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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 4, 2023 18:37:15 GMT -5
The division's a two woman show for the next year. Bianca's going to steamroll Raw, Rhea's going to steamroll SmackDown, then the two of them will have THE BIGGEST WOMEN'S MATCH IN WRESTLEMANIA HISTORY at 40 while both having super historic record-setting reigns while the commentators tell you how record-setting and historic it all is.
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Post by mistery on Apr 4, 2023 18:37:39 GMT -5
So what if Asuka moves over to SD and feuds with Rhea? Can she be redeemed here? Won't win the title, but look strong and away from Bianca? Probably not going to happen. With Charlotte being gone again for the time being, Bianca is going to need someone to feud with, as I assume they were going to have Charlotte feud with her. They COULD cycle back to Becky assuming she drops the tag titles next week, but I doubt it. Odds are they will just bring Asuka back and have her continue to feud with Bianca. Or cycle back to Bayley.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 4, 2023 19:10:47 GMT -5
I like how this has gone from "Can Asuka win at Mania?" to "Will Asuka actually just leave?" in some respects... and honestly if she does leave I don't even blame her at this point
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 4, 2023 21:05:49 GMT -5
So what if Asuka moves over to SD and feuds with Rhea? Can she be redeemed here? Won't win the title, but look strong and away from Bianca? On the plus side Rhea does a really good job of treating her opponents like big deals, and makes them look good in the ring. Bianca doesn't do either one.
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Post by ultrakill on Apr 8, 2023 3:13:00 GMT -5
I'm surprised that anyone thought that Asuka ever had a chance of winning. There was no new merch released of her new look, and that's just one reason why she was never going to win.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she gets sent back down to NXT or even released since WWE doesn't care about her in the slightest.
Plus that tweet calling the division boring? Yeah, pretty sure that's going to be major backstage heat with management.
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 8, 2023 6:09:10 GMT -5
I'm surprised that anyone thought that Asuka ever had a chance of winning. There was no new merch released of her new look, and that's just one reason why she was never going to win. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she gets sent back down to NXT or even released since WWE doesn't care about her in the slightest. Plus that tweet calling the division boring? Yeah, pretty sure that's going to be major backstage heat with management. Will say it again: the odds that tweet wasn’t basically all kayfabe (while simply leaning into her fans’ frustrations) are practically nil. Let’s not get things twisted: while I agree that WWE’s never used her to her full potential, Asuka still makes a lot of money and gets featured pretty regularly, it’s not as if she’s an afterthought in that company. I could imagine her leaving WWE when her career is winding down if she has a list of opponents she wants to work with outside of WWE before she hangs it up, but unless she’s *really* creatively unfulfilled or unless this merger leads to a cost cutting spree, I can’t see her just dipping out or WWE releasing her.
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Post by ultrakill on Apr 8, 2023 6:16:10 GMT -5
I'm surprised that anyone thought that Asuka ever had a chance of winning. There was no new merch released of her new look, and that's just one reason why she was never going to win. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she gets sent back down to NXT or even released since WWE doesn't care about her in the slightest. Plus that tweet calling the division boring? Yeah, pretty sure that's going to be major backstage heat with management. Will say it again: the odds that tweet wasn’t basically all kayfabe (while simply leaning into her fans’ frustrations) are practically nil. Let’s not get things twisted: while I agree that WWE’s never used her to her full potential, Asuka still makes a lot of money and gets featured pretty regularly, it’s not as if she’s an afterthought in that company. I could imagine her leaving WWE when her career is winding down if she has a list of opponents she wants to work with outside of WWE before she hangs it up, but unless she’s *really* creatively unfulfilled it unless this merger leads to a cost cutting spree, I can’t see her just dipping out or WWE releasing her. Even if it was Kayfabe, that tweet implies that she is aware of how people are feeling about how she's being booked. I wouldn't entirely rule out her starting to have second thoughts about WWE in the back of her mind. Plus there's no indication that they have anything meaningful or substantial planned for her. And does Asuka really make that much money? We don't know what people are thinking, myself included. All we can do is speculate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2023 7:25:35 GMT -5
Asuka owns several business's in Japan so money aint a damn issue for her.
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Post by polarbearpete on Apr 8, 2023 8:21:48 GMT -5
Asuka owns several business's in Japan so money aint a damn issue for her. She owns a hair salon. Doesn’t mean she wouldn’t be swayed by million dollar offers to wrestle.
