Can we please just do Rhea vs. Becky already?

[Lizuka #BLM]

Yes, yes, I know, saving it for April, all things must be saved for April, but for real, the Raw women's scene is dire. Match with Zoey was fine and all but just having Rhea beat the same few heatless people over and over and over isn't doing anything for anybody, and it especially stands out when on the flip side you have so much star power at once on SmackDown.

[mistery]

Nov 26, 2023 6:32:20 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Yes, yes, I know, saving it for April, all things must be saved for April, but for real, the Raw women's scene is dire. Match with Zoey was fine and all but just having Rhea beat the same few heatless people over and over and over isn't doing anything for anybody, and it especially stands out when on the flip side you have so much star power at once on SmackDown.

At this point I absolutely would not be shocked if Becky gets a WWE Women's Title match for no real reason before they have her feud with Rhea.

[Ben Wyatt]

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Nov 26, 2023 6:45:05 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

I suppose there’s Liv Morgan’s possible return at some point between now and when they start setting up the WM match. She’s the only talent that kind of bridges that gap between Ripley and Lynch to the rest of the division. Maybe Alexa Bliss too, but with her I don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy and also it doesn’t exactly seem like a match with a high floor and high ceiling potential.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Nov 26, 2023 6:58:14 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Nov 26, 2023 6:45:05 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

I suppose there’s Liv Morgan’s possible return at some point between now and when they start setting up the WM match. She’s the only talent that kind of bridges that gap between Ripley and Lynch to the rest of the division. Maybe Alexa Bliss too, but with her I don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy and also it doesn’t exactly seem like a match with a high floor and high ceiling potential.

I feel like they're probably going to do Shayna at the Rumble, though while she and Rhea always had good chemistry doesn't really solve the problem since she's another face in the division basically nobody actually cares about.

They really need to rebuild the division and try to get more people over but that's hard to do when the most beloved person is a heel who keeps squashing everyone. It's not really circumstances conductive to actually building people up.

[mj0mn0m]

Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch Liv Morgan is the match to make for WM XL ~ !

[Ben Wyatt]

Nov 26, 2023 6:58:14 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Nov 26, 2023 6:45:05 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

I suppose there’s Liv Morgan’s possible return at some point between now and when they start setting up the WM match. She’s the only talent that kind of bridges that gap between Ripley and Lynch to the rest of the division. Maybe Alexa Bliss too, but with her I don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy and also it doesn’t exactly seem like a match with a high floor and high ceiling potential.

There's Nia, who I begrudgingly admit has been good this run, but I don't have high hopes that a program between them would be any good

[4real]

As much as I like Rhea as champ it does seem like since she won the title she’s not had great competition and it’s basically been dragged out to wait for Rhea v Becky at Mania. Which is a shame really.

[Banjo Is Broken]

The sexual tension between the two them is going to be so palpable. Just imagine someone palping it and using it as a source of alternative fuel for an automobile. Or palping it into a delicious food source to feed hungry orphans. Or maybe they can palp it into an artificial form of sunlight.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Nov 26, 2023 6:58:14 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Nov 26, 2023 6:45:05 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

I suppose there’s Liv Morgan’s possible return at some point between now and when they start setting up the WM match. She’s the only talent that kind of bridges that gap between Ripley and Lynch to the rest of the division. Maybe Alexa Bliss too, but with her I don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy and also it doesn’t exactly seem like a match with a high floor and high ceiling potential.

From what I remember Alexa stated she was due in December.

That's not a lot of time to get back into ring shape after giving birth.

[floundertime]

Nov 27, 2023 2:32:00 GMT -5 Banjo Is Broken said:

The sexual tension between the two them is going to be so palpable. Just imagine someone palping it and using it as a source of alternative fuel for an automobile. Or palping it into a delicious food source to feed hungry orphans. Or maybe they can palp it into an artificial form of sunlight.

With Cathy Kelly as the special referee?

[Lizuka #BLM]

Nov 27, 2023 4:18:54 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

Nov 26, 2023 6:58:14 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

I suppose there’s Liv Morgan’s possible return at some point between now and when they start setting up the WM match. She’s the only talent that kind of bridges that gap between Ripley and Lynch to the rest of the division. Maybe Alexa Bliss too, but with her I don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy and also it doesn’t exactly seem like a match with a high floor and high ceiling potential.

From what I remember Alexa stated she was due in December.

That's not a lot of time to get back into ring shape after giving birth.

Yeah, kind of feels like absolute earliest we see Alexa again is probably around SummerSlam.

[clc]

Nov 26, 2023 6:45:05 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

I just duno how you keep Rhea busy until April in a way that isn't an absolute slog.

It a super easy fix.

Maybe have her actually lose a match once and a while?

Don't want her to lose? Fine. Maybe they do a beat down segment where she doesn't just get up and walk away?

Hulk Hogan used to sell beat down segments. Like Earthquake would break Hogan's ribs on the Brother Love Show, then when they had the match it made it feel like there was some sense of danger before Hulkster would beat them. Does Rhea really need to be booked stronger than Hulk Hogan!?

(This piece of advise can be applied to Bianca Belair too)

[Deleted]

Read that as Rhea vs Brock and decided I need more coffee.

[chronocross]

I would have gone with Shayna as the opponent at Survivor Series as she has more of a badass aura to her and not intimidated by "Mami".

I just wasn't really into Zoey enough to watch the match itself.

They're definitely going with Rhea/Becky at Mania and Becky ends her not-so-great title reign.

[Legion]

Giving the title back to another eternal champion doesn't help either.

[Fade]

Nov 27, 2023 2:32:00 GMT -5 Banjo Is Broken said:

The sexual tension between the two them is going to be so palpable. Just imagine someone palping it and using it as a source of alternative fuel for an automobile. Or palping it into a delicious food source to feed hungry orphans. Or maybe they can palp it into an artificial form of sunlight.

these are the posts that keep me subscribed

[BRV]

Having Rhea Ripley drop the belt, even for a week, would do wonders for her championship reign. It wouldn't hurt her aura or legacy, and it would make things unpredictable. Perhaps one of the most glaring problems with the Zoey Stark match was that nobody thought for a single second that she'd win, so even if she stole a quick victory and Rhea won it back on Monday night, at least Rhea's future title defenses wouldn't feel like such an inevitability.

[CMWaters]

Another option, but would be harder now, would have been Rhea/Bianca.

They teased it VERY briefly during Bianca's title run, and it was a semi-surprise to some when after Rhea won the Rumble she went for Charlotte instead (though good on screen reasoning).

[J is Justice]

Rhea's great but her reign has been awful.