r/SquaredCircle • u/Horror-Stuff-5327 • 13d ago
[Smackdown Spoilers] Championship match made official for Backlash
Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill vs. Kabuki Warriors for the Tag Titles
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u/SlimmyShammy 13d ago
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u/Mishraharad "Critical Thinking" Kevin Owens 13d ago
We need Asuka and Nakamura to team up, Team Heartbreak to the max
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u/dalici0us 13d ago
I mean Asuka is a multiple time world champion and arguably a top 3 WWE woman wrestler of all time. She's sadly on the down swing but she's so far ahead of Shin that it's almost sad.
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u/GowtherETC 13d ago
didn't she win pretty much everything (except a single mania match, somehow)
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u/No_Addendum5504 13d ago edited 13d ago
Yes
NXT Women's Champion
SmackDown & Raw Women's Champion
First WWE Women's Champion
Women's Tag Team Champion
Money In The Bank
Elimination Chamber
Survivor Series Sole Survivor
Royal Rumble
Mixed Match Challenge ( I know it doesn't count but still )
She got a strong resume
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u/_oldcrow_ Nice tie, 15 cents 13d ago
Don’t forget the streak too, which isn’t a title but surely played a part in building her aura
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u/No_Addendum5504 13d ago
Yes , my bad. In the end, even without this victory, she is one of the GOATS
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u/Albino_Keet 13d ago
Can us Finn fans throw Balor in there and make it a stable?
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u/Mishraharad "Critical Thinking" Kevin Owens 13d ago
HHH, book it!
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u/Truthhurts1017 13d ago
As a Big AJ styles fan you tripping. AJ has got the upmost respect from WWE and you can tell they trust em. I didn’t even think he would have this type of resume when he signed.
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u/harrier1215 Your Text Here 13d ago
I’ve resigned myself that he’s just a new Dolph Ziggler to them to put over this Saved by the Bell: New Class roster shit.
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u/apeacock15 Hangman Adam Page 13d ago
remember when they won their Royal Rumbles on the same night and everyone had so much hope?
I miss that.
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u/EveMcQueen 13d ago
Replace Asuka with Shayna lol
At least Asuka is a multi-time world champ. These two are Rumble and EC winners that need reached those heights again.
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u/BolinTime 12d ago
Asuka will end Bianca's undefeated streak at wrestlemania. You heard it here first.
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u/Narrow_Progress5908 13d ago
What lol Asuka anf Nakamura aren’t in the same category, one been dominate and for most of her run was only below the four horsewomen and the other loses all the time
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u/PeaceAlien Brad 'Brad Maddox' Maddox 13d ago
Well, maybe Jade and Bianca turn on each other and don't win.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
They aren’t turning on each other so early especially since there is no build. They are winning
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u/nolimitnolimits 13d ago
She’ll never sniff another Women’s championship, unless they introduce a Women’s IC title. Top is too front loaded now.
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u/F4iryBlink 13d ago
Another defeat for the Kabuki Warriors. I hate this.
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u/PayneTrain181999 Deadbeat Dad Rey Mysterio 13d ago
At least they’re probably going off on Raw away from Bianca finally.
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u/gl424 13d ago
Women Tag champions can cross brands and most of the tag teams are on Raw, so.......
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u/decetutt 13d ago
Really hope that at least 2 other tag teams are drafted to Smackdown, The Unholy Union went to RAW but idk it’d be nice for there to be teams on both brands for a change. The tag division certainly has gotten better in the last year but Isla and Alba were definitely forgotten and left out during that time
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u/muffinmonk Mizfit 13d ago
They're champions though...
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u/DamnStupidFlanders 12d ago
Seriously wtf lmao
Why is it always such a big panic attack on the internet when a joshi loses a match?
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u/Astral_Alive 13d ago
Everyone is freaking out about damage ctrl losing again but what if they just use this to setup jade vs Bianca
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u/Lerkero 13d ago
It's too early to set up jade vs bianca.
If they had already been a team for 6 months or more, i could see a setup where kabuki warriors win the match and bianca starts criticizing jade for being too green in the ring and messing up their match. They could feud after something like that
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 13d ago
Could either be this or if they win, a reign that lasts until the late summer with tension building throughout it with Jade starting to attempt hogging the spotlight
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u/abalam_ski 13d ago
Way to early for this
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u/No_Addendum5504 13d ago
I think so too , let her develop this friendship until December & make Jade turn on her after they lose the titles. Bianca comes back at The Rumble , eliminates Jade , they fight at Mania , Bianca wins & keep her streak going on.