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Post by ultrakill on Apr 8, 2023 22:02:13 GMT -5
So what if Asuka moves over to SD and feuds with Rhea? Can she be redeemed here? Won't win the title, but look strong and away from Bianca? Probably not going to happen. With Charlotte being gone again for the time being, Bianca is going to need someone to feud with, as I assume they were going to have Charlotte feud with her. They COULD cycle back to Becky assuming she drops the tag titles next week, but I doubt it. Odds are they will just bring Asuka back and have her continue to feud with Bianca. Or cycle back to Bayley. Hate to ruin your optimism, there's almost zero chance that Asuka is going to continue feuding with Bianca. She's been beefing with Chelsea Green, so I can fully see her getting beaten clean by Chelsea and sent either to SD to be a personal jobber for Rhea and or struggle to even get on TV, or she gets sent back down to NXT for no reason other than because WWE loves actively screwing with Asuka and her fans.
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Post by sunnytaker on Apr 10, 2023 13:12:48 GMT -5
i'm just impatiently waiting for the asuka/Iyo singles match that i don;t think they have ever done since Iyo got called up. (they did spar in tag matches a couple times and the fans were hyped for it so naturally they don;t do a singles match between them)
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Post by Totorob101 on Apr 10, 2023 13:57:02 GMT -5
i'm just impatiently waiting for the asuka/Iyo singles match that i don;t think they have ever done since Iyo got called up. (they did spar in tag matches a couple times and the fans were hyped for it so naturally they don;t do a singles match between them) They will never do a Asuka Iyo singles match especially now with Vince back in charge,the time for that was when he was away but even Hunter didn't do It and with damage controls future in doubt and the future of Iyo and Dakota possibly in jeopardy there just doesn't seem to be any need for it to happen.
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Post by john84 on Apr 10, 2023 13:59:05 GMT -5
As far as Iyo v Asuka goes, whilst it's one of my dream Mania matches I don't see it happening anytime soon. I'm just glad I've got wrestling games so I can book it at least on them lol.
I'm a bit more hopeful of getting a Summer Slam match between the two though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2023 14:06:19 GMT -5
If Asuka had won at Mania then IMO there would have been a very strong chance that IYO would have challenged her at Summerslam.
But now unless it is a tag or some other multi woman match idk how they would even get there now because like said not even HHH pulled the trigger on it when he sould have the moment they got the reaction they did for the absoloute fire promo they did back and forth in Japanese.
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Post by john84 on Apr 10, 2023 14:21:23 GMT -5
If Asuka had won at Mania then IMO there would have been a very strong chance that IYO would have challenged her at Summerslam. But now unless it is a tag or some other multi woman match idk how they would even get there now because like said not even HHH pulled the trigger on it when he sould have the moment they got the reaction they did for the absolute fire promo they did back and forth in Japanese. Even my wife was like ''cool'' when I showed her the back and forth in Japanese segment, and she's not in the least bit into wrestling and didn't know who they were (of course she's heard me talk about them but she couldn't pick them out or anything)
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 10, 2023 16:05:22 GMT -5
As much as I want so much more for her and feel she's never been booked right on the main roster, I don't think she cares about that nearly as much as we do. I fully believe her tweets are entirely kayfabe.
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Post by john84 on Apr 10, 2023 16:55:33 GMT -5
As much as I want so much more for her and feel she's never been booked right on the main roster, I don't think she cares about that nearly as much as we do. I fully believe her tweets are entirely kayfabe. Oh I'd be surprised if those tweets were anything other than kayfabe especially since she seems to be the type of person to keep her frustrations private between her and whoever she's frustrated with.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2023 17:13:26 GMT -5
As much as I want so much more for her and feel she's never been booked right on the main roster, I don't think she cares about that nearly as much as we do. I fully believe her tweets are entirely kayfabe. Oh I'd be surprised if those tweets were anything other than kayfabe especially since she seems to be the type of person to keep her frustrations private between her and whoever she's frustrated with. She might have chilled out now but Asuka in Japan prior to coming to WWE was pretty vocal and it got her in hot water with quite a few companies and people.
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Post by john84 on Apr 10, 2023 17:23:14 GMT -5
Oh I'd be surprised if those tweets were anything other than kayfabe especially since she seems to be the type of person to keep her frustrations private between her and whoever she's frustrated with. She might have chilled out now but Asuka in Japan prior to coming to WWE was pretty vocal and it got her in hot water with quite a few companies and people. Well, my impression of her is that she's quite chilled out these days at least.
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Post by ultrakill on Apr 10, 2023 21:40:20 GMT -5
Welp. Iyo just got a title shot and Asuka's busy feuding with Chelsea Green on Twitter. I think you can all see where this is going.
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