gl83
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Post by gl83 on Jun 12, 2023 10:14:29 GMT -5
The funny thing is that WWE is absolutely going to edit the crowd reactions on the Smackdown before MITB to suit their narratives. Because its not exactly the riskiest bet to assume that both Bianca and Charlotte aren't exactly going to be received well by the UK audiences. But WWE will pipe in cheers for them, and boos for Asuka. Depends on what the storyline is. There's an assumption that Bianca's going to turn heel while Charlotte stays face, but I think it's more likely they're going for a Charlotte/Becky 2018 dynamic where fans got even more behind Becky because they thought WWE was trying to make her the heel, and where Charlotte eventually had to turn heel to make the story make sense. I could definitely see a scenario where Charlotte gets her title shot, which pushes Bianca to the back. Then Charlotte wins the title and Asuka invokes her rematch, which again pushes Bianca to the back yet again. Bianca gets involved in the rematch and takes out both Charlotte and Asuka, setting up a triple threat at Summerslam.
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Post by mistery on Jun 12, 2023 11:05:27 GMT -5
Depends on what the storyline is. There's an assumption that Bianca's going to turn heel while Charlotte stays face, but I think it's more likely they're going for a Charlotte/Becky 2018 dynamic where fans got even more behind Becky because they thought WWE was trying to make her the heel, and where Charlotte eventually had to turn heel to make the story make sense. I could definitely see a scenario where Charlotte gets her title shot, which pushes Bianca to the back. Then Charlotte wins the title and Asuka invokes her rematch, which again pushes Bianca to the back yet again. Bianca gets involved in the rematch and takes out both Charlotte and Asuka, setting up a triple threat at Summerslam. Charlotte winning the title would be an incredibly bad idea as it's pretty clear the backlash to her coming back just to get another title reign at Asuka's expense would likely turn a lot of people off of the product. It would also immediately devalue the new title if Asuka only had a three week reign with it. Especially since we know Charlotte won't get a long reign either, she'll drop it like a month later at Summerslam to Bianca, who will probably end up getting another long run until Wrestlemania or something, while running over the division again. It doesn't help that...you know, Charlotte tweeted out the video of Triple H making fun of people who hated the product and called them marks, which had resulted in WWE's viewership halving over the next year after that promo.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Jun 12, 2023 12:17:49 GMT -5
Charlotte having a meltdown, quoting the infamous Triple H promo that ended up causing WWE to suffer a huge decline: He showed me, a guy who’s only watched the Rumble (for free) for the last 6 years. I feel like such a fool.
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Post by asuka007 on Jun 12, 2023 13:36:45 GMT -5
Should be noted, WWE’s audience was cut in half in the years after Hunter cut that promo.
This isn’t the flex she seems to think it is.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jun 12, 2023 13:42:20 GMT -5
Should be noted, WWE’s audience was cut in half in the years after Hunter cut that promo. This isn’t the flex she seems to think it is. I don't think she sees it as a flex so much as a way of riling up fans to make them feel bad for Bianca getting jerked around by Adam Pearce.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 12, 2023 13:47:22 GMT -5
She's a tremendous athlete and a really solid in ring performer. That said, her character is complete dogshit if you can't tell a story with her that doesn't involve the title
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Post by asuka007 on Jun 12, 2023 14:02:51 GMT -5
Even Roman realized that it was time to change up his character.
Brock as well, also doing non-title stuff as well.
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Post by mistery on Jun 12, 2023 14:10:40 GMT -5
Should be noted, WWE’s audience was cut in half in the years after Hunter cut that promo. This isn’t the flex she seems to think it is. I don't think she sees it as a flex so much as a way of riling up fans to make them feel bad for Bianca getting jerked around by Adam Pearce. I don't feel bad for Bianca either, because we all know Asuka is going to be the casualty from this. Charlotte has been very open about how she doesn't do non-title feuds. And its safe to assume Bianca/Charlotte is going to be a title feud because of it. The two most overpushed women in the company while others like Asuka are sent back to the midcard to rot.
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Post by kevin on Jun 14, 2023 1:04:37 GMT -5
I don't think she sees it as a flex so much as a way of riling up fans to make them feel bad for Bianca getting jerked around by Adam Pearce. I don't feel bad for Bianca either, because we all know Asuka is going to be the casualty from this. Charlotte has been very open about how she doesn't do non-title feuds. And its safe to assume Bianca/Charlotte is going to be a title feud because of it. The two most overpushed women in the company while others like Asuka are sent back to the midcard to rot. I wonder if this would be a good time to steal a WCW storyline and have Askua lay down for Charlotte ala Jeff Jarret vs Hogan. But who would have to cut the worked shot promo to explain it. Pierce does not make a lot of sense as he gave Charlotte the title shot happily. HHH or Stephaine could do it but then would have to take on an authority role that somehow could not stop Charlotte from winning the title. Maybe Nick Khan but most people would have no idea who he is. Hmm maybe i over thinking it but that may not a good idea after all.
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