one three days, so either they're going to make an open challenge at the Clash and sasha/naomi answer to take the belts back, or they do so on the RAW/smackdown after the clash.
3) as part of getting sasha/naomi back they were assured they'd get their titles back. team smiley can absorb the loss (aka aliyah) much more easily than Kai&Sky would. plus it leaves the big money match between the two teams for further down the road.
4) they use the "pinned the illegal person" reasoning for a rematch after the Clash (so DC can take a loss without holding any titles at that time) and Kai&Sky get the win there- which gives a presumably team bianca the title feuds of bayley vs bianca and alexa/asuka rematch against Kai&Sky before they move on to sasha/naomi. also alexa has hinted at a character change coming soon so a tag title loss could be the excuse for a heel turn and feud with asuka to free the tag champs for GlowBoss.
unrelated- raquel is so much better as a heel IMO- badass goes out and wrecks stuff vs. "i'm smiling cause i'm so happy to be here see my smile- and back muscles." Big Mama Cool suited her perfectly i thought.
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Aug 30, 2022 11:52:26 GMT -5
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 30, 2022 11:57:27 GMT -5
Also I hope this isn’t pointing to Iyo abs Dakota just being Bayley’s sidekicks either.
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Aug 30, 2022 12:08:50 GMT -5
I presume they are gonna have damage CTRL win all of the titles on the same night at extreme rules
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 30, 2022 12:50:56 GMT -5
Let's not overlook the faces galloping to go after Bayley:
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 30, 2022 12:57:24 GMT -5
Let's not overlook the faces galloping to go after Bayley: Seems like we all have different opinions here but I think we can all agree this was absurd. I wonder if Bianca tweaked something and the others had to slow down or something. She looked to be moving gingerly.
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Post by J is Justice on Aug 30, 2022 13:08:02 GMT -5
Let's not overlook the faces galloping to go after Bayley: Seems like we all have different opinions here but I think we can all agree this was absurd. I wonder if Bianca tweaked something and the others had to slow down or something. She looked to be moving gingerly. Maybe she's so used to twirling her hair while she runs, she forgot what to do with her arms, lol.
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Post by griti kitty on Aug 30, 2022 13:35:48 GMT -5
So in storyline if they went back and saw that Dakota wasn't the legal woman, wouldn't they also see that Bayley interfered in the match. Why would they fix one thing the ref missed, but ignore the other.
Yeah, Aliyah & Raquel are a poor woman's version of Liv & Rhea, but I'm willing to see where it goes. Maybe instead of facing Control, Sasha & Naomi join forces with them. Isn't the point of the group WWE's mismanagement of the women, why would Sasha & Naomi be against that?
I just want the division to pivot away from these make shift tag teams, towards long term actual tag teams. Will either Iyo/Dakota or Raquel/Aliyah be teaming together in 6 months, I doubt it. NXT seems to be building up actual teams but most of them are a ways away.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 30, 2022 14:23:46 GMT -5
Wait...wait...wait...wait....Triple H knows that Kai/Sky vs Sasha/Naomi is the money match that people want to see...but they have little interest in doing it. The hell!? Please tell me there’s context or has Triple H lost it and has gone as senile as his father-in-law. I posted Meltzer's full quote on the match above. There was nothing on interest in his actual audio or anything to suggest they don't want to do that match. Yeah this is not the first time said poster has editorialized Meltzer’s comments to fall in line with something he wants to complain about.
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 30, 2022 14:32:55 GMT -5
Meltzer also found the decision puzzling as well however.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 30, 2022 14:34:13 GMT -5
I'm so happy someone posted Bianca Belair's freaky run cycle I was almost crying when they replayed that.
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Post by msc on Aug 30, 2022 14:43:54 GMT -5
I'll be honest. The end of match was so abrupt and odd, and everyone looked so lost after it, that I'd assumed Aliyah had joined the exclusive club of wrestlers who accidentally won titles via botching.
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Post by mistery on Aug 30, 2022 15:11:16 GMT -5
So in storyline if they went back and saw that Dakota wasn't the legal woman, wouldn't they also see that Bayley interfered in the match. Why would they fix one thing the ref missed, but ignore the other. Yeah, Aliyah & Raquel are a poor woman's version of Liv & Rhea, but I'm willing to see where it goes. Maybe instead of facing Control, Sasha & Naomi join forces with them. Isn't the point of the group WWE's mismanagement of the women, why would Sasha & Naomi be against that? I just want the division to pivot away from these make shift tag teams, towards long term actual tag teams. Will either Iyo/Dakota or Raquel/Aliyah be teaming together in 6 months, I doubt it. NXT seems to be building up actual teams but most of them are a ways away. Because interfering is one thing, but the ref completely blew a call here. And Aliyah pinned the wrong woman. Which is a HUGE blunder and the ref should have noticed that.
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Post by PKO on Aug 30, 2022 16:40:04 GMT -5
I have mixed feelings on the result. A few weeks ago and I would have been bemoaning WWE for screwing up what should have been obvious booking; this was IYO and Dakota’s tournament to win, right?! But Triple H has earned enough booking confidence that “wait and see” is actually an intriguing prospect, instead of something to say to try and convince yourself that continuing watching isn’t a huge mistake. The pinfall happening on the illegal partner is actually a detail that I’m sure will be followed up on, and with Sasha and Naomi waiting in the wings there are so many different directions things can go in.
This isn’t how I wanted it to play out, but it isn’t a disaster.
It is a shame that a makeshift team ended up winning, but I’ve actually kind of enjoyed Raquel and Aliyah together. Aliyah is someone I thought should have been released years ago, but she does play a good plucky underdog. Raquel has developed into someone with plenty of potential but it just needs to all be put together. Again there are several different directions they could go, which is intriguing going forward.
IYO and Dakota will be fine. They’re still part of the most interesting thing going on in the womens division, and I don’t think it will be long before they have the titles. Ideally I would have given them the titles here but hey, what are you gonna do?
So, I think overall this was a misstep but I’m still interested where they’re going.
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Post by gl83 on Aug 30, 2022 17:28:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 17:57:03 GMT -5
I laughed out loud at Aliyah and Raquel's entrance for some reason.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Aug 30, 2022 18:24:10 GMT -5
Aliyah by Survivor Series. Big Daddy Raquel wins the Women's title the night after Survivor Series.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 30, 2022 18:27:36 GMT -5
LMAO USA NETWORK DOES EDITORIALS?
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Aug 30, 2022 18:39:59 GMT -5
I just wanna say what the hell was up with Bianca's weird shuffle run when she & her team ran in? She was wearing flat wrestling shoes instead of heels so unless she was trying to keep pace with the others then I don't get it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 18:48:35 GMT -5
I just wanna say what the hell was up with Bianca's weird shuffle run when she & her team ran in? She was wearing flat wrestling shoes instead of heels so unless she was trying to keep pace with the others then I don't get it. FastEST, my ass!!!
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