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Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002
So they are seriously breaking up Enzo & Cass after they've only been on the main roster 14 months and have yet to have a tag title reign, just so Cass can be Vince's umpteenth failed midcard hoss that can't work experiment.

Nice. :thunk:

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Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

dsriggs posted:

Reminder that the WWE thought that it'd be a good idea to get Bayley over as a babyface by presenting her as a 27 year-old loser who's never been kissed, brought her daddy to school with her & was a teacher's pet. None of which she refuted, by the way. Then they made her afraid to use weapons in a match with a weapon stip after saying for weeks that she would. Then they wonder why she gets booed.

The really sad thing about Bayley is that they had all the ingredients there for a decent story with a bit of nuance.

If they'd stuck to her NXT characterization and their original plan of her beating Charlotte for the belt the first time at Mania one-on-one, simultaneously getting her Wrestlemania moment and ending Charlotte's streak, they would have fully established her kid-friendly, idealistic character who persevered and was rewarded.

They could have then told her feud with Alexa as her foil. Both of them were kind of disrespected in NXT. Alexa because of her size & attitude, Bayley because even though she was one of the Four Horsewomen, she was held in less regard than the others as Charlotte sort of points out in their feud. While Bayley stayed true to herself and worked hard and diligently, Alexa became vicious and took shortcuts whenever she could, and would go so far as stooping to levels even Charlotte wouldn't. She may have been The Queen, but Alexa was the Wicked Witch. And would Bayley be willing to stoop to her level just to win? And should she?

But instead Bayley wins her first belt on Sasha's interference, is pretty much ok with this kind of ruining the original point of her character, and the way the Alexa feud is booked Bliss looks more like a badass than just an rear end in a top hat, and Bayley more like a shmuck than a hero hesitant to compromise her morals to win. Because she already pretty much did before.

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

Midnightghoul posted:

Bayley needs to embrace Satan to get over

Alexa drives Bayley over the edge and she creates an alternate personality Gangrelina to deal with her.

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

Incessant Excess posted:

Stephanie replacing Graves on the commentary table.

The drop in viewership would be astounding.

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

Eli Wiggum posted:

Couldn't do it with Jinder tho

Jinder isn't a wrestler he's a walking mass of bacne that's become self aware

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Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

DoctorGonzo posted:

They will push Wyatt to the moon. Alpha dudes is totally Vinces alley.

Bray gets the opposite of John Morrison treatment where goes on a monster tear beating Brock for the title and successfully defending it against Roman at Wrestlemania only for his push to end tragically a year from now with a "check this out" moment attempting a split legged corkscrew moonsault at a house show.

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