Dolfan in NYC Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Yeah, the less said about this Shayna vs. The Doll thing, the better. Now, MVP doing his best Claudius by dropping little bits of poison in Kofi's ear... Yes, this is interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 This is what happens when a wrestling promotion no longer has to worry about drawing money and only has to produce content and cash checks. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I watched the women's tag match. I dug it but they should have booked it so that Rhea and Charlotte had to win because why would they work together at all? Lazy booking but good work by the participants. Nikki Cross is so awesome. Her and Asuka dancing on a table is what we need in this day and age. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Miz and Morrison re-creating the Kramer/Newman rickshaw scene was the best thing on Raw in 8 months. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Charlotte/Rhea vs. Nikki/Asuka was good fun and easily the highlight of the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleVania Rey Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) I know WWE have something of a captive audience and all, even with the ratings in the toilet, but they're seriously booking for themselves now. But I guess they always do. I came for Drew Gulak, but WWE tells me he's boring and a loser. BUT HE'S A SUBMISSION SPECIALIST GUYS. One that never wins no matter what, but definitely special. But WWE tells me I still don't want Gulak. No, WWE assures me that what I REALLY want is the ugliest doll (in the worst meaning of that) I've ever seen dropping the set on a fearsome wrestler who is now afraid of it. Apparently I watch the THREE HOUR show not for a great wrestler, but for the hokiest horror crap possible written by a hack wannabe masturbating freely to an audience of one. When I was THIRTEEN I wrote better crap than this by far. This is sub WCW Russo, people. This is sub Katie Vick. At least those all had real possible feuding opponents. Now Shayna is feuding with a STUPID DOLL. How is she supposed to fight with or interact with that? And even more ridiculously, poor Alexa is somehow arguably in a worse position now than when she was with Wyatt, even though everything he touches turns to shit. Because now she's second fiddle to a doll. I was glad at first when she broke away from Bray but I guess they tricked me again. Oh well. And I love how they still show Alexa appearing on all the audience screens as if it's supposed to be scary. But then they remind us on the same show that Bayley also just did it on Smackdown and it was actually somehow scarier then. Can't wait to see how Shayna battles the doll at Hell in a Cell. I guess the lights go out, then come back on, and Shayna is crushed under some object in the ring. But only after five minutes of the weakest fake BOOGEY BOOGEY BOOGEY. Dreading it already. SEND GULAK TO NXT. I want to see him battle Thatcher there. Seriously, watching buddy, why must we always watch this but never AEW? Is it because some AEW wrestlers said "mean things" about WWE? And because AEW are too "full of themselves" somehow? Great Nikki/Asuka and Rhea/Charlotte stuff, though. Maybe they WILL actually do something with Nikki. Edited June 8, 2021 by CastleVania Rey 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Who would win, Chucky or this thing? Get Rick Steiner in there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 If they make an actual wrestler up as the Lily doll to face Shayna I will buy the t-shirt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) I assume they'd just make it Alexa. I suppose you could hire Micro Man and just put him in a costume if you want to be weird. Edited June 8, 2021 by Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 42 minutes ago, Ryan said: I assume they'd just make it Alexa. I suppose you could hire Micro Man and just put him in a costume if you want to be weird. No, I want it to be someone who hasn't been on TV and is willing to sacrifice the rest of their career for this one storyline. Or someone who hasn't been on TV in years like Misty Blue Simmes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 My money is on Shayna getting possessed by the doll and wrecking people for a few months. She just has an evil doll demeanor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, Matt D said: My money is on Shayna getting possessed by the doll and wrecking people for a few months. She just has an evil doll demeanor. Like she needs to be possessed to be wrecking people! Damn, that might actually be pretty bad-ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Ryan said: Who would win, Chucky or this thing? Get Rick Steiner in there. Rocco for a Triple Threat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 What if Eva took the last 2 years off to secretly train and comes back a Satomura-level superworker? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I'd freed myself from this abomination some weeks back, but with the Braves and Hawks both off I figured I'd tune in. Imagine being Bray Wyatt and inventing this super innovative, fantastic character with loads of lore and layers of backstory. Then imagine as an out of touch old man slowly trimmed away everything cool about the gimmick, then gave it to a tiny blonde girl (who, to her credit, is giving it everything she has. For whatever is wrong with the Lilly stuff, it isn't Alexa Bliss.) and then kept you off tv for months. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 I hate to let facts get in the way of a good narrative, but Bray's been gone because he asked for the time off. It's been reported he's having a real tough time with Jon Huber's death and needed time away. To their credit, WWE let him take as much time as he needed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Shayna having light rigs pushed over at her while somebody turns the lights off and on. That's where we're at now, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Shartnado said: Like she needs to be possessed to be wrecking people! Damn, that might actually be pretty bad-ass! Shayna needs Lilly like Bob Backlund needed Papa Shango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: I hate to let facts get in the way of a good narrative, but Bray's been gone because he asked for the time off. It's been reported he's having a real tough time with Jon Huber's death and needed time away. To their credit, WWE let him take as much time as he needed. He tweeted something about not believing everything you read right after that came out. If it's true, then I take it back.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) Yet to see the segment. Kinda tempted to see for myself. Edited June 9, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleVania Rey Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 The most enjoyment I got out of the final segment was when the stuff was falling at Shayna, I said "Is it Erick Rowan?" That drew a laugh from my wrestling-watching-buddy who remembered that story from happier times. But then I realized I wanted Rowan back. Just not doing spooky stuff with a doll. Giant tarantula toy > ugly doll every time. I also pondered how Alexa eventually escapes from this mess of a gimmick without getting released, assuming they don't try to run it forever. (Probably more likely Shayna gets released from this, though...) Does someone discover Lily is truly the evil force controlling Alexa and so they exorcise the demon within it, freeing her? (Maybe shouldn't have released Aleister Black then, but I guess Mansoor or Jackson Ryker can do it too) Or do they do an "I want my country back" and that's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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