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Post by theironyuppie on Dec 30, 2022 23:36:47 GMT -5
People are going to focus on what happened after the match, but it shouldn't be overlooked that Ronda/Raquel was really good, and Ronda's best regular match this year. Some new sequences from both women, interesting storytelling with the injured arm (like Ronda ducking Raquel's lariat with her good arm and making her use the bad one), and building well to its finish. Makes you wonder what might have been for this Ronda reign if she had more opponents like Raquel who played to her strengths, rather than Liv and Shotzi. Also made a good argument for Raquel going places in 2023 if they can find the right story for her.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Dec 31, 2022 1:43:29 GMT -5
When Raquel hit a f*** your life lariat and Ronda did a whole flip it hit me this was actually rly good. Started off with a properly awful botch that almost took out Ronda's leg too so I'm even more impressed that it got so good.
Ronda's at her best when she can crawl all over ppl like a raccoon. She's already halfway there with the Night Man paint. Seriously it's f***ing dead on some weeks.
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Post by Fade on Dec 31, 2022 2:32:02 GMT -5
Yo, I loved this match. Both girls were going hard, but safe-ish. Raquel is awesome and Ronda looked really loose and precise out there. I loved all the elevated submission moves. The one on the turnbuckle was such an incredible shot.
But she’s gotta, gotta stop taunting fans so much. Take it down lol
Also “I’m feeling spicy” has to be the whitest-white-girl Ronda’s ever white-girl’d.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 31, 2022 2:35:31 GMT -5
Ronda rocks with the right dance partner; and Raquel also rocks as an in-ring talent. Fun fun match.
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Post by karl100589 on Dec 31, 2022 2:44:40 GMT -5
I’ve always felt Ronda works better with physical opponents with a stiff style. People forget she got two great matches out of Nia of all people.
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Post by dbrussel on Dec 31, 2022 13:41:08 GMT -5
That match went toooo long to be a great match.
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Post by Ryushinku on Dec 31, 2022 15:34:37 GMT -5
It was Ronda's best match since probably Charlotte back in May, much much more like the first Rousey run of matches where everything was good to very good.
Hope Rodriguez gets some deserved shine from it as well.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 31, 2022 15:48:58 GMT -5
I've always found Raquel underrated as a worker. Super dull personality wise but work wise I've never seen any issue with her. I think she's also miscast as a face. I think having her as a heel and a heavy for smaller girl like she was with Dakota early on is the best use of her.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jan 2, 2023 3:34:10 GMT -5
When Raquel hit a f*** your life lariat and Ronda did a whole flip it hit me this was actually rly good. Started off with a properly awful botch that almost took out Ronda's leg too so I'm even more impressed that it got so good. Ronda's at her best when she can crawl all over ppl like a raccoon. She's already halfway there with the Night Man paint. Seriously it's f***ing dead on some weeks. This sounds much sexier to me than you probably intended for it to.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2023 22:08:53 GMT -5
Ronda's best match. Too bad they had to ruin it with that ending.
I don't see why Charlotte has to win the title every other month. Just give her a long reign like Roman and get it over with.
This whole "Let's have her a sixteen time Champ like Ric" is so predictable.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 3, 2023 0:22:48 GMT -5
Ronda's best match. Too bad they had to ruin it with that ending. I don't see why Charlotte has to win the title every other month. Just give her a long reign like Roman and get it over with. This whole "Let's have her a sixteen time Champ like Ric" is so predictable.
The interesting thing is that Charlotte's last reign was like eight months long. Parts of it were pretty flat, but it was undoubtedly long.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 3, 2023 1:24:16 GMT -5
Ronda's best match. Too bad they had to ruin it with that ending. I don't see why Charlotte has to win the title every other month. Just give her a long reign like Roman and get it over with. This whole "Let's have her a sixteen time Champ like Ric" is so predictable. Oh God please don't say. That means we would get a two year reign of her and then they would still feel the need to have her win it three more times or whatever the hell the amount would be to break Ric's record. |
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jan 4, 2023 1:07:37 GMT -5
Look if I start making threads about Ronda doing Raccoon furry cosplay, just know where that this is where it all started.
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 4, 2023 16:42:49 GMT -5
Look if I start making threads about Ronda doing Raccoon furry cosplay, just know where that this is where it all started. Does this count?  |
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Post by john84 on Jan 5, 2023 19:43:58 GMT -5
Look if I start making threads about Ronda doing Raccoon furry cosplay, just know where that this is where it all started. Raccoon furry cosplay...I wonder...  |
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