Real talk what is WWE doing with Naomi

[tjax03]

She is one of the most talented akd entertaining female wrestlers on the roster. Why don't they use her properly and boost her up more?

She could be on raw fighting weekly
Yet they got her buried on smackdown with nothing to do.

Why won't they do right by her and use her talents better?

 

[Womb Raider]

Absolutely nothing

 

[Brad Piff]

I think they’re building towards aligning her with the bloodline.

 

[8WON6]

She's building towards something with Sonya...how is that nothing?

 

[Zebruh]

She's building towards something with Sonya...how is that nothing?

More than likely she aligns with The Bloodline, this is probably the start of it tho.

 

[InstantKlassik]

She's building towards something with Sonya...how is that nothing?

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

How would she fit in character-wise with the Bloodline though? Have we ever seen her be that much of a heel? Team B.A.D. were heels, but I don't remember anything about them. Was she believable as a heel?

I've seen one or two posters on here refer to Bianca as the female Sting.

Along that same line of thinking, Naomi is the female...who?

 

[Norrin Radd]

Was she believable as a heel?

Hell nah

I never thought she was really good on the mic. She’s one of the talents who ALWAYS sounds like they’re reading off cue cards instead of actually talking in the moment.

 

[Zebruh]

How would she fit in character-wise with the Bloodline though? Have we ever seen her be that much of a heel? Team B.A.D. were heels, but I don't remember anything about them. Was she believable as a heel?

I've seen one or two posters on here refer to Bianca as the female Sting.

Along that same line of thinking, Naomi is the female...who?

I've learned to stop thinking people can't be heels. Bayley turned out to be one of the best heels last year. Roman's heel turn has been some of the best work of his career. The Usos said fukk that face paint, put on some AF1's and have been top tier heels ever since. We just gotta wait and see what she comes with, especially if she does align with them. She's over with the crowd so I think they'd give it a chance if its presented well enough.

 

[HoldThisL]

How would she fit in character-wise with the Bloodline though? Have we ever seen her be that much of a heel? Team B.A.D. were heels, but I don't remember anything about them. Was she believable as a heel?

I've seen one or two posters on here refer to Bianca as the female Sting.

Along that same line of thinking, Naomi is the female...who?

Back then, she was alright. Her promo game and confidence greatly improved since then though. It might work this time

People actually digging this feud with Sonya and invested into it.

 

[drifter]

Idk but they've taken entirely too long with it and cooled it off a little imo

If they had built it up first with Naomi eating a few Ls before asking for a chance then Sonya hits her with the "I've done all I can" and starts looking down on her, then you've got something. Instead it looks like Naomi wandered from catering asking for matches and Sonya hates black people lol

And if it's Bloodline related then she needs to be in the women's title picture for the chance to have a faction hold most of the titles on one show or else it's a waste. After last night the scene's a little crowded unless Sasha's going to Raw

 

[R=G]

Haven't been watching..is Sonya heel for these interactions?

 

[Playaz Eyez]

How would she fit in character-wise with the Bloodline though? Have we ever seen her be that much of a heel? Team B.A.D. were heels, but I don't remember anything about them. Was she believable as a heel?

I've seen one or two posters on here refer to Bianca as the female Sting.

Along that same line of thinking, Naomi is the female...who?

She was surprisingly believable as a heel. The problem was, they mostly turned her heel just so Nikki Bella could have another heel to challenge her during her long ass reign. Even during Team BAD — the group with the most intrigue out of Bellas/Alicia and Team PCB — they managed to lose the most, which was gross.

Also, as far as this Sonya thing, you have a chance to have a storyline about a black woman getting overlooked and can present this as something real for the crowd to rally behind, but knowing the WWE, either Sonya will come out on top, or they’ll just gradually forget about it all together. Remember the feud with her and Mandy? It was a very entertaining feud that they actually made long term based on stuff stemming from Tough Enough. But, again, the problem was, Mandy was heel and was set to try to breakup the marriage between Naomi and Jimmy, and Mandy WON the feud Naomi only pinned Mandy in tag matches, while Mandy (and Sonya) convincingly beat her. That’s as stupid as HHH winning his feud with Booker T that was based around race.

The Bloodline thing would be easy to connect, but there’s just no reason to boo Naomi. She’s basically been steadily over her whole career and they need to take advantage of that.

 

[Psychosis]

Have we ever seen her be that much of a heel? Team B.A.D. were heels, but I don't remember anything about them. Was she believable as a heel?

she did a interview saying she hated working the heel moveset because she couldn't do any of her acrobatic moves.

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

Also, as far as this Sonya thing, you have a chance to have a storyline about a black woman getting overlooked and can present this as something real for the crowd to rally behind

I would love that as a storyline because it's rooted in reality. In 2021 however, you would need some company brave enough to do it. Although it's scripted, and common sense that people know that it's all a work, does Sonya want to have that heat on her in 2021. Maybe they can do it, but it just has to be very very subtle.

Besides that, maybe Naomi is like Ricochet, all the talent in the world, but just missing that one key ingredient.