Matt D Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 That wasn't in Part One and I hadn't gotten to part two yet. It wasn't about that at all. It was about the booking and the fact that Axel was clearly there to build up Hunter's feud with Brock. He was a sacrificial lamb. Later on, he was there as a stooge for Heyman vs Punk, and not even the main one, which was Ryback. Axel was positioned to get beaten over and over again. That has nothing to do with being a good fit or not. From his first moment on TV, he was there to fail. Hunter emasculated him and instead of beating the crap out of him, he just took it and tried to look tough. It's one of the worst three debuts of the century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Liska Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 It was never going to go anywhere. He doesn't have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eduardo James Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I enjoy the RybAxel team for what they are. Wished they played up the dumb jock thing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 He could be a tag team guy, but he definitely doesn't have it to be a singles guy. There's just really nothing interesting about him, he needs a strong personality like Ryback to play off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Emma has been released per Naylor on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCabana Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 That seems like a ridiculous overreaction but, you know... Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I love RybAxel. They're like a throw-back tag team to the 80's for me. Ryback is like the bully in every teen movie from the 80's. It's priceless. I, too, wish they played up the dumb jock thing more. They're a pretty good team, honestly. There's just not a lot of them flying around in WWE right now. Usos Vs. RybAxel has happened so many times already for no reason that it would be hard to make a crowd care about it now. I wouldn't be mad at them getting a run with the belts though. Maybe after The Ascension gets called-up & topples the Usos, WWE will look at RybAxel again & try to do something with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Part of me really thinks that AJ/Paige/Emma/Bayley/Becky vs. the BFFs could have been marketed to tween girls and it might have caught on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I haven't seen Sasha Banks in the ring, but I hope she is better there than she is as a personality with the awful overacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Tweens like awful acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Heyman did talk about Axel on Jericho's podcast, and his take on it wasn't anything different than what some of us said at the time. The Punk-Heyman program was hot, but because Brock is never around they needed a guy to plug in as Heyman's proxy. He said it did Axel no favors at all because a) he wasn't at Punk's level, and if they really wanted to build him up/push him he shouldn't be losing matches, and Punk shouldn't have been losing either. It was a glorified jobber role to get Punk/Heyman over. He didn't mention names of who would have been better in the spot, but I imagine he would have rather had someone like Big Show or a rotating cast of monster of the week jobbers, maybe old ECW guys in one off spots. He put over Axel as a talent and boiled it down to wrong time/wrong place/bad fit for the situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I haven't seen Sasha Banks in the ring, but I hope she is better there than she is as a personality with the awful overacting. Â I had never seen her work before & just assumed she sucked. The first time I ever saw her actually wrestle was on NXT against Bayley in a match that I just assumed would be a Bayley showcase match. I was wrong. It was in the first round of the NXT Women's Title Tournament. Â I won't say she's great because that would be hyperbole. I will say, she impressed me & was a lot better than I thought she was going to be. I think she has potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Emma has been released per Naylor on Facebook. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo  what kind of world do we live in where a pro wrestling company fires someone over a misdemeanor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Especially since Cameron got a DUI and lied to a cop and still has her job. Guess Emma should have lobbied for a Total Divas spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Seriously, I really hope that isn't true. Cameron being arrested for DRIVING DRUNK and lying to the police on the spot about it but still being pushed on TV and still keeping her job should really make Emma's petty theft a non-issue. Not that petty theft, assuming it was an intentionally criminal act, is not big deal, but really that wouldn't sit well with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Her not getting over may have been the biggest crime in some people's eyes. She has been one of the main ones mentioned in the Trips vs. Kevin Dunn war so chalk this up as a win for the Dunn side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 That's the thing. She doesn't really have the stuff to get over with the bigger crowds. It just never took off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Emma just isn't very good, straight-up. However I don't think that really matters so much to this issue. WWE seem like hypocrites here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 That's the thing. She doesn't really have the stuff to get over with the bigger crowds. It just never took off. yeah i mean it's not like the shit booking of her on the main roster was the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Emma just isn't very good, straight-up. However I don't think that really matters so much to this issue. WWE seem like hypocrites here. you seriously have the worst opinions about everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 She has been one of the main ones mentioned in the Trips vs. Kevin Dunn war so chalk this up as a win for the Dunn side. Â Yeah, I feel like Vince had no compunction about letting her go because of Dunn giving her the very inorganic introduction that she received, plus it's an excuse to cut payroll. A shitty, shitty excuse to cut payroll, but it's still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 She hasn't been on TV since the June 3rd SD tapings and yeah she was in Australia for a week but still 3 weeks not on TV isn't good for someone on the main roster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 That's the thing. She doesn't really have the stuff to get over with the bigger crowds. It just never took off. Don't know if I buy that about her, Rose, Bo, or anyone else who's getting called up. They've been saddled with gimmicks that took time to get over in NXT but grew naturally. On the main roster, they get thrust in front of everyone without 99% of people knowing where their character came from. Of course that makes them look bad, but it shouldn't be a sign that they lack what it takes to get over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm sure it's not a coincidence that the only recent NXT callups that amounted to anything were protected like the Shield or the Wyatts, The jury's still out on Bo, but I think he has the charisma to get over regardless. If I was a conspiracy minded person, I would say it's almost like Dunn saw these guys getting over and thought "wow, all the guys Hunter oversees are getting over, I better put a stop to that". Â The real test will be when the Ascension get called up, no way Hunter will stand for them getting the usual main roster half-ass push since he's had a major hard on for those guys for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Torch is saying that there may be a change of heart on her release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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