RAW 10.19.20 - Lana vs Asuka

[Emperor Smeat]

at Lana getting put through a table again.

Guess Vince still is very petty over Rusev leaving for AEW and badmouthing him over Rusev Day.

[Tom Guycott]

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat at Lana getting put through a table again. Guess Vince still is very petty over Rusev leaving for AEW and badmouthing him over Rusev Day.

Oh wow. Whoever could have seen that coming.

Besides everyone. It is a WWE trend. They were petty towards AJ Lee after CM Punk left, pretty much scrubbing her championship run from history and having her lose it to the "Hall of Famer" Nikki Bella AND having Steph co-opt her "give Divas a chance" and "women's revolution" for herself. They were petty towards Renee when Ambrose left, and the getting mad about her letting folks know she had Covid-19 seemed like a lame excuse they were reaching for to boot her out the door. They were mad that they finally got their long re-sought after prize in Maria Kanellis, and treated Mike Bennett like shit after he had THE NERVE to get his own wife pregnant and deny the audience her in booty shorts. They probably would have treated Brandi like shit had she stayed around long term after Cody's departure, but they never got the chance since she walked.

Hell, they are petty towards people who are together within the company. They are dead set on arbitrarily splitting up couples on separate brands for no reason, since it rarely if ever leads to some kind of push for one or both parties. Remember back when Lana and Rusev had heat for :gasp: getting engaged?! Because them being in love and wanting to get married fucked up WWE's shitty plan for that "all american girl" gimmick and paring her with Ziggler or somesuch; also gave the company an excuse to be mad at them instead of just forgetting they were on the card in typical "Vince is bored with this" fashion.

What would really be shocking is if they didn't do such things. If, for sake of example, either Killer Kross or Scarlett left in a huge tizzy, but the other one stayed and had a whole sustained long-term push and plan built around them. That would be a surprise. But the reality is when one is gone, the other will be counting lights for everyone until either their contract expires or they end up on the post-'Mania chopping block.

[xrodmuc316]

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott Hell, they are petty towards people who are together within the company. They are dead set on arbitrarily splitting up couples on separate brands for no reason, since it rarely if ever leads to some kind of push for one or both parties.

That used to be true, but not the last 2 years or so.

Remember how Andrade got drafted to Raw, so Zelina went to Raw, but then Charlotte got drafted to Smackdown, so WWE just reversed/ignored that Andrade and Vega got drafted, and put them right back on Smackdown? Then they split up Ricochet and Aleister Black so he could go with Zelina to SD?

Then remember the next year when even though SD on Fox heavily promoted Charlotte, she got drafted back to Raw, so Andrade got to go back to Raw, thus Vega got drafted to back to Raw, which then meant Aleister Black had to get drafted to Raw, even though they broke up his tag team and assigned him to Smackdown to begin with!

Shit is hard to keep track of lol

[erickman]

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott Oh wow. Whoever could have seen that coming. Besides everyone. It is a WWE trend. They were petty towards AJ Lee after CM Punk left, pretty much scrubbing her championship run from history and having her lose it to the "Hall of Famer" Nikki Bella AND having Steph co-opt her "give Divas a chance" and "women's revolution" for herself. They were petty towards Renee when Ambrose left, and the getting mad about her letting folks know she had Covid-19 seemed like a lame excuse they were reaching for to boot her out the door. They were mad that they finally got their long re-sought after prize in Maria Kanellis, and treated Mike Bennett like shit after he had THE NERVE to get his own wife pregnant and deny the audience her in booty shorts. They probably would have treated Brandi like shit had she stayed around long term after Cody's departure, but they never got the chance since she walked. Hell, they are petty towards people who are together within the company. They are dead set on arbitrarily splitting up couples on separate brands for no reason, since it rarely if ever leads to some kind of push for one or both parties. Remember back when Lana and Rusev had heat for :gasp: getting engaged?! Because them being in love and wanting to get married fucked up WWE's shitty plan for that "all american girl" gimmick and paring her with Ziggler or somesuch; also gave the company an excuse to be mad at them instead of just forgetting they were on the card in typical "Vince is bored with this" fashion. What would really be shocking is if they didn't do such things. If, for sake of example, either Killer Kross or Scarlett left in a huge tizzy, but the other one stayed and had a whole sustained long-term push and plan built around them. That would be a surprise. But the reality is when one is gone, the other will be counting lights for everyone until either their contract expires or they end up on the post-'Mania chopping block.

yeah i still don't get why she signed a 5 year contract when rusev was holding out i figure she would wait on him. then she would have been fired when he was.

[Tom Guycott]

Originally Posted by erickman yeah i still don't get why she signed a 5 year contract when rusev was holding out i figure she would wait on him. then she would have been fired when he was.

I think the thing is that the remaining party gets "snowed" on the idea that they're their own person with their own career, which SHOULD be true. There shouldn't be any problem whatsoever if Lana likes where she is and Rusev doesn't. But, again, it is almost as if those in authority just can't help themselves on being petty. Even if they aren't intentionally, it sure looks the part.