Who will win at CATC: Liv Morgan or Shayna Baszler?

[The Rick Jericho]

Liv Morgan has been a fighting champion, but just booked so poorly. Her line of beating Ronda Rousey "two times" comes off as a delusional heel. She has been getting boos since the cash in back in July.

Shayna Baszler has been shoehorned into this position because Triple H loves her. She was cooled so much by Vince booking, some thought she was damaged for good. Now is her chance to re-establish herself. If she wins the title, this will eventually FINALLY led to Shayna vs. Ronda, that we all wanted.

So who is walking out of Wales as the Smackdown Women's Champion?

mj0mn0m please make your vote count!

[XIII]

Shayna. Liv about to be sent to shadow realm of tag teamery or something

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

I'd rather Shayna she is more than due and I feel her vs Ronda would be a lot better

But either way if Liv does win she's holding the warm for Rhea imo

[msc]

Would be legit surprised if Shayna won. She's credible jobber to the champ.

Also, Liv was cheered last time she was on TV. Let's not pretend she's getting Jinder reactions.

[Deleted]

Yeah you don’t go 0-2 (technically) vs. Rhonda, then lose to her lame friend.

[Deleted]

Liv's going to choke her ass out.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Shayna.

I've wanted Shayna vs. Ronda since Rousey signed with the company. That's a money match if built/booked right.

I like Liv well enough, but this run ain't it.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Liv. Shayna is the person Liv beats to turn a
corner and become more of a threat.

[The Rick Jericho]

Wow, this poll is just as 50-50 as Drew/Roman.

At least we know the shows will be interesting to see the results.

[J is Justice]

Man, I have no idea. Liv should win because Shayna hasn't been built up enough on the main roster.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

This feud is so cold. All it got was a short video package last week and

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}according to the spoilers show no in arena stuff for them this week either. So probably another video package or something backstage. I know they were doing a double taping and they needed everyone else for the tag tournament stuff but it's pretty ridiculous how little attention they've given the match. It literally feels whoever wins is just going to mowed over by either Ronda or Charlotte so it really doesn't matter.

[theironyuppie]

Shayna winning would be cool to see, her main roster singles run got repeatedly cut off (Becky beating her up after her Survivor Series 2019 win, runner-up in the 2020 Rumble, Becky still cutting a promo the same episode after getting bitten, losing at WM 36 so Becky could just give up the belt to Asuka, etc: ) so it'd be interesting though there's still work to be done with making her look credible to main-roster fans. The tricky thing with Liv is tapping too early made it look like Ronda got screwed, which is death to a scrappy underdog character like Liv's meant to be. At the same time, though she's small and works an underdog style, so it's also difficult to give her strong wins because that's just not her style.

[kevin]

The hurt arm angle is begging for a Shayna win. It just seems perfectly set up for a title change.

[sportatorium]

Baszler is much better as a champion moving forward, but how on earth do you give Liv two (shaky) wins, but wins nonetheless over Ronda Rousey just to job her out?

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Aug 31, 2022 1:19:53 GMT -5 sportatorium said:

Baszler is much better as a champion moving forward, but how on earth do you give Liv two (shaky) wins, but wins nonetheless over Ronda Rousey just to job her out?

She has an out with the arm injury angle so I don't think her losing would really hurt her that much as long as she doesn't get squashed or anything like. It's what happens afterwards win or lose is where I worry.

If she wins she's likely going back to feuding with Ronda which has not been good for her at all because it's such an awkward match where it's hard to book Liv in a good way. If she loses then where does she really do from there? Smackdown has no strong heels at all for her to feud with. Natalya is super played out and would be a major step down. Sonya would be a good possibility but they've jobbed her out so much that feuding with her isn't going benefit either. I guess if Mandy loses the NXT Title soon and gets called up I think that would maybe be a good direction for Liv with her getting bullied by Toxic Attraction and having to fight the odds either on her own or by recruiting partners. Would maybe be a good way to get the fans more behind her as valiant face again after kind of losing them after how poorly she was portrayed in the Ronda match and in the aftermath.

[Mozenrath]

I don't think Shayna's chances are good, honestly, unless Ronda literally never gets revenge at all. If Shayna wins, there is no story, that feud is just shut.

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they need to stop putting liv against people that she couldn’t realistically beat in storyline or not

like put her against someone who isn’t an mma fighter lmao

I’d rather liv win here but no chance, her run is officially dead

[Deleted]

Shayna.

Because I have a feeling HHH isn't high on Liv and the potential of doing Ronda vs Shayna is too good to pass up.

I'm a huge Liv fan and want her to get a long run as a fighting champion but the booking against Ronda has killed her momentum and popularity. You can't book a face as a "chicken shit who gets lucky"

[Killah Ray]

Liv with a surprise roll up of doom....

[salz4life]

Liv wins by some shocking means (pinning Shayna's shoulders while in the clutch, for example). Either that, or maybe Ronda shows up and costs Liv the title??