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Post by Vincent Whiney on Feb 1, 2023 10:15:42 GMT -5
Hoping Raquel who wins the belt
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Post by mistery on Feb 1, 2023 10:32:40 GMT -5
Hoping Raquel who wins the belt I would be shocked if it's Raquel, if just for the fact that even in her own home state of Texas, and despite a pretty heavy marketing push for her there, she barely got any sort of reaction at the Rumble. Even Roxanne got a louder reaction, and she's in NXT! Raquel's biggest problems are that she has literally no personality traits other than "look at my back" and "smiles a bunch", and even in NXT she completely sank as champion. Raquel's ceiling is basically just being a heavy for a cowardly heel at this point, unfortunately.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 1, 2023 12:06:54 GMT -5
Right now I think Asuka. If they do the match I think they'd keep Asuka face in the build up but acting creepier than usual like she has been then at Wrestlemania she does something particularly violent/dastardly to beat Bianca and goes full heel.
The fact there's still going to be one free spot in the chamber even after next week's 4 way though makes me think that last spot could be being saved for a surprise/return who could be likely to win (Ronda? Naomi?). Or they may just announce that the winner of the Bayley/Becky cage match gets in but I'm not sure why they wouldn't have done that already if that's the plan.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 1, 2023 12:12:14 GMT -5
Right now I think Asuka. If they do the match I think they'd keep Asuka face in the build up but acting creepier than usual like she has been then at Wrestlemania she does something particularly violent/dastardly to beat Bianca and goes full heel. The fact there's still going to be one free spot in the chamber even after next week's 4 way though makes me think that last spot could be being saved for a surprise/return who could be likely to win (Ronda? Naomi?). Or they may just announce that the winner of the Bayley/Becky cage match gets in but I'm not sure why they wouldn't have done that already if that's the plan. I think that might be for a SmackDown qualifier (initially anyway, pending any swerves) to make three from each brand in the match. And my hunch is that it will probably be Lacey Evans because they’ll probably want another heel in the match (right now it’s Cross that’s the only heel in the thing).
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 1, 2023 12:30:42 GMT -5
Right now I think Asuka. If they do the match I think they'd keep Asuka face in the build up but acting creepier than usual like she has been then at Wrestlemania she does something particularly violent/dastardly to beat Bianca and goes full heel. The fact there's still going to be one free spot in the chamber even after next week's 4 way though makes me think that last spot could be being saved for a surprise/return who could be likely to win (Ronda? Naomi?). Or they may just announce that the winner of the Bayley/Becky cage match gets in but I'm not sure why they wouldn't have done that already if that's the plan. I think that might be for a SmackDown qualifier (initially anyway, pending any swerves) to make three from each brand in the match. And my hunch is that it will probably be Lacey Evans because they’ll probably want another heel in the match (right now it’s Cross that’s the only heel in the thing).
There's also a slight chance Lacey could be a filler feud/defense after she beats Sonya on Smackdown, I mean, if she beats Sonya on Smackdown, yes.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 1, 2023 15:26:04 GMT -5
Right now I think Asuka. If they do the match I think they'd keep Asuka face in the build up but acting creepier than usual like she has been then at Wrestlemania she does something particularly violent/dastardly to beat Bianca and goes full heel. The fact there's still going to be one free spot in the chamber even after next week's 4 way though makes me think that last spot could be being saved for a surprise/return who could be likely to win (Ronda? Naomi?). Or they may just announce that the winner of the Bayley/Becky cage match gets in but I'm not sure why they wouldn't have done that already if that's the plan. I think that might be for a SmackDown qualifier (initially anyway, pending any swerves) to make three from each brand in the match. And my hunch is that it will probably be Lacey Evans because they’ll probably want another heel in the match (right now it’s Cross that’s the only heel in the thing). Lacey would be my guess too. They need another heel and she's like the only other woman on SD that's not champion or in the match already that has any kind of momentum right now as it seems like they are trying yet again with another push her with those recent vignettes with her perfecting the cobra clutch, gave her an enhancement squash last week, and also gave her a solid Rumble showing.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 3, 2023 9:36:19 GMT -5
Reportedly the qualifier for SmackDown tonight will be Natalya v Shotzi v Baszler v Vega, so Evans being the filler EC challenger as opposed to the potential WM challenger is definitely on the table.
