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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 1:33:30 GMT
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 15, 2018 2:54:12 GMT
Here's a couple of wild thoughts: 1. Baron Corbin loses to Braun Strowman at TLC so Corbin is out as GM of RAW and Vince announces Hulk Hogan as the new GM of RAW. 2. Asuka wins the Smackdown Woman's Championship at TLC and Becky and Charlotte are moved to RAW, Becky to feud with Nia Jax and Charlotte to feud with Ronda Rousey.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 3:04:19 GMT
Here's a couple of wild thoughts: 1. Baron Corbin loses to Braun Strowman at TLC so Corbin is out as GM of RAW and Vince announces Hulk Hogan as the new GM of RAW. 2. Asuka wins the Smackdown Woman's Championship at TLC and Becky and Charlotte are moved to RAW, Becky to feud with Nia Jax and Charlotte to feud with Ronda Rousey. Those aren't overly wild suggestions. I could see them happen. One that crossed my mind was announcing Womens Tag Team titles but then I thought more about it and they'd use Stephanie to announce those. They force her into any "womens historic announcement" type of situation.
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Post by Nike316 on Dec 15, 2018 5:00:50 GMT
This would put the Smackdown Women's Division on the spot, namely Asuka, since she wouldn't really have a serious opponent to face her for her title, except for maybe Naomi.
I suppose maybe Raw could trade two women over to Smackdown in exchange for Becky and Charlotte. The most likely to replace them would probably be Sasha and Bayley(though I would just prefer Sasha to go solo).
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 15, 2018 18:32:28 GMT
This would put the Smackdown Women's Division on the spot, namely Asuka, since she wouldn't really have a serious opponent to face her for her title, except for maybe Naomi.
I suppose maybe Raw could trade two women over to Smackdown in exchange for Becky and Charlotte. The most likely to replace them would probably be Sasha and Bayley(though I would just prefer Sasha to go solo).
Yes, they shake things up by moving 2 women from RAW to Smackdown to get Becky and Charlotte over to RAW to feud with Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey. I think they're also trying to push Sonya DeVille. DeVille was picked for the Smackdown Survivor Series team and was also the last one eliminated by Asuka in the battle royal.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Dec 15, 2018 23:46:29 GMT
I don't think the women's divisions are the problem. Baron Corbin being all over every show and the 3 hour length are their biggest problems, along with the absence of both Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. Corbin's an easy fix. I think they really need to get over their addiction to GMs. Vince vs Austin was a great storylibs from November 97-April 99, but it's been diminishing returns when any company has tried it since. Now we seem to have GMs because you have to have GMs, not because there's any reason why it should matter.
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 16, 2018 12:36:01 GMT
Meh. The current product deserves the ratings it's been getting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2018 4:50:31 GMT
So after TLC RAW has no acting General Manager so that could indeed be something Vince addresses. After the PPV though I am convinced that we're going to see Becky and Charlotte coming to RAW and possibly a trade of some kind that then sends Sasha and Bayley to Smackdown since Asuka will need some heavier competition. Becky's popularity being threw the roof right now and recently losing the SD title tells me that Vince is going to want her on the "A Show" ASAP to try and help boost ratings.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Dec 17, 2018 5:37:47 GMT
I don't think they need to move Becky and Charlotte over. They have the women's rumble for that. I doubt we'll see anything dramatic tbh. Probably a new GM and that's about it. And, with Smackdown going to FOX next year, it's high time he started building that roster. Because when that change happens, he needs to treat SD as the A Show. He needs a minimum 3.3 million on that or he'll soon find the show banished to a subsidiary.
