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2 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said:

How so, bubba? Like, the entrance gear, the martial arts part? I didn't pay attention to the entrance theme, tho.

 

Lacey might actually be good now? What the fuck?

Big Chinese characters projected in hologram, comes out in a coolie and robe, swings a bo around and does martial arts moves. If somebody did that in the territory days, people looking back would say how cringy and stereotypical it was.

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1 minute ago, Embrodak said:

Big Chinese characters projected in hologram, comes out in a coolie and robe, swings a bo around and does martial arts moves. If somebody did that in the territory days, people looking back would say how cringy and stereotypical it was.

IIRC she does have legit martial arts experience in kung fu and kickboxing, so it's not like she's an amateur who got the gimmick based on her nationality.

It is a thin line between highlighting someone's culture and being stereotypical about it, but so far it has mostly been played straight. 

1 minute ago, Embrodak said:

The real way to madness is trying to imagine how, in kayfabe, the format of these shows would be intended to work. Shotzi and Ronda can just decide to have a match? What was the original plan to be happening right now?

Either Adam Pearce is thanking the heavens that the wrestlers are doing his job for him, or the production crew is going "fuck yeah we don't have to pad out the show now".

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1 minute ago, KawadaSmile said:

IIRC she does have legit martial arts experience in kung fu and kickboxing, so it's not like she's an amateur who got the gimmick based on her nationality.

It is a thin line between highlighting someone's culture and being stereotypical about it, but so far it has mostly been played straight. 

Either Adam Pearce is thanking the heavens that the wrestlers are doing his job for him, or the production crew is going "fuck yeah we don't have to pad out the show now".

Ronda does jiu jitsu and comes out in a leather jacket and skirt. I’m not saying the whole gimmick is racist, and to be charitable, one could say they’re going for a Raiden in Mortal Kombat thing, but idk, it’s a bad look.

 

this match is surprisingly aight though.

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6 hours ago, Embrodak said:

Xia Li has a very racist entrance, holy moly.

I get where you're coming from, but it's Mortal Kombat, right?. Even if MK is racist, which it is? Im not throwing the racist tag on a wrestling character of a video game bad ass.  It's a bad ass martial artist with lightning effect,  who was the babyface in this living room. No one cares that Lacey had it bad. She's a heel.

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