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Post by XIII on Feb 3, 2023 9:43:07 GMT -5
I bet it’s somehow a multi woman match.
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Post by mistery on Feb 3, 2023 10:44:50 GMT -5
I bet it’s somehow a multi woman match. Possible, but the only reason I could see it happening is because they don't want Bianca getting pinned (or submitted). Which would be dumb because she needs to show some vulnerability and soon. She's been cooling off rapidly. Part of it is because she got sucked into the Wyattverse admittedly, but even before that she was cooling off because her promos and mannerisms are the same exact things every week and she no sells damn near everything.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2023 11:31:31 GMT -5
Reportedly the qualifier for SmackDown tonight will be Natalya v Shotzi v Baszler v Vega, so Evans being the filler EC challenger as opposed to the potential WM challenger is definitely on the table. Should be Zelina or Shotzi so it will absoloutley be Natalya.
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Post by PKO on Feb 3, 2023 11:41:35 GMT -5
You can criticise her booking, her selling, the content of her segments, whatever…but saying fans are cooling on her or not caring about her as much just seems like personal opinion clouding judgement. She is consistently one of the most over acts who gets legitimate reactions from every audience; the woman is a star.
I think they need an overhaul of how she is booked but it is frickin impressive she’s still so over with crowds and they haven’t turned on her yet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2023 13:33:08 GMT -5
Rhea would have been perfect… oh well.
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Post by koreycaskets on Feb 3, 2023 14:30:57 GMT -5
Should be GiGi but it won't unfortunately
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Post by Desi on Feb 3, 2023 15:08:18 GMT -5
I'd be fine with Asuka or Liv. I really want Asuka to win if she gets the shot though.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 3, 2023 15:55:12 GMT -5
Reportedly the qualifier for SmackDown tonight will be Natalya v Shotzi v Baszler v Vega, so Evans being the filler EC challenger as opposed to the potential WM challenger is definitely on the table. I didn't even think of that as I was just kind of perplexed that Lacey wasn't in the qualifier. I see that likely being the case as they surprisingly left Charlotte off the Rumble PPV so I'm guessing they are probably going to want her to wrestle on this one.
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Post by mistery on Feb 3, 2023 15:56:36 GMT -5
Reportedly the qualifier for SmackDown tonight will be Natalya v Shotzi v Baszler v Vega, so Evans being the filler EC challenger as opposed to the potential WM challenger is definitely on the table. I didn't even think of that as I was just kind of perplexed that Lacey wasn't in the qualifier. I see that likely being the case as they surprisingly left Charlotte off the Rumble PPV so I'm guessing they are probably going to want her to wrestle on this one. I cannot imagine anyone wanting to be subjected to another Charlotte/Lacey match since they have negative levels of chemistry and every single one of their matches were absolute hot garbage. Also Charlotte was basically only left off the Rumble because Ronda didn't want to face her again and walked out because of it I guess.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Feb 3, 2023 15:59:35 GMT -5
Sonya will somehow get another title shot at EC.
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Post by 06vwgti on Feb 3, 2023 16:07:30 GMT -5
Sonya will somehow get another title shot at EC. You know who to thank for this madness
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 3, 2023 16:08:09 GMT -5
Sonya will somehow get another title shot at EC. And of course you know they won't do some kind of screwy finish tonight to maybe you know give her an out and allow reasonable claim to getting another match. Instead it will just be Charlotte beats her clean in like five minutes and Sonya still gets another shot because she interrupted a interview or tried attacking her backstage.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Feb 4, 2023 2:48:24 GMT -5
Reportedly the qualifier for SmackDown tonight will be Natalya v Shotzi v Baszler v Vega, so Evans being the filler EC challenger as opposed to the potential WM challenger is definitely on the table. Should be Zelina or Shotzi so it will absoloutley be Natalya. You weren’t wrong.
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