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WWE News: WWE Management Has Apparently Given Up On Bayley

Published

6 years ago

January 5, 2018

Did you think your week could get any worse? It is the new year after all, which means you are clearly needing to make this the worst week so all others can be better. We’re here to help, so we wanted to give you a dose of WWE news that you need to know. WWE has apparently given up on Bayley. You read our words correctly, “given up on Bayley.” As in, they don’t feel she has what it takes to be considered to type of female WWE Superstar they once thought she could be.

The news comes from The Wrestling Observer, whose radio show broke the report. Dave Meltzer said about Bayley:

“They have already given up on her. And they’ve given up on her a long long time ago. When they’re gonna protect Mickie James over you when Mickie James was brought in to be a filler to lose on the roster, that just tells you. The dice has been cast with her already.”

The silver lining here is that Bayley has not lost her job and WWE clearly feels there is some sort of talent there, or they would simply not let her be on TV at all. Plus, it isn’t as if Uncle Dave is right all of the time. Though his record is better than most. At the end of the day, the report makes us think about a few things, as it should you.

Is WWE Blaming Bayley For Their Booking Problems?

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Think of it like this. Say you’re on the job as a construction worker. Each day your boss feels like he has some sort of use for you, so he puts you in the position to be a Supervisor. You do well, but then he starts to take over more of the build. Sadly, the company you’re all really working for is not happy with the build. He then blames you for the mistakes, yet you were just the man with a title while he, the boss, made the choices that led to the unhappy customer.

The WWE fans are not happy with the use of Bayley, but they are not mad at Bayley….they’re mad at the WWE. They know Bayley has been good the entire time and was perfect down in WWE NXT. The yellow brand used her well and she had great match after great match, with tremendous storylines. People even felt like she could be the female John Cena, or top female star, when she went to the main roster.

WWE even went as far as to have her end the PPV win streak of Charlotte Flair and become WWE RAW Women’s Champion. On top of this, she would go on to WrestleMania 33 and defend her title, only to lose it to Alexa Bliss.

Clearly It Is Bayley That Is At Fault, It Couldn’t Possibly Be Creative

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She would drop her title to Alexa in one hell of a stupid storyline that had Bayley afraid to use a Kendo Stick in a match designed to use one. You read that right, Bayley was a afriad to use a stick in a match literally called a Kendo Stick match. Seriously.

That Bayley was the same Bayley that kicked Sasha Banks’ skull into the mat as she pulled on her arms to tap in order to win the first Ironwoman match in WWE history at NXT. That Bayley, who would go toe to toe with Asuka and Nia Jax to take shot after shot, only to return them in kind. That Bayley was afraid of a dang stick?!? From Alexa Bliss at that, the smallest woman in the WWE?

Apparently, it must be Bayley that’s the problem, right? Because none of the way she has been used on the main roster could possibly be a creative decision designed by inept writers with no clue how to do their job, only to ruin the product at large. The same types who give us other crazy storylines that have continued to bring ratings down year after year. Oh yes, it must not be them, it’s gotta be Bayley. But I digress.

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Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

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Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!