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Post by papagiorgio on Aug 12, 2022 5:00:06 GMT -5
She could use a Smackdown move. It wouldn't surprise me if she started having kids soon. I see her retiring early and coming back for the occasional match like Trish rather than full time like Becky.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 13, 2022 23:11:06 GMT -5
She got completely wrecked once Bray got fired. People booed her for being discount Bray, then she had that awful feud with Charlotte... and then she disappeared, then went through therapy, then disappeared again, and now is just... normal woman with doll because the doll sells too well.
It seemed obvious the original plan was for her to bring out the Lily possessed sort of demon girl for big matches and be Alexa for other instances... but right now it just feels like they should just let her be The Goddess again... at least the team with Asuka is something?
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Aug 14, 2022 0:13:28 GMT -5
It's like they want to go back to classic Bliss but don't want to go all in with it, so it's a mix of old and new and is just a mess.
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Post by Malibu Stacy on Aug 14, 2022 0:52:11 GMT -5
I wish she had the Fiend Alexa as a split personality.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Aug 14, 2022 5:28:45 GMT -5
They should license the Bowling For Soup song for her entrance theme.
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Post by Ozman on Aug 14, 2022 10:10:30 GMT -5
Both Alexa Bliss and Carmella are beyond stale. Not sure how to make either of them interesting. Hopefully creative comes up with something.
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Post by auph10imitated on Aug 15, 2022 9:29:44 GMT -5
Maybe a heel turn? That was her best work, but he was overused. Technically shes been a babyface for sometime now (maybe 3 years)
I wouldnt mind her and Liv going heel and teaming up
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Post by avenger on Aug 16, 2022 2:43:25 GMT -5
She's probably going to be the biggest casualty in the women's division under the new regime. She was always just kind of there in NXT. Never really in a feud, never on a Takeover, passable in the ring, but not great, passable on a live promo, but not great. She can act and do a backstage promo, but I think HHH looks for more than that. Didn't surprise me that Vince liked her enough to push her to the moon when she debuted, but going on actual talent, she's nearer the bottom of the card than the top.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 16, 2022 2:53:28 GMT -5
She's probably going to be the biggest casualty in the women's division under the new regime. She was always just kind of there in NXT. Never really in a feud, never on a Takeover, passable in the ring, but not great, passable on a live promo, but not great. She can act and do a backstage promo, but I think HHH looks for more than that. Didn't surprise me that Vince liked her enough to push her to the moon when she debuted, but going on actual talent, she's nearer the bottom of the card than the top. I think you are probably selling her a bit short as far as promos goes. I would say she's always been one of the better ones in that regard for the women. Wrestling wise I would agree she's very average at best. IDK if maybe it's because she feels more pressure since she's not a HHH girl but it does seem like she's trying to up her game more in the ring and do some different stuff. Like tonight she did a somersault senton off the apron which I don't think I had ever seen her do before. She was way overpushed though under Vince especially during that reign of terror in 2017-18. If anything I would say she's positioned about just right now for her abilities. Still a priority and protected but not one of the top girls either.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2022 3:01:29 GMT -5
Even if it's just as a tag wrestler until she decides to leave (which I have a feeling she's going to soon), Alexa should still be featured weekly. She's still one of the like top 5 most over women they have, easily.
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Post by avenger on Aug 17, 2022 17:34:54 GMT -5
She's probably going to be the biggest casualty in the women's division under the new regime. She was always just kind of there in NXT. Never really in a feud, never on a Takeover, passable in the ring, but not great, passable on a live promo, but not great. She can act and do a backstage promo, but I think HHH looks for more than that. Didn't surprise me that Vince liked her enough to push her to the moon when she debuted, but going on actual talent, she's nearer the bottom of the card than the top. I think you are probably selling her a bit short as far as promos goes. I would say she's always been one of the better ones in that regard for the women. Wrestling wise I would agree she's very average at best. IDK if maybe it's because she feels more pressure since she's not a HHH girl but it does seem like she's trying to up her game more in the ring and do some different stuff. Like tonight she did a somersault senton off the apron which I don't think I had ever seen her do before. She was way overpushed though under Vince especially during that reign of terror in 2017-18. If anything I would say she's positioned about just right now for her abilities. Still a priority and protected but not one of the top girls either. She's a very good promo - until she has to do one in the arena. Her voice doesn't project very well, and she almost sounds nervous. She always gets great reactions from the crowd, but how does that relate to viewing figure patterns on TV (genuinely don't know the answer to that one)? Way too many people over the years have mistaken being over with the live crowds with being over with the majority that don't go to the arenas but watch on TV (or back in the day drawing on PPV).
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 17, 2022 22:22:40 GMT -5
I think you are probably selling her a bit short as far as promos goes. I would say she's always been one of the better ones in that regard for the women. Wrestling wise I would agree she's very average at best. IDK if maybe it's because she feels more pressure since she's not a HHH girl but it does seem like she's trying to up her game more in the ring and do some different stuff. Like tonight she did a somersault senton off the apron which I don't think I had ever seen her do before. She was way overpushed though under Vince especially during that reign of terror in 2017-18. If anything I would say she's positioned about just right now for her abilities. Still a priority and protected but not one of the top girls either. She's a very good promo - until she has to do one in the arena. Her voice doesn't project very well, and she almost sounds nervous. She always gets great reactions from the crowd, but how does that relate to viewing figure patterns on TV (genuinely don't know the answer to that one)? Way too many people over the years have mistaken being over with the live crowds with being over with the majority that don't go to the arenas but watch on TV (or back in the day drawing on PPV). she was listed as the number 2 face of the division a few months ago before she came back on the back of her merchandise sales alone. Which kinda proves that she's over with the people watching.