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 17, 2018 18:54:00 GMT
So after TLC RAW has no acting General Manager so that could indeed be something Vince addresses. After the PPV though I am convinced that we're going to see Becky and Charlotte coming to RAW and possibly a trade of some kind that then sends Sasha and Bayley to Smackdown since Asuka will need some heavier competition. They don't necessarily need to move Sasha and Bayley to Smackdown. They could also bring Kairi Sane and Nikki Cross up from NXT to Smackdown.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Dec 18, 2018 5:47:11 GMT
As expected that was a whole lot of nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 6:29:07 GMT
So we got new GM's and some NXT people debuting. Not even top of the card NXT people either, that's whats puzzling. None of them will be deeply missed in NXT.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 6:48:38 GMT
So we got new GM's and some NXT people debuting. Not even top of the card NXT people either, that's whats puzzling. None of them will be deeply missed in NXT. Who debuted? Who's the GM? Nobody debuted officially (sorry I poorly chose the word debuted) but we got an announcement of people coming to RAW "very very soon" being Lars Sullivan, Lacey Evans, EC3, Nikki Cross and Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic). Some decent talent but nothing I'm overly excited about. The new GM's are all of the McMahon's and HHH apparently. That includes both RAW and Smackdown. No idea what that means for Paige on Smackdown.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Dec 18, 2018 8:13:24 GMT
What they've been doing is taking stars from NXT and then using them as mid carders. They're not really taking advantage of NXT, which should be to.provide them with trained and prepared stars who can slip straight into the upper mids providing fresh feuds for the likes of Ambrose, Rollins and Ziggler.
The three hours doesn't help. And one of Ambrose or Rollins has to be sent to the blue brand. Those two together or feuding is beyond stale.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 10:31:05 GMT
Vince has misused basically every single one of the NXT call ups that aren't Charlotte (who is over used imo) and now recently Becky. They have so much talent yet for whatever reason Vince's mind or the writers can't fucking do jack shit with them. I honestly can't think of 1 single male that has come through NXT that Vince hasn't just dismissed at some point. Balor, Joe, Nakamura, Breeze etc.
Ok, I will say that Kevin Owens has managed to probably be the one which is odd given his look but he is just so fucking good on the mic. Sami Zayn is coming back soon so that's awesome. He sucked as a baby face but really took fire teaming with Owens as a heel so hopefully he doesn't come back as a face. Would love to see something like Balor vs Zayn for the IC title at Mania.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 5:49:12 GMT
Just to update, Paige was indeed removed as General Manager on Smackdown tonight. So indeed the McMahons and HHH are taking over everything I guess. But they're saying that there are "no general managers".
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 19, 2018 16:32:38 GMT
As expected that was a whole lot of nothing. Yep, much ado about nothing.
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 19, 2018 16:34:06 GMT
Just to update, Paige was indeed removed as General Manager on Smackdown tonight. So indeed the McMahons and HHH are taking over everything I guess. But they're saying that there are "no general managers". So next Monday night, Rousey defends the RAW title against Natalya. Will Becky and Charlotte show up on RAW and attack them, leading to a tag team between Rousey and Natalya vs Becky and Charlotte?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 0:54:12 GMT
Just to update, Paige was indeed removed as General Manager on Smackdown tonight. So indeed the McMahons and HHH are taking over everything I guess. But they're saying that there are "no general managers". So next Monday night, Rousey defends the RAW title against Natalya. Will Becky and Charlotte show up on RAW and attack them, leading to a tag team between Rousey and Natalya vs Becky and Charlotte? Well I've already read the spoilers for next weeks pre-taped RAW so I won't comment.
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Post by poelzig on Dec 22, 2018 10:20:58 GMT
Vince has misused basically every single one of the NXT call ups that aren't Charlotte (who is over used imo) and now recently Becky. They have so much talent yet for whatever reason Vince's mind or the writers can't fucking do jack shit with them. I honestly can't think of 1 single male that has come through NXT that Vince hasn't just dismissed at some point. Balor, Joe, Nakamura, Breeze etc. Ok, I will say that Kevin Owens has managed to probably be the one which is odd given his look but he is just so fucking good on the mic. Sami Zayn is coming back soon so that's awesome. He sucked as a baby face but really took fire teaming with Owens as a heel so hopefully he doesn't come back as a face. Would love to see something like Balor vs Zayn for the IC title at Mania. I haven't been watching much for months now but Owens was always entertaining. AJ Styles too even if he's a bit vanilla on the mic but I guess AJ isn't a NXT product. Isn't KO hurt or something tho?
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