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Post by markymark on Jan 12, 2023 17:30:46 GMT -5
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Post by mistery on Jan 12, 2023 17:38:45 GMT -5
People are gonna give Wade hell over that remark, but there's likely a nugget of truth there as well, with her walking out several times in WWE for no real defined reason. Once is questionable, but multiple times is...not good.
It's why I think her stint in Japan is going to be pretty telling. If her ego is as bad as Wade claims it is, then she's going to be in for a very rude awakening over there. But I can understand why Tony didn't bring her in, if her problem really does boil down to what he reported.
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Post by Rican on Jan 12, 2023 17:47:23 GMT -5
This is honestly the first place my mind went, like I'm sure they tried to get her and at some point maybe even felt confident she was coming but it's not like her being...lets call it unpredictable, is unheard of.
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Post by canceled4truth on Jan 12, 2023 17:50:21 GMT -5
While Wade seems to be the #1 source of the "let's let management anonymously talk shit about workers" stories I will say that Meltzer and Alvarez reported similar things after she walked out in May
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Post by markymark on Jan 12, 2023 17:55:20 GMT -5
There is that feeling that AEW gets the Punk Drama all over again with Mercedes if she gets angry and throws a tantrum, she is a big draw but this is all up to TK if he is ready for the task.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Jan 12, 2023 17:59:22 GMT -5
Honestly I’m less concerned about Mercedes showing/not showing (though I can understand why people would think that since up till last week thats how it was looking) than I was about the match
Match was really poor. I thought especially with Toni & Jamie who have been doing great things the past few months it’d be awesome but I saw someone use the word clunky in response to it and goddam if that’s not the perfect word for it but hey noones gonna have a perfect record of awesome matches
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 12, 2023 19:00:11 GMT -5
If you believe Wade, almost everyone is disliked and/or hard to work with. He does to that well A LOT.
Also BTW, the ratings dipped noticeably after the women’s match. Make of that what you will.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2023 19:07:34 GMT -5
I'm inclined to think something got messed up at the last second and there's something to how difficult the signing was. I am not one to defend tony regularly but i seriously doubt he would go full carny and pull what happened last night.
Shit just didn't work out.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 12, 2023 19:35:02 GMT -5
Ultimately in the end, when it comes to women's wrestling news, nobody's been able to come close to Casey from Squared Circle Sirens.
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Post by markymark on Jan 12, 2023 20:07:24 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 12, 2023 20:40:37 GMT -5
The good news is if she doesn't come in, the AEW Women's Division doesn't actively need her right now, they're in a really good place with their roster and their depth. Probably the best it's ever been in that regard
She would have been great, and been one of the top stars there, easily, but the division doesn't take a huge hit if they don't have her, they're fine doing their thing
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Post by markymark on Jan 12, 2023 20:47:31 GMT -5
There we go, this has to lead to Saraya(and Toni) turning heel....
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 12, 2023 21:10:29 GMT -5
TK winked and nudged a long time thinking he was going to get her which is the only explanation for even dragging that this long until things changed apparently as soon as last week with the pivot
If shit fell thru it is what it is but def don't hype shit for that long without nothing on paper. You can say all you want that he never directly said out his mouth Mercedes was coming but that's just outright playing coy and hiding your head in the grass
There is some "carnyism" to TK and he knows what he was doing since he has a comment for everything and knows what the internet is saying. AEW has rewarded this type of stuff in the past so when you play it up this hard you are going to let people down. Best he can do is move and focus on what he was.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 12, 2023 21:15:28 GMT -5
Yeah, it definitely felt like something bigger was meant to happen and didn't for whatever reason. Not at all like it's the only time they could debut Mercedes. Is what it is.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 12, 2023 21:17:12 GMT -5
I will say I think Saraya is going to be a much better heel once the turn is complete.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 12, 2023 21:24:53 GMT -5
I’m less into the idea of Toni turning. Really she’s the most sympathetic one out of all of them. And I just think she makes a FAR better babyface as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2023 22:05:23 GMT -5
Pleaaaaase don’t turn Toni heel. Turn Saraya heel sure but not Toni
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 12, 2023 22:07:01 GMT -5
Toni was someone I did not really care about as I felt she coasted for a long time on hype without delivering
But she hasn't been given the best circumstances in AEW and has made it work each time. I would not turn her heel
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 12, 2023 23:18:54 GMT -5
Pleaaaaase don’t turn Toni heel. Turn Saraya heel sure but not Toni It would be easy, just have Saraya get pissed about the loss, accuse Shida of doing it on purpose, but have Toni say that it was just an accident. Saraya later on abandons Shida during a match, Toni tries to help Shida who's overmatched, and Saraya attacks Toni. That's if you want to keep Shida as a face.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 13, 2023 1:34:40 GMT -5
We'll see what happens with her and Shida, but I don't see a need to turn Toni heel yet. I think she's better as a face and the crowds still dig her, it's just Jamie is so much more popular than all of the other women right now that it's tough for anyone to work babyface against her.
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