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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 14, 2023 17:59:48 GMT -5
Man, what are we doing here. I get if they’re not somebody’s cup of tea, but they actively brought more eyes to the product. They’re probably more recognizable than some of the current top stars. Nikki was a good wrestler by the end, too. They’ll be missed.
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Post by JIMBOB on Mar 14, 2023 18:05:36 GMT -5
Well. I guess that’s one bad thing they did Can’t wait to hear him rant about this on his podcast. 😁
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Post by bob on Mar 14, 2023 18:07:43 GMT -5
That’s their only contribution to the business
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Post by dbrussel on Mar 14, 2023 18:16:19 GMT -5
Total Garcias, coming soon to TBS. With special guest "unchained" Bryan Danielson
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Post by Instant Classic on Mar 14, 2023 18:28:57 GMT -5
My only sorrow is that they won’t be wwe womens tag team champions. But never say never.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 14, 2023 18:37:41 GMT -5
Can’t wait to hear him rant about this on his podcast. 😁 I f***ing WISH Monsoon had a podcast.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Mar 14, 2023 18:42:40 GMT -5
I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.
Which I assume will be things I will never watch or care about, so nothing will change.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 14, 2023 18:54:31 GMT -5
Damn, y'all childish as hell
Can't even wish them best without it breaking out into something
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 14, 2023 18:57:57 GMT -5
Damn, y'all childish as hell Can't even wish them best without it breaking out into something People get so weird when it comes to the women.
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Post by papagiorgio on Mar 14, 2023 19:12:38 GMT -5
I had no idea they were still under contract. Nikki was getting decent in the ring before her big injury, but they don't really add much to the table anymore as far as wrestling. I wish them well in whatever they do, though.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 14, 2023 19:17:16 GMT -5
I grew wary of them towards the end but it's silly and wrong to suggest that they weren't influential to a number of wrestlers and fans.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 14, 2023 19:45:25 GMT -5
The Bellas deserve a world of credit if only for how they managed to turn, "Random fanservice nobodies who cling onto guest hosts every week," into an actual respectable multi-faceted brand over a decade after the fact. Not just anyone would have been able to do that.
Also Nikki was pretty great once she found her footing, though it is a serious shame how she had her career cut short likely in large part due to working hurt for an extended period of time seemingly entirely because WWE wanted to overwrite AJ Lee's record only to retire the belt a few months later anyway.
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Post by sportatorium on Mar 14, 2023 20:39:57 GMT -5
I'm in the group that didn't realize they were still under contract. I have no beef with them, I just thought they were retired from wrestling and didn't realize that WWE was promoting their TV shows.
A few years ago there was a video that circulated of the two of them taking some of the most painful looking bumps imaginable. There wasn't a lot of wrestling focus in the divas division and I can't blame them for getting out of the ring when they did.
Who knows what the future will bring them, but they've been pretty successful so they'll likely be just fine.
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Post by Lardlad on Mar 14, 2023 20:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 14, 2023 21:19:55 GMT -5
I'm just glad most of FAN agrees that one AJ Lee promo sucked (not that I'm blaming AJ for it)
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 14, 2023 21:39:18 GMT -5
I'm just glad most of FAN agrees that one AJ Lee promo sucked. That promo was terrible and made everyone involved look like f***ing idiots
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 14, 2023 22:05:18 GMT -5
I'm just glad most of FAN agrees that one AJ Lee promo sucked (not that I'm blaming AJ for it) The fanbase has matured a bit since deeming it worthy of a Golden Snowcone. And there’s still a blurb out there of me trying to put it over when that award happened.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 14, 2023 22:20:34 GMT -5
Also to add, WWE did give them the world…and then quickly yanked it away when they needed to spin a narrative about how useless the Divas era was compared to the Women’s Revolution. A narrative they had AJ Lee “shoot” on and documentaries saying it put women’s wrestling back and all this which, hey, even if it was true, still feels like a crappy thing to do for people who wrestled there and were genuinely inspired to wrestle by the Bellas and everyone else WWE hired and trained. They don’t need to appreciate jack shit. EDIT: Britt Baker literally tweeted just now that the Bellas inspired her to be a wrestler. Hell they cut a response that Nikki apparently did to AJ because she got cheered for it.
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Post by john84 on Mar 14, 2023 22:39:29 GMT -5
My reaction to the news
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Post by mrtuesday on Mar 15, 2023 6:56:26 GMT -5
People forget that this is not the first time they left WWE. 10 years ago they left and tried to use their exposure from Total Divas to try to make it elsewhere. They failed to make any kind of impact anywhere else, so they went back to WWE about a year later.
I don't wish ill will on them, but what are the odds of history repeating itself?
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