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Itssoeasy

J. Marston wrote: »

Mandalorian

Sasha Banks put Boba Fett through a table with a jetpack-assisted swinging DDT.

Also, from that post-credit scene it looks like her character has become a whole lot bigger.

Not a sentence I ever thought I'd type.

Also, that episode was fúcking amazing!

I popped when it happened. Sold it well in fairness.

Btw Sasha has wwe over a barrel because she can now say she was in a Star Wars show with mark Hamill and her name is there to prove it

Lithium93_

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I popped when it happened. Sold it well in fairness.

Btw Sasha has wwe over a barrel because she can now say she was in a Star Wars show with mark Hamill and her name is there to prove it

As if WWE will ever acknowledge it, due to her being credited under her real name.

J. Marston

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I popped when it happened. Sold it well in fairness.

Btw Sasha has wwe over a barrel because she can now say she was in a Star Wars show with mark Hamill and her name is there to prove it

I think she'll be off to Hollywood in 12-18 months.

The White Wolf

Sasha has them by the balls alright. Career is in her own hands now, what a great position to be in. Well done to her.

Itssoeasy

Lithium93_ wrote: »

As if WWE will ever acknowledge it, due to her being credited under her real name.

Oh wwe probably won’t but she has something under her own real name and wwe can’t stop her. At the very least wwe won’t act the Bollocks with her like they did with Batista. She’s golden if she wants to.

Lithium93_

J. Marston wrote: »

I think she'll be off to Hollywood in 12-18 months.

The White Wolf wrote: »

Sasha has them by the balls alright. Career is in her own hands now, what a great position to be in. Well done to her.

They could very easily and quiet possibly lose 2/4 of The 4 Horsewomen over the next year or 2.

Though who knows with Becky right now.

Lithium93_

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Oh wwe probably won’t but she has something under her own real name and wwe can’t stop her. At the very least wwe won’t act the Bollocks with her like they did with Batista. She’s golden if she wants to.

Looking back at the 2 Guardians movies (and the forthcoming Christmas Special and 3rd film in a few years time) and along with Infinity War & Endgame, WWE have wound up looking like absolute right eejits.

Agent Coulson

Fair play to her but she can't act for anything however that's not stopped loads of actors getting work.

Itssoeasy

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Looking back at the 2 Guardians movies and along with Infinity War & Endgame, WWE have wound up looking like absolute right eejits.

That’s my point in that they won’t want to make the same mistake again. Although this is wwe and Vince so I’d rule nothing out. Disney won’t be messing about and she now has non wwe centric eyes on her. I don’t know if she’ll be off to Hollywood soon but the thing is unlike any of the other four horsewomen she has a big time start.

savemejebus

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Looking back at the 2 Guardians movies (and the forthcoming Christmas Special and 3rd film in a few years time) and along with Infinity War & Endgame, WWE have wound up looking like absolute right eejits.

I doubt that they see it that way. They've ( they being Vince and his yes men - I'd hope HHH and Stephanie can see the flaws) made the decision to make WWE the star and not the individuals, as I said before, they want interchangable characters to fill roles for them.

They don't want any star to be bigger than the product, they saw what happened to WCW (doomed by catering to superstars egos) and they experienced losses when their guys became stars and left, leaving them in the lurch.

I'd say Sasha could leave tomorrow and Vince and Kevin Dunn would just think "not a problem, Carmella can take her place or we can bring up.someone from NXT.

oldtimeyfella

savemejebus wrote: »

I doubt that they see it that way. They've ( they being Vince and his yes men - I'd hope HHH and Stephanie can see the flaws) made the decision to make WWE the star and not the individuals, as I said before, they want interchangable characters to fill roles for them.

They don't want any star to be bigger than the product, they saw what happened to WCW (doomed by catering to superstars egos) and they experienced losses when their guys became stars and left, leaving them in the lurch.

I'd say Sasha could leave tomorrow and Vince and Kevin Dunn would just think "not a problem, Carmella can take her place or we can bring up.someone from NXT.

