Has the Alexa Bliss "charm" worn out?

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Who? Sasha vs Bayley got crowds ultra hot for female wrestling summer 2015. Then they pushed Charlotte as a heel after her team up with Paige failed as a face...They jobbed Sasha alot during that and basically have only had Nia and Naomi either own and level out with Charlotte. If not for Sasha, there would be no interest in Charlotte. The shyt we used to see with Foley and Cripple H or Jericho laying down to build up RVD, Angle, and others.

Bliss got owned by Naomi but her shopping Bayley's ass looked ridiculous. The clean title win over Sasha deflated the division, bar none.
 
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A heel needs a clean victory every now and then but dishonorable cheating is the foundation of a bad guy. Monster heels should be the only ones winning clean on a consistent basis.

Yup.

cowardly/chickenshyt Heels need to be able to show they're dangerous once in a while but by and large the money in them is seeming like they're a paper champ and CAN be beaten but keep getting lucky. It gets almost any face a boost by taking them to their limit.

Alexa isn't presented as lucky or paper champ like

Keeping a heel as strong as they're largely keeping alexa works IF they're simultaneously building the person that eventually takes her out.

The 50/50 thing they do to pretty much all of the babyfaces doesn't help.
 

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TSC turned on her months ago and I don't get the hate. Who else on the Raw roster has proven to be exceptional long term and deserving over Bliss other than Asuka? That's where all of this is heading anyway-- Alexa vs Asuka.

You know why. :mjpls: Before Alexa showed up TSC was turning on Sasha. She was sloppy, botchy, couldn't cut a promo etc. Then Alexa shows up, looking like that one white chick in college that would take a BBC one hour and the next be at an Alt Right rally hoisted upon the shoulders of a knock off Richard Spencer so they could see her wee little Nazi salute. Now it's back to poor poor Sasha. She wrestles sooooooooo well. But one of the best matches she had on the roster was the HIAC with Charlotte and most people are hard pressed to remember anything but her shorts going up her ass. So progressive. Bu bu bu but crossover appeal. Like that has ever mattered to anyone but WWE executives. :mjlol: "Bu bu bu but Alexa is only 4ft 6, she's not believable." Same people who would shyt themselves with anger if Brock Lesnar or Strowman squashed a guy like Daniel Bryan.

When the TSC heel turn hits, all logic goes out the window.
 

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Being an a$$hole is the foundation of a bad guy. Many heels throughout history didn't need to cheat to win. The idea of heels having to cheat to win is what has led to the past 10 years of WWE heel title reigns being nothing but outside interference, roll ups, or other fluckery bullshyt that made their reigns feel like a waste of time. Basically since the time Edge won his first title on, there hasn't been a heel top title reign that meant shyt because none of them were credible competitors since they had to cheat to win every time.

This is why the concept of squash matches was important in the 80s and is still important now. Flair needed to show he could go out there and wreck dudes after 5 months of bullshyt wins over Lex or Sting.

I think heels should beat faces who are clearly below them, in this case I guess Mickie's lower on the totem pole but Sasha and Bayley should not be losing clean to Alexa.

On your Edge point nothing about him in or outside of kayfabe could explain him beating Cena, Triple H, Batista or Undertaker clean and so he didn't.
 

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You know why. :mjpls: Before Alexa showed up TSC was turning on Sasha. She was sloppy, botchy, couldn't cut a promo etc. Then Alexa shows up, looking like that one white chick in college that would take a BBC one hour and the next be at an Alt Right rally hoisted upon the shoulders of a knock off Richard Spencer so they could see her wee little Nazi salute. Now it's back to poor poor Sasha. She wrestles sooooooooo well. But one of the best matches she had on the roster was the HIAC with Charlotte and most people are hard pressed to remember anything but her shorts going up her ass. So progressive. Bu bu bu but crossover appeal. Like that has ever mattered to anyone but WWE executives. :mjlol: "Bu bu bu but Alexa is only 4ft 6, she's not believable." Same people who would shyt themselves with anger if Brock Lesnar or Strowman squashed a guy like Daniel Bryan.

When the TSC heel turn hits, all logic goes out the window.

True. People were hating on Sasha until Bliss' dominant Raw run (which was preceded by a dominant SD run that everyone seemed to love) and now it's #GiveSashaAChance. :dahell: Sasha is fine, but let's be honest-- she's bland as a face and the never-ending Charlotte feud exposed her (and Charlotte) in the ring. I like her, but she's overrated. Better than most from the Divas era, but still overrated. Sasha needs a heel turn in the worst way and needs to clean up her act in the ring.
 

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Besides Asuka, no one has been crisper in the ring than Sasha on Raw. Charlotte almost killed Sasha and somehow she was endowed as the best worker. Preposterous. Sasha has better matches with Nia, Becky, Emma, Bliss, Nattie, and Bayley than Charlotte. So it' no even close to who the best all around women's worker is. Working with people who can't handle what u do is not sloppy..its just dealing with lesser workers. Nattie was running across that alot during the Beth Phoenix pushed years.

They had Asuka in matches with people like Nikki Cross and Nia...two people, who if trained for 10 years, still wouldn't be in her league.
 

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Sasha the total package? Alexa has the swagger Sasha wishes she had. Being able to carry themselves on the mic has pushed performers to heights they otherwise wouldn't be.
 

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Sasha the total package? Alexa has the swagger Sasha wishes she had. Being able to carry themselves on the mic has pushed performers to heights they otherwise wouldn't be.
Yep..for Enzo, Ambrose..Alexa has been lacking during the Mickie stuff..the Nia shyt didn't even make any sense.
 
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Was very little to begin with.

She's sexy, she can talk.

She's a mediocre worker at best, and honestly, even her character has a one note feel to it
 
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