Some Guy
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Post by Some Guy on Jun 3, 2023 14:18:53 GMT -5
Over 90% of fans have no idea on her social media posts, so I think that has nothing to do with it. WWE the strong majority of the time doesn't care about that stuff either. It is the stop go - stop go approach that is killing her. Her first southern belle gimmick probably worked best. The marine mom thing might have worked but they bailed too fast and made her blur the line between face and heel. The Marine mom thing was working until Sasha and Bayley called her a loser, beat her, called her a loser again and beat her again Worked insofar as it existed. She's still incapable of something resembling a good match.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jun 3, 2023 14:39:54 GMT -5
she sucks, its a shame but she sucks mang, just total balls, almost admirable
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Post by PTBartman on Jun 3, 2023 14:44:01 GMT -5
Why is there a snake on her hat, though? For real? 🤔 Cause she's dressed like GI Joe, but actually works for COBRA?
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Ben Wyatt
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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 Jun 3, 2023 15:17:32 GMT -5
The Marine mom thing was working until Sasha and Bayley called her a loser, beat her, called her a loser again and beat her again Worked insofar as it existed. She's still incapable of something resembling a good match. Worked as in, she was actually getting over with it
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jun 3, 2023 15:19:03 GMT -5
Just ignore her they 'll take her off tv in 2 weeks and then rebrand her for the 10th time in 4 months
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 3, 2023 15:37:01 GMT -5
Look, who among us hasn't flipped out after being screwed in a karaoke contest?
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Post by sunnytaker on Jun 3, 2023 16:10:03 GMT -5
so lacey's the Joe who betrayed them and joined Cobra instead?
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Jun 3, 2023 16:24:49 GMT -5
so lacey's the Joe who betrayed them and joined Cobra instead? She resembles an evil Scarlett.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jun 3, 2023 16:32:34 GMT -5
I'm surprised the US Army never complained about Slaughter's stolen valor especially when he was heel and trashing the country. RCMP didn't eff around when the Mountie character made them look bad. USAF are usually very concerned with their depiction in pop culture.
As for Evans same as Shotzi really, she had a good look and they needed bodies on the main roster because of injuries/breaks, etc so they got called up a year or two early and it did their in-ring progression long-term damage from which they've never recovered.
The same thing will happen to some of the women currently in NXT. The women's division on the main roster is smaller so injuries/departures damage it more necessitating faster call ups plus NXT women are less likely to have an indie background than the men so need a wee bit extra time in developmental. Malenko is in AEW and Finlay is in his 60s so perhaps easing into PT work/early retirement probably doesn't help.
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jun 3, 2023 16:50:26 GMT -5
I'm surprised the US Army never complained about Slaughter's stolen valor especially when he was heel and trashing the country. RCMP didn't eff around when the Mountie character made them look bad. USAF are usually very concerned with their depiction in pop culture. As for Evans same as Shotzi really, she had a good look and they needed bodies on the main roster because of injuries/breaks, etc so they got called up a year or two early and it did their in-ring progression long-term damage from which they've never recovered. The same thing will happen to some of the women currently in NXT. The women's division on the main roster is smaller so injuries/departures damage it more necessitating faster call ups plus NXT women are less likely to have an indie background than the men so need a wee bit extra time in developmental. Malenko is in AEW and Finlay is in his 60s so perhaps easing into PT work/early retirement probably doesn't help. I wonder what's going on with Roxanne because she has nothing going on in NXT right now and she's one of the best wrestlers in the company, so she should be on the main roster now (unless the anxiety issues are legit, which I'd totally understand). I think Roxanne going to SD and Shotzi to NXT would be good for both women. As for Lacey, she was called up way too soon and has had some shitty booking over the years. Neither thing is her fault, but because she's kind of a tool IRL I don't really feel bad for her anymore. They can do whatever with her.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jun 3, 2023 17:00:24 GMT -5
The clear mistake with Lacey is having her as a heel emulating a GI Joe good guy like Slaughter instead of a heel emulating a member of Cobra.
If this were her new catchphrase before hitting her finisher she'd be over in no time:
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Jun 3, 2023 17:00:32 GMT -5
I'm surprised the US Army never complained about Slaughter's stolen valor especially when he was heel and trashing the country. RCMP didn't eff around when the Mountie character made them look bad. USAF are usually very concerned with their depiction in pop culture. As for Evans same as Shotzi really, she had a good look and they needed bodies on the main roster because of injuries/breaks, etc so they got called up a year or two early and it did their in-ring progression long-term damage from which they've never recovered. The same thing will happen to some of the women currently in NXT. The women's division on the main roster is smaller so injuries/departures damage it more necessitating faster call ups plus NXT women are less likely to have an indie background than the men so need a wee bit extra time in developmental. Malenko is in AEW and Finlay is in his 60s so perhaps easing into PT work/early retirement probably doesn't help. Because his supposedly being a Marine would not have the Army give one damn, and I say this as a veteran of the US Army.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Jun 3, 2023 17:47:00 GMT -5
Lacey’s hot AF.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jun 3, 2023 19:56:18 GMT -5
She's only been around 4 years, way less when you take into account all the time she's been off TV, but she's already in that Natalya/Ziggler territory where I just don't care and I don't think I ever will again.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jun 3, 2023 22:01:40 GMT -5
I'm surprised the US Army never complained about Slaughter's stolen valor especially when he was heel and trashing the country. RCMP didn't eff around when the Mountie character made them look bad. USAF are usually very concerned with their depiction in pop culture. Stolen valor only rises to a criminal act when the person claims to have been awarded a service medal or award in an attempt to make money. If Slaughter was selling action figures of himself with a Purple Heart, they’d go after him. I think he always stuck close enough to the “It’s just a character/gimmick” that he wouldn’t get on their radar.
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Post by KingPooper on Jun 4, 2023 0:03:13 GMT -5
Soo that’s where Pharrell’s hat ended up…
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jun 4, 2023 0:13:51 GMT -5
I've just never really seen much in her. Even taking my own bias against her out of the equation (there is a lot of it), she doesn't have anything interesting to me in the ring.
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Post by KingPooper on Jun 4, 2023 0:28:54 GMT -5
I'm surprised the US Army never complained about Slaughter's stolen valor especially when he was heel and trashing the country. RCMP didn't eff around when the Mountie character made them look bad. USAF are usually very concerned with their depiction in pop culture. Stolen valor only rises to a criminal act when the person claims to have been awarded a service medal or award in an attempt to make money. If Slaughter was selling action figures of himself with a Purple Heart, they’d go after him. I think he always stuck close enough to the “It’s just a character/gimmick” that he wouldn’t get on their radar. While never actually serving, Slaughter (and GI Joe) were good promotion of the Armed Forces in the 1980s.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 4, 2023 3:24:28 GMT -5
That's ... Really vague. I'm legit curious. So PM me a link? I mean I'm not saying this is this case at all, but sometimes people lean way politically and a group of people will condemn them as awful, when like... It's just an opinion? I kno politics is a big no no on here, so please, help a brother out. I don't think its a political statement to say that her posting stuff like "processed foods cause autism" (which isn't true btw) is a bad look for the company. That's just the tip of the iceberg though. After she did some paid promotion for some processed foods
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Post by Andew9001 on Jun 4, 2023 6:35:21 GMT -5
For me she's the Baron Corbin of the woman's division.
They seemed like a prospect in NXT, moved to the main roster, have gone through multiple character changes, nothing has really stuck but they keep getting chance after chance because they are at the very least a decent hand that can fill a position.
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