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Alina America
Check out all of my renders and read a little more about my rendering process and ideas here on my render thread.
I like this, she looks a little like Joan Crawford
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Shawn Michaels vs. Eddie Guerrero
The Road Warriors vs. The Dudley Boyz
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Orange versus Page was fun. The 6-Man tag was great. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed the Jade Cargill match; true, it wasn't anything we haven't seen from her many, MANY times before, but I thought the post-match stuff was very interesting.
Blood and Guts was just bonkers. Much better than the first one, and I already thought the first one was pretty good. I hope Santana is okay; he looks like he got hurt badly. It's a testament to how stacked the roster is that the wildly popular (interim) World Champion was only the 4th or 5th most important person in the match.
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I want an AEW x DDT/NOAH/TJPW/Gatoh Move show with at least 4 women's matches. They really got screwed with Forbidden Door.
They did make out better than the first Full Gear event which, if I recall correctly, had no women's matches on the main card and just Britt and Bea Priestly on the Buy-In.
But seriously, all those trios matches and they couldn't squeeze in a women's trios match?
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That's a little harsh on Jay White, I think. He's not perfect, but I think he's very skilled, especially considering his age. Certainly, I think he's better than Adam Cole, who I find terribly overrated.
You know, I wouldn't mind if AEW did a similar event with AAA. There's been some crossover, but so far no joint card. Certainly, I think the AEW women's division would benefit from an event like that more than last night's show, as AEW and AAA both have good women's rosters and you could do one or two trios matches in addition to have some of the belts on the line.
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A thought occurred to me today. Over the past 2 years, the WWE has released many, many wrestlers and off staff members due to "budget cuts" (despite the company raking in record profits thanks to their TV deals and money from Saudi Arabia). And now, we find out that Vince spent millions in company funds to serve as hush money to cover up an affair. If I were someone who was one of the people released because of these "budget concerns", I'd be very upset right now.
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Good show last night, with the highlights being Fenix/ Andrade and Cobb/ Wheeler. And the end of show shmoz was super fun. "If this is what they're doing now, just think what they'll do when you pay to see it!" Now THAT is how you put butts in seats!
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Ishii is out injured so Clark Connors takes his place. Scorpio Sky, Kyle O'Reilly, Buddy Matthews, Lee Johnson, The Bunny and Skye Blue are also on the growing injury list.
And also Darius Martin, who was in a car accident a few weeks ago. He can't seem to catch a break.
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Mark Sterling is more consistently entertaining than Jade.
He's such a lovable heel. Which I admit is sort of an oxymoron, but even when he fails, he's entertaining.
Jade has all the potential in the world, but ugh, horrible pick for first TBS champion
Yeah. Her in-ring skills aren't nearly where they need to be, and for all that some fans laud her for her mic skills, she's needed TWO mouthpieces.
She's good at making herself look good, and that's about it.
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She won the TBS title clean in front of her daughter in the crowd and celebrated with her afterwards. It felt pretty babyface. That, and, I always thought the Smart Mark thing was him trying to impress her and not them being in cahoots. He's a klutz and she didn't need him but he was always trying to prove his value. I don't know, we're trying to make sense out of AEW's storylines and this feels like an exercise in futility.
I'd consider that a one-off, like MJF in Long Island.
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In Jade's defence, they started turning her into a babyface because she went on a good run for several weeks and had good matches. The first one against Anna Jay was very good. The one against Julia Hart was decent. I liked the Tay Conti match on PPV. She was looking every bit like the star they presented her as. She was getting more positive crowd reactions and it felt like she had turned a corner and put it together. Then they put The Baddies on her, effectively making her a heel women's wrestler with two lackies who help her out. Does that sound familiar to anybody?
Uh... what? She was pretty much always a heel. Before the Baddies, she had Smart Mark Sterling distracting people and would constantly run down her opponents (I think; she once called Anna Jay "Anna Banana" which is maybe an insult a 5-year old would use), and insult whatever town they were in.
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You know, I noticed something this week- most, if not all, of Jade's televised matches since winning the TBS championship have been on Rampage. I thought that was odd since, you know, Rampage isn't on TBS, Dynamite is. And then I thought, "Well, maybe that's because it's pre-taped, and that gives them a day or two to fix things up in editing in case someone screws up...."
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... That Smackdown opening segment may have been the carniest thing I've ever seen.
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I think Lance Storm said the same thing about how he was the only partner Christian never turned on.
To be fair, I think Lance Storm has an above average track record when it comes to tag team partners not turning on him.
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Honestly, as soon as Christian started partnering with Jurassic Express, I think most fans were waiting for the "sudden but inevitable betrayal". Similar to how, when he debuted with MJF, there was little doubt the end goal was for him to go Batista on his employer.
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Vince using an investigation regarding sexual misconduct to boost ratings by appearing on Smackdown is peak Vince.
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I kind of get Kyle winning. Obviously, the goal for Forbidden Door is Mox vs Tanahashi, which is something they've been trying to pull off for a while now, so whoever won the battle royal was going to job to Mox. And, ideally, you want someone with credibility and in-ring skill but also someone who no one will care if they lose. It did make the main a little predictable, but eh.
I feel like they're booking themselves into a corner with Jade vs. Athena.
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Marina Shafir has been on TV more in 2022 than Abadon has. That doesn't seem right.
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And now they made Statlander lose to Soho. I'm glad the crowd boo'd.
Statlander got repackaged and split from Best Friends (for the best, in my opinion) just to lose to Soho and now we have Baker vs Soho again but now for the Owen. Storm vs Statlander would be WAAAY better. I guess I have a bathroom break set for Sunday now.
You'd think that whoever won the Owen would be in line for one of the two titles, and Statlander against Cargill makes far more sense than either Baker or Soho vs. Rosa or Deeb.
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Typical WWE. They promise a surprise partner, and I get all hyped, and then it turns out to be someone we see all the time.
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Agreed about Jade versus Anna. AEW had 3 months to build up somebody to be a credible challenger, and instead they're running back Anna Jay with little build and little reason to believe that Jade won't retain.
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You know, all weekend I've been seeing people at various spots online defending Michael Cole. "Oh, he didn't REALLY want to say those things about Sasha & Naomi; Vince told him to say that." That would be a compelling argument if this were the first time it had happened, but Michael Cole has been behind the broadcast booth for nearly a quarter of a century, and this is not the first time. If it REALLY bothered him, he would have done something long ago. At the very least, he is apathetic about the whole situation.
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The Smackdown crowd looked absolutely ticked off at the end of the show, and not in the "Ooh, those no good heels, I can't wait to see them get theirs!" way. If it had been in Chicago or Philly, I'd be very concerned right now.
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I'm definitely buying that Bunny. Been using the excellent Jsilver renders until now, but those are with an older model. Sorry, but now you pretty much have to do her tag partner too. Just please don't overdo the "goodlooks", as they shouldn't look too hot, like the one you just did.
People tend to overdo the female renders and make them all look stunning imo, but a 72 sex appeal is pretty much the database average, so they would look average too.
"Average" looks would be a 50 sex appeal though, wouldn't it?
Just please don't overdo the "goodlooks", as they shouldn't look too hot, like the one you just did.
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