Problem is the fans would notice Sasha is gone, won't care about Carmella because she still sucks and they may not care about the NXT call-up.


They lose another few fans, Sasha gets to do TV/movies that give her a higher profile than WWE ever would and she may do a few handy appearances for Stardom/AEW/Impact if she still has an interest in wrestling.


Sasha has been fairly open in her critisism of WWE during her time there. She'll relish the oppurtunity to stick it to them. Their status as the only game in town is slowly but surely diminishing.

savemejebus

oldtimeyfella wrote: »

Problem is the fans would notice Sasha is gone, won't care about Carmella because she still sucks and they may not care about the NXT call-up.

Yeah but there is the tried and trusted WWE response that is always rolled out to stuff like that. "The fans are obviously wrong"

CastorTroy

Why would ye think she would be successful in film/tv. Apart from maybe appearing in future episodes of Mando I can't see her doing anything too high profile. According to her imdb Mandalorian is the only thing she's done outside wrestling.
Maybe she'll get lucky and land a nice recurring role somewhere or a future Marvel role but I think it wouldn't be wise to leave wrestling just yet.

oldtimeyfella

CastorTroy wrote: »

Why would ye think she would be successful in film/tv. Apart from maybe appearing in future episodes of Mando I can't see her doing anything too high profile. According to her imdb Mandalorian is the only thing she's done outside wrestling.
Maybe she'll get lucky and land a nice recurring role somewhere or a future Marvel role but I think it wouldn't be wise to leave wrestling just yet.

Disney are in the woke business. A black woman who is already in their system? They have plans for her already.

Agent Coulson

That was Ming-Na Wen in the post credit scene not Sasha.

I don't think she would be impressed with people mixing her up with a 57 year old Aisan woman that actually looks younger than her.


If she gets called back for season three it will be in the same kind of role a sidekick every couple of episodes not enough for her to chuck her full time gig in the WWE anyway.

J. Marston

CastorTroy wrote: »

Why would ye think she would be successful in film/tv. Apart from maybe appearing in future episodes of Mando I can't see her doing anything too high profile. According to her imdb Mandalorian is the only thing she's done outside wrestling.
Maybe she'll get lucky and land a nice recurring role somewhere or a future Marvel role but I think it wouldn't be wise to leave wrestling just yet.

oldtimeyfella wrote: »

Disney are in the woke business. A black woman who is already in their system? They have plans for her already.

"Woke" Christ...

You don't need to be Meryl Streep to be an action star. Gina Carano couldn't act her way out of a cardboard box but has made a success out of acting.

Sasha has a big following already, she's young, she's good looking, can do stunt work, has family connections. She has a lot going for her.

And I don't think she was even bad in the show. There's a world of difference when you're not shouting Vince McMahon's scripts into a mic.

CastorTroy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

That was Ming-Na Wen in the post credit scene not Sasha

I don't think she would be impressed with people mixing her up with a 57 year old Aisan woman that actually looks younger than her.

If she gets called back for season three it will be in the same kind of role a sidekick every couple of episodes not enough for her to chuck her full time gig in the WWE anyway.

Just remember this isn't a Mandalorian thread.

Don't think anyone said it was her in the post credits scene.
But season 3 will likely deal with Mandalore more so she would make appearances, I'm guessing

I suppose what may lead to her quitting is if WWE don't give her time off for the role.

As for being an action star, maybe Dwayne can get her a role to get started in bigger films, now the Fast & Furious films are wrapping up which were where Gina and Ronda showed up. Otherwise I don't think there are many big action roles for women who aren't established.

savemejebus

J. Marston wrote: »

"Woke" Christ...

You don't need to be Meryl Streep to be an action star. Gina Carano couldn't act her way out of a cardboard box but has made a success out of acting.

Yes but Gina Carson looks like she could kick arshe. Sasha, not so much.

