Jiji Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I would contest that Cesaro has a very good look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Dude has nipples the size of dinner plates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 This is the absolutely correct outcome of this tournament, and I have no problem with either lady winning. But I have to go with Bayley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I feel like both had comparable weak points in their years and both had really great highs. Bayley got great matches out of bad/green wrestlers while Sasha had a MOTYC with Becky and some really good main roster stuff (vs. Becky on the Rumble preshow and the tag at Fast Lane as recent examples) Both their best matches were with each other. And while the story of Bayley overcoming really drove those matches, I feel like the work Sasha did...working the hand, using all cheap victories in the Ironman, making Izzy cry...I feel like that drove the story more strongly. Pretty much all my favourite moments from those matches are either matters of equal balance or Sasha stuff so I have to give her the nod. I can't fault anyone going the other way though. It's super close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 I forgot this existed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Well, my vote just pulled Bayley to within one at 36-35. There really isn't a wrong choice here. I just like Bayley's character better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFLS72DwbbA Not sure why that isn't embedding - but that was Steve Austin after the Brooklyn match Edited March 28, 2016 by RIPPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Voted Sasha, half because my bracket, half because Sasha didn't have a match that made me quite as unhappy as Bayley/Nia Jax did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Nia Jax kinda sucks and losing to Bayley like that didn't hurt her aura because whatever aura she had was wavering anyway. Though I guess that a counter to my own argument is that everyone got real excited in the crowd for the Nia/Asuka face-off before the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 "she's not the best so we should kill her really good looking leg-drop finish" nah tho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Bayley made a friggin' Coldplay song tolerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, BL88 said: "she's not the best so we should kill her really good looking leg-drop finish" nah tho I lost you at "really good looking" man. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I voted for Sasha but now I really think I should have voted for Bayley. She's been the face of NXT for 8 months now and will be until she leaves. I wonder who Seth would vote for: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I think it's interesting story of what you value between these 2. I loved their 2 matches with each other, specifically their first one. Sasha probably have the 2 best matches outside of that series with the obvious Lynch/Banks classic and the match with Naomi. But Bayley had a tougher job then Sasha did in my opinion, and did a damn great job with people were not capable of putting on matches like Sasha's best opponents could. And she still got a lot of really good matches out of people. It's the old "When your opponents best match, by far, is with you, it's a great sign of you as a worker" case for Bayley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 36 minutes ago, The Unholy Dragon said: Both their best matches were with each other. And while the story of Bayley overcoming really drove those matches, I feel like the work Sasha did...working the hand, using all cheap victories in the Ironman, making Izzy cry...I feel like that drove the story more strongly. Pretty much all my favourite moments from those matches are either matters of equal balance or Sasha stuff so I have to give her the nod. Very valid point, but no matter how good of a heel Sasha was if the face isn't believable and people see through the act then all that heeling is for nothing. It takes two to tango, and while Sasha brought the heeling it was Bayley's reactions and emotion throughout that sealed it. The way she fired up when she counted mattered, and people cared when this normally sweet woman got pissed off and fought back. Look at Flair/Steamboat for example. Ric had many a great match against all kinds of opponents. With a boring face it doesn't matter as much. But with Ricky he fired up when it counted and it made for excellent matches. I know it sounds ridiculous to compare Bayley/Sasha to something like Flair/Steamboat, but based solely on how to be a heel/face they both had it down pat. So to say it was mainly Sasha driving the story home, sorry, not fully buying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 49 minutes ago, Pete said: Everyone is sleeping on this. Wake the fuck up, people. ...are you telling us to vote Cesaro? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 32 minutes ago, Trocar Slush Weasel said: I voted for Sasha but now I really think I should have voted for Bayley. She's been the face of NXT for 8 months now and will be until she leaves. Sorry, forget everything I said here. Obviously it was a moment of weakness that will never happen again. Don't try and tell me this is a fake account either. DAMMIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I am pleased that my vote tied up the score at 39 all. As I saw the result, it was no NXT announcer coming to mind about an Iron Man match, but rather I heard a voice form years gone by, Rod Trongard's perhaps, that said, "Are you ready to go 60?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I kinda doubt Sasha Banks follows wrestling fans. I can believe wrestling fans follow Sasha, presumably in a beat-up van with the windows blacked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I could see her following someone that works in animation/anime that is a wrestling fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 That's a fake account though it's still real to TSW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Since a lot of the talk so far is about surviving the initial main roster push vs. thriving at NXT and how that's a tough comparison, it should mean something that even after months of shitty booking and distractions and wasting away waiting for the stupid "Fuck Punk" Bella record to finally...fucking...end..., when Sasha strolled out at the Rumble the reaction was basically "THIS IS THAT THING THAT HAPPENS IN WRESTLING THAT MKES IT STILL WRITH WATHING AFTER BEING ALIVE FOR OVER 40 YEARS!!!!! THIS IS WHY!!!!!" Of course, they fucked that up too. But Sasha gets credit to me for being able to absorb all that lame waiting around treading water and then instantly light that fire all over again. And it wasn't just because of what she did that night or that it was a little swervey thing...it's because you knew in that moment what she could do with that angle if they would just back off and let it play out really simply and let her just roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Can I vote for Abeyance or Vacant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 We should discuss Sasha's main roster work a little more because there's some gems that maybe people didn't see or whatever. Her match with Naomi was really good. It has to be one of the ten best women's matches of the year in WWE/NXT land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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