Carmella and Nattie, ugh. Nothing agaisnt them but they aren't exactly the cream of the crop, plenty of better talents should be on that poster. Asuka and Sasha being two.
I think the right three people are on the poster for NXT, Io is by far the best wrestler from any of the women, for me she's the best thing on NXT. Rhea got a ton of star potential, still a little green but she's a badass character. Shayna is a good heel, a bit overused and needs out of NXT badly imo but she's a talent.
Has the potential to be an absolute mega star. One my favourite female wrestlers today. Looks like a force, great on the mic and athletic. Could be argued that she is the best 'Home grown' PC prospects since Braun or Velveteen Dream?
And I'm not surprised who isn't on there at all.....typical.
I can't see Rhea going anywhere, though. Vince doesn't like Australians - the fact that he wouldn't push Emma or Peyton speaks to this, and the metal look will make her significantly less attractive to Vince than her old look. She's tall, so that'll help her, but I don't know. It certainly hasn't helped Lacey Evans any.
Emma's initial gimmick put her in perpetual failure territory and her repackacking was too little, too late. Peyton is half of a comedy jobber tag team. Rhea has super solo star appeal due to the way she carries herself, along with her look & height. The only thing holding Lacey back is Lacey. They clearly wanted to push her, but she's trash. You can't be completely talentless because you're blonde with big tits. That just gets you looked at first.
She's the future. Until Vince gets a load of Scarlett that is. We know blonds trump badass. Unless the crowd demands it like with Becky.
After seeing Asuka job to nattie clean I gotta say enjoy rhea while you can. Cause pretty soon she will be eating more roll ups from pretty girls than a fat kid consumes in an afternoon
Ripley is something different. She's hot in a hard-to-define way, she can work, she looks like a legit badass, she's tall without coming off like a hoss, she can talk, she's got a great presence and charisma and the accent...I think she's what WWE wants Charlotte to be.
Ripley is something different. She's hot in a hard-to-define way, she can work, she looks like a legit badass, she's tall without coming off like a hoss, she can talk, she's got a great presence and charisma and the accent...I think she's what WWE wants Charlotte to be.
And I'm not surprised who isn't on there at all.....typical.
I can't see Rhea going anywhere, though. Vince doesn't like Australians - the fact that he wouldn't push Emma or Peyton speaks to this, and the metal look will make her significantly less attractive to Vince than her old look. She's tall, so that'll help her, but I don't know. It certainly hasn't helped Lacey Evans any.
Have there actually been enough overlooked Australians in WWE for there to be a "Vince doesn't like Australians" narrative though?
Emma - I think she's absolutely gorgeous, but is there enough about her beyond that to justify a top spot? Not so much. The Evil Emma character was cooler than the dancing goon character but it was pretty damn one dimensional. Sexier outfit, sunglasses, and some gloves. Yay
Peyton - See previous answer. She's also incredibly divisive. Some people like the characters that her and Billie play, others think they are annoying and irritating (which is sort of the point). Would be interested to see if she can mix it up in the future though.
And I'm not surprised who isn't on there at all.....typical.
I can't see Rhea going anywhere, though. Vince doesn't like Australians - the fact that he wouldn't push Emma or Peyton speaks to this, and the metal look will make her significantly less attractive to Vince than her old look. She's tall, so that'll help her, but I don't know. It certainly hasn't helped Lacey Evans any.
Bret Hart is the last non-Hispanic foreigner anybody remembers who got booked to do anything really noteworthy. On the women's side it'd be another Canadian, right? Trish Stratus? So any time I am excited for a wrestler, I check to see where he or she is from in WWE, and if ain't America or Mexico...
Charlotte and Nattie on same line?? Lol, the foresight of next women's tag team Champion,yup that's gonna happen and Carmella over Nikki Cross?? When the last time she was relevant aside when she came to aid Charlotte??
I never buy too much into these. I mean God they have Carmella over someone like Sasha on the SD side of the poster, someone (who even with her struggles) has been booked 10x stronger during her run than Carmella has. And I don't suddenly expect Carmella to get a big push out of this.
But still, it's a cool image to see her as the center piece.
Has she though? Carmella did what Sasha couldn't do and had multiple successful title defenses. Not only that, but she beat Charlotte and Asuka, TWICE! Chickenshit MITB run aside, I'm sure Sasha would trade at least 3 of her 4 RAW Championships for 1 solid SmackDown title reign like that.
This doesn't say a whole lot, but I do agree with the sentiment. I've been saying it since she totally reinvented herself in the MYC last year and her STAR performance in the women's Rumble this year cemented it. She's the best female prospect they have right now and one of the best prospects overall. Not on Dream's level but still very high.
If they don't have Rhea DESTROY that boring bitch at the January TakeOver, Triple H has completely lost his mind.
I know this is a NXT thread but Natalya shouldn't be in that spot, it should really be Becky, Asuka, and Charlotte for Raw, Bayley, Sasha, and Alexa even though I think Nikki Cross or Sonya Deville should be there for Smackdown but NXT is fine where it's at! Yes I do think Rhea Ripley has all the talent when it comes to in ring ability but I think she'll be the top heel once Shayna Baszler moves up to the main roster cause her personality with the brutality character fits the heel look especially when she was killing it in NXT UK. Looks like Io Shirai will be the top heel which I'm cool with cause she's excelling going back to her Black Lotus Triad ways when she was Hitoriki!
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