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Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead
Didn't even need to be a squash... I just think Asuka should have had that little bit of ascendancy throughout the match, even if Emma was competitive. To me they had her wrassle like a white meat babyface needing to overcome odds. They could just write it off as "Big Stage jitters" plus probably wanted to humble her a bit now that she's stepping up.
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Asuka could have taken some hits and acted like she was having a great time. "Let me see what you've got, Emma." So she lets Emma hit her a few times and does that psycho "Now you're gonna die" thing. I mean, if they really felt like they needed to pad it for time or whatever. I don't know why, they can basically make PPVs as long or as short as they want now.
They make every babyface wrestle like they're white meat. They do this with Nakamura too. It drives me nuts, because they sign these talents because they are larger than life in the ring. Will they be able to cross over? Everything goes extraordinarily well with their packaging and presentation (this is one thing that I will not dispute Triple H is fantastic at), and then they come up and their first match has a loser put them in a fucking chinlock.
It's weird, because they're so hands-on with everything, but they are less meticulous about the stories matches tell than ever before (unless it's something like the bear hunt that was that fucking main event). They're like "Asuka beats Emma," but no one pays any attention to how she does it or what that content makes people feel about her. The achievement of every match is just who wins and loses, which they openly tell you doesn't matter, because every match has to be the same for some fucking reason.
That's why Braun seemingly got as over as he did. It's not because he's that good, it's because he's fucking different and got to actually kill guys.