Three straight weeks of Lacey Evans vs. Aliyah.

[agent817]

Is this going to be like Nia Jax putting Lana through a table again? I could only imagine if next week on Smackdown that their "match" will be Lacey whining about how she doesn't get any respect and then attacks Aliyah yet again. And then the week after that, and the week after that.

I hope it doesn't go as long as when Nia put Lana through a table. Didn't that go on for 10 weeks?

[Lizuka #BLM]

I think in general they're just terrified of letting Aliyah actually wrestle. She hasn't had a televised singles match since April, which was under two minutes long, and her last one before that was in February.

[saneiac]

The depleted roster says this is going to go on for months. They have no other options.

Smackdown women faces:
Sasha Banks - suspended or gone
Naomi - suspended
Raquel Rodriguez - Also being built up. Can't get beat by Lacey.
Liv Morgan - Champion until Charlotte returns. Not getting beat by Lacey.
Ronda Rousey - LOL. Not getting beat by Lacey.
Aliyah - They may not let her wrestle, but at least she's available to get punked by Lacey every week until the draft in October.

Yes, it sucks, but think of it this way: they COULD have Ronda win the title, then let Lacey sucker punch Liv every week instead of Aliyah.

[Legion]

According to Fightful, Vince is senile and keeps forgetting what he booked week to week, hence he repeats himself.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Jul 24, 2022 7:21:13 GMT -5 Legion said:

According to Fightful, Vince is senile and keeps forgetting what he booked week to week, hence he repeats himself.

How long do you reckon that he forgets he retired?

[Savage Gambino]

Jul 24, 2022 2:01:22 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I think in general they're just terrified of letting Aliyah actually wrestle. She hasn't had a televised singles match since April, which was under two minutes long, and her last one before that was in February.

Friendly reminder that Aliyah signed with WWE in 2015. Even in the darkest parts of the Diva era, they trusted their talent to wrestle 2-5 minutes.

That is just jarring.

[Push R Truth]

I'm all for whatever keeps Lacey irrelevant.

[Totorob101]

Jul 24, 2022 10:45:53 GMT -5 Savage Gambino said:

Jul 24, 2022 2:01:22 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I think in general they're just terrified of letting Aliyah actually wrestle. She hasn't had a televised singles match since April, which was under two minutes long, and her last one before that was in February.

Friendly reminder that Aliyah signed with WWE in 2015. Even in the darkest parts of the Diva era, they trusted their talent to wrestle 2-5 minutes.

That is just jarring.

She is a stunning beautiful young lady,no matter how her in ring ability is,its clear she has the right look for WWE. However If they dont want to use her in ring then at least make her a manager or valet for someone, as this
whole thing with Lacey seems like a waste of time!

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Jul 24, 2022 2:01:22 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I think in general they're just terrified of letting Aliyah actually wrestle. She hasn't had a televised singles match since April, which was under two minutes long, and her last one before that was in February.

Honestly I think this is what it is. There was also her scheduled MITB qualifier against Shotzi where she had to be replaced due to "injury" even though nothing was ever reported and she was back on TV a few weeks later. There was a rumor that she was so bad in rehearsals for the Shotzi match that they had to fly Tamina in on short notice to wrestle the match instead despite being assigned to Raw. SRS debunked the rumor but it kind of lines up.

If they have no confidence in Aliyah to wrestle a match I guess a simple solution would be have Lacey beat someone else however as mentioned on Smackdown they have like 18 billion heel women and only like three other faces none of whom are in any position to be fed to Lacey. Liv is the champion, Raquel is also being pushed, and obviously they aren't going to use Ronda for that. I do see them doing a Liv-Lacey feud sooner then later regardless if Liv is champion or not for the foreseeable future. It would actually make sense with Liv being the peoples choice and Lacey's current deal with her being mad at the fans for not cheering her.

