General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Professor Booty]

That happened to a pal of mine not that long ago when he bought a new phone

Allegedly

 

[Samoa Looch]

You heard of that story?

 

[Ricky Smarks]

People bash Liv for her ring product and she'd outwrestle AJ any day

You got me in a bind because I appreciate you putting Liv over but AJ is my favorite women’s wrestler of all time. But I’ll take it because I appreciate somebody putting Liv over.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Yeah Liv has sneakily gotten good, especially at bumping and selling

I think she’s got the whole package down now. She’s great at bumping and selling like you said she puts in the work. She takes the damage. Look at the pictures of her welts and bruises. She’s been getting in her last like five matches. And anybody that tries to deny that she’s over is crazy. She is definitely in the top five most over women in the WWE right now.

 

[Chris]

I do agree with Sky to an extent that the good wrestlers of that era would be bang average now, I just disagree with Nattie bc I think she's improved with the times lol she just sucks as a character. AJ would be fine for a one off tho, they'd book it perfect for her and she'd look great

 

[Chris]

But rn Liv probably is better than AJ was at her peak in ring

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Yeah, I’m conflicted because I’m not sure I agree that Liv is better in the ring than AJ was, but I’ll take it because I’m tired of so many people talking down on Liv. I also agree that the average person from the Divas era would definitely look average today. There’s no doubt about that but I do think AJ would hang just fine today. Maybe not with your top 10 wrestlers, but I definitely think she’d be pretty similar to Liv which she’s got an over character puts in the work and is fine in the ring. Her storytelling is where she shown the hardest. I’d love to see her from her peak with some other good storytellers of today. I’m not sure about her coming out of retirement but if she had been born ten years later.

 

[Chris]

It's a hard argument bc if you just picked prime AJ and put her in today, she'd probably have put in the work and been just as good as most, but in her time it was just different

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Liv being the best of the Riott squad was not in my crystal ball

That’s honestly a shock to me, too.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

My issue with Nattie is she's someone who was good in Diva era but now there's other women wrestlers who were actually trained to wrestle and she's been exposed for her mediocrity

This take I agree with fully. I wasn’t even a fan during her era.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Smark no-sells my messages and greetings :/

Apologies, there was a lot going on yesterday. Hold on.

 

[Sky]

Just think of how you feel when Nikki Bella comes back to WWE for a nostalgia pop... or how much you groan at a Saraya match in AEW. I feel AJ would inspire that when she came back and the honeymoon wore off

 

[Professor Booty]

I’m with Chris Natty is good in ring she’s just boring as a face and bad a heel

 

[Chris]

Just think of how you feel when Nikki Bella comes back to WWE for a nostalgia pop... or how much you groan at a Saraya match in AEW. I feel AJ would inspire that when she came back and the honeymoon wore off

I think she's smart enough to not let that wear off tho, I expect a one off match if even that

 

[Ricky Smarks]

It's a hard argument bc if you just picked prime AJ and put her in today, she'd probably have put in the work and been just as good as most, but in her time it was just different

I don’t think we can even know for sure how good she could’ve reached because wrestling is a dance and without the right partner you can’t really achieve your full potential anyway, but I think she had some really strong bangers with Paige and others.