J is Justice
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They say fantasies can't come true, only dreams can.
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Post by J is Justice on Oct 14, 2024 21:12:45 GMT -5
Well, she did the moonsault, even if she missed it, lol.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 14, 2024 21:15:18 GMT -5
I hate to add fuel to Rhea is too OP theory but she was really the only person in the match who was made to look good at all. Tiffany did nothing but get beat up and I don't think even got a single move in, Liv just mainly got beat up by Rhea and was going to get pinned by her if Raquel didn't save her, and then Raquel was dispatched easily by Rhea at the end.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 14, 2024 21:33:10 GMT -5
That slam & suplex from Raquel woulda put a fear in me if this hadn't have been a taped show. Aiyah.
Nia trying to get Tiffy's synapses to fire before she was finally getting it was funny. Especially when Nia throws her arms up in exasperation which the cam barely catches towards the end.
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Post by theironyuppie on Oct 14, 2024 21:41:30 GMT -5
I hate to add fuel to Rhea is too OP theory but she was really the only person in the match who was made to look good at all. Tiffany did nothing but get beat up and I don't think even got a single move in, Liv just mainly got beat up by Rhea and was going to get pinned by her if Raquel didn't save her, and then Raquel was dispatched easily by Rhea at the end. I thought it was more showing that Rhea's strong but can't overcome numbers. She nearly got Raquel on the outside but got flattered by Nia, and then when on the verge of taking out Nia, got chop-blocked by Liv. Combine that with the fun mismatched-partners stuff with Tiffy and it's a pretty good way to start thinking ahead for Wargames. |
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Post by PHD-FENDERBAUM on Oct 14, 2024 21:46:27 GMT -5
I hate to add fuel to Rhea is too OP theory but she was really the only person in the match who was made to look good at all. Tiffany did nothing but get beat up and I don't think even got a single move in, Liv just mainly got beat up by Rhea and was going to get pinned by her if Raquel didn't save her, and then Raquel was dispatched easily by Rhea at the end. It is a problem across the board with HHH's booking but is far more noticable with the women because the womens divisions don't have the depth that the mens divisions do. Rhea despite having like next to nothing to do with the womens division is booked so above the others she becomes a detriment for the other women to be put against because they have built this aura around her by being made to stand toe to toe with some of the men on the roster it became a thing where it is like well no one should logically be able to be Rhea like ever without mass f***ery. It is the same thing with Jade and Bianca....so OP protected that they basically hurt just about any other women they are put against because pretty much every other woman on the roster is made out to be so beneath them that it takes a small army to even have a chance and Bianca spent the better part of 3yrs beating 5 top tier women pretty much by herself. |
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Post by asuka007 on Oct 14, 2024 22:00:49 GMT -5
Damien Priest is booked that way as well.
Hunter’s preferred method of pushing his favorites is to book them like unbeatable gods who almost never have to really struggle or look weak.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 15, 2024 5:17:43 GMT -5
Well, she did the moonsault, even if she missed it, lol. That was the World's Greatest Moonsault! The difference is - It would've whiffed even if Morgan stayed put
- It's what Barrett calls the PME when he's zoning out/hasn't seen Stratton execute her finisher in actual months
Hopefully didn't miss this though~
"Tiff! GET UP." "I'm trying."
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Post by 4real on Oct 15, 2024 10:32:26 GMT -5
Nia did actually get a laugh out of me for trying to spell out to Tiff it was time to cash in.
The cash in is obviously coming soon WWE are teasing the heck out of it.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on Oct 15, 2024 11:26:31 GMT -5
It was nice to see her part of the opening segment last night and have her first ever match on RAW, and in the main event. I'm quite pleased they ended where it did and she stood reasonably tall, as I was thinking, given their respective booking over the past few months, the show would have ended with this  |
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Post by clc on Oct 15, 2024 11:43:17 GMT -5
Nia is out there just watching it happen. Not a good look for their friendship.
If Tiffy cashed in last night, she'd have to fight Nia at Crown Jewel. Tiffy was playing 3d chess while Nia was playing checkers.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on Oct 15, 2024 15:21:26 GMT -5
Seems she didn't get a match in Newcastle tonight. That's effectively my home city, about 20 miles down the road. I've been the past 2 times they were up here but my brother and his 2 kids didn't fancy it this year, and I don't really have many friends who like wrestling, and certainly none willing to pay around £100 for pretty average seats - it's definitely a lot more expensive than it was the last time in June / July last year. I was debating going on my own, but decided against it.
Seems she got involved in the Nia-Bayley post match with Naomi making the save, but not leading to a tag match, so not sure if there was a minor injury somewhere, or if the timings were a bit out over the past couple of shows and one match had to give, and Naomi vs Tiffany would clearly be up there if they had to cut one. Even after my complaining post yesterday, I would have been a bit annoyed if I did end up going and she was reduced to a cameo showing (with me) having fully expected a direct repeat of the Cardiff and Liverpool schedule the previous days.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 15, 2024 15:38:41 GMT -5
Oh thank goodness I was halfway thinkin' this was you.  |
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on Oct 15, 2024 15:50:47 GMT -5
Oh thank goodness I was halfway thinkin' this was you. That was apparently in Cardiff a couple of nights ago, but I feel him, haha. |
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 15, 2024 21:13:16 GMT -5
The idea of Stratton & Ripley being on the same show playing off each other is starting to pick up steam. Don't know how they get there but WWE might be on to something here!
If they pull the trigger by then them interacting and being teammates for Wargames could be compelling TV.
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Shawn would do it.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on Oct 16, 2024 13:32:14 GMT -5
The idea of Stratton & Ripley being on the same show playing off each other is starting to pick up steam. Don't know how they get there but WWE might be on to something here!