Back to Aliyah though would it really be that big of an issue to have like a one minute match where just does a few basic stuff and then runs into the Women's Right and gets pinned. Like as bad as she may be I think she would be able to do that. Also if she's really that bad at this point after all these years under contract then what's the point of even having her around still?

[asuka007]

Aliyah also is looking like a total idiot in all of these now.

[Deleted]

Jul 24, 2022 15:53:37 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

Aliyah also is looking like a total idiot in all of these now.

She needs to attack Lacey backstage or something.

[Deleted]

Aliyah gets the best stories! This is as epic as the one versus Natalya.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I did find it funny that they advertised it for next week and acted like "get excited guys it's finally happening!" like I'm going to trust you after all these weeks.

[mistery]

Honestly feel like this might be the end of one or both of these women as featured acts on the card. Lacey isn't getting the right type of heat, and no one actually cares about Aliyah except the most insane diva-stan parts of the fanbase, and you can ignore them. And while I think Lacey will still be part of the company, I think she ends up in a lower midcard heel role.

[Ben Wyatt]

I know I've made this point so much it's going to look like I'm the President of the Lacey Evans fan club, but they have no f***ing idea what to do with her. She's never going to be the star of the division, but they booked her into complete no win situations before she left to have her baby, and have yo-yo booked her ever since she came back.  Dragging her vignettes on for weeks, not decided if she's heel or face, and not even deciding what SHOW he is going to be on for a while.  


Absolutely none of this is on her

[nisidhe]

Jul 25, 2022 9:13:31 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I know I've made this point so much it's going to look like I'm the President of the Lacey Evans fan club, but they have no f***ing idea what to do with her. She's never going to be the star of the division, but they booked her into complete no win situations before she left to have her baby, and have yo-yo booked her ever since she came back.  Dragging her vignettes on for weeks, not decided if she's heel or face, and not even deciding what SHOW he is going to be on for a while.  


Absolutely none of this is on her

I think she could work as a babyface, _if_ she's written correctly. No more personal stories/confessionals, no more "Southern Belle" shtick (necessarily). Her look as a 40s bombshell pinup girl is honestly one of the better looks I've seen in a while; and it comes with an expectation. She could be one to energize a crowd if they let her go whole hog with a Rosie the Riveter personality.

[Ben Wyatt]

Jul 25, 2022 10:22:25 GMT -5 nisidhe said:

Jul 25, 2022 9:13:31 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I know I've made this point so much it's going to look like I'm the President of the Lacey Evans fan club, but they have no f***ing idea what to do with her. She's never going to be the star of the division, but they booked her into complete no win situations before she left to have her baby, and have yo-yo booked her ever since she came back.  Dragging her vignettes on for weeks, not decided if she's heel or face, and not even deciding what SHOW he is going to be on for a while.  


Absolutely none of this is on her

I think she could work as a babyface, _if_ she's written correctly. No more personal stories/confessionals, no more "Southern Belle" shtick (necessarily). Her look as a 40s bombshell pinup girl is honestly one of the better looks I've seen in a while; and it comes with an expectation. She could be one to energize a crowd if they let her go whole hog with a Rosie the Riveter personality.

She *was* getting over initially during her feud with Sasha/Bayley. Then they called her a failure and she lost. Then they brought her kid into it, called her a failure again and she lost again.  Gee, I cannot imagine why she flopped after that. 

The Rosie the Riveter  look would work too, because it's something different.  But her Souther Belle heel would work too, if they ever gave her a clear direction there either.  Throwing her right into a feud with Becky/Seth alongside heat vacuum Corbin was a terrible choice because she was nowhere near ready

[Demented]

By the time Aliyah and Lacy have an actual match, Eva Marie will make her in-ring debut.

I'm getting word that Eva Marie will not be there. She is stuck in traffic.

[agent817]

Okay, I am curious. How awful is Aliyah in the ring? I am still amazed she lasted as long as she did in the Royal Rumble this year.

[sunnytaker]

i'm just looking forward to the inevitable survivor series match between smackdown's Aliyah and the returned to raw Aalyah Mysterio