B.A._Baracus

savemejebus wrote: »

Yes but Gina Carson looks like she could kick arshe. Sasha, not so much.

I get what you are saying.
For me, when you look at Sasha in a ring she doesn't look like she could beat up anyone. She's extremely petite but it doesn't translate well to beating people up within the realm of wrestling. She's too small.

Oddly enough, watching the mandalorian I can take her more "serious" as to being able to beat people up. I guess it's just the realm of TV / film.
It's easier to hide the reality of how tall or small someone is.

For a laugh, remember Stallone in Rocky 3?
Well Sly is only 5ft9 and accordingly weighed 163 pounds (11 and a half stone) even tho he was shredded. If you put him in a WWE ring he'd look like a cruiserweight :pac:
But yet was heavyweight champion of the world in great movies as well as a one man army in Rambo. Gas.

TimesArrow

https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-usa-network-furious-over-raw-ratings-want-adult-content/

oldtimeyfella

TimesArrow wrote: »

https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-usa-network-furious-over-raw-ratings-want-adult-content/

So, Orton gets to say "God damn!" and they let a "holy ****" chant happen for a few seconds?

Then they'll turn around and blame the fans for wanting something different (a good pro-wrestling show).

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The Rock will appear on Talking Smack after Smackdown

Loughc

TimesArrow wrote: »

https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-usa-network-furious-over-raw-ratings-want-adult-content/

This is the start of the end. USA will cancel Raw and then with no RAW money tv rights wwe will struggle. And wwe have no one to blame but themselves.

Itssoeasy

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I get what you are saying.
For me, when you look at Sasha in a ring she doesn't look like she could beat up anyone. She's extremely petite but it doesn't translate well to beating people up within the realm of wrestling. She's too small.

Oddly enough, watching the mandalorian I can take her more "serious" as to being able to beat people up. I guess it's just the realm of TV / film.
It's easier to hide the reality of how tall or small someone is.

For a laugh, remember Stallone in Rocky 3?
Well Sly is only 5ft9 and accordingly weighed 163 pounds (11 and a half stone) even tho he was shredded. If you put him in a WWE ring he'd look like a cruiserweight :pac:
But yet was heavyweight champion of the world in great movies as well as a one man army in Rambo. Gas.

Funny thing is that Stallone had huge respect for wrestling. When roddy piper was doing a movie, the stunt people were kind of making fun of piper and Stallone pulled them on the fact they need many goes at stunts while wrestlers do it in one take.

RollieFingers

TimesArrow wrote: »

https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-usa-network-furious-over-raw-ratings-want-adult-content/

How many times has this happened? The more things change, the more they stay the same. WWE is in the bin.

LineOfBeauty

Loughc wrote: »

This is the start of the end. USA will cancel Raw and then with no RAW money tv rights wwe will struggle. And wwe have no one to blame but themselves.

Way too soon for that. The contract has years to run and WWE is basically USA's only programming that regularly cracks top 10 in the demo. Also you have to keep in mind WWE's greatest supporter is Bonnie Hammer, she's 70 years old, who knows where she'll be by the time the contract is up. That being said, while with their current reach it's tough to envision WWE getting a contract at the same level as they have now, who knows. Them asking for more adult content though is not a good sign, but what they want, they get. Keeping in mind the 3rd hour of Raw has always existed purely at the behest of USA.

I'd be far more concerned about FOX if I were in the room in WWE. Those Smackdown ratings are below par for what they'd be expecting. You can rightly say they've been brought in primarily to draw during the quiet summer season for them, but going into this summer there must be concern with where the trends are going.

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beakerjoe

WWEs writers arent the problem.

WWE have had hundreds of writing employees over the years. No matter who writes the show, having the top bosses (Vince, his family and who ever is in his inner circle at the time) consistently produce the same sturctured show and formula for the last 15 plus years is the problem.

The writers pander to this man, this man produced what he likes and makes his writers rewrite **** until its the same ****.

Until the top brass change, nothing will truly change.