Paid Members Nick James Posted March 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 14, 2023 Oh Christ, its going to be like when Charlotte Flair was potentially leaving to join Andrade and suddenly she was the best women's wrestler in the world and everyone suddenly forgot how much they hated her. The Bella's will all of a sudden be spoken about as though they were the best thing since sliced bread and criminally underused in recent years. The Outcasts storyline is shite enough, without bringing the bloody Bella's in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Nick James said: Oh Christ, its going to be like when Charlotte Flair was potentially leaving to join Andrade and suddenly she was the best women's wrestler in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted March 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 14, 2023 To be absolutely fair to Nikki Bella, she did put in the work a fair bit towards the end and wasn’t completely shite. On the other hand though, Brie Mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Brie Mode getting absolutely destroyed by Jade in 10 seconds and then never appearing again is something I could get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) Apart from the Rumble appearance, they both last regularly wrestled in 2018. They announced they're hosting a new reality dating show earlier this month. The change to their own names and being out from under WWE's trademarks has been on the cards since Total Bellas came to an end and they started branching out. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/twin-love-dating-show-amazon-nikki-brie-bella-host-1235541184/ ----------- On a good news front. Britt Baker v. Anny Jay has been announced for AEW's first proper house show this weekend. She's been out since the tag team street fight where she dislocated her ribs. Edited March 14, 2023 by Infinity Land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2023 10 hours ago, Nick James said: Oh Christ, its going to be like when Charlotte Flair was potentially leaving to join Andrade and suddenly she was the best women's wrestler in the world and everyone suddenly forgot how much they hated her. Did this actually happen? I don't remember seeing it here or on any of the other wrestling places I lurk. Anyway, Brie Mode was a banging tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted March 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2023 I was definitely exaggerating a little, but it certainly was the case that people who normally slate Charlotte forgot all that and was talking her up as though they were longtime fans of hers. Wrestling fans being hypocritical, eh? Who'd have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 11 hours ago, Supremo said: After attending the AEW pay per view last week, the Bella twins have now announced they’re leaving WWE, dropping the, “Bella,” name and are now going by the, “Garcia Twins.” I wonder if this is tied in with the apparent new AEW TV show in any way? As in, could it be an all-female show; with Nikki/Brie being brought in to bolster the women's roster and add star power to this show. Regardless of what you think of them, with a reality show to their name; along with the fact Nikki headlined the first all-women's WWE PPV while Brie was in a main Summerslam match against Stephanie McMahon; at face value, they would probably seem like significant signings to WB Discovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Yeah they'd be a great signing. Not significant needle movers - mind you - but it's fairly obvious AEW have found their ceiling of dedicated wrestling fans who'll watch something that's not WWE every week, and Nikki & Brie are the exact sort of faces who'll scoop up a few extra people that don't fall into that bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2023 2 hours ago, RedRooster said: Nikki headlined the first all-women's WWE PPV while Brie was in a main Summerslam match against Stephanie McMahon One of these things is not like the other. One was a major moment for women in sports entertainment. A truly historical night that has had ramifications in the years since. The other was a half arsed attempt at a PR exercise after doing a show in a country that wouldn't allow the women to perform. The Garcia Twins will end up meaning about as much to AEW as Daniel Garcia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted March 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) I don't think there's much chance of the Garcia Twins actually showing up in AEW - this is clearly about them establishing a brand for themselves outside of WWE, and fair play to them. But in terms of what they could offer AEW, if they were to join? They have a proven following in reality TV circles, which is an area AEW are moving more into, and that's a following that likely isn't being reached by AEW's current product, and could be convinced to follow them to main-line AEW TV. I don't know how likely that is, and I think they run the risk of AEW being seen as WWE-Lite if they give the Bellas the red carpet treatment above and beyond their existing female roster, having largely already done the same for Saraya, and to a lesser extent for previous ex-WWE signings. But just in terms of potential eyes on the product, social media followings are a shaky metric, but AEW currently have 907.1K Twitter followers to Nikki & Brie's 3.5 million. Saraya, for context, has 2.7 million. CM Punk has 2.6 million. MJF has "only" 399.7K, Britt Baker around 350K, and Jamie Hayter less than half that. Whether even a fraction of those followers become AEW viewers might not even matter, it may be that having them under contract would be more of a carrot to dangle in front of the TV network than the viewership. There's definitely benefits, even though Saraya's already giving us more than our fair share of WWE Robot promos on AEW TV. Edited March 15, 2023 by BomberPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsurutagun Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 AEW Orginals vs Outcasts (I prefer the name New York Territory personally) in Blood and Guts would be compelling viewing in the same way Sharknado is Also why do I think Brie would be the second most likely person in the Outcasts to blade herself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hijo del Mikey Jr Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 If Brie worked with Jade, it'd be a rare occasion where she was the worker in the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Forbidden Door Sunday June 25th in Toronto. Doing a bunch of Canadian shows afterwards through mid-July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 23 minutes ago, Infinity Land said: Forbidden Door Sunday June 25th in Toronto. Doing a bunch of Canadian shows afterwards through mid-July. Just message my mate about this, and his reply was “Sasha v Paige” Ugh (if it happens. Whick it probably will) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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