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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Feb 9, 2023 9:17:53 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? Leva laying on the ground and being “What are you doing?! Nooooooooooo” and not moving whatsoever while being spray painted was really funny to me. Probably not the right reaction but lol |
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Post by Fade on Feb 9, 2023 9:23:06 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? Leva laying on the ground and being “What are you doing?! Nooooooooooo” and not moving whatsoever while being spray painted was really funny to me. Probably not the right reaction but lol It was like weird, non-arousing kink porn. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 9, 2023 9:36:26 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? They turned Toni heel because fans were cheering Hayter over her (just ignore that Hayter got cheered over everybody, and Toni was still an over face) just to be a lackey for Saraya in a mean girls Divas Era booked storyline. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 9, 2023 9:42:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I think this storyline jumped the shark for me last night. That was painful.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Feb 9, 2023 9:50:02 GMT -5
Yeah I hate that Toni got dragged in to this shit story. She was a great face and was over when not facing Hayter, makes absolutely no sense.
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Post by lucas_lee on Feb 9, 2023 10:58:05 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? This was just bad IMO. The whole thing felt awkward and out of place which makes me wonder if the Bunny getting hurt made them change this segment |
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 9, 2023 11:00:13 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? This was just bad IMO. The whole thing felt awkward and out of place which makes me wonder if the Bunny getting hurt made them change this segment It did feel like a time-killer due to what happened with Bunny, so you're probably right. |
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Post by 06vwgti on Feb 9, 2023 11:01:21 GMT -5
This was just bad IMO. The whole thing felt awkward and out of place which makes me wonder if the Bunny getting hurt made them change this segment It did feel like a time-killer due to what happened with Bunny, so you're probably right. I thought the same. Any update on how the Bunny is doing? |
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Post by lucas_lee on Feb 9, 2023 11:02:45 GMT -5
It did feel like a time-killer due to what happened with Bunny, so you're probably right. I thought the same. Any update on how the Bunny is doing? None yet to my knowledge maybe later in the day. |
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Post by markymark on Feb 9, 2023 11:24:49 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? Leva laying on the ground and being “What are you doing?! Nooooooooooo” and not moving whatsoever while being spray painted was really funny to me. Probably not the right reaction but lol
Levas acting was really bad
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 9, 2023 11:30:17 GMT -5
Yeah I hate that Toni got dragged in to this shit story. She was a great face and was over when not facing Hayter, makes absolutely no sense. They need top level non-Nyla heels right now and I'd rather turn her than the likes of Shida or Ruby or Kris when she comes back. She can play that role well enough in my view. She can play a good face too but I think she was just kind of holding water before the turn. The fans liked her but weren't over the moon with her. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 9, 2023 11:33:23 GMT -5
Yeah I hate that Toni got dragged in to this shit story. She was a great face and was over when not facing Hayter, makes absolutely no sense. They need top level non-Nyla heels right now and I'd rather turn her than the likes of Shida or Ruby or Kris when she comes back. She can play that role well enough in my view. She can play a good face too but I think she was just kind of holding water before the turn. The fans liked her but weren't over the moon with her. Jade is right there if she’ll ever get out of her bubble and interact with the other women. But they can create effective heels easier than over faces, usually. It’s typically harder to get face acts over so it does seem a little short-sighted to turn Toni so quickly when she was over big. |
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Post by asuka007 on Feb 9, 2023 12:07:42 GMT -5
The segment this week was BAD. Like it seems like this segment is being pretty widely panned. This was WWE Divas Era levels. It’s the NWO will none of the cool factor and by way of High School mean girls. And can they please let Toni talk for herself more? This was just bad IMO. The whole thing felt awkward and out of place which makes me wonder if the Bunny getting hurt made them change this segment Also even Renee felt out of character? Like one of Renee’s biggest strengths is that she has a consistent character and reacts to things. Her just kind of standing there and doing/saying nothing and not really reacting was also very weird? Everyone on this segment was one dimensional and kind of lame. |
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 9, 2023 12:08:37 GMT -5
Saraya is good friends with and worked with them so she must realize that this current gimmick is essentially the Bella Twins from a decade ago when they were doing the L/loser thing, spray-painting Paige and saying they run the division.
I do wonder if the Bellas ever end up in AEW for a brief run.
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 9, 2023 12:15:22 GMT -5
Yeah I hate that Toni got dragged in to this shit story. She was a great face and was over when not facing Hayter, makes absolutely no sense. They need top level non-Nyla heels right now and I'd rather turn her than the likes of Shida or Ruby or Kris when she comes back. She can play that role well enough in my view. She can play a good face too but I think she was just kind of holding water before the turn. The fans liked her but weren't over the moon with her. Speaking of Shida, wonder what her role in part of this story will be? Female Crow Sting? |
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Feb 9, 2023 12:27:32 GMT -5
TBH, Saraya's been a bust since the get go, and nothing has changed in that regard.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 12:45:17 GMT -5
It's getting even more putrid.
The women's division has so many good things going for it right now, like Jade coming into her own and getting better in the ring, Athena basically creating AEW women's strong style single-handedly, Hayter being a fighting champion who puts on bangers of matches, etc.
But Jeeez-us this Saraya/Toni thing sucks and sucks hard. I know the rule for wrestling angles is 7 years, but the NWO thing was so iconic that ripping it off wholesale like that just isn't going to work. And, to be blunt, it's really soured me on Saraya as a performer.
My only real hope of salvaging this is if they make Shida the Sting in this NWO-Mk23, because Shida desperately needs to find some edge character wise that matches the intensity she can have in the ring. If we're gonna rip shit off at least rip off the good parts, too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 12:48:57 GMT -5
Someone described this earlier perfectly.....this is just the bella twins schtick.
And if Saraya did pitch this then I feel even more sorry for Toni getting sucked into this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 12:58:20 GMT -5
Someone described this earlier perfectly.....this is just the bella twins schtick. And if Saraya did pitch this then I feel even more sorry for Toni getting sucked into this.
I never thought of it that way, but yes. It's the Bella Twins shtick. It reeks of Divas-era WWE characterization and booking in a lot of ways, along with carrying some TNA stink to go with it.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Feb 9, 2023 13:21:08 GMT -5
If I didn’t know any better, they were setting up the Bella Twins showing up to do a “diva” invasion.
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