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**Mr. Nerfect** · 10-24-2017, 06:34 PM

I know she "got over" in NXT having competitive matches, but keep in mind that Tyler Breeze was also a main eventer down there. Hell, Emma mattered down there. The NXT crowd care about getting themselves and the show over, so they will cheer anyone who fits the paradigm of being funny, cool, ironic or, yes, sometimes even good. The genuinely good reactions seem to trump the others though. You can "feel" the difference between the buzz of Gargano/Ciampa vs. Revival and Dick Dickerson dicking around. There's nothing literally like that in NXT, but you know what I mean.

I don't think you can gauge how well an act will do on the main roster by how well it works in NXT. They just don't translate. One is more professional wrestling and the other is more sports entertainment. Asuka came in to NXT with instant nerd cred, was put over as a big thing and pretty had Emma and Dana Brooke running, from memory. She eventually became embedded with the long title run (I maintain that Triple H was scared of moving her up), people chasing her, and the crowd eating up everything down there. It was a very NXT act is my point. It had the benefit of a certain type of audience.

Most people who watch Raw have never really encountered her. They try to sell her as dominant. I think, that's the vibe I've gotten from all the hype around her debut. Tick, tock, she's coming to get you, basically. But she came and got punched right in the fucking face. It'd be like Arnie tripping over as the Terminator. It's Shockmaster stumbling through the wall, only less ridiculous. But it's the same principle of "this is super serious" and then it happens and it's not.

You've said you're going to tell a story of dominance with her. She needs to dominate. It's really that simple. Anything else is a break in that story and doesn't make sense, so why would anyone keep up with it? They might be able to get her over as the woman who has the most competently wrestled matches in time. But any idea that there's going to be some sort of revolution in credibility for women's wrestling with the debut of Asuka, who could do that, is sadly mistaken when she comes out and has the same match as everyone else. And because they do this with everyone except Brock no one should be surprised.

10-24-2017, 06:34 PM	#19
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,634	I know she "got over" in NXT having competitive matches, but keep in mind that Tyler Breeze was also a main eventer down there. Hell, Emma mattered down there. The NXT crowd care about getting themselves and the show over, so they will cheer anyone who fits the paradigm of being funny, cool, ironic or, yes, sometimes even good. The genuinely good reactions seem to trump the others though. You can "feel" the difference between the buzz of Gargano/Ciampa vs. Revival and Dick Dickerson dicking around. There's nothing literally like that in NXT, but you know what I mean. I don't think you can gauge how well an act will do on the main roster by how well it works in NXT. They just don't translate. One is more professional wrestling and the other is more sports entertainment. Asuka came in to NXT with instant nerd cred, was put over as a big thing and pretty had Emma and Dana Brooke running, from memory. She eventually became embedded with the long title run (I maintain that Triple H was scared of moving her up), people chasing her, and the crowd eating up everything down there. It was a very NXT act is my point. It had the benefit of a certain type of audience. Most people who watch Raw have never really encountered her. They try to sell her as dominant. I think, that's the vibe I've gotten from all the hype around her debut. Tick, tock, she's coming to get you, basically. But she came and got punched right in the fucking face. It'd be like Arnie tripping over as the Terminator. It's Shockmaster stumbling through the wall, only less ridiculous. But it's the same principle of "this is super serious" and then it happens and it's not. You've said you're going to tell a story of dominance with her. She needs to dominate. It's really that simple. Anything else is a break in that story and doesn't make sense, so why would anyone keep up with it? They might be able to get her over as the woman who has the most competently wrestled matches in time. But any idea that there's going to be some sort of revolution in credibility for women's wrestling with the debut of Asuka, who could do that, is sadly mistaken when she comes out and has the same match as everyone else. And because they do this with everyone except Brock no one should be surprised.