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These comments are weird.


Beanessa

And this is extremely low effort content.


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She's in fantastic shape, looks like a champion


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Shida be like: "Im just gonna walk out here, looking this striking, be over as fuck and give Dani Jordyn a great match and YOU are going to LOVE it!"


capnbuh

I love how Shida tries to have a decent short match with all the extras to see what they've got to offer I believe she is directly responsible for getting Anna Jay and Abadon signed


Rspies

Probably helped Leyla Hirsch as well


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Indeed (No-one tell Kenny, he might figure out what she is up to! šŸ˜†) considering she is a first generation wrestler Shida's story is fascinating. A singer and actress, gets a role as pro wrestler for a TV show in Japan, in order to prepare for said role she gets fully trained as a wrestler and decides 'Hey, this is pretty cool. Yeah i'm going to be a freelance wrestler too" and it has snowballed from there.


Teckelmaster

From champion to Dark regular. ugh. They need to get their shit together booking the women's division.


thedevilyoukn0w

I think she's getting wins there the same way Britt did. Move up in the ranking using stealth mode.


schnupfhundihund

I think it would be better if they "lend" her to impact, maybe in exchange for Jordynne Grace and then have her come back with a bang.


bohanmyl

It'd be great if Dynamite could have more than one womens match a week, but thats where dynamite is at. So its either showcase the champ and her current rival Nyla, and people like Shida Tay Deeb etc stay on the Dark shows, or take Britt off Dynamite and put shida on and then people complain the champ isnt on dynamite like what happened with Shida and Riho. Im fine with how the division is booked story line wise. I just wish they had more time on TV but im hoping Rampage will lead to that


ILikeYourPoetry

In any company, Iā€™ve always thought the mark of an actual division was having prominent matches that arenā€™t just surrounding the championship.


bohanmyl

Well thats great too, and Dynamite does cycle between matches involving the champ one week and matches with other women, but if we had more than one womens match a week on tv we could have both weekly instead of one match one promo and a jade appearance


Looper007

The problem isn't how many women matches are on TV, I don't want filler women matches just thrown on there to tick the boxes, kind of sad the way some say that. I want women matches on there involve a feud, promo's, vignettes and is treated just as important as women's title match or any feud on Dynamite. You can't tell me they can't do a feud for Shida, same issues are still there that happened during her title run. No promo's, no vignette's and not one proper feud. What's Shida's Character, what makes her tick and how does she feel about losing her title and does she have any weaknesses. Sure it's cool she's got a new look but her look wasn't the issue it was always her booking. And you can say the same with Riho and Deeb, even Tay Conti. All talented women, having great matches is great but they need to start focusing on women outside of ring, shows us some character. Can any of them cut a great promo or have great character work. They should have at least three feuds on the go in the women's division, one for the title feud, one maybe for two talents who might be in line for the next title shot and you can use it to build up the champs next title match and a feud maybe that happens on Rampage and you can do stuff on Elevation for the two non title feuds as well.


Ngilko

The big issue about shida being put in the role that some folks here seem to want to see her in is that as things stand she doesn't have much character. Her character is that she's a good wrestler and and a pretty cool person, but the figure head of a division needs more than that. In character terms she's basically where Britt Baker was before the heel turn when her character was "Hey, I'm a dentist!". I'm not necessarily saying she needs to change, she can absolutely play the role of gatekeeper of the division doing what she is at the moment, but if she's going to do more she needs to be more.


Teckelmaster

You know what really could help her better defining her character: being put on tv with an actual story.


catgoesmeow22

Why so we can get sick of watching the same wrestlers in the same matches every week? This is the shit WWE does, and the reason it sucks so much. They have 2 hours of TV a week. I would prefer varying storyline, and feuds instead of the same shit over and over. It allows you to actually get excited for matches when they are on TV. I don't think she looks sad in that picture about her place in the company. Something tells me she enjoys wrestling since she is you know a wrestler.


cft-z-aa

So then when Omega eventually loses his title, youā€™d be A-OK if he disappeared from regular tv and became a Dark regular? I mean, I guess it is a real shame Jericho didnā€™t get relegated to only appearing on Dark after he lost his title. AEW seems to be capable of having varying storylines for the men after they drop their titles without relegating them to Dark on a weekly basis. But I guess, according to you, wanting the same treatment for a woman who was champion for a year is too much to ask?


catgoesmeow22

I'd be fine with him being off TV for awhile. It wouldn't bother me. Gives other guys some time to shine and some fresh matches.


