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A trade, title for briefcase, is actually legitimately interesting. "I will be back and this guarantees me a shot at a title I never lost"
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Dacap posted:A fun bit would be Asuka demanding to keep the briefcase then cashing it in if she ever loses a match to immediately regain the title Neodoomium posted:A trade, title for briefcase, is actually legitimately interesting. These are both excellent options and i'm sure WWE ain't doing either.
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May 11, 2020 22:54
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I hope the baby turns out to not be Seth's.
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Doing a "title change" where they literally just hand the belt to someone HHH style is pretty much the opposite of interesting to me
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May 11, 2020 22:56
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Sounds like they’re taking the IC belt off Sami too I guess?
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You have to curve it for WWE, which means interesting is now the lowest possible bar to clear
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May 11, 2020 22:57
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I mean, when I say "safe" I'm thinking like the cameras finding Becky lying on the ground from an attack and Asuka pinning her. MitB is probably th eone instance where you could do a title change without ANY bump of any kind. But again, it should be Becky's decision first and foremost. Assuming its actually the case.
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May 11, 2020 22:57
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Just lol if you think Becky's taking a fall, dropping the belt without getting pinned is kinda her thing
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May 11, 2020 22:58
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https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1259966976924856320 I mean good for Becky and all, but the last thing this Hellworld needed was Seth Rollins procreating
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May 11, 2020 23:07
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Having a pregnant woman take bumps in an empty arena match >>>
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Benne posted:Saraya Knight literally did full matches with Paige in the womb That explains quite a bit
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MorningMoon posted:These are both excellent options and i'm sure WWE ain't doing either. It seems like it would be incredibly hard to avoid doing either one. But I do admire your faith in WWE's ability to screw things up, and I can't say that it's misplaced
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May 11, 2020 23:16
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You can't do it safely and make Becky look strong so they just won't do it.
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I came to this thread for the Becky news, I stayed for the pics of Finn Balor's abs 
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xbilkis posted:It seems like it would be incredibly hard to avoid doing either one. But I do admire your faith in WWE's ability to screw things up, and I can't say that it's misplaced Becky Lynch announces she's dropping the belt. She literally does so. Six or so women come out and beat each other around the ring until whoever's lowest in the card crawls into the ring and gets the belt. Asuka cashes it in and wins with an immediate rollup.
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Benne posted:https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1259966976924856320 It turns out that the father is Sami, which is why he is also vacating the IC belt.
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Dacap posted:A fun bit would be Asuka demanding to keep the briefcase then cashing it in if she ever loses a match to immediately regain the title It's the only dynamic they haven't done with the MITB contract. There was a time where Edge held the briefcase and had a title shot. It would make sense to have it as a security policy type deal
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Benne posted:Saraya Knight literally did full matches with Paige in the womb
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see also: Seth being Mr. MITB going into the Royal Rumble triple threat (which is still Seth's best match, no question)
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Benne posted:Doing a "title change" where they literally just hand the belt to someone HHH style is pretty much the opposite of interesting to me But if the reason they're doing it is because a woman is loving pregnant and the MITB case actually presents an in-kayfabe explanation for WHY you'd just hand someone the belt, I wouldn't really criticize too much here.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:But if the reason they're doing it is because a woman is loving pregnant and the MITB case actually presents an in-kayfabe explanation for WHY you'd just hand someone the belt, I wouldn't really criticize too much here. Honestly sounds pretty lame to me. Having the belt just handed to Asuka isn't a compelling story at all and would be an awful start to a title reign. Just find an excuse to have a match. Afterwards, a champion who has the briefcase could be interesting!
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SamuraiFoochs posted:But if the reason they're doing it is because a woman is loving pregnant and the MITB case actually presents an in-kayfabe explanation for WHY you'd just hand someone the belt, I wouldn't really criticize too much here. it robs us of getting to watch Asuka constantly gently caress with people by waving the case around at all times.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:But if the reason they're doing it is because a woman is loving pregnant and the MITB case actually presents an in-kayfabe explanation for WHY you'd just hand someone the belt, I wouldn't really criticize too much here. Eh honestly yeah. It's not offensively bad. It's painfully lazy but it's wwe. What can you do?
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May 12, 2020 02:14
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The idea that the MitB match was secretly a match for the vacated championship that nobody knew had been vacated is interesting on paper but probably impossible to execute well. As is, they probably should've just done the normal thing and done a tournament.
