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Random Wrasslin' thoughts.....

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So this is a thread for your musings which do not deserve an entire thread of its own.

For example

I just watched Card Subject To Change. Horrific to think that since its been made the following has happened -

Kamala has become an amputee

Sensational Sherrie, Paul Bearer and Trent Acid are dead

Had Kevin Sullivan and Nancy stayed together one of Wrestlings darkest moments would be completely different or never would have happened.

Lacey Von Erich almost became a diva. She is also crazy hot. Pure nom.

I also mused that even while Sherri was a dispicable heel while she was on tv she may well have been my first celeb crush.

All this in one lazy evening.

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HandsomeBob

Not going to get into the whole does/doesn't look transgender thing as I find the argument disrespectful to people actually going through it.

But I will say that for me Rhea is one of the most beautiful women in the company.

sirmanga

nannerby wrote: »

I don't get the whole Daniel Bryan thing I find him boring and bland since he came back and this vegan stuff meh..

What's hilarious about the Daniel Bryan SJW gimmick is that most WWE fans these days are left leaning. So WWE are basically telling their own fans that they are the villains. With their incessant complaining, being offended by everything, militant veganism, and dirty beards.

This is how WWE sees its audience. And the fans love this character. The mind boggles.

Bounty Hunter

sirmanga wrote: »

Isn't Becky Lynch doing a transgender gimmick?

no.

The phrase the man refers to being the best a la Rick Flair's to be the man you have to beat the man.

It does not refer to Becky's gender

sirmanga

Isn't Becky Lynch doing a transgender gimmick?

nannerby

I don't get the whole Daniel Bryan thing I find him boring and bland since he came back and this vegan stuff meh..

leggo

I guarantee they will someday, just maybe not today because Trump’s views on the subject (exactly what you think they are) make it politically dicey. When they see it as the right time, they’ll do it, they won’t be offensive but they will pat themselves on the back constantly for doing it.

J. Marston

I think she's hot anyway, new look or old look.

They'll never do a transgender wrestler. They'd catch too much shít, from both sides. One will say they shouldn't do it and the other will say it should be done a certain way.

I think Dream is the closest they'll go to that stuff with his sometimes effeminate attire.

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RollieFingers

Maybe he was thinking of Cloudy from the Bodydonnas :P Because Rhea Ripley sure as hell does not look like she's transgender.

ShagNastii

TBF I don’t think i think this in a derogatory way but when I see her I instantly think “Lady Pete Dunne”.

Necro

Nothing like a bit of midweek controversy to stir up discussion says I

It's an interesting debate on whether WWE will actually ever take in a transgender wrestler though.

With Vince in charge I would hope not in the near future, God knows how he'd play that out. It wasn't too long ago there was all that talk about Finn Balor possibly playing a homosexual character and I was genuinely fearful of how that would pan out both publically and for Finn himself.

Bounty Hunter

Let's give PTH the benefit of the doubt after all he did post it in the random thoughts thread and they were indeed random. Her new look (below) does look a bit less feminine than Omackeral's pic above but I would think it a big leap to think she actually looks trans and that more so the change inspired the thought of a less feminine competitor.

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tbh I would hope the WWE don't have a trans wrestler for the foreseeable future. Now that may sound bad but it's more so because I would expect one hell of a booking mess from them if they did have one competing within their ranks.

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DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Your one looks a bit like a fella.

Ok....

PTH2009

A few beers may have contributed too my comment about Transgender wrestlers lol

DEFTLEFTHAND

J. Marston wrote: »

Good point. Yeah, I don't get the transgender comparison.

Your one looks a bit like a fella.

Like how people used to slag Chyna back in the day.

J. Marston

Omackeral wrote: »

Even though we've had a female IC Champion before in Chyna. Jacqueline was Cruiserweight champion also. Lita has mixed it up with the guys plenty too as well the likes of Beth Phoenix and numerous others.

Good point. Yeah, I don't get the transgender comparison.

leggo

Nia being in the men’s rumble three days ago would’ve probably been a better example if he meant intergender too...

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J. Marston wrote: »

Must have meant intergender.

Even though we've had a female IC Champion before in Chyna. Jacqueline was Cruiserweight champion also. Lita has mixed it up with the guys plenty too as well the likes of Beth Phoenix and numerous others.

J. Marston

Must have meant intergender because I don't think transgender when looking at her.

As for intergender wrestling, I could buy women the size of Charlotte or Rhea taking on cruiserweight-sized guys.

Kacy Catanzaro vs Braun might be pushing it though.

Necro

I think PTH probably had a few too many beers :pac:

gerrybbadd

PTH2009 wrote: »

After seeing the rumble again and Rhea Ripley it occurred to me when will we see the first Transgender wrestler in WWE

Dude... Dude? How... What? There's 2 or 3 things that have me legit confused in this statement. Did you read it back before posting it?

DM_7

PTH2009 wrote: »

After seeing the rumble again and Rhea Ripley it occurred to me when will we see the first Transgender wrestler in WWE

You meant inter gender world championship right.....

Right......

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PTH2009 wrote: »

After seeing the rumble again and Rhea Ripley it occurred to me when will we see the first Transgender wrestler in WWE

What in the actual fuck are you on about. What goes through your head when you're bashing that keyboard sometimes? Jesus Christ.

leggo

They don’t do many theme song changes anymore. I can’t claim to know why, though maybe speculating it’s to do with the Network and having to dub over so much footage with licensed music. Plus, since the Cena era, they’ve learned that they’re better committing to one strong image (even if it can grow stale at times) with talent than constantly repackaging as they would’ve before. Back when they would’ve used licensed music before, WWE was very ADHD, characters would constantly flop between heel and face and so on. It made it exciting week to week but then they had big, costly mistakes like trying to turn Austin heel at his absolute peak and having the arse fall out of the Attitude Era shortly thereafter. So now you’ve this with strong, well-marketed characters that were often refined at NXT level who stay relatively the same over a long stretch of time, but there’s more product and the week to week can feel stale as a result. For a company WWE’s size with their domination of the market, it’s probably the right call, but it can grate and feel so samey at times too.

To be fair, I like Becky’s theme a lot though. Really, instantly recognisable and catchy and you get situations like Monday where the entire crowd start singing along.

ShagNastii

ERG89 wrote: »

Don't know the exact moment that it happened but Corey Graves is absolutely unbearable on commentary the last few months.

I think we became too self aware. He’s almost try hard the amount of smarky comments he makes.

Gas how commentators can have good periods and bad periods. Remember when JBL first started on Smackdown he was legit one of the best commentators ever. Then he turned into “miggggall miiggggall miggggaaal!!!”

PTH2009

After seeing the rumble again and Rhea Ripley it occurred to me when will we see the first Transgender wrestler in WWE

ERG89

Don't know the exact moment that it happened but Corey Graves is absolutely unbearable on commentary the last few months.

nazmoalex

Would agree, changing it now makes little sense. Post mania for sure. Whatta Man by Salt n Pepper be decent... well for a tribute video at least! Haha!
https://youtu.be/8-WFNbMohTQ

Mr.Nice Guy

Changing Batista's theme by adding lyrics didn't hurt him one bit and he was a far bigger numbers mover than Becky. Her theme is fine for an NXT wrestler or a mid-card act but if she's to be taken seriously as a top act she needs a standout tune, or at least an update with some lyrics added in.