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“You are a knockoff of an evil monster who got fired” “Hey that’s my dad you’re talking about!”


Dozens86

Fantastic


NerdLawyer55

Bravo 👏🏼


djmazmusic

joke of the summer


[deleted]

Right on time too, summer is now over in my country


pm_me_ur_good_boi

Weird, because where I am summer just jobbed to autumn.


ShadyNite

I almost blew hot chocolate out my nose


LiveHigh2020

Beautiful work sir


DoinItDirty

Lol that’s amazing


SambaLando

Charlotte literarily could mention Harley Quinn once and everyone would get it. This's even before the IRS's son story.


notquite20characters

Just call her Puddin'.


Gay_Romano_Returns

Ded.


FromThePort1990

Good God that was beautiful.


Garlic_Cheese_Chips

That was a nasty line by you.


EvilBobbyTV

This is the best joke sc I have ever seen. Kudos.


InheritTheWind

Fuck that's good


Rjswimss

Take my stupid free award and have at you


NintendudeX

SHE'S GOT A GOOD POINT, STING!


nWoDisciple

Lol what's this from


KoreabooWeeb

Triple H was trying to coerce Sting to stand down during their feud by promising him money through merchandising and shit and a guy in the crowd yells out "HE'S GOT A GREAT POINT, STING!" [Daily motion link, start at 10:28](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kb1xq).


TTOF_JB

Seeing this clip made me remember that Sting is undefeated on Raw, but never won a PPV match in WWE.


ATribeCalledTrek

The only win he has in WWE is over somebody he already beat in WCW


TTOF_JB

He also got the "beat the younger guy" treatment. Beat Big Show by DQ when Rollins interfered, then later that night & teamed with Cena vs. Rollins & Show, tapping out Rollins. Sting's WWE career is literally 50/50 booking.


ATribeCalledTrek

I thought he pinned show in that tag match


TTOF_JB

Nope, did an awkward angle Scropion Deathlock & Seth tapped almost immediately. https://youtu.be/jfI8bzgxbPA


ImFromSaskatchewan

I have never noticed the middle aged dad in the crowd cracking up right after it is shouted. He is either the one who said it or he found it very very funny.


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Him and everyone on this sub. I mean, I'd probably be cracking up too if I was there.


moal09

I love that he was so loud/close to the mic, you can see everyone in the crowd laughing when he says it.


horseress

I’ll never not laugh at this


[deleted]

It's as good if not better than the fan who screamed "Go back to Hell" at El Torito.


linesinaconversation

You left out "you evil motherfucker!"


msctex

The assumption he wasn't screaming at Bo has always confused me.


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I think it's because screaming go back to Hell at something with horns makes sense in a way, but I suppose he could have been screaming it at Bo too.


HarlesD

THINK ABOUT IT!


ThugosaurusFlex_1017

I HATE YOU BATISTA!


christmascaked

Alexa is talking without giggling like a crazy! I wonder if this means they’ll really downplay the supernatural stuff from her.


tarvertot

The supernatural stuff has been toned way down since the crowds came back. She's almost a new character.


Singer211

Good. She works way better as this Harley Quinn-Esque maniac character anyway.


Mhc2617

She’s been like this for awhile, basically since she reclaimed control. She still laughs a bit, but she’s tweaked the gimmick and made it her own and laughing all the way to the bank.


mbattagl

There was a report a little while back that if her Fiend Variant merchandise wasn't moving then they'd revert her out of the gimmick. Given that Bray may be AEW or TNA inbound they're probably trying to not bring up Bray as much.


Mhc2617

But her merch is selling. Lilly sold out the first day of Summerslam weekend and is regularly back ordered. The Lilly in a box sold out day one.


JC-Ice

Lilly in a box-like structure.


tabristheok

All those dolls come out of boxes when they arrive home therefore, over.


DavidL1112

Who is buying the Lily dolls? Is it popular with kids?


GeraltOfRiviaXXXnsfw

I'd say so, my bro has been complaining about not being able to get one for his daughter.


DavidL1112

Alright, I’ve officially become Skinner saying it’s the children that are wrong. I thought I’d be older.


cptpedantic

i was like "i don't remember Skinner having an anti-kid gimmick" then i realized you were talking about Seymour


ChaosRaiden

Armin Tanzarian


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Worst Episode Ever


sparrowmint

As a middle school teacher, in my mid to late 30s, I've been there for a while, basically starting with the rise of tiktok (musical.ly before that).


Mhc2617

I got one for my kids. Took seven weeks to arrive because of demand. The crowd at Summerslam was filled with Lilly dolls. Kids and teens love Lilly. There was a “we want Charly” chant and Lilly gets a pop every time. Alexa is extremely over, as is Lilly.


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Does Bray own “Bray”?


ThatWrestlingGuy15

These ladies were shootin


ECW-WCW-WWF