Why Does Tamina Keep Working TryOut Matches With New Talent?

[DichEvans]

I really don't like to crap on people online, but Tamina is literally the gatekeeper for people getting work and her matches are generally terrible, no matter who she is in the ring with. She's making botches and it is costing other people work.

On Reddit/SC, there was a post with Tamina botching Kacy Catanzaro's try out match for the main roster. Tamina was gassed, out of breath and misread every spot

Her regular main roster matches are also filled with botches where again she looks gassed and winded.


I don't get how she became the gatekeeper for that division when she's literally never had a good match. 

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"why does Tamina?" could be a question asked about Tamina for the last decade as a whole tbh

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Because everyone else is too good to just be the gatekeeper and Natalya is on the other show.

[Push R Truth]

If you have a good match with somebody like Bayley... congrats? My dead ass could have a passable match with somebody like her.

If you have a good match with Tamina? You are gonna get hired and pushed instantly.

[Totorob101]

Ill always stand up for Tamina because she is someone that is great for morale backstage,the women and men clearly love her and she always puts over talent at the cost of herself. All her injuries have clearly taken their toll but she is still a very valuable person to have around,and personally i think shes great!

[Big BosskMan]

A now-canceled wrestling writer once described Tamina's in ring work being akin to a dog with a bucket stuck on it's head, and it's probably the most apt comparison I've ever read.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

I know they've been having Dana doing a lot of Main Event matches against NXT women too lately. Someone like her is much better for something like that as while she's not a great worker by any means she's at least a serviceable meat and potatoes type wrestler who keeps herself in good shape and still moves around pretty good so she's a good opponent to get a proper gage where the NXT women are at talent wise and if they are ready.

Tamina should really just become an agent at this point. There's really no role she can serve on the roster that she would be effective in any way.

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I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

[Numero Dos]

I’ve seen most of the matches with potential NXT call-ups and the only one who got anything remotely decent from Tamina was Alba Fyre. No real surprise there as she’s easily the most experienced and ready of all of them.

[krozor]

If ya can dodge a wrench...

[tirtefaa]

Dec 28, 2022 19:14:03 GMT -5 Totorob101 said:

Ill always stand up for Tamina because she is someone that is great for morale backstage,the women and men clearly love her and she always puts over talent at the cost of herself. All her injuries have clearly taken their toll but she is still a very valuable person to have around,and personally i think shes great!

I mean, I'm not trying to be critical that she shouldn't have a job, but when you are terrible at your job, then you shouldn't be in that job. She's been on the roster for, what 12 years? And she still isn't good?

Just because someone is a nice person, that doesn't exempt them from being removed from their position, especially a position that can be very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

If Tamina *is* good for morale backstage, then give her a job that fulfills that role. She doesn't need to be embarrassing herself and her opponent by continuing to have awful matches.

Dec 29, 2022 4:34:06 GMT -5 67 more said:

I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

LOL

How does that work?

Imagine starting at McDonald's and being trained by someone who somehow is worse at the job than you are.

[J is Justice]

Sweatsock Tamina.

[Hulk With A Mustache]

Tamina is still working for WWE!?

[Totorob101]

Dec 29, 2022 9:50:03 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Dec 28, 2022 19:14:03 GMT -5 Totorob101 said:

Ill always stand up for Tamina because she is someone that is great for morale backstage,the women and men clearly love her and she always puts over talent at the cost of herself. All her injuries have clearly taken their toll but she is still a very valuable person to have around,and personally i think shes great!

I mean, I'm not trying to be critical that she shouldn't have a job, but when you are terrible at your job, then you shouldn't be in that job. She's been on the roster for, what 12 years? And she still isn't good?

Just because someone is a nice person, that doesn't exempt them from being removed from their position, especially a position that can be very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

If Tamina *is* good for morale backstage, then give her a job that fulfills that role. She doesn't need to be embarrassing herself and her opponent by continuing to have awful matches.

Dec 29, 2022 4:34:06 GMT -5 67 more said:

I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

LOL

How does that work?

Imagine starting at McDonald's and being trained by someone who somehow is worse at the job than you are.

I do agree that her in ring ability is not great but she's a safe worker who I don't think has ever hurt anyone,certainly she should either be in a team now or an enforcer manager spot these days.

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Dec 29, 2022 9:50:03 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Dec 28, 2022 19:14:03 GMT -5 Totorob101 said:

Ill always stand up for Tamina because she is someone that is great for morale backstage,the women and men clearly love her and she always puts over talent at the cost of herself. All her injuries have clearly taken their toll but she is still a very valuable person to have around,and personally i think shes great!

I mean, I'm not trying to be critical that she shouldn't have a job, but when you are terrible at your job, then you shouldn't be in that job. She's been on the roster for, what 12 years? And she still isn't good?

Just because someone is a nice person, that doesn't exempt them from being removed from their position, especially a position that can be very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

If Tamina *is* good for morale backstage, then give her a job that fulfills that role. She doesn't need to be embarrassing herself and her opponent by continuing to have awful matches.

Dec 29, 2022 4:34:06 GMT -5 67 more said:

I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

LOL

How does that work?

Imagine starting at McDonald's and being trained by someone who somehow is worse at the job than you are.

Jonathan Gresham was trained by Curtis Hughes. Sometimes people who suck at their jobs make great trainers whereas people who excel make really shitty trainers, hence the phrase "those who can't do, teach."

Also, Tamina isn't in there training people if my assumption is correct, she's just reporting back.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Over the past few decades, tryout talent have worked with world class turd polishers like Bret Hart or Sean Waltman and management have gained false impressions of their abilities as a result. Now they're having to try and carry a bag of sand to a serviceable match, and if they can do that and come out the other side looking okay, they can work with anyone.

[Error]

Dec 29, 2022 4:34:06 GMT -5 67 more said:

I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

Yeah, they'll look to see how she works with Tamina, giving and selling, then ask Tamina about how feeling safe with her, her taking direction and listening and shit like that.

They aren't looking for them to put on great matches in the try outs, they're looking for the stuff outside that.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Dec 29, 2022 12:43:58 GMT -5 Error said:

Dec 29, 2022 4:34:06 GMT -5 67 more said:

I can only assume that they trust Tamina as a good judge of talent and the point of the matches are for Tamina to gauge how easy people are to work with, rather than having a good match overall.

This is the only logical reason I can think of.

Yeah, they'll look to see how she works with Tamina, giving and selling, then ask Tamina about how feeling safe with her, her taking direction and listening and shit like that.

They aren't looking for them to put on great matches in the try outs, they're looking for the stuff outside that.

Basically have your most meh person work them and see if they are workable because at worst you want to know if they can be a body on the roster.

[avenger]

Dec 29, 2022 12:36:25 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Over the past few decades, tryout talent have worked with world class turd polishers like Bret Hart or Sean Waltman and management have gained false impressions of their abilities as a result. Now they're having to try and carry a bag of sand to a serviceable match, and if they can do that and come out the other side looking okay, they can work with anyone.

They literally kept Tom Magee on the payroll for FOUR YEARS, because of a carry job by Bret Hart.

[darbus alan]

Tamina sucks but she isn't actvely dangerous Nia Jax. There's probably someone better suited as a gatekeeper role, but as said, you don't want them to be TOO good or else you risk signing someone that only looked good due to being carried by an excellent ring worker.

Maybe Tamina is a good judge of talent and can evaluate the basics even if she isn't that capable of them herself. Some of the most mediocre wrestlers and athletes make for excellent coaches, trainers, and managers. That's as true with pro wrestling as it is with real sports.