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![]() I thought Payback was a solid show overall.
Pros: - Becky vs Trish - LA Knight vs The Miz - Rey vs Theory - Tag Team Street Fight. - Rollins vs Nakamura. Cons: - LA Knight vs Miz running a little too long. - Rhea vs Raquel. - The ending to Rollins vs Nakamura. The Rhea/Raquel match was terrible. Raquel Rodriguez and Austin Theory are really in the same boat for me of "They keep trying, and it's NOT working" with WWE talents. I don't know how long and how many times you gotta be told that the crowds are just NOT interested. For fuck's sake, Raquel barely got any reaction for attacking Dom, the most despised heel on the roster. Theory was put into a WrestleMania match with Cena earlier this year and it flopped because nobody cares about Theory. Raquel got little-to-no reaction Saturday night. I still find it annoying how they tried to take Liv's popularity and siphon it to Raquel. Grayson Waller is the kind of Heel that Austin Theory couldn't even dream of being. Waller is over, can get heat, and is entertaining. As for Raquel? NWA has a powerhouse woman named Kamille, who I think would do well on a bigger stage. She's around Raquel's size but carries herself more like a star. Raquel is allegedly a favorite of Triple H which is why they keep trying so much with her, sort of like how Vince wouldn't give up on Lacey Evans. Also, why the fuck did they have Nakamura attack Rollins AFTER the show went off the air?
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![]() If anything Miz was dragging LA down to his crappy level. I was thinking LA needs a quick win but then Cena got involved and I knew it'd be longer. Miz is so fucking stale, doing the same shtick for years without leaving, and he's still acting like he's a big shot, despite losing all the time.
Raquel is like a shit Beth Phoenix. Get her to fucking train her. If Kamille ain't felt compelled to go big time yet I don't think she ever will. I was doing a fair amount of skipping. I only really saw last minutes of the cage which was intriguing viewing, didn't expect Trish to be doing that shit. Full LA, skip Theory, full tag, full Rhea, skip most of Seth. I can't take Nakamura seriously after just being a guy who's there for so long, no matter how much flashy video they did to build him up. I thought they went off the air flat as a pancake. They likely wanted a social media video of a what happened exclusive that's probably why the aftermath happened. |
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![]() That ending was terrible last night. WWE loses one unsafe worker (Ronda) just to get another one back (Nia Jax). For fuck's sake. Those injuries will pile up. I feel bad for all of the women on the Raw roster.
There are so many women who could use a push on the main roster. There are multiple women in NXT who are ready for a call up. There's a lot of women on the Indies that have talent, charisma, and in-ring ability that could have been signed and made their debut at the end of Raw but no, bring back one of the worst performers of all time instead. I don’t know what’s worse. Her being brought back or her likely being pushed as the BABYFACE in a feud with Rhea. There is zero chance that the audience is going to cheer Nia over Rhea. Hell, I absolutely cannot rule out the audience cheering for fucking Dominick over Nia. One of Nia's last WWE matches was AGAINST Rhea, and I remember it very vividly because Rhea looked fucking miserable working with her. It resulted in Nia being an unprofessional ass and trying to sandbag Rhea. That ended with Rhea giving her a receipt, calling Nia a bitch, and hitting the Riptide anyway. I'm not one to typically pull the age card, especially in an era where older talents are doing such great work, but Nia Jax is almost 40. Realistically, given her knees, questionable skills, and lack of interest in improving herself, what are you really going to get out of her? I'm not seeing a PCO-like renaissance coming from a woman who had a fairly defined ceiling in what can generously be described as "her prime."
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![]() My view is they released a wrestler (Evans) who couldn't wrestle and now they brought back someone (Jax) who really can not wrestle, has injured a number of people and doesn't get along with the main woman wrestler (Lynch) on the show.
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![]() We all know why Nia is there. Her size is seen as encouragement for fatties, we support diversity, her lineage, and she probably is on great terms with someone who counts in management. Feels like a Stephanie call, I don't think HHH would be allowing it, unless he's going in with actually fucking train them this time. She has to live in Florida right lol. Maybe he's now like who fucking cares and if that's the case, fuck, Punk is a given, just that coked out cunt Khan probably fucking it all up for us. Anyway, I digress, Steph has to be lurking there in some capacity. Shit, seems anybody remotely Samoan though has a better chance than anyone else to get hired there. You'd think they owned the company. Nia is better as a bodyguard though, just do the basic bodyguard moves, protecting that skinny rat with the porno voice NXT women's champ I don't care about in NXT while getting training and Bob's your road agent.
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![]() So, looking at the analysis from Stevie Richards, and seeing that Nia didn't even grab the rope for the Banzai Drop, all I'm thinking of is that match where Rosie Lottalove did an unprotected butt drop on Daffney's chest and it ended her career and ruined her life.
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![]() Nia and then along comes Dwayne lol. Underwhelming though. Audio was tampered for most of it, he was being a bad role model, wearing shades indoors, randomly hanging out with skinny fat boring Paddy or whatever the fuck his name is. Why? Has anyone ever gotten excited for that guy before? I don't get it. I cut a way better promo for Theory in my head afterwards. What a fat let down. They seem to bring him back for when it's the first Smackdown after something big happened like the merger or moving to fox.
What has this bloodline thing become of late? Usos getting recruited, somehow Cena is involved, boring ass Waller getting by with his accent and dumb faces. It's like something is going on but really it isn't. Just feels like a jumbled mess like my fucking head is lately. |
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![]() Black Thursday in WWE Land... the list of released talent as of Saturday, 11:30 am US ET:
Mustafa Ali Aliyah Elias Shelton Benjamin Rick Boogs Top Dolla Riddick Moss Dolph Ziggler Dana Brooke Mansoor Mace Quincy Elliot Emma Dabbo Kato Skanky Yulissa Leon Bryson Montana Alexis Grey Kevin Ventura-Cortez Daniel McArthur Brooklyn Barlow Ikeman Jiro Matt Riddle Melanie Brezinski Ziggler and maybe Benjamin are slight surprises, since they're more or less gatekeepers at this point in their careers. Riddle is the biggest name so far, but not as shocking a cut as you might think.
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![]() Mustafa Ali - Wanted out anyway.
Aliyah - Meh. Elias - Had his 5 mins. Shelton Benjamin - Unused. Surprised Cedric didn't follow. Rick Boogs - Maybe most surprising given his build. Top Dolla - The other two stay? Really? Riddick Moss - Unfortunate. Had potential. Dolph Ziggler - No HOF? Lol. Rock and Cena praising him lol. Sure they care. Dana Brooke - Never really improved much. Mansoor - Unfortunate. Mace - Eh? Weren't they a thing forever ago. Emma - Oh well, AEW got their Jade replacement. Squandered. Dabbo Kato - I only know him by name because of Shane. Skanky - LOL. Shanky? I think he hit the door frame on the way out. The rest are the who da heck are you crew. |
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