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Post by fw91 on Feb 24, 2024 19:04:32 GMT -5
Didn't wake up early for the show and only fast forwarded for highlighs. Was she boo'd or just met with silence? She got a weak reaction for her entrance; received "bullshit" chants when she kicked out of the triple stack pin from Bianca, Becky & Liv; and was serenaded with the "Na Na Na Na" song after she got eliminated ouch. that's kinda weird though. Although there might not be much to like about Raquel at the moment, I wouldn't say she is being shoved down our throats.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Feb 24, 2024 19:35:28 GMT -5
Hell of a poll so far, looks like nobody is really sure what to think of Raquel as a whole.
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Post by Renslayer on Feb 24, 2024 19:51:11 GMT -5
She's tough as hell. Salute to her
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 24, 2024 20:02:43 GMT -5
I think a lucha mask or facepaint would help her. Her facial expressions are often out of place or just strange.
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Post by saneiac on Feb 24, 2024 20:20:07 GMT -5
Her look is terrific. Her ringwork is... fine? Her personality is missing.
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 24, 2024 20:36:19 GMT -5
Raw's probably going to be the bigger tell here for her crowd reactions going forward. The Australian crowd was hostile, but they loved her on Raw just last week. In terms of her character, I think they just need to give her more to do, it feels like Vince assigned her 'you're a babyface so you have to smile and be happy to be here' upon her 2022 call-up and she hasn't yet had a chance to play something different. They could also have her perhaps get revenge on Nia now that they've shown that Nia is beatable.
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Post by HIM on Feb 24, 2024 20:48:20 GMT -5
Down the middle. I just don't care about her.
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Post by clc on Feb 24, 2024 21:33:31 GMT -5
Raquel is great. Australia is wrong (but they were right about their enthusiasm of Tiffy)
I think it's her booking. She's booked as a glass canon. It's like they try to protect her, but at the same time they constantly kneecap her. She's always selling beat downs and taking pins. Give her Bianca or Rhea's protection and she's just as, if not more special, than either of them. A pretty, six foot tall, well spoken bilingual, powerhouse. If WWE can't do anything with that then they are inept.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Feb 24, 2024 21:39:08 GMT -5
Hell of a poll so far, looks like nobody is really sure what to think of Raquel as a whole. I forgot to answer the question. I'm indifferent.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 24, 2024 22:12:33 GMT -5
I picked one of the joke answers but if I had to be serious for a moment, I'm completely apathetic to her.
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Post by Legion on Feb 24, 2024 22:59:04 GMT -5
I like her, she just needs more to care about than her back.
Crowds seem to want to boo her, so turn her heel and have her just destroy people
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 24, 2024 23:11:50 GMT -5
Raquel is great. Australia is wrong (but they were right about their enthusiasm of Tiffy) I think it's her booking. She's booked as a glass canon. It's like they try to protect her, but at the same time they constantly kneecap her. She's always selling beat downs and taking pins. Give her Bianca or Rhea's protection and she's just as, if not more special, than either of them. A pretty, six foot tall, well spoken bilingual, powerhouse. If WWE can't do anything with that then they are inept. Things can change over time though. It's two years since Rhea got pinned twice in a week (Raw gauntlet match, Elimination Chamber) by Bianca.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Feb 24, 2024 23:32:01 GMT -5
She's good but she's a terrible face, it's not her fault, she's a far better heel.
She needs to drop the back muscle pose, Rhea Ripley is on the same show.
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Post by mystermystery on Feb 25, 2024 0:05:09 GMT -5
She was one of the better parts of that match but it felt like she was being used in more of a heel role with the power moments she'd get. Honestly, it seemed like she was in the old Mark Henry role building to the traditional "everyone rallies, combos, and pins," so I was pleasantly surprised that she kicked out of it (even if the crowd was determined to hate her especially after Tiffany's elimination).
Every time I've seen her in a match, she's been good. Limited sample size? Maybe, but it's what I've seen.
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Post by ghost on Feb 25, 2024 0:07:07 GMT -5
Everything about her presentation needs to be changed, and she comes off phony with the excessive smiling. A heel turn would probably do her some good.
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Post by Andew9001 on Feb 25, 2024 2:33:05 GMT -5
I like her and i think she has potential. She just needs something to work with. At the moment she just lacks character. Maybe a heel turn would work well for her.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 25, 2024 3:11:16 GMT -5
it's funny people keep mentioning Diesel cause while watching her in the chamber my thought was... she's like a more athletic Kevin Nash.
It might have been the outfit with the little tassels... but if she's going that way she needs massive tassled pants...
Also she did a hell of a job catching Tiffany cause if she didn't Tiffany would have landed right on her head.
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Post by mistery on Feb 25, 2024 7:18:14 GMT -5
Raquel is great. Australia is wrong (but they were right about their enthusiasm of Tiffy) I think it's her booking. She's booked as a glass canon. It's like they try to protect her, but at the same time they constantly kneecap her. She's always selling beat downs and taking pins. Give her Bianca or Rhea's protection and she's just as, if not more special, than either of them. A pretty, six foot tall, well spoken bilingual, powerhouse. If WWE can't do anything with that then they are inept. Its not even that. Its that she has zero aura, and is completely bland. Also WWE already tried to put her on the same level as Rhea and Bianca when she won the NXT Women's Championship and it didn't end well. Ratings with Iyo and Balor as champs in NXT were very strong. However, once Raquel and Kross won their respective titles, that basically put the wheels into motion over NXT Black and Gold dying, as ratings absolutely started to crater during their reigns. I think Raquel is nowhere near a main event level talent, and there is nothing you could do to fix it.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Feb 25, 2024 7:43:36 GMT -5
I like her, she just needs more to care about than her back. Crowds seem to want to boo her, so turn her heel and have her just destroy people This is the best way to salvage her right now. So many of us on here WANT to care, they just gotta give us a reason. (and props to her for competing at all with what she's going through, very gutsy performance)
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 25, 2024 8:51:34 GMT -5
She's not bad, like nothing about her is BAD
But she has nothing going for her in terms of capturing the fans attention. There are women who simply overshadow her in the character department and her being a hoss doesn't make her stand out enough
The best comparison I have is Apollo Crews where they have talent but they aren't finding a gimmick that clicks. They did eventually try with Apollo, in NXT they tried a little more, on the main roster they've literally done nothing with her and now it's going on years. She's Raquel, she's big, she's strong, and she's... there.
It's just not enough, the crowds telling you it's not enough, not that they might not cheer for her, but that she needs SOMETHING
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