|
Is Becky/Ronda off? This poll is closed. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, Vince said so, so that's that. |
|
20 | 10.42% |
| No, this is an angle you idiots. You morons. You loving imbeciles. |
|
54 | 28.13% |
| Yeah but it's a really badly handled angle they're overthinking a simple idea. |
|
45 | 23.44% |
| Goddammit don't prejudge it, this is probably gonna work out fine. |
|
11 | 5.73% |
| Why'd they just have Becky apologize after all that buildup though? |
|
62 | 32.29% |
| Total: | 131 votes | ||
|
Dias posted:THis...isn't so much. It's exactly in character for Steph. Becky 'beat up' trips the other night, IIRC, so scheduling that match then inserting Charlotte or having Trips interfere for the win is almost perfectly on-note for this feud. You just have Steph win outright instead.
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 09:17 |
|
|
Steve “But I Said I Was Sorry” Austin
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:07
|
|
|
I 100% believe HHH briefly but genuinely considered campaigning to put himself in the becky/rousey match
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:09
|
|
|
This is a dumb, circuitous way to go about getting to the triple threat, but it's still gonna get to the triple threat and Becky's gonna go over and the reaction is gonna be the same. But there were much simpler ways to go to that point that don't involve eight weeks of McMahon dicksucking. The result is the same but it's filling up the next two months with useless TV instead of decent TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-YfuVQmX8
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:09
|
|
|
The match at Mania is still going to be loving amazing, Becky is still going to be ridiculously over, all the promos that involve McMahons will be bad. World keeps turning.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:12
|
|
|
Liquid Communism posted:It's exactly in character for Steph. Becky 'beat up' trips the other night, IIRC, so scheduling that match then inserting Charlotte or having Trips interfere for the win is almost perfectly on-note for this feud. So they just literally kill a character, at least until after WM if I assume they'd do this to set up a title chase, that they have been actively pushing, that they have to have come out on house shows even with the kayfabe injury because people wanna see her THAT much? Look, WWE sucks at booking but that doesn't make sense kayfabe-wise if you assume the apology was a sham and they just don't wanna give her a shot, it doesn't make sense from a booking perspective considering, again, she's being actively pushed, AND it doesn't make sense from a dirtsheets perspective either, seeing all the rumors have been Becky/Ronda for quite a while. You'd have to assume plans changed brutally just because...I guess Steph willed it so? Nah. WWE is dumb and bad, but they've got limits to their dumbbadness.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:12
|
|
|
Cabbit posted:The match at Mania is still going to be loving amazing, Becky is still going to be ridiculously over, all the promos that involve McMahons will be bad. World keeps turning. It’s probably going to be ok
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:13
|
|
|
I mean, a Becky vs Stephanie match seems obvious, no? Like, I don't know when and I'm not sure who wins but that seems super, duper obvious as soon as people were all "Becky is the new Stone Cold" and "Stephanie is confronting Becky." Duh. A McMahon can't resist that. I don't know if Steph wins but that poo poo's 50/50 at best with a McMahon. I mean, Shane just won some "Best in the World" trophy. They wouldn't hesitate to put themselves over anyone.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:13
|
|
|
becky/rousey/charlotte will be good and rightfully should be the main event of like any other show but there's something about a pure 1 v 1 match, and Rousey/Becky just had the right feel to be a real legendary thing. Charlotte's addition, I dunno, seems to water it down(and I don't mean to say Charlotte is bad, she's been great lately)
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:18
|
|
|
For as much as fans are getting mad of WWE rehashing a McMahon authority angle y'all are all desperate to rehash Stone Cold. Becky Lynch isn't Steve Austin, she's Becky Lynch. A much better comparison is the Daniel Bryan WM30 angle and it's going to end the same way but she needs to be unfairly screwed over first.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:33
|
|
|
Dias posted:So they just literally kill a character, at least until after WM if I assume they'd do this to set up a title chase, that they have been actively pushing, that they have to have come out on house shows even with the kayfabe injury because people wanna see her THAT much? It gets Steph over. That's what the womens' division is for. Sell that brand.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:35
|
|
|
To be clear, I 100% think Becky goes over at Wrestlemania and this all eventually is worth it, but let's be real about something:Dias posted:WWE is dumb and bad, but they've got limits to their dumbbadness. At the height of their respective moments of popularity and momentum, they:
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:39
|
|
|