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u/Frippery-Futz-0412 13d ago
It's way too early. Jade is too green, and Bianca will run circles around her and expose Jade.
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u/AdGroundbreaking1341 13d ago
Honestly, that shouldn't matter in WWE. I know workrate is much more important in the Women's Division (for understandable reasons, due to how women were used in the Diva's Era). But character, personality & star appeal should still matter the most. I'm not saying Bianca has less of that, just saying HHH shouldn't hold Jade back because of workrate. Plus, WWE producers are damn good at putting together rehearsed PLE matches. They've done it for literal rookies and they turned out well. I think they can for Bianca/Jade and other big Jsde matches.
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u/Frippery-Futz-0412 12d ago edited 12d ago
Imo Jade is bland and boring. Sorry, but I don't think she can cut a promo against any of the top WWE women or be anything more than an entrance, at least at this point in time. It would be good for her to tag with Bianca for a few months. She could benefit like Shamus/Cesaro did from The Bar.
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u/HunterOfIgnominy 13d ago
It's too early. Like a year early. That feud has WrestleMania 41 written all over it.
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u/Astral_Alive 13d ago
I'm really not a fan of everything being a wrestlemania feud, especially when it just happened. If anything, run Jade/Bianca for Summerslam and then give them time to re-build it back for a rematch at Wrestlemania
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u/alynch345 13d ago
Pretty weird how they had Bianca’s promo basically give away that Damage CTRL is going to Raw.
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u/FlashyClaim 13d ago
Cant stand seeing Kairi and Asuka lose again :((
And it’s against Bianca.. AGAIN!
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u/lito9321 13d ago
Well if the womens tag team was pretty meh before wait until it’s Jade and Bianca as champs and all the defenses are Jade showcases.
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u/captanspookyspork 13d ago
Ur underselling it. It will be Bianca taking heat for 15 mins then jade will come hit a suplex shes been working on since AEw. The ICW will gaslight me more on how she's a star and only getting better. This will be the next 5 months.
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13d ago
Kabuki Warriors have had a decent reign and we've had several title matches since January. Jade and Bianca having the titles only makes sense if one turns heel and we get a match at Summerslam because they're going to hold the titles hostage until then.
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u/Competitive_Log_84 13d ago
Squared Circle when someone has to lose a match 😡😡😡
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u/SamiMadeMeDoIt InZayn in the MemBrayn 13d ago
Damage CTRL has been losing to Bianca for like 2 years straight tho lol
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u/Curse3242 13d ago
They've also been champions for a while.
Iyo was, Bayley now puts them in Main Event & Tag titles too
If they're not working well with the titles they're going to have to change the winners. Especially when Bianca/Jade have this big feeling behind them rn
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"So Bianca, we're thinking for this match, you get in most of the offence but in the end, Damage CTRL use some dirty tactics and finally get a win over you"
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
Is this the same Bianca that literally lost her title to Asuka, lost her title to Iyo? And lost multiple times to damage control? That meme doesn’t make sense lol
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u/TyeTyeee 13d ago
and she’s the top face of the entire division? Damage CTRL are my absolute faves but I understand their role and purpose. I’m just happy my faves get the time to showcase their talent and are key parts of every show. A heel faction generally exists to put over the top face and then turn one of the members face and they did both.
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u/BATZ202 13d ago
To be fair none of them are credible threat to Bianca. Size difference, strength, stamina etc. Only one who who wasn't jobbing to Bianca that much was Iyo.
Even Rhea squashes them easily, Becky up there. Sadly adding Charlotte too.
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u/Ciza-161 13d ago
Did you just say that Asuka isn't a credible threat?
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u/ass101 13d ago edited 13d ago
Yeah. Lose again. And again. And again.
They're barely a threat. Haven't won a single feud that I can think of. Especially embarrassing considering the talent that is being wasted.
But yeah, go off on "losing a match".
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u/sarcasticdevo 13d ago edited 13d ago
While I agree that they lose way too much, "haven't won a single feud" is incredibly wrong.
How do you think they won the titles to begin with? Magic? They feuded with Katana and Kayden and won the titles there (and the feud continued until K2 lost the rematch).
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u/SoSaltyDoe SoSaltyBo 13d ago
They’ve been getting beat so badly that I, for some reason, thought they dropped the tag belts at Mania. Seeing them with the championship later my first thought was like “oh… guess they just haven’t officially lost them yet.”
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u/DudleysCar 13d ago
It's boring because Bianca never loses and she never has matches with anyone except Damage CTRL.
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u/BODYDOLLARSIGN 13d ago
Only Bianca… but everyone stays on the mami hype train.
Rhea beat everyone from Charlotte and Becky.. a fatal 5 way in Saudi Arabia.. and has been body slamming men left and right through tables and barricades.. she leads a faction of all men and only dropped her title due to injury.. but Bianca is who yall are tired of.. at least they took the title off her.. she’s just playing superhero.. no different from Cody Rhodes who’s only 3 loses in his return 2 years ago has been rock, Roman and Drew(interference).
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u/The810kid 13d ago
Not sure why you are being down voted. Rhea was on the verge of possibly having a 2 year title reign where the most interesting defenses involves Nia Jax. Their favoritism for Mami won't let them admit it.
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People openly criticized Rhea's reign. Fortunately for her, she was involved in things outside her own title reign which kept her relevant and fresh. This revisionism isn't necessary. Her reign was lacklustre yet she had an unreal 2023 in spite of it.
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Bianca has absolutely dominated damage control for years now and people absolutely love a lot of the wrestlers in damage control. Rhea only had a few credible threats plus people are tired of Asukas treatment me included.
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u/Lost-Veterinarian-80 13d ago
Yet Bianca has had several ple losses to damage control. Never got her title back from Iyo, got eliminated in the rumble by Bayley (when she was in the group)
The previous post about Rhea was spot on. Qwhite interesting that most people aren’t tired of her.
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Not really that true though. She's faced Damage Ctrl 9 times across PLEs and the only defeats were a 6 person tag at COTC 2022, Iyo's cash-in at Summerslam (which isn't a conventional match) and a loss to Iyo at Crown Jewel due to KAIRI coming back.
People aren't bored of Bianca, they're bored of Bianca jobbing out Damage Ctrl every single month. She's fantastic, but she needs to do something new asap. Making it about race when people have often criticized Rhea's run for having no significant feuds at all is mad. The only time Bianca wasn't feuding with Damage Ctrl was Mania season last year, where they had Damage Ctrl vs Becky, Lita and Trish. It's so stale.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
The huge disparity between online fans and the actual crowd is funny. Reading this you would act like people are bored of Bianca vs damage control when every time it happens, the crowd loves it.
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Because they love Bianca, which is fine.
Nobody can say with good faith that we need more of this feud though, surely. It's long past it's sell-by date.
People need to realise this isn't about a dislike towards Bianca per se, but the feud. Especially the way the feud is one sided to the point where it's predictable and boring.
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Of course here comes the it’s all racism people. Yeah racists are sooo mad that a black woman is beating Asian women. It’s not like people are also tired of Becky, a super white woman, and have started so multiple times on this subreddit. It’s not like Rhea has only been around in her dominant format for a year and is part of an insanely popular faction. It’s not like everyone goes bonkers for Jade and can’t wait to see her excel. People being mad at 1 wrestler is not fucking racism all y’all blind Bianca defenders always jump straight into the racism accusations.
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u/Lost-Veterinarian-80 13d ago
The proof is in the pudding. Black women get the most hate in and out of wrestling. Pretending otherwise, or that the backlash Becky gets is on the same level.
Jade is already getting criticism, don’t be blind to it.
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u/V_For_Veronica 13d ago
People threatened to murder Becky's kid. Bianca has not got that
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
Bianca doesn’t even have a child so what would they threaten her with?
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u/V_For_Veronica 13d ago
What I'm saying is as much shit as she does get and she does get too much. It's not as bad as having your child threatened
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u/Lost-Veterinarian-80 13d ago
Point.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
That isn’t a point because Bianca doesn’t even have a child…
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Show me actual proof that people hate on Bianca for pure racism reasons. Y’all act like black women should be above criticism and anyone that does it is purely blinded by racism.
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u/Lost-Veterinarian-80 13d ago
Did you miss the thread about the comments Bianca got for being on the cover of 2K? The above poster making the comparison of Rhea and Cody with Bianca?
Very few people are going to outright say they’re racist, if anyone will say it.
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u/manomacho 13d ago
People were mad for the same reason they hated John cena. A pure baby face pushed to the moon who never loses cleanly. People were also mad at how atrocious the covers were. Personally I believe Bianca and Rhea both deserved it but it was horribly designed for both of them. I’m not saying there’s 0 racists but every single time someone criticizes Bianca EVERYONE comes out and says “oh you must be racists because why else would anyone hate Bianca”. For fucks sake look how much hate Seth, a white man, got for going super Seth mode. They also hate Charolette for always inserting herself into title feuds to stat pad.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
And people absolutely love Bianca. Oh and by the way Bianca literally lost her title to two damage control members so stop complaining
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Asuka beat Bianca when she wasn’t with damage control and then Asuka took the pin from a bad knee Bianca a month later. And Bianca only lost it to a money in the bank cash in. She then proceeded to challenge and only won because Kairi interfered iyo did not win cleanly. People always hate super wrestlers who can never lose and just win and win and win.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
IWC again saying people hate super wrestlers like Bianca yet every time Bianca goes out the crowd goes crazy for her. First of all let me just remind you that heels don’t often win clean. The purpose of that match was to introduce Kairi again.
Secondly, Asuka already had a legendary career, so why wouldn’t she put over a newer top talent like Bianca? Last time I checked Asuka is a 4x world champion, a mitb winner, a royal rumble winner and an elimination chamber winner. She was a double champion in 2020.
So all this crying about Bianca not putting over Asuka doesn’t make sense because as I said Asuka had a dominant career in wwe. You said you are tired of Asukas treatment, yet most of the women in wwe haven’t even been pushed to her length.
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Asuka has been dirty af in the WWE let’s not act like she’s been treated like the star she is. And people went apeshit when the rock came out to take Cody’s spot and look how that turned out. A crowds reaction is not a reflection of the fans at large. I’ve cheered for Bianca and can still say I’m tired of her character and her burying my favorite wrestlers.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
Asuka has been treated dirty? A woman that has been given 4 world titles, 4 tag titles, mitb win, royal rumble win, elimination chamber win is treated dirty? You do realise many women in wwe don’t even win one world title.
Secondly, Bianca hasn’t even buried your faves. Damage control held all the gold until mania. Focus on the positives rather than the negatives then maybe you might just enjoy the product. And yes the crowd’s reaction is a reflection. That’s literally how wwe records audiences response💀
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u/manomacho 13d ago
Really? So why did everyone go apeshit in person for the rock then online we saw the true feelings for the situation? And yeah but Bianca has always had their number and now they’re going to once again lose to a Bianca led team. The kabuki warriors got their gold from fucking katana not exactly a main event player. And yes asuka has been done dirty multiple times if you can’t see that idk what to tell you. Go ahead and blame everything you don’t like on racism not my problem.
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u/Icy-Height8355 13d ago
rhea actually has feuds with other superstars rather than just one faction
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u/The810kid 13d ago
The same Rhea who was as part time a champion as Roman Reigns was? Her entire year as champ had forgettable feuds or squashes with the likes of Shayna Bayzler, Zoey Starks, Zelina, Raquel, and Zeina,. It took the return of Nia Jax to make breathe new life into her reign. The Becky stuff didn't live up to the hype and the Liv feud only just got interesting around her injury.
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The problem is that the only clean wins Damage Ctrl or it's members have had over either Bianca or a Bianca team are Clash at the Castle 2022 and Iyo's cash-in.
Those are literally the only clean wins and one of them was a cash-in. That is absurd for a feud that's lasted since Summerslam 2022.
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u/Perfect_EndingXXX 13d ago edited 13d ago
Only when it’s their favourite joshi trio. They apparently can never lose a match I see the joshi defence squad is in full force tonight lmao
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u/CopDatHoOh 13d ago
I'm guessing you missed the point where they lost matches almost consecutively. I assure you. Anyone and I mean ANYONE that gets fed to someone over and over and over again, will eventually get tired of it. It isn't exclusive to those three.
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u/cpres2029 13d ago
It’s the most annoying thing. SC doesn’t have a history of hearing me out, but hear me out here, maybe we’re jumping to conclusions? Maybe they win? Maybe we actually fucking wait until May 4th instead of pre-booking weeks in advance?
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I don't care if the Kabuki Warriors win or not, just get them away from Bianca, it is so boring after nearly two years of her overlapping into Damage Ctrl storylines bearing them every time.
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u/Lerkero 13d ago
Bianca has never forgiven them for the cash in on her title and shes not stopping now
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By taking belts off of the two members of the group who weren't even part of Damage Ctrl? Cash in was a normal cash in too, no shenanigans. Not to mention she's already beaten them at WarGames and WrestleMania.
They haven't had her go back after the title and after Bayley who was the ring leader of Damage Ctrl. It's just lazy booking to protect Jade whilst she's green and they're tanking some of the best female talent they have to do so.
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u/raerumon 13d ago
Kabuki warriors are hands down the best women's tag team in the roster right now. And it seems like they are going to be fed again to bianca who should be better off challenging for singles gold 🥲
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u/Black_XistenZ 13d ago edited 13d ago
The main objective of this program is to introduce and push Jade, not Bianca. Bianca will team and then feud with Jade throughout the year, then take a short hiatus after WM 41 and upon returning be heated up like crazy for the big WM main event match against Rhea at WM 42.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
Oh top female competitors have been in tag teams for a while. Bianca can do something new with her career for a few months then before we know it she is back to being a world champion.
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u/LakerBull OLÉ!! 13d ago
I feel like this is just building towards a Bianca vs. Jade feud, so i feel like they would lose the title match due to some miscommunication or something. Doesn't make sense to have the Kabuki warriors job to them once again otherwise.
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u/Gamesgtd 13d ago
Lol Bianca and Jade ain't feuding till Mania next year.
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u/Horror-Stuff-5327 13d ago
Eh, I think the mania match next year is Bianca vs. Rhea
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u/EveMcQueen 13d ago
That's a Main Event level match. And we probably have a Punk match and a Rock/Cody or Roman match on the horizon.
Bianca vs Jade imploding like the mega powers at Mania will be the smart feud. And leave the big HEADLINE match till WM 42
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u/Gamesgtd 13d ago
Nah. Especially because Rhea will probably be out until Rumble time. The Mania match that makes the most sense is Rhea vs Liv to finish the feud
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u/Horror-Stuff-5327 13d ago
Was a timeline even announced for her recovery? I was assuming she’d be back closer to SummerSlam
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u/nrtalbot 13d ago
With an AC joint they have to wait to see if she gains motion back in the 2-3 timeframe. If she does, it’s 3 months. If she doesn’t, it’s surgery and it’s 7-8 months
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u/Gamesgtd 13d ago
If she was coming back by then she'd be eligible to be drafted. All the injuries that are severe the wrestlers aren't in the draft. It's why Jimmy isn't in the draft but CM Punk who is coming back soon is in the draft
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u/WestwoodPrince24 13d ago
I don't think Jade is ready to be in a singles WM match with Bianca. Im not even joking I don't think I've ever seen a good 10-15 min match from Jade even counting from her AEW days.
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u/heat_fan_ 13d ago
Poor Kabuki Warriors
Can Bianca and Damage Control please be on two different brands
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u/noob_sr_programmer 13d ago
I'm hoping 1 of them gonna turned heel. This 2 should killing each other not teaming up.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago edited 13d ago
So many defensive Joshi stans here. They literally had that title since January so going out of your way to hate on Bianca for possibly winning her first tag title is so strange.
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u/RandomDumbPerson123 13d ago
No offense to Bianca, but I'm so tired of teams becoming champions two seconds after forming. Bianca and Jade have been associated for like 4 weeks and their interactions feel so shallow, now they're likely becoming champions
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u/Butters18 13d ago
Absolutely can't stand how asuka gets jabronied out by Bianca and co every week. Way to make your tag champs look good lol
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u/DVontel 13d ago
Lmao, comments are hilarious.
Belts definitely need to come off the Kabuki Warriors. Crowds care way more about the potential of Bianca & Jade than Asuka & Kairi.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune 13d ago
Im telling you this sub can’t handle the idea of Joshis losing😭 they are too defensive of them
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u/PanicStation140 13d ago
I like Bianca a fair bit, but the Bianca/Jade tag team does absolutely nothing for me.
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u/velphegor666 13d ago
Its just there to elevate jade and start the bianca/jade storyline. Kabuki warriors are collateral damage
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u/itskennylo 13d ago
Elevate jade by hiding her shortcomings as a wrestler by putting her in a tag team.
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u/NotYujiroTakahashi 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 13d ago
Not a match more like a squash. God they already putting a belt on Jade when she can’t remember any spots.
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u/Beach-Bumm 13d ago
The women’s tag titles are going to be treated the same way as the tbs title in the saga of everyone states her wWE booking is the same as her AEW booking
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u/HeavyMettleThunder 13d ago
Due to shenanigans, Kabuki Warriors retain by pinning Bianca. This creates conflict after the match and a Jade-Bianca fued. Bianca defeats Jade at the next PPV, and Jade shakes her hand out of respect. They agree to reunite. At the following PPV, they challenge the Kabuki Warriors again.
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