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Post by Lance Uppercut on Nov 2, 2022 1:08:10 GMT -5
I know she’s from NIL and she was recruited right out of high school, but why?
Was she some Olympic level athlete?
Why did wwe hire someone who was still in high school 4 months ago?
I had heard that there some high school aged independent wrestler out there making waves but tonight was apparently her first ever televised match, and I would never have guessed. She’s pretty good, and I’ve been down with her mojo rawley character
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Post by kidtamagotchi on Nov 2, 2022 1:14:48 GMT -5
She wrestled several times on AEW Dark.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 2, 2022 1:28:53 GMT -5
Yeah, Thea had a couple appearances on AEW Dark as "Nikita Knight" prior to signing with NXT.
The teenage wrestler on the indies you may be hearing about might be Billie Starkz, who has been making a lot of waves in the midwest in the last couple years, and will be wrestling Yuka Sakazaki in TJPW later this month. And then she turns 18 in December, which just makes me feel old AF now.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Nov 2, 2022 1:48:28 GMT -5
Tonight wasn't her first match. She's wrestled about a dozen matches on TV so far.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Nov 2, 2022 2:56:50 GMT -5
I don't know, but she makes me feel like a dirty old perv.  |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Nov 2, 2022 7:19:23 GMT -5
She attended a tryout I presume and they felt like she has potential and signed her. Sometimes you sign raw talent if you think they're ceiling is high enough.
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Post by 06vwgti on Nov 2, 2022 8:33:30 GMT -5
She wrestled several times on AEW Dark. I will always remember the Michinoku Driver she did on Julia Hart on a random universal dark taping |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 2, 2022 9:03:32 GMT -5
She was just an actual ball of energy till recently, she became human and ate all the sugar and drank all the caffeine in the universe. And that's how Chase U got it's most excited student.
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Post by Stu on Nov 2, 2022 10:58:17 GMT -5
I don't know, but she makes me feel like a dirty old perv. A lot of your comments don't help much. |
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Post by lionheart21 on Nov 2, 2022 13:09:13 GMT -5
She’s still pretty green in the ring, which is to be expected for someone who’s only been wrestling since last year, but she has absolutely gone all-in with the gimmick.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 3, 2022 18:34:38 GMT -5
WWE goes back and forth on if they want to hire the real young wrestlers. Lot of potential, lot of room to cultivate, and they have severe "fear of missing out" when someone else signs them, but they also are taking a huge chance that they may have behavioral problems, or have to retire early like a Richie Steamboat, so they sometimes refuse to hire anyone under around 24-25. It fluctuates.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Nov 3, 2022 19:01:58 GMT -5
WWE goes back and forth on if they want to hire the real young wrestlers. Lot of potential, lot of room to cultivate, and they have severe "fear of missing out" when someone else signs them, but they also are taking a huge chance that they may have behavioral problems, or have to retire early like a Richie Steamboat, so they sometimes refuse to hire anyone under around 24-25. It fluctuates. I remember after Rene Dupree they stuck to the no really young people for awhile. They seemed to start going back and forth on it around the time when Vince started changing his mind on everything constantly. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 3, 2022 19:31:36 GMT -5
WWE goes back and forth on if they want to hire the real young wrestlers. Lot of potential, lot of room to cultivate, and they have severe "fear of missing out" when someone else signs them, but they also are taking a huge chance that they may have behavioral problems, or have to retire early like a Richie Steamboat, so they sometimes refuse to hire anyone under around 24-25. It fluctuates. I remember after Rene Dupree they stuck to the no really young people for awhile. They seemed to start going back and forth on it around the time when Vince started changing his mind on everything constantly. Dupree, Orton, and Paige are probably the three arguments for, and against, young talents. Kelly Kelly, too. |
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Post by Perd on Nov 3, 2022 20:40:49 GMT -5
She was a frequent question from Booker T. "Shut Thea Hale?!".
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Nov 4, 2022 1:20:07 GMT -5
Actually the way you phrased that question, it reads more like a philosophical inquiry.
Just, who IS Thea Hail before WWE?
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Post by PKO on Nov 4, 2022 7:48:25 GMT -5
I remember after Rene Dupree they stuck to the no really young people for awhile. They seemed to start going back and forth on it around the time when Vince started changing his mind on everything constantly. Dupree, Orton, and Paige are probably the three arguments for, and against, young talents. Kelly Kelly, too. I was watching some of the early reboot ECW a few months back and the amount of times Kelly was scripted to talk lustfully about how young she was gave me the jeebies. There was a segment where they were promoting strip poker and she’s like, “Oh I can’t drink though I’m only 19” Giving 30 Rock sexy baby vibes. |
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Nov 4, 2022 11:10:24 GMT -5
She's on Cameo for anyone who's interested: www.cameo.com/theahailwweI hope she's as energetic in her Cameo videos as she is on TV. (Edit: Just watched a few. She is!) |
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