Even if you want to go with 'the modern WWE can't be that dumb', just look at Ambrose. Or Nakamura. Or Rusev.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:42
|
|
|
It's good to see the belittling of Becky at the hands of the mcmahons took a week to do
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:52
|
|
|
Bayley's the worst of those, since that's the one where people actually gave up.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:54
|
|
|
I don't care what the topic is. "The WWE can't be that dumb" isn't a serious statement. Like I was gonna say "we're talking about the lady who compared 9/11 to her father's steroid trials" but the reality is if we start down that road we'll be here forever.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 07:59
|
|
|
Rarity posted:For as much as fans are getting mad of WWE rehashing a McMahon authority angle y'all are all desperate to rehash Stone Cold. Becky Lynch isn't Steve Austin, she's Becky Lynch. A much better comparison is the Daniel Bryan WM30 angle and it's going to end the same way but she needs to be unfairly screwed over first. At least the rehash of Stone Cold would be a 21 year old callback rather than a 5 year old one
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:03
|
|
|
I watched raw and I don't know what the problem is people are having. Becky got her thing, then it was taken away from her at the last second. She's gonna kick scream claw and attack everyone until she gets it back and everyone will cheer, and then cheer even louder when she gets put back in the main event. Then she wins at wrestlemania and people cheer even louder yet. Also the elias stuff was really funny.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:04
|
|
|
Evil Canadian posted:I watched raw and I don't know what the problem is people are having. People are tired of McMahon heel authority figure storylines and have been for years/decades. And in this case its directly infecting something they were already into.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:05
|
|
|
DarkstarIV posted:Worth noting that Sean Ross Sapp explained why Charlotte was added to the match as well (in his RAW review). He doesn't agree with the decision, but sees why as well. Put in spoiler tags just as a precaution. I too remember when Austin and HBK's rises were ruined because the other guy in their crowning match disappeared, leaving them to shine alone at the top of the mountain for multiple months. Conversely, I also remember how when Batista was crowned Top Guy he did nothing but benefit from having his feud with Triple H continue for multiple months after his big Mania Main Event victory
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:10
|
|
|
Draxion posted:Bayley's the worst of those, since that's the one where people actually gave up. I mean, the only reason not everyone has given up on Zayn or Owens is that they've been gone for six months.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:20
|
|
|
Sanguinia posted:I too remember when Austin and HBK's rises were ruined because the other guy in their crowning match disappeared, leaving them to shine alone at the top of the mountain for multiple months. Yeah, imagine how over he would’ve been if they had a 5 match series trading wins back & forth instead of one decisive match! They really dropped the ball with that one!
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:23
|
|
|
i don't like EC3 much but him losing struck me as dumb
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:28
|
|
|
Best part of Raw was Becky being as thirsty for Finn's abs as the rest of us 
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:31
|
|
|
Liquid Communism posted:I mean, the only reason not everyone has given up on Zayn or Owens is that they've been gone for six months. Oh, yeah, I definitely think Sami's been wasted more than practically anyone else relative to what he can do, I was just thinking about the ones that got posted. Owens has at least been a champion six times on the main roster. Edit: real cool to see the segment they ran after the show went off air was "riott squad comes out and attacks Becky and Ronda, are swiftly beaten up." Great way to make your next challenger look like a threat. edit again I don't think I can bring myself to care about any of these people any more, the build to this match has been exhaustingly tedious Draxion fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Feb 12, 2019 |
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:31
|
|
|
Draxion posted:Edit: real cool to see the segment they ran after the show went off air was "riott squad comes out and attacks Becky and Ronda, are swiftly beaten up." Great way to make your next challenger look like a threat. It was a dark segment to send the fans home happy, nobody cares
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:38
|
|
|
Oh my god someone got beat up in the dark match, BURIAL. Can't wait to hear next about house show burials.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:40
|
|
|
GrimGypsy posted:i don't like EC3 much but him losing struck me as dumb Yeah, it's been overshadowed by the Becky stuff but this episode really drove home that thus far, this round of NXT callups isn't really doing great:
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:45
|
|
|
So the revival strapped up. They agreed to a contract ext. or this is Vince pulling out all the stops to keep them...?
