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Post by Zen411 on Mar 2, 2024 1:28:22 GMT -5
So Dakota Kai returns from injury to "surprise" Bayley by siding with her against the evil Japanese side of Damage Ctrl. Shows a positive pleasant face turn and some personality. Claims to have been attacked by the Damage Ctrl trio one week and then turns on Bayley for no reason in her first match back.
So my question is....why??
The Japanese faction of Damage Ctrl was effective as is. Dakota Kai in the entire existence of Damage Ctrl especially pre-kabuki warriors was basically an afterthought and occasionally did mean laugh at faces. With a turn and siding with Bayley she showed some personality and a side she had never shown before. Now Bayley the elder stateswoman of the group up against four? Makes little sense. Thoughts?
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Post by Perd on Mar 2, 2024 2:03:05 GMT -5
Kai is short for Kaientai. She is the daughter of Dick Togo.
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Post by gl83 on Mar 2, 2024 2:13:09 GMT -5
Kai is short for Kaientai. She is the daughter of Dick Togo. Her loyalty was right in front of us with her last name: Kairi Asuka IYO
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 2, 2024 2:16:47 GMT -5
Okay I know Bayley watched the product. She might be my favorite but she has no excuse.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 2, 2024 2:32:13 GMT -5
Realistically I think it's so she can be their mouthpiece.
The Japanese remix of the Damage CTRL music has got me hyped.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Mar 2, 2024 3:01:05 GMT -5
Kai is short for Kaientai. She is the daughter of Dick Togo. Men’s Teioh is a great name for a Kaientai member, but I do always prefer my Dick To Go
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 2, 2024 3:09:43 GMT -5
You'd think Bayley would have been more aware of the tropes as someone who watched Raw and Smackdown every week like a loser rather than going out shopping or to the mall like Alexa Bliss.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 2, 2024 3:14:19 GMT -5
Bayley is turning into the new Becky just in time for Sting's retirement
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Post by schma on Mar 2, 2024 3:29:17 GMT -5
Bayley is turning into the new Becky just in time for Sting's retirement Oh man, if you have two stings, who turns on who? Nwo sting doesn't count naturally.
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Post by HIM on Mar 2, 2024 3:55:31 GMT -5
Realistically I think it's so she can be their mouthpiece. The Japanese remix of the Damage CTRL music has got me hyped. This. She's calling the shots, making plans, cutting their promos. There's no way the women could cut promos without those annoying "what" chants either. Sadly.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 2, 2024 4:04:16 GMT -5
Realistically I think it's so she can be their mouthpiece. The Japanese remix of the Damage CTRL music has got me hyped. This. She's calling the shots, making plans, cutting their promos. There's no way the women could cut promos without those annoying "what" chants either. Sadly. Not like Dakota speaking will stop the WHAT chants anyway... the only counter to those seems to be finding something else to chant like YEAH for Knight or YEET for Jey
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Post by asuka007 on Mar 2, 2024 4:48:03 GMT -5
Bayley really should have seen this coming.
It’s like WCW with Sting in that you need to make your heroes seem stupid just to do a “swerve.”
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Mar 2, 2024 4:50:46 GMT -5
This. She's calling the shots, making plans, cutting their promos. There's no way the women could cut promos without those annoying "what" chants either. Sadly. Not like Dakota speaking will stop the WHAT chants anyway... the only counter to those seems to be finding something else to chant like YEAH for Knight or YEET for Jey There must be a good portion of the audience who has no idea why they chant WHAT at this stage, it's been almost 23 years since it started
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 2, 2024 4:57:56 GMT -5
I'm really just wondering what on earth the point of that segment was supposed to be. Dakota betrays Bayley to, um, set her up to take a couple of really not impressive or impactful at all moves but pretty much only because Bayley was stupid enough to immediately attack her instead of continuing to singlehandedly kick Asuka and Kairi's asses at the same time like she'd been doing. It was just a generic heel attack that could've happened exactly the same regardless of the betrayal.
I'm guessing the answer is, "Stuff got majorly cut for time because Rock wouldn't shut the hell up," but still, in practice they should've just aborted and done it another time when there was more room to breathe.
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Post by asuka007 on Mar 2, 2024 5:07:01 GMT -5
I'm really just wondering what on earth the point of that segment was supposed to be. Dakota betrays Bayley to, um, set her up to take a couple of really not impressive or impactful at all moves but pretty much only because Bayley was stupid enough to immediately attack her instead of continuing to singlehandedly kick Asuka and Kairi's asses at the same time like she'd been doing. It was just a generic heel attack that could've happened exactly the same regardless of the betrayal. I'm guessing the answer is, "Stuff got majorly cut for time because Rock wouldn't shut the hell up," but still, in practice they should've just aborted and done it another time when there was more room to breathe. The Damage CTRL storyline is odd. Like they have hit all of the story beats that they should hit. But they have been rushed/out of order imo.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 2, 2024 5:12:45 GMT -5
This. She's calling the shots, making plans, cutting their promos. There's no way the women could cut promos without those annoying "what" chants either. Sadly. Not like Dakota speaking will stop the WHAT chants anyway... the only counter to those seems to be finding something else to chant like YEAH for Knight or YEET for Jey Either respond to it like Say what if you sleep with your sister, CHA GONNA DO!, the thing Monty Brown did. Or change your cadence up so there's no room for the What chant are the main ways around it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 2, 2024 5:22:55 GMT -5
Not like Dakota speaking will stop the WHAT chants anyway... the only counter to those seems to be finding something else to chant like YEAH for Knight or YEET for Jey Either respond to it like Say what if you sleep with your sister, CHA GONNA DO!, the thing Monty Brown did. Or change your cadence up so there's no room for the What chant are the main ways around it. Yeah, the what chants really don't bug me usually because most of the time it's just specifically because of the robotic cadence so many people use. If you're a more natural talker it really doesn't happen.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 2, 2024 5:27:50 GMT -5
Not like Dakota speaking will stop the WHAT chants anyway... the only counter to those seems to be finding something else to chant like YEAH for Knight or YEET for Jey There must be a good portion of the audience who has no idea why they chant WHAT at this stage, it's been almost 23 years since it started It's straight forward, they're trying to goad the heel and acting like they aren't hearing them. I think most people still realize Stone Cold started it.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 2, 2024 5:28:42 GMT -5
Either respond to it like Say what if you sleep with your sister, CHA GONNA DO!, the thing Monty Brown did. Or change your cadence up so there's no room for the What chant are the main ways around it. Yeah, the what chants really don't bug me usually because most of the time it's just specifically because of the robotic cadence so many people use. If you're a more natural talker it really doesn't happen. It's how WWE teaches promos. I think things are loser now but the way people took and take spaces between every sentence or half sentence is just opening them up for the WHAT's to fill in the silence.
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Post by Totorob101 on Mar 2, 2024 6:11:26 GMT -5
Bayley is pretty screwed isnt she? All of Damage control are against her now and after years of being awful to the faces and not apologising for any of it, its doubtful any of the remaining baby faces will want to help her out against them either so she has to go the lone wolf way and take them down one by one. I just cant root for Bayley over damage control, they for me are in the right as she was a really bad leader for so long and she still doesnt come over as someone likeable at all. I hope Iyo retains and after mania Bayley realises her mistakes and reunites with Damage Control as they were a likeable bunch together.
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