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Post by Woo on Sept 1, 2015 11:56:47 GMT -6
Nicole wrestling Portia would just be weird. Portia can't turn face - she would have to smile, and the world would end. Nicole turning face and beating up heel Portia - who would cheer for that? I guess they could do "Portia gets jealous because she's the reason Nicole won the world title and demands a match" might work, but how do you do the actual match? They would have to have some evil plan in mind. Austin never smiled and I think Athena was much cooler when she came out as a face but before she started pandering to the fans. Just keep having Nicole treat Portia like crap and belittlin her and the fans will begin to root for her.
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Post by Stevie on Sept 1, 2015 14:08:37 GMT -6
Nicole wrestling Portia would just be weird. Portia can't turn face - she would have to smile, and the world would end. Nicole turning face and beating up heel Portia - who would cheer for that? I guess they could do "Portia gets jealous because she's the reason Nicole won the world title and demands a match" might work, but how do you do the actual match? They would have to have some evil plan in mind. Austin never smiled and I think Athena was much cooler when she came out as a face but before she started pandering to the fans. The pandering is just one of the many reasons why I cannot stand Athena.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 1, 2015 15:15:30 GMT -6
Nicole wrestling Portia would just be weird. Portia can't turn face - she would have to smile, and the world would end. Nicole turning face and beating up heel Portia - who would cheer for that? I guess they could do "Portia gets jealous because she's the reason Nicole won the world title and demands a match" might work, but how do you do the actual match? They would have to have some evil plan in mind. Austin never smiled and I think Athena was much cooler when she came out as a face but before she started pandering to the fans. Just keep having Nicole treat Portia like crap and belittlin her and the fans will begin to root for her. Melissa and Mercedes both smiled and that didn't stop people from booing them. To be honest I think Nicole would have to threaten to do the American History X curb-stomp on Portia before the fans would cheer her, to be honest since Portia was on a rampage when she was viewed as the leader of the Ninjas (the line from Nicole of "If you can't beat me, what makes you think you can beat Portia" springs to mind) maybe she inadvertently created her own monster in Nicole? It would be cool to see Portia get some babyface reactions after Nicole has beaten Havoc, Eagles and whoever else has a claim to her belt before Portia.
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Post by stareagle on Sept 1, 2015 17:57:35 GMT -6
Both have been great babyfaces elsewhere, so it can work either way. Yeah, I'm just thinking about their SHIMMER personas. Nicole does Happy Killing Machine really well, and Portia is a great babyface in promotions where she smiles.
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Post by Woo on Sept 2, 2015 10:07:41 GMT -6
She's all smiles here.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 2, 2015 12:59:49 GMT -6
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Post by stareagle on Sept 2, 2015 19:16:11 GMT -6
Geez, Tank looks even younger than Portia in this picture.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 3, 2015 6:51:41 GMT -6
Geez, Tank looks even younger than Portia in this picture. Isn't she legitimately younger than Portia?
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Post by Woo on Sept 3, 2015 11:08:00 GMT -6
Geez, Tank looks even younger than Portia in this picture. Isn't she legitimately younger than Portia? According to Wikipedia Skater's a month older.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 3, 2015 15:20:49 GMT -6
Isn't she legitimately younger than Portia? According to Wikipedia Skater's a month older. Is she? Wonder why Skater never got any of the old gags that Portia got before she became serious? You know the ones about how young she was, or at least looked? I would make a joke about old Tanks but I can't think of any.
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Post by Woo on Sept 3, 2015 17:40:16 GMT -6
According to Wikipedia Skater's a month older. Is she? Wonder why Skater never got any of the old gags that Portia got before she became serious? You know the ones about how young she was, or at least looked? I would make a joke about old Tanks but I can't think of any. Well Portia did start getting those chants two years before Skater joined and really did look much younger.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 4, 2015 5:26:35 GMT -6
Is she? Wonder why Skater never got any of the old gags that Portia got before she became serious? You know the ones about how young she was, or at least looked? I would make a joke about old Tanks but I can't think of any. Well Portia did start getting those chants two years before Skater joined and really did look much younger. True; god Portia getting those age jokes seems like so long ago.
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on Sept 4, 2015 7:47:39 GMT -6
Austin never smiled and I think Athena was much cooler when she came out as a face but before she started pandering to the fans. The pandering is just one of the many reasons why I cannot stand Athena. On a completely unrelated yet sticking to my ADD state of mind, you know who has to be the absolute worst in Shimmer history when it comes to fan pandering? KC Spinelli. Ugh.... Just watching it irks me to no end. Like she is literally begging people to cheer for her. Well, stop sucking and maybe people will.....anyway...
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 4, 2015 11:23:10 GMT -6
The pandering is just one of the many reasons why I cannot stand Athena. On a completely unrelated yet sticking to my ADD state of mind, you know who has to be the absolute worst in Shimmer history when it comes to fan pandering? KC Spinelli. Ugh.... Just watching it irks me to no end. Like she is literally begging people to cheer for her. Well, stop sucking and maybe people will.....anyway... I've never understood the kayfabe sense of wanting fans to like you, as long as you win the match, who really cares what they think?
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on Sept 10, 2015 8:36:35 GMT -6
I don't even think it matters if you win the match or not with how (unfortunately) "Smart" everyone is now. If you're a good wrestler, you're a good wrestler. And with Shimmer fans basically cheering anyone as long as they don't start skinning kittens in the middle of the ring (or aren't named Andy Long) you'll get some semblance of cheers. Spinelli just irked me to no end with her "please cheer for me please cheer for me". Ariel did it too but I also chalked that up to either her being tongue in cheek sarcastic or arrogant. Possibly both but it was Ariel so it was allowed, haha.
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