By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE aired a video package during Monday’s Raw to promote Rhea Ripley as coming soon to the Raw brand. Watch the video below or at the WWE YouTube Page.
Powell’s POV: Ripley became one of the faces of the NXT brand. She lost to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36 and never got the right creative to bounce back from the loss. She’s an excellent addition to the Raw brand and one can only hope that they get it right with her creatively.
Thank god she’s going to raw as smackdown doesn’t really need her.Of course we’ll see how she’s booked.Fingers and toes crossed..
I hope they don’t blow it. It’s sad that we always have to be so concerned about whether they will do right by NXT talent.
Wish in one hand shit in the other and see which fills up first. A lot of NXT talents come to Raw and Smackdown and are completely wasted regardless of how well or poorly they were utilized while in NXT. The self proclaimed “genius” of professional wrestling, Vince McMahon only knows how to utilize a certain number of people in certain ways, if you fall into that area where he doesn’t know what to do with you… you’re pretty much fucked. 99.9% of the roster are comprised of people that Vince doesn’t have the foggiest fucking clue what to do with or how to use properly. And he’s surrounded by yes people who still consider him a “genius who can do no wrong.” All because of some very limited past successes (Hogan, Rock, Austin, Foley, HBK, Bret Hart, Triple H and surrounding/supporting casts who made those people look great.)
WWE usually screws up the “can’t miss” NXT wrestlers when they come up hot and ready to go, so I guess we will have to see what they do with an ice cold for the past year wrestler like Ripley. They did pretty good with Elias when he came cold.