RIShane
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28 minutes ago, ComingToAmerica said:
I was more thinking of EA Backstage Assault, so now you're all going to have to think about it too. Muahahahaha.
But seriously, although it's dreadful for the Wrestlemania weekend shenanigans - WWE and AEW should be better placed than many sports to manage this creatively.
Yes, though they also have some extra challenges due to pro wrestling's narrative nature. Its not like being able to reschedule a game later in the season or postponing a concert until further notice, its not just a delay but also affects the broader stories. Whatever happens from here, WWE and other federations (who will probably be the real sufferers financially) have difficult decisions ahead.
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Feel they’ve done well this week making Charlotte/Rhea more personal rather than just being a ‘dream match’ build. This was a fun moment after the attack, too:
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That Kabuki Warriors match was very efficient booking, pushing the stories of their needing a challenger, Nattie not yet having the right partner, and the ongoing Riott Squad Explodes storyline.
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5 hours ago, Eivion said:
What makes Shayna's push here even odder is when you consider that part of her being so dominant in NXT was also her being willing to take shortcuts. She was a dangerous badass, but she also narrowly escaped losing her title multiple times by using the other Horsewomen. She was not a Brock level monster or anything. I'm not sure why they think that is the way to go now.
My favourite iteration of Shayna in NXT was before she started having to use Marina and Jessamyn for ineffectual run-ins, and I hope they don't become part of her main roster work any time soon. As a character she's good enough at projecting herself as an unlikable and vicious heel on her own. As for the main event, I thought it was logically booked even if two pauses was odd--Becky's obnoxiously overconfident character makes a lot more sense if Shayna's a monster and she's overlooking the threat, and there wasn't any suspense going into the match anyway so may as well make Shayna look as strong as possible. Plus it wasn't only tapouts, as shown by her brutality towards Liv and Natalya. The only thing for me is it made the decision to have her go back and forth with Kairi on Raw for 12 minutes even more mystifying, tonight would have felt even more impactful if that had been a quick and dominant win too.
Also, the decision to have Charlotte win the Rumble and challenge Rhea was also a way of elevating NXT by showing it as important enough to be the target of a Rumble winner's challenge. Even if it had been played the way some are advocating with her just randomly showing up on NXT TV and calling Rhea out, I have a feeling people would have disliked it anyway--see for reference the fans who were initially paranoid about her beating Bayley at Summerslam and then angered by her challenging Trish instead even though it ended up being a very good match. (There's also room for a feud between her and Shayna post-Mania, calling back to the end of the Rumble, assuming Shayna and Rhea both win at Mania.)
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Also, I shouldn’t be surprised, but it’s remarkable that Becky Lynch is booked so strong that they can’t even have her take a bite to the neck without stealing an ambulance and cutting an unopposed promo to stand tall.
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43 minutes ago, Eivion said:
Was Ruby really so good in the indies because she has shown nothing hinting towards that level of talent in WWE or NXT.
She has good chemistry with Charlotte, judging from their 2018 Fastlane match and then having a surprisingly strong 85-second Beat the Clock match on Raw last year.
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Them setting up before Takeover has me quietly hoping the Mania match is a triple threat with Bianca included as well.On the whole, Raw’s in a good groove right now, it’s nice to see.
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6 hours ago, The Natural said:
Look how smooth that was by Asuka.
Swank! It’s nice to see how much her and Charlotte trust each other and how there’s always something different in their matches.
Also thought Becky’s ultra-arrogant promo was interesting. Feels like she’s being set up to take a fall soon, perhaps from Shayna.
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2 hours ago, hammerva said:
I think the going opinion is that the royal rumble champions are going to be Rousey and Reigns. I mean seriously they just announced a new shirt for Rousey on their site. And given that Reigns has been having to babysit Baron Corbin for almost 4 months he deserves it
It was a shirt from last year. That said, I’m sure there will be a lot of speculation until the match ends.
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11 hours ago, L_W_P said:
Men's Rumble:
Most Eliminations: Lesnar. I see him throwing out 7 or 8 of the first 10 people to come in before he hits a brick wall in Cain/Roman.
Iron Man: Mustafa Ali. Comes in around #5 and makes the final four. We get some interaction between he and Kofi after what happened 12 months ago.
Final 4: Roman Reigns, Keith Lee, Mustafa Ali & Kofi Kingston.
Winner: Kingston. He is then torn between avenging his loss to Brock,leaving SDL and the New Day in the process, or having to face up to THE FIEND
Women's Rumble:
Most Eliminations: Charlotte Flair. This will be her noted stat for 2020. I can even see her breaking the men's record and throwing half the other women out.
Iron Man: Sasha Banks. This is her thing with these matches so let it keep rolling. Charlotte can enter half way while the ring is full and dump out 10 people quickly but Sasha is in the first 4 and makes it to the end.
Final 4: Flair, Banks, Baszler & Alexa Bliss
Winner: Shayna Baszler. She is, arguably, the best wrestler on the roster right now. Her attention to detail is brilliant and her development and growth have been beyond all possible imagination. She faces Becky at Mania to "do what Ronda couldn't" planting the seeds for Rousey to return post Mania for some involvement.I can understand them running Becky/Shayna, but that underwhelming Survivor Series match lowered my expectations quite a bit.
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Charlotte and Andrade are launching a fitness/lifestyle YouTube channel:
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1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said:
Smackdown is the most boring wrestling show on TV. The biggest thrills in this one were Lacey hitting people with her shoe and a fat guy in Beetlejuice pants and a Halloween mask wiping fake blood on a piece of paper.
It’s very formulaic, unfortunately.
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9 hours ago, Loki said:
But is she a Red Dwarf fan? That's the real question...
Lana is well versed in much of what the 'Beeb provides.
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2 hours ago, The Natural said:
Nice knowing Lana's a fan of the UK's British Broadcasting Corporation which gave us Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and Doctor Who.
Sadly turns out she was misrepresented. She prefers the programming on BBC2.
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5 minutes ago, The Natural said:
Bloody good point that.
In fairness, I think the real catalyst was Ruby needing surgery. And yes, I miss the Riotts’ low-stakes mischief too.
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26 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said:
I'm happy they haven't made those characters a response to the 2016 election. The Americans lucked into it by being a show about Russian spies that started a few years too early, and even they never steered into the skid. I know we shouldn't hold wrestling to too high a standard, but fuck all of that. We already have enough lazy "art" about Trump and Putin. I don't need it in my wrestling.
The Americans was also brilliant and multi-faceted. On the whole I think WWE has done well in not incorporating political themes into their storylines in recent years, their past record shows that its generally very tacky when they do.
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That ending was a Paul Heyman fever dream, though quite fun if not taken seriously.
Also, Eric Young got wiped out during the Charlotte/Natalya match:
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That's what I assumed was the plan up through Elimination Chamber with her wearing increasingly outlandish costumes and becoming ever more arrogant, but then her promo the night after (the one calling Shayna a "black hole of charisma") acted like that routine was just "treading water" filler material and she was being serious again, so its hard to say at this point what her character is in this storyline.