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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jun 20, 2023 20:51:16 GMT -5
"Raquel Rodriguez is so bland!"
How bland is she?
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jun 20, 2023 20:58:30 GMT -5
"Raquel Rodriguez is so bland!" How bland is she? *smiles in back muscles"
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Post by theironyuppie on Jun 20, 2023 21:20:42 GMT -5
I really like Raquel. Her tallness is awesome. People are underestimating that. You see how she towered over Lil Trish. You see that bear hug (props to Trish for selling that hard too!) That was an impressive visual. I think Raquel pulls off the powerhouse vibe better than anyone else right now. That house show match where she does the height gesture to Rhea and turns to the crowd and says, "Doesn't she look bigger on TV?" That was pure gold! A poster above says there is nothing she does that Rhea, Bianca, or Charlotte can't. I'll disagree. Given Raquel's stature, she's the only person on the roster you could put against any of those three and she could believably bully them around. I also like her bilingualism. As someone who grew up with a Latina mom, that switch from English to Spanish is terrifying because that means I'm about to get my butt beat! Raquel is one of my favorite WWE superstars right now.
..and she has back muscles!
Agreed. We haven't seen a Raquel/Charlotte or a Raquel/Bianca face-off yet, but it's valuable having someone that much bigger than Rhea, visuals like that matter. It looks great on house shows when Rhea hits the Riptide on her, just like it'd look great if she gets KODed some day. In addition to being bilingual, Raquel also has media training (broadcast journalism was her college major) and comes across well in interviews, which is a positive quality to have when she starts to get a bigger push. I still feel a lot of what people point to as 'she's boring' is that she just hasn't had the chance to really run with a story yet. It's a little like the situation Rhea herself used to be in, where she was obviously a future prospect, but she also wasn't getting the chance to fully show who she was as a character, though in her case, she flourished almost immediately when she did in July last year.
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Post by KingPooper on Jun 20, 2023 23:09:35 GMT -5
I didn’t watch NXT tonight just saw a random clip on Cora Jade mocking Dana Brooke who was in stretcher. I just started cracking up. I don’t know what that segment / match was trying to accomplish, besides being hilarious. Dana Brooke is the worst and she’s had go away heat for years. I’ll take Raquel over Dana any day.
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Post by saneiac on Jun 20, 2023 23:46:57 GMT -5
I don't think a heel turn will help. She was a heel in NXT and was just as uninteresting.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 20, 2023 23:48:44 GMT -5
It's pretty crazy how she's now been there for months and the reaction from the crowd has never changed
They do not care. They care about people WITH her... but when she has matches alone... wow. And that crowd was crazy into everything this week.
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Post by mistery on Jun 21, 2023 8:05:29 GMT -5
I know there was speculation that Triple H saw/sees her as the modern day Chyna. Without realizing that Chyna was a unique woman who can't be replicated, and won't be in this day and age.
It doesn't help that Raquel despite being portrayed as a powerhouse wrestler, has shown times where she struggles significantly with power spots.
As for her run in NXT, it pretty much completely faceplanted because they made the decision to have her take the title off of Iyo at the time, so expectations for the next champion were going to be sky high (no pun intended), and she failed miserably. It doesn't help that they tried to force her into a face role, despite the audience clearly liking Dakota more.
I think the real catalyst for people souring on Raquel though was the week after she won the title where you had commentary acting like she saved the women's division from a reign of terror, and then had Rhea, Bianca, and her all celebrating in the ring, acting like those three were the future, when in reality only Rhea and Bianca had proven themselves, and Raquel couldn't get a positive reaction to save her life.
That's ignoring her real life views which are really not good. And how irresponsible she was during the COVID pandemic.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jun 21, 2023 9:32:10 GMT -5
I really like Raquel. Her tallness is awesome. People are underestimating that. You see how she towered over Lil Trish. You see that bear hug (props to Trish for selling that hard too!) That was an impressive visual. I think Raquel pulls off the powerhouse vibe better than anyone else right now. That house show match where she does the height gesture to Rhea and turns to the crowd and says, "Doesn't she look bigger on TV?" That was pure gold! A poster above says there is nothing she does that Rhea, Bianca, or Charlotte can't. I'll disagree. Given Raquel's stature, she's the only person on the roster you could put against any of those three and she could believably bully them around. I also like her bilingualism. As someone who grew up with a Latina mom, that switch from English to Spanish is terrifying because that means I'm about to get my butt beat! Raquel is one of my favorite WWE superstars right now. ..and she has back muscles!
That's why there's potential there. The impressive tall woman who speaks two languages could be a huge hit if she puts it together but right now, she's just a tall, bilingual bland wrestler which is a shame. I liked her most as the Diesel to Dakota's Shawn.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jun 21, 2023 13:04:33 GMT -5
I thought she came across well on The Bump today:
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jun 21, 2023 14:41:13 GMT -5
I got it: repackage her as Raquel Rodriguez, evil Subway sandwich artist.
If you take too long to order, she throws processed meat in your face and beats you with an Italian Herb & Cheese foot-long
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jun 21, 2023 15:52:46 GMT -5
Does the talent in question have back muscles?
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Jun 21, 2023 16:21:58 GMT -5
I like her a lot but she has no character. Last week on Raw (didn't see this week) she literally did a generic firey babyface entrance. She needs...something.
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Post by agent817 on Jun 21, 2023 19:28:54 GMT -5
All I can say is she is buff and good-looking. That's about it. I also thought she was good-looking in NXT when she was portrayed as more of a badass. Then she was brought to the main roster with a different look and smiles a lot. I mean, damn, her smile gets more and more unsettling as time goes on.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jun 22, 2023 4:33:51 GMT -5
I got it: repackage her as Raquel Rodriguez, evil Subway sandwich artist. If you take too long to order, she throws processed meat in your face and beats you with an Italian Herb & Cheese foot-long Raquel's new gimmick: (Language Warning)
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Post by saneiac on Jun 22, 2023 23:05:36 GMT -5
I just got around to watching Raquel vs Trish Stratus from last Monday, and I have to say that was easily the most interested I've ever been in a Raquel match. She looked genuinely badass there.
Thank you Trish.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jun 23, 2023 1:37:37 GMT -5
I totally agree. I tried eating a Raquel Rodriguez sandwich one time and couldn't believe how bland it tasted. I had to put a slice of cheese on it and some BBQ sauce to make it taste better.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jun 23, 2023 4:50:53 GMT -5
I totally agree. I tried eating a Raquel Rodriguez sandwich one time and couldn't believe how bland it tasted. I had to put a slice of cheese on it and some BBQ sauce to make it taste better. AS GOD AS MY WITNESS SHE'S BROKEN IN HALF!
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 23, 2023 7:55:44 GMT -5
I totally agree. I tried eating a Raquel Rodriguez sandwich one time and couldn't believe how bland it tasted. I had to put a slice of cheese on it and some BBQ sauce to make it taste better.
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Post by J is Justice on Jun 23, 2023 13:10:30 GMT -5
I totally agree. I tried eating a Raquel Rodriguez sandwich one time and couldn't believe how bland it tasted. I had to put a slice of cheese on it and some BBQ sauce to make it taste better.
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Post by pinja on Jun 23, 2023 13:19:44 GMT -5
I totally agree. I tried eating a Raquel Rodriguez sandwich one time and couldn't believe how bland it tasted. I had to put a slice of cheese on it and some BBQ sauce to make it taste better.
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