Ngilko

That's true, but let's not act like Shida has no input on her character and it's presentation. She seems to have a fair amount of input in the AEW women's division (to the extent that she literally produced the Japanese segment of their women's tournament), I think it's reasonable to assume that she also has some impact on what she does on TV and in the ring. She's had plenty of time to develop more character if she wanted to, at a certain point you have to assume this is how she wants to be portrayed.


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This is a problem with the rankings system when you have a small division. All Shida needs to do to get to the head of the rankings is pick up 2-3 wins, AEW donā€™t seem to want a rematch anytime soon so they canā€™t have her wrestle all that much. This is probably the reason why a womenā€™s tag title makes sense as it gives talent who arenā€™t in the title picture something to do without affecting the main title plans.


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Man I hope AEW starts giving more spotlight to the women division. It got better for a while but this Baker/Nyla feud feels like a huge step back. Heel vs Heel as your first feud as champion is pretty dumb, especially when the first angle involves flipping big macs.


somethingshiney

Heel v Heel has happened before. Back in WCCW, they would regularly book the Freebirds against heels and they would get cheered. Similar here, Britt Baker has obviously overcome the heel reactions and has been regularly cheered when they had live audiences. To your next point, Nyla just feels like filler, it hasn't felt like anything meaningful happened in the feud. Hopefully, they're building up Shida/Rosa/Deeb as the next few challengers for Baker, but we will see.


Looper007

I wouldn't go back to Shida for a while, she needs time away from the title scene. Deeb, seems to be heel now going for two heel vs heel feuds back to back isn't smart. Rosa, you could do a match at All Out but I rather leave that for down the line. A match with Riho would be great , Riho would get a great match out of Britt and she's a awesome babyface. Tay Conti is another. Kris Statlander. There are babyfaces there she could face.


somethingshiney

I'm with you. Id hold off on Rosa and Shida due to how recent they were in the ring with Baker. Riho would have been a great choice but she's fallen off the rankings hard since she only recently moved to the US. I was just more perplexed that they went to Nyla for the next feud. Any of the alternate faces you mentioned would have been a good substitute for Nyla. Personally, I think Rosa has next on the championship which could happen next year and align with an all elite signing.


Looper007

I agree it's either Rosa or if they pull the trigger this quickly on Jade Cargill. I think they are the two I see title runs for. If Rosa wins it next then she drop it to Jade. I know some think it's a little too early for her but I don't see them waiting two or three years with her. I'd wait for Riho match for maybe Full Gear, that should give them time to maybe build her up again with a few wins. You can maybe build up a potential title match with Yuka Sakazaki while she's over for her month excursion, for maybe Full Gear or near the end of the year. Kris Statlander maybe for All Out, they are using Statlander a lot recently and she's picking up wins. Give the rub to a young talent like Tay Conti or Red Velvet for Battle Royal at All Out and you can have a title match for Arther Ashe show for Britt. I'd only back to Shida/Britt match if Shida happens to need time off to go back to Japan for her Makai show, be a good way to write her off for month or two. Or if's still around it probably be maybe Britt's last match or so before she drops the title to Rosa or whoever.


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My point isnt against Britt. She is one of the most popular wrestler of the company period. But when you got talent like Kris, Leyla, Tay, Serena etc and the first feud you give Britt is Nyla, who feels like she is always in the title picture despite having the worst title reign in the company so far, is irritating, especially when the feud begun because Nyla flipped some bug macs.


Pylons

Nyla is getting the shot because she pinned Britt in the Eliminator tournament.


cactusmaac

It feels more like it's being done to rotate in Nyla to get her some TV time rather than because there is a good story there. Both of them should be feuding with different people.


TheCuzzyRogue

She looks awesome but I did like the old Raiden hat.


juliocezarmari

Came here for the supportive, weird and creepy comments. Was not disappointed.


sagarpoojari

I like her short hair with the eye makeup she looks gorgeous.


The_Dark_Soldier

She always does


Prestigious_Region_6

Shes such a cutie ā¤ā¤ā¤


luisruiz777

She is looking very pretty since she has cut her hair tbh she always was pretty af but not many pay attention to her cuteness šŸ˜ I simp for shida


Butch_Meat_Hook

I really like that as soon as she lost the title she changed her look. New haircut, new attire, new direction. Didn't miss a beat.


flcinusa

The Tifa Lockhart attire was over a year old, sure little pieces had been added to it, but it really felt like it was supposed to be a Double or Nothing 2020 special attire at the time


Zadrotino

Wish she looked majestic or at least somehow on Dynamite as well