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Post by avenger on Aug 18, 2022 2:33:33 GMT -5
She's a very good promo - until she has to do one in the arena. Her voice doesn't project very well, and she almost sounds nervous. She always gets great reactions from the crowd, but how does that relate to viewing figure patterns on TV (genuinely don't know the answer to that one)? Way too many people over the years have mistaken being over with the live crowds with being over with the majority that don't go to the arenas but watch on TV (or back in the day drawing on PPV). she was listed as the number 2 face of the division a few months ago before she came back on the back of her merchandise sales alone. Which kinda proves that she's over with the people watching. I never really pay attention to those lists, but she should be fine in that case. That said, wasn't Bray Wyatt top when he was canned?
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 18, 2022 3:39:08 GMT -5
she was listed as the number 2 face of the division a few months ago before she came back on the back of her merchandise sales alone. Which kinda proves that she's over with the people watching. I never really pay attention to those lists, but she should be fine in that case. That said, wasn't Bray Wyatt top when he was canned? Yes and that makes him the most bizarre one, he was always a big merch mover, actively making money for them pretty much the entire time he was there.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 18, 2022 5:40:31 GMT -5
I never really pay attention to those lists, but she should be fine in that case. That said, wasn't Bray Wyatt top when he was canned? Yes and that makes him the most bizarre one, he was always a big merch mover, actively making money for them pretty much the entire time he was there. Yeah, it's why Bray's cutting was one of the most nonsensical. No matter what his contract was, he was clearly making the company money in merch sales.
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Post by mistery on Aug 18, 2022 7:25:30 GMT -5
Alexa was on The Bump yesterday, pretty much saying that no matter what happens at Clash, she is next in line for a title shot.
Problem is, I don't see her winning, especially with Control likely getting all of the gold within the next month or two. I can see Alexa getting a title match, but it would probably include Bayley. And Alexa would be there to eat the pin to protect Bianca.
The weird thing about this is that she's been incredibly vocal over the past couple of months about how she feels she has been creatively mishandled and should be put right back at the top of the card as the main focus. Despite being fairly injury prone and not even the most popular babyface on the show now, in terms of engagement numbers. With Bianca and Becky ahead of her, and Asuka in that general vicinity as well. And on the heel side, it's pretty clear Bayley is now the #1 heel, with Iyo and Dakota being slotted in as #2 and #3.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 7:58:44 GMT -5
She has been over forever it feels like yet it's unfortunately been years since I have found her remotely interesting or as a viable threat. Her injury history as well as see-saw booking makes me agree with the OP regarding a hard reset to tell us who the heck she even is at this point.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Aug 18, 2022 9:32:26 GMT -5
Yes and that makes him the most bizarre one, he was always a big merch mover, actively making money for them pretty much the entire time he was there. Yeah, it's why Bray's cutting was one of the most nonsensical. No matter what his contract was, he was clearly making the company money in merch sales. My guess would be since he was going to be out for awhile they figured cut his contract to make the quarterly numbers look good. They still had plenty of his merch in the pipeline to sell. It was already going to have to sell without him on TV so maybe it will even sell better with him fired as its now collectors items. Then when you hear he is ready to get back into wrestling offer him a new, lower contract.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 18, 2022 14:13:09 GMT -5
Alexa was on The Bump yesterday, pretty much saying that no matter what happens at Clash, she is next in line for a title shot. Problem is, I don't see her winning, especially with Control likely getting all of the gold within the next month or two. I can see Alexa getting a title match, but it would probably include Bayley. And Alexa would be there to eat the pin to protect Bianca. The weird thing about this is that she's been incredibly vocal over the past couple of months about how she feels she has been creatively mishandled and should be put right back at the top of the card as the main focus. Despite being fairly injury prone and not even the most popular babyface on the show now, in terms of engagement numbers. With Bianca and Becky ahead of her, and Asuka in that general vicinity as well. And on the heel side, it's pretty clear Bayley is now the #1 heel, with Iyo and Dakota being slotted in as #2 and #3. I wonder if her saying she is next in line is part of booking plans or if it's just her trying to make her own angle. Bianca and Bayley is clearly the match they are building to. I guess maybe Alexa is turned heel and like you said added to make it a three way to eat the pin and protect one of the other two depending on who is going over. Have never heard anything about her saying she should be the main focus in interviews. I did see an interview saying she wasn't happy with her current character just basically because it's kind of bland and not very fun to play which is fair. I think she's kind of positioned right. Even though she's not The Girl anymore where everything revolves around her she's still a priority and is still protected. I think the only time she's been pinned since she's been back is when Liv beat her on the go home Raw to MITB as that was when they were trying to heat Liv up quick before she won MITB and the SD title. And I think she came back after Mania. I think what it comes down is they just have better options who have a better all around game then her. She's over which is great but she's also injury prone and wrestling has never been that great. On top of that she doesn't strike as someone HHH would be high on. I think a lot of the look eye candy types who a lot of their selling point is sex appeal I see being hurt the most by the regime change. Women like Alexa, Liv, Lacey, Carmella. Carmella is hurt so can't say anything yet but I think the days of her being the go to filler title challenger are over. Alexa and Liv are in good spots for now but with Alexa she lucked out with Becky getting hurt which opened up a spot for her and Liv just happened to be champion when the regime change happened and I don't that lasting much longer as since the change they've booked her terribly where she went from getting big pops to now getting booed. After the switch Lacey was taken off TV right as they were in the middle of turning her heel and seems to have no creative plans.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Aug 19, 2022 1:09:04 GMT -5
Just give her that sexy S&M Clown gimmick already.
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