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[BewareTheBatsie]

Sorry Sasha, Bliss has earned everything she has gotten so far. Kinda just put on Smackdown as a body, has worked her way up to champion.

'worked her way up'

She went into a title feud for the belt right after the belt on SD was established and has yet to leave the title scene since. Not knocking Alexa but it wasn't like she spent six months doing nothing, her title push was pretty quick.

 

[Jopie]

Miz is fan freaking tastic.

 

[Bronx-Man]

'Just another girl, another heel'

Sasha isn't here for it

Straight outta the Dolph Ziggler Promo Academy

 

[Isak_Borg]

Miz is fucking glorious

 

[Professor Beef]

I think Sasha was great just now! Showed fire and personality, didnt feel scripted.

Probably helps that there's legit hatred between them.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

"Bliss earned everything by being pretty and putting out mediocre promos and shit matches"

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Straight outta the Dolph Ziggler Promo Academy

Na, she didn't scream until her face turned red

 

[serenewarfare]

Straight outta the Dolph Ziggler Promo Academy

That was way better than any Ziggler promo in the past five years other than maybe a few in his feud with Miz.

 

[Officerrob]

"Bliss earned everything by being pretty and putting out mediocre promos and shit matches"

Meanwhile, Sasha dreams of doing a mediocre tier promo

 

[Beefy]

Raw better make out Roman is heel now or some shit. But I bet he does a sob story or sum shit.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I like Miz but can this feud with Ambrose finally end? They've been going back and forth for 6 months now, Christ.

 

[Syder]

Meanwhile, Sasha dreams of doing a mediocre tier promo

Kinda hard when she's been forced to be a face for so long.

 

[Jopie]

Miz is a better cult leader than Bray.

 

[norm9]

Wow. This interview is real!

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

curtis needs to keep the hair combed all the time

 

[janoDX]

Holy shit, Cass is awful

Over/Under he's back with Enzo in about... 6 months.

 

[Officerrob]

This stable should be PUSHED

 

[Wagram]

Sorry Sasha, Bliss has earned everything she has gotten so far. Kinda just put on Smackdown as a body, has worked her way up to champion.

Lol.

You're joking right? Which match outside of tonight has Alexa actually put on a decent showcase?

I'll wait.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Soak it in!
Everyone or you?
Soak it in...
Lol

 

[Bronx-Man]

Bo looks great, holy crap.

 

[Purexed]

Best PPV in a quite a while. That double turn with Roman and Stroman was executed flawlessly, very excited to see how this develops.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Miz is such an amazing promo when he's not chained by the WWE writers.

 

[excelsiorlef]

'worked her way up'

She went into a title feud for the belt right after the belt on SD was established and has yet to leave the title scene since. Not knocking Alexa but it wasn't like she spent six months doing nothing, her title push was pretty quick.

She worked it up fast because of her character work and mic work she earned her spot.

 

[serenewarfare]

Lol.

You're joking right? Which match outside of tonight has Alexa actually put on a decent showcase?

I'll wait.

Her first match with Becky was good. The cage match was alright.

But then again Becky is great.

 

[El Pescado]

"Bliss earned everything by being pretty and putting out mediocre promos and shit matches"

Said Sasha Banks who literally can't go three months without injuring herself or someone around her. Look what she did to Alexa's face tonight. Poor Alexa.

 

[Isak_Borg]

Miz is such an amazing promo when he's not chained by the WWE writers.

One of the best talkers in the biz.

Sucks he's been battling Ambrose for the past year.

 

[Hex]

"Why do you think you should be #1 contender"

"i'm fuckin tall"

I tried to say something pages back, but hey *shrug*

 

[norm9]

I kinda want to watch marine 5.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Lol.

You're joking right? Which match outside of tonight has Alexa actually put on a decent showcase?

I'll wait.

So is Sasha's beef with Alexa supposed to be kayfabe? Why would it matter if she put on a decent showcase if a) she's the champ and b) she's a heel.

 

[LiQuid!]

I'm upset that there was no Braun followup after the final match. Now I'm going to have to watch

Spoiler

recaps of

Raw tomorrow night.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Raw talk was terrible. They had all the wrong guests besides miz.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

She worked it up fast because of her character work and mic work she earned her spot.

I wouldn't say that, since Alexa didn't really start getting the good mic or character work until she got into the Becky feud which happened pretty quickly into her main roster run.

 

[Raw64life]

Lol.

You're joking right? Which match outside of tonight has Alexa actually put on a decent showcase?

I'll wait.

Her matches with Becky weren't bad at all, but admittedly Becky deserves the credit for that.