If they pull the trigger by then them interacting and being teammates for Wargames could be compelling TV.
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Shawn would do it.
Yeah, it's been great. I've seen so many of those Wednesday and Enid posts on social media, loads of those black and pink house pics, WWE have posted a lot on IG about the pairing, lots of good snippets came from it like 'It's not Dommy time...', and 'I'm trying...', and I know I'm getting a reputation on here, but even her IG follower count shows the impact. According to SocialBlade, so not me manually adding it all up or making a daily dairy , she gained just over 15,000 new followers throughout the whole of September, whereas since RAW alone, she has gained nearly 7,000. It would be great if they were involved in War Games, and they probably could somehow extend the Crown Jewel fall out for another few weeks to get to the PLE match, whether she would be on the face or heel team would obviously depend on what goes down in Saudi, but then it would be a bit harsh on the likes of PFC as they will likely be taking a back seat this month, and part of me kind of hopes it's Nia vs Chelsea, or more likely Naomi in Vancouver, and that's when the (successful) cash in happens, but either way, it's nice that she does feel like she has a bit of momentum and intrigue back again for what feels like the first time in ages. |
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Post by theironyuppie on Oct 16, 2024 23:52:15 GMT -5
The idea of Stratton & Ripley being on the same show playing off each other is starting to pick up steam. Don't know how they get there but WWE might be on to something here!
If they pull the trigger by then them interacting and being teammates for Wargames could be compelling TV.
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Shawn would do it.
Yeah, it's been great. I've seen so many of those Wednesday and Enid posts on social media, loads of those black and pink house pics, WWE have posted a lot on IG about the pairing, lots of good snippets came from it like 'It's not Dommy time...', and 'I'm trying...', and I know I'm getting a reputation on here, but even her IG follower count shows the impact. According to SocialBlade, so not me manually adding it all up or making a daily dairy , she gained just over 15,000 new followers throughout the whole of September, whereas since RAW alone, she has gained nearly 7,000. It would be great if they were involved in War Games, and they probably could somehow extend the Crown Jewel fall out for another few weeks to get to the PLE match, whether she would be on the face or heel team would obviously depend on what goes down in Saudi, but then it would be a bit harsh on the likes of PFC as they will likely be taking a back seat this month, and part of me kind of hopes it's Nia vs Chelsea, or more likely Naomi in Vancouver, and that's when the (successful) cash in happens, but either way, it's nice that she does feel like she has a bit of momentum and intrigue back again for what feels like the first time in ages.
It's nice to see the momentum back, especially after Tiffany was getting the standard 'MITB winner loses a lot' booking that wasn't doing much for her. Rhea always does strong social media numbers too (her IG followers are now upwards of 4.5 million), so appearing with her is bound to give Tiffany a solid boost.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 18, 2024 21:57:47 GMT -5
Hrmm.
Gonna "pie in the sky" it and postulate this leads to some combination of Stratton/Ripley/three warm bodies vs. Jax/Morgan/Rodriguez/LeRae & Hartwell in Wargames. A bit of a bummer that storyline or legit Tiffany's momentum (and sinuses!) might be stuffed up at the mo.
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Post by centeroftheuniverse on Oct 19, 2024 4:50:17 GMT -5
I'm 99.99% sure if it was Tiffany/Nia vs Bayley/Naomi then Tiffany wouldn't have hit her moonsault on Bayley to pick up the win, plus we just saw that match 2 or 3 weeks ago so we didn't really need to see it again, especially so soon. I was still thinking she would have been involved somehow, whether as a plan to help Nia win, or her own plotting plan to cash in. Had the match started at 9.45pm ET and ended with that match, I might have even thought she might leave with the title, which would have been a mistake on a totally random Smackdown, but obviously wasn't happening with it starting around 9.25pm with Roman still to come.
I assume this is story line related and that she wasn't really ill. Nia might want to be more associated with Candance seeing how they won this tag combo, whereas Tiffany lost a few weeks ago. It did feel random Candice joining the story and especially winning - if she lost and took the pin, as many expected, then more likely it would have just been stepping in, but it will be interesting to see where this goes. I think it will also help lead to the Tiffy face turn, and at the moment, it is starting to feel like Smackdown will be heavily involved in the women's War Games match rather than having Team Rhea vs Team Liv and the RAW people filling it out. A bit of a shame she wasn't on the show to continue her momentum and the build towards Crown Jewel, but then she was heavily featured on RAW.
Mind, I did feel sorry for Bayley. Not even a sniff of an entrance, like nothing at all as she was coming out totally within the commercial break (left with Naomi, came back at the end of Candace's), so she gets a total jobber entrance and then pinned by a lower carded who hadn't been on TV for about 3 months, and while some shenanigans, not just a roll up either. In terms of stock, she'd have probably been better off catching 'flu'.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 20, 2024 1:34:01 GMT -5
Turning Tiffany face against a heel trio of Nia, Candice, and Indi sounds interesting if that's what it's leading to. I was glad they gave Candice the win as it was the first potential intriguing development with the Smackdown women in quite a while. Nobody mattering other then Nia, Tiffany, Bayley, and Naomi was getting really old. Especially since other then Tiffany the other three are ancient in TV years.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Oct 20, 2024 3:40:11 GMT -5
Turning Tiffany face against a heel trio of Nia, Candice, and Indi sounds interesting if that's what it's leading to. I was glad they gave Candice the win as it was the first potential intriguing development with the Smackdown women in quite a while. Nobody mattering other then Nia, Tiffany, Bayley, and Naomi was getting really old. Especially since other then Tiffany the other three are ancient in TV years. I wonder if they'd consider giving Bayley a run in NXT? If nothing else, there are a lot of fresh opponents for her there. |
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