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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 22, 2022 11:55:20 GMT -5
At least when they dragged out Wardlow turning on MJF and had him keep falling in line despite a bunch of teases they had a storyline reason for it ("MJF owns Wardlow's contract and could have him fired"). There's absolutely no reason for Jamie to have any kind of Stockholm Syndrome towards Britt though. She should have beat the crap out of her months ago.
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 22, 2022 12:07:04 GMT -5
Said in the rating thread that I still think Hayter turning against Britt is endgame, here, but I get wanting it to happen sooner; best I can figure is they still want her paired with Baker for a bit against Toni and Saraya. Crowd wants her to turn, they're ready to cheer her, so here's hoping they don't hold off much longer...or that they do it at Full Gear so I can hopefully be there live for it.
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Post by markymark on Sept 22, 2022 12:10:56 GMT -5
Well she regressed to become friends with Britt for the looks of it...
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Post by champchumpchange on Sept 22, 2022 12:17:12 GMT -5
Guys, Britt did say she was sorry.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 22, 2022 12:20:15 GMT -5
My issue is, even when she turns on Britt, if that happens, then it comes after she's spent weeks helping Britt beat down faces to I guess "swerve" Britt? So she's a babyface then that has been beating up babyfaces on her way to becoming a babyface? Terrible.
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Post by asuka007 on Sept 22, 2022 12:27:10 GMT -5
It’s going to be another example of AEW finally trying to pull the trigger AFTER the story has been cooled off significantly.
I would be really fascinated to ask TK (respectfully) what he thinks he’s doing with this? Because it is baffling, he’s fighting AGAINST fan reactions in a very Vince-like way with this.
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Post by pinja on Sept 22, 2022 12:27:48 GMT -5
They checked the Wardlow Meter and Jamie's still only at 7 out of 10 for "really, really turning this time".
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 22, 2022 12:28:20 GMT -5
My issue is, even when she turns on Britt, if that happens, then it comes after she's spent weeks helping Britt beat down faces to I guess "swerve" Britt? So she's a babyface then that has been beating up babyfaces on her way to becoming a babyface? Terrible. I mean that's every wrestler who ever left a heel group to turn babyface. Batista became the biggest babyface in wrestling in early 2005 when just weeks earlier he was happily taking part in 3 on 1 beatdowns and destroying babyfaces.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Sept 22, 2022 12:32:54 GMT -5
My issue is, even when she turns on Britt, if that happens, then it comes after she's spent weeks helping Britt beat down faces to I guess "swerve" Britt? So she's a babyface then that has been beating up babyfaces on her way to becoming a babyface? Terrible. Yeah, this is a bigger issue than the delays. The crowd has been ready for babyface Hayter, and she's stuck to her alignment in a way that's both boring and detrimental to the idea of her turning. The audience enthusiasm for Hayter has arguably been based more on the idea of a babyface Hayter than on any investment in her visible character traits - I have a hard time seeing what's motivating that enthusiasm besides a combination of "amazing in the ring," "musclebound badass," and "hot," and defining her character more thoroughly as a heel instead of planting seeds for a babyface run might compromise the heat she has had. ...or it might not, who knows.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 22, 2022 12:35:25 GMT -5
My guess is they're building to Toni, Saraya and Athena vs. Britt, Jamie and Serena at Full Gear and we'll get the turn there or the Dynamite after in Chicago. I get why people are ready for it, that's just my hunch on when.
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Post by 4real on Sept 22, 2022 12:35:37 GMT -5
This is one of the worst booking tropes in AEW. Just f***ing commit. Jamie looks like a dipshit now and when she FINALLY turns on Britt it'll be too late to fully care. This feels like Bagwell & Steiner in 98 to me. By the time Bagwell actually turned face on Steiner I’d given up caring.
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 22, 2022 13:03:30 GMT -5
This is one of the worst booking tropes in AEW. Just f***ing commit. Jamie looks like a dipshit now and when she FINALLY turns on Britt it'll be too late to fully care. This feels like Bagwell & Steiner in 98 to me. By the time Bagwell actually turned face on Steiner I’d given up caring. I hope we don't get Jamie Hayter's mom on a pole match in 2024.
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Post by markymark on Sept 22, 2022 13:29:45 GMT -5
This is one of the worst booking tropes in AEW. Just f***ing commit. Jamie looks like a dipshit now and when she FINALLY turns on Britt it'll be too late to fully care. This feels like Bagwell & Steiner in 98 to me. By the time Bagwell actually turned face on Steiner I’d given up caring.
More like Christian and Tomko in TNA late 2017-early 2018.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Sept 22, 2022 13:38:26 GMT -5
No idea. Ya know, it’s really weird, they built and they built to an organic point where it felt the split was right, you even had some of the fans start to really get behind Hayter and..then this repeat, non-turn, 10 steps backwards BS.
Purdy sure peeps are right that Saraya changed plans.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2022 13:40:48 GMT -5
I just find it even funnier now that Jamie Hayter's real name is Paige.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Sept 22, 2022 13:49:58 GMT -5
My issue is, even when she turns on Britt, if that happens, then it comes after she's spent weeks helping Britt beat down faces to I guess "swerve" Britt? So she's a babyface then that has been beating up babyfaces on her way to becoming a babyface? Terrible. I mean that's every wrestler who ever left a heel group to turn babyface. Batista became the biggest babyface in wrestling in early 2005 when just weeks earlier he was happily taking part in 3 on 1 beatdowns and destroying babyfaces. At least there, they set it up with Batista realizing Triple H and Ric Flair didn’t have his best interests in mind and went from there in turning against them.
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Post by asuka007 on Sept 22, 2022 13:56:44 GMT -5
Then you had Randy Orton’s first face turn. Or Seth Rollins’s turn. Where they had not done anything to make the crowd sympathize with them. So it did not work as well.
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Post by champchumpchange on Sept 22, 2022 13:58:29 GMT -5
The trigger should have been pulled at All Out.
The crowd was begging for it
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Sept 22, 2022 14:16:20 GMT -5
If the endgame is to make Hayter look like an imbecile, they are succeeding admirably.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 22, 2022 14:17:55 GMT -5
Then you had Randy Orton’s first face turn. Or Seth Rollins’s turn. Where they had not done anything to make the crowd sympathize with them. So it did not work as well. Rollins turned face because Triple H didn’t cheat for him. WHAT A LOVABLE FACE
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