Alexa didn't have any major botches tonight but Sasha still had to twist herself into a pretzel trying to make Alexa's offense look believable.

Raw talk was terrible. They had all the wrong guests besides miz.

After Kevin Owens' god tier destruction of Rosenberg, anyone else making fun of him just doesn't cut it.

 

[Demoskinos]

Brock's contribution to the match: German suplexes and an F5. It's like every Brock match over the last few years.

Brock fights like the people I fight in WWE 2k games online.

 

[El Pescado]

Raw talk was terrible. They had all the wrong guests besides miz.

Raw Talk is always terrible. Even the best episode of Raw Talk can't compare to the worst episode of Talking Smack.

 

[excelsiorlef]

"Bliss earned everything by being pretty and putting out mediocre promos and shit matches"

LOL not even close to mediocre promos, she's one of the best they have and while her matches aren't great not many of them are shit these days when they aren't booked to be shits

Lol.

You're joking right? Which match outside of tonight has Alexa actually put on a decent showcase?

I'll wait.

Her initial feud with Becky was solid, Bliss has always been more about character and promo work than in ring. Which is acceptable uin promo heavy WWE, her title win vs Bayley was great as well

 

[GiantBombGamer]

Yup. Enzo charm carried them. Cass getting released in nine months.

I'd do an avatar bet against that being the case.

 

[Dark Ninja]

I wouldn't say that, since Alexa didn't really start getting the good mic or character work until she got into the Becky feud which happened pretty quickly into her main roster run.

Eh that's because she had to put up with the dead weight of Blake & Murphy on NXT. Both Carmella and Alexa got rid of dead weight and are better off because of it.

 

[Cheat Code]

Is Alexa being good sone sort of inside joke?

She has the in-ring talent of an NXT Live Event wrestler and promo skills that only look good because she is up against the worst promos in the company.

 

[Beefy]

Braun is only 33 , damn.

 

[gaiadyne]

Great Balls of Fire is the best Pay-per-View since Wrestlemania

 

[ReiGun]

I like Miz but can this feud with Ambrose finally end? They've been going back and forth for 6 months now, Christ.

I liked that thing they teased with Finn a while back. They should let the two of them do a program together.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

I liked that thing they teased with Finn a while back. They should let the two of them do a program together.

We're getting Bray vs Finn I think. That tease happened for a reason. A feud with Bray and his creepy cult stuff seems perfect to get Finn to bring the Demon out.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I wouldn't say that, since Alexa didn't really start getting the good mic or character work until she got into the Becky feud which happened pretty quickly into her main roster run.

She had one title shot which she lost because of the screwy finish, the promo right after that match on was great. The title was put on her a couple of months later. Pretty sure they did it because of the mic work she did in between.


Her character worked was apparent even before that as early as the eliminationx match to determine the 1st Smackdown Women's Champion

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Raw Talk is always terrible. Even the best episode of Raw Talk can't compare to the worst episode of Talking Smack.

Lol

Shane says hi

 

[serenewarfare]

Alexa and Sasha are both only 25, so I feel like we are going to see that match a whole lot more in the future.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Is Alexa being good sone sort of inside joke?

She has the in-ring talent of an NXT Live Event wrestler and promo skills that only look good because she is up against the worst promos in the company.

She's the best mic worker in the division and probably top 10 talker in the company

 

[Shauni]

We're getting Bray vs Finn I think. That tease happened for a reason. A feud with Bray and his creepy cult stuff seems perfect to get Finn to bring the Demon out.

Are they still treating it like the demon is a separate entity from Balor?

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

She had one title shot which she lost because of the screwy finish, the promo right after that match on was great. The title was put on her a couple of months later. Pretty sure they did it because of the mic work she did in between.


Her character worked was apparent even before that as early as the eliminationx match to determine the 1st Smackdown Women's Champion

My point isn't that. My point is that I don't think Alexa worked her way up to being champ when she became champ in her first few months of being on the main roster after doing barely anything in NXT. I do believe her mic skills helped but not in a way where she spent half a year doing nothing but giving great mic work and one day got the belt finally as a thanks. Like she became champ pretty quick, there wasn't a long road to build it up.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

LOL not even close to mediocre promos, she's one of the best they have and while her matches aren't great not many of them are shit these days when they aren't booked to be shits

Alright, point me to a great Alexa promo? As for her matches I think all her Bayley matches were shit when Bayley managed to have decent to good matches with Nia in NXT.

Okay, I was going to say Vince pushes her because she's blond and toned and I feel shitty for it. Alex's okay on the mic but she's just never really killed it for me. Then I know it's not her fault but her booking has always been she's amazing and beats everybody so her promos are really easy.