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MJeff posted:The idea that the MitB match was secretly a match for the vacated championship that nobody knew had been vacated is interesting on paper but probably impossible to execute well. As is, they probably should've just done the normal thing and done a tournament. just put the belt in the briefcase and end the MitB match with the winner opening the briefcase to find the belt in it, look confused explain the next night with the champion saying they vacated it just before the match, congrats (new) champ I'll see you around when I [find my smile].
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karmicknight posted:just put the belt in the briefcase and end the MitB match with the winner opening the briefcase to find the belt in it, look confused explain the next night with the champion saying they vacated it just before the match, congrats (new) champ I'll see you around when I [find my smile]. they probably didn’t know when they taped the match. What they should’ve done is have Becky come out with the belt and call out Asuka to trade her for the briefcase. Asuka gets the belt, Becky gets a guaranteed shot when she’s ready to come back.
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sportsgenius86 posted:they probably didn’t know when they taped the match. Problem with that is there's no guarantee she'll ever come back. fwiw I thought it was really well done and Asuka running around celebrating made the title feel valuable and important (despite essentially being gifted), while also being genuinely happy for pregnant Becky.
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karmicknight posted:just put the belt in the briefcase and end the MitB match with the winner opening the briefcase to find the belt in it, look confused explain the next night with the champion saying they vacated it just before the match, congrats (new) champ I'll see you around when I [find my smile]. I will say this. If MitB was in front of a crowd and the show ended with Becky coming out and telling Asuka to open the briefcase and the belt was inside, that would've gotten a loving massive pop. oldskool posted:Problem with that is there's no guarantee she'll ever come back. It's a hell of an effective way to do a face turn, I gotta give it that. I couldn't resist a giant smile popping up on my face when Asuka was going BECKY BECKY BECKY
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MJeff posted:I will say this. If MitB was in front of a crowd and the show ended with Becky coming out and telling Asuka to open the briefcase and the belt was inside, that would've gotten a loving massive pop. See, having to be told to open the briefcase is the thing that makes it kind of dumb. The belt being in the briefcase is actually a fun idea, but the problem is that the briefcase should be way heavier than the wrestler expects when they get it. Which is what leads me to the logical moment of "huh, why is this so heavy? Oh! it's the belt! Why is it the belt? and where is my contract?" as a logical cliff hanger that sets up buzz for your next show (since your TV is the big money maker compared to your PPVs and twitter gifs). I don't dispute that compressing the time for that to sink in wouldn't basically negate the negative points to it though. And it would have been a cool visual which is I think 90% of their booking philosophy (it's been a while since I actually thought about or witnessed the fed).
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Of all the nonsensical booking things WWE does this is a really weird one for people to be tearing apart.
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I think its kind of silly and a waste to just give Asuka the title instead of letting her actually beat someone (obviously not Becky) and maybe have fun with her holding the briefcase as insurance in a title tournament or something. But yeah, in the long list of WWE booking at least this one sort of has an excuse.
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But Asuka already beat the other women in the Money in the Bank match to become Raw Women's champion
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KungFu Grip posted:But Asuka already beat the other women in the Money in the Bank match to become Raw Women's champion I mean, there's a difference in how fans receive a wrestler having a feud, wrestling a match, pinning someone, and standing tall the victor vs... getting on an elevator and kicking Baron Corbin off the roof to grab a briefcase? But again, obviously on the long list of booking questions with WWE this is one that was actually largely out of their hands. I could nitpick how they handled it and fantasy book better ways but whats the point?
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the escape goat posted:they likely didn't know Becky was preggers when MITB was filmed; a lot of folks don't share that they're pregnant until the 3rd month or so because there's a lot that can go wrong in the 1st trimester. So was Becky pregnant when Shayna whacked her into that announce table?
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MJeff posted:So was Becky pregnant when Shayna whacked her into that announce table? She told people she found out sometime last month https://people.com/parents/becky-lynch-pregnant-expecting-first-child-seth-rollins-exclusive/ Mania was taped in mid-March. I don't think she was then, but she may have been when the MITB match was taped last month
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I am guessing that sometime between them taping WM and MITB is when she found out. It dawned on me last night that Becky has not done anything since WM. I guess I thought it was because of them focusing on MITB but Bayley was active during that entire time.
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I thought it was a nice moment. Shame there wasn’t a crowd, because both women deserved a huge pop.
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Bravo to Becky for getting pregnant during the empty arena era... I mean, if you are going to do it, this is the best time to do it
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