Monthly News Thread (May 2018)

[Disclose]

it is confirmed by wwe. (on their twitter thing and website)

 

[Cor]

I'm not sure if I'm surprised by WWE putting the title on Ronda this early. I kinda figured they would have her just work reguar matches, maybe a tag match teaming with Natalya at MITB, Natty turns on her, and she kills her at SummerSlam, Elimination Match at Survivor Series, win the Women's Rumble, and then eventually win the Women's Championship at WrestleMania.

She is going to hold onto the RAW Women's Championship for so long though

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

This sounds like sheer panic as the Woman's evolutions seems to be outright stalling and overall the WWE is struggling with sliding ratings and just put on a PPV that was universally panned and had fans heading to the entrance early.

I also think that after Nia got the boo'd doing her post match, be different, Bullies pay speech that they have a problem. Shes' a terrible worker, she blows up too easily, she's not interesting and her mic work is atrocious.

They killed off the only interesting challenger in Asuka, they killed her deader then this corpse of a dead squirrel in my driveway. Charlotte is pretty beat up, Bayley and Sasha have pretty much lost all of their heat.

Are we headed back to gravy matches and lingerie matches?

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Ratings aren’t sliding.

 

[dahrougem2]

To me this sounds like WWE wanting Ronda to look unstoppable by destroying Nia very quickly for the title.

It wouldn't mean much if Ronda beat the holy hell out of 5 foot nothing Alexa. It'll at least mean something if she dominates gigantic Nia both for the title and then in a likely rematch.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

This sounds like sheer panic as the Woman's evolutions seems to be outright stalling and overall the WWE is struggling with sliding ratings and just put on a PPV that was universally panned and had fans heading to the entrance early.

I also think that after Nia got the boo'd doing her post match, be different, Bullies pay speech that they have a problem. Shes' a terrible worker, she blows up too easily, she's not interesting and her mic work is atrocious.

They killed off the only interesting challenger in Asuka, they killed her deader then this corpse of a dead squirrel in my driveway. Charlotte is pretty beat up, Bayley and Sasha have pretty much lost all of their heat.

Are we headed back to gravy matches and lingerie matches?

Nia is just a transitional champion. She will lose to Ronda. She will turn heel. She will lose again. Ronda will join Brock being off TV with their titles and then Seth Rollins can main event the show with Roman Reigns because they can't not have Reigns in the main event. lol

As for Asuka, Asuka can be rebuilt in a heartbeat and they will never go back to gravy and lingerie matches.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Easy to have done it would have had Alexa take the belt off of Nia again and have Ronda absolutely pound her into the dirt. Book Ronda to be the monster (legit background too) that Nia was supposed to be. The slimy heel finally gets hers big time. Sadly her shoulder exploded so...

Ronda vis Nia has the potential to be the ugliest women's match in ages. One has the major potential, but is clearly still very new in the business. Yeah, she was great at mania but she was surrounded with competent workers that helped pace the match with Angle and Triple H. To put her in the ring with a trash can like Nia Snacks? Gonna make that poor girl look like absolute garbage after a debut far better than anyone could have hoped for.

Alexa isn't exactly great in ring either, but she's sure as hell better than Nia.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Rousey should just bury Nia. Like..3 mins of Ronda killing her.

 

[dahrougem2]

Wouldn't even go 3 minutes lol I'd let her just completely destroy Nia. Don't even let Nia get any offense in.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Rousey should just bury Nia. Like..3 mins of Ronda killing her.

Just tap her out in six seconds.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Wouldn't even go 3 minutes lol I'd let her just completely destroy Nia. Don't even let Nia get any offense in.

No I just want Ronda to beat her up for 3 minutes. 6 seconds is too short.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Nia Jax challenged Ronda Rousey to a match at MITB during a joint red carpet interview at an NBCUniversal event. It appears Rousey accepted (obviously), and both women said they can remain professional now, but once they get in the ring, all bets are off.

WWE hasn't confirmed the match at all, and neither Ronda, or Jax will be at RAW tonight

I can't think of a worse opponent for Ronda.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

No I just want Ronda to beat her up for 3 minutes. 6 seconds is too short.

I'd rather let Ronda beat up someone for a lengthy period of time that could actually make it look good. Like Mickie James would be ideal for that. Nia Jax will not make it look good. With her involved, it's best just to let Ronda tap her out quick and then move on to someone who is better at working like Mickie or Natalya after a turn or whoever that can sell while being easy to throw away for a loss.

 

[Cor]

Am I the only one who thinks Nia vs Ronda should be a legit match?

Ronda should be like a female Kurt Angle. A legitimate athlete than kick ass. Not a unstoppable force because that puts you in a situation we are in with Brock

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Am I the only one who thinks Nia vs Ronda should be a legit match?

Ronda should be like a female Kurt Angle. A legitimate athlete than kick ass. Not a unstoppable force because that puts you in a situation we are in with Brock

Except Nia can't have a legit match because she's just not a good worker.

 

[Cor]

Except Nia can't have a legit match because she's just not a good worker.

I’m not saying it’s going to be a good match.

However, it can still be competitive.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Highly likely that match is a botch fest and someone gets hurt.

Ronda is green as grass and Nia is terrible.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I’m not saying it’s going to be a good match.

However, it can still be competitive.

It can be but I don't see why it needs to be. Ronda's the money. Nia won't ever draw.

 

[GKJ]

Ronda shouldn’t go more than 3 or 4 minutes unless it’s agsinst someone who can work, and even then it shouldn’t be long and there’s only a few women where it could.

Probably doing a DQ.

Bayley vs. Sasha is good that they’re calling that off because it was dead.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

When is the TV deal up? That could be a big factor in thrusting the belt on Ronda.

... Or Ronda gets screwed.

 

[Cor]

When is the TV deal up? That could be a big factor in thrusting the belt on Ronda.

... Or Ronda gets screwed.

I watched the video of Nia challenging Ronda on the red carpet, and Ronda was like "I just got here, there's other deserving women who have been here longer" so I can definitley see the match getting blown up

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I watched the video of Nia challenging Ronda on the red carpet, and Ronda was like "I just got here, there's other deserving women who have been here longer" so I can definitley see the match getting blown up

Natalya actually makes sense to screw here both in storyline and for business reasons. She may not be the biggest name but she's easily the best woman on both brands for Ronda to learn from.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

When is the TV deal up? That could be a big factor in thrusting the belt on Ronda.

... Or Ronda gets screwed.

TV rights are being negotiated in September, I believe. Or I read wrong and there will be a new deal in September or October.

Feel like the better angle would have been Ronda vs. Mickie, then Natalya, and then the title. Save the battles with Bayley and Sasha for around Wrestlemania time.

 

[GKJ]

If this match is happening now then whatever they have for Summerslam has to be bigger.

Although John Pollock said that this was only decided at Backlash. Original plan was Ronda vs. Nattie and Ruby vs. Nia Jax

 

[Emperoreddy]

It still amazes me how badly the women’s division has been bungled.

Watch Jax f***ing win too