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:46
|
|
|
Their contract isn't up until next year iirc
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:48
|
|
|
The revival signed five year extensions based on a non-written promise To build up the tag scene and a pay bump. most likely, tag team wrestling will become very important again in WWE.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:50
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Best part of Raw was Becky being as thirsty for Finn's abs as the rest of us Back when they still thought she was going to be a heel, there was this great moment on Smackdown where she bumps into Rusev backstage, cracks a joke at his (or Lana's) expense... then pauses for a moment and eyes him up and down like,"Yeah I'd have a bit of that  " before moving on
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:53
|
|
|
Becky apologizing is actually a social commentary about how women in our society often feel the need to and are forced to apologize for things, even when they're not at fault. Just this weekend, Representative Ilhan Omar was forced to apologize profusely after tweeting a poorly-thought-out, but likely innocent criticism of how lobbying groups like AIPAC negatively influence our politics. Meanwhile, many of the men attacking her have said and done much more anti-Semitic things right out in the open. When viewing the Becky/McMahons feud as a companion piece to the original Austin story that it is borrowing from, it shines a light on how men get what they want in our society by acting in utter confidence, often to the point of assholishness. It's really quite brilliant when you get down to it. We should give them a chance to tell an interesting and culturally relevant story. jk WWE can't write with that level of nuance and it's probably going to be dumb as gently caress
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 08:58
|
|
|
My sources are saying that WWE will recreate the limo explosion angle by having Becky carbomb each separate McMahon like the end of the Godfather
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 09:13
|
|
|
Prokhor Zakharov posted:My sources are saying that WWE will recreate the limo explosion angle by having Becky carbomb each separate McMahon like the end of the Godfather Make Finn/Sheamus/Becky/Devlin a stable called the Irish Rassler Alliance
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 09:33
|
|
|
The Kimoa Kid posted:That story is dumb as poo poo but if you think they're burying Becky you are the world's top moron They aren't burying her, they're killing her. This storyline will result in most participants been less over than before, particularly Becky. Winning matches is one thing, but constant boot licking and the stink of the involvement of the McMahon's makes people way less over now, and it has for the last decade.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 10:01
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Make Finn/Sheamus/Becky/Devlin a stable called the Irish Rassler Alliance Please do not spoiler the plot to The Marine 7: The Legend Of Curly's Gold
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 10:08
|
|
|
Jerusalem posted:I cannot comprehend why they had Becky say she was sorry, then have Triple H and Stephanie just walk away. It makes no sense from a character POV for any of them, and Vince has had zero skin in this game so his appearance makes no sense either. Because it makes them seem in control but forgiving and sensible, whereas Vince is insane. Thus when they take over, it's better. They're continuing the most important long-term booking of the company: the company will be better under HHH and Steph. Jerusalem posted:Becky apologizing makes no sense other than as a way to cement Triple H and Stephanie's position as bigger/more powerful than her. That DICK! posted:Yeah but it’s ok because the fans will ignore it and still cheer. Because stories, wins and losses do not matter I love in the retro raw reviews Bryan makes a note of how HHH always won as clean as possible, with his finisher preferably. On a show of bullshit, he consistently won by hitting the Pedigree and pinning people, and now he wants people to think wins and losses don't matter. Rusty Shackelford posted:Where were Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVga482-4Rs Wazzu fucked around with this message at 10:42 on Feb 12, 2019 |
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 10:28
|
|
|
That DICK! posted:They’re saying this is work. Being a wwe fan is hard work. It’s like owning a horse We're going to tell Vince McMahon it's sick and go home?
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 10:40
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 09:17 |
|
|
Why can't we just have a straightforward build up to a WrestleMania main event? These two people hate each other, keep them apart until the show and then have them fight each other to see who's baddest. Without all of these bullshit swerves, angles and loving McMahon's. I was genuinely going to buy WrestleMania for the first time in like 15 years because of Becky v Ronda. But I have absolutely no interest in a triple threat, especially after this nonsense.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2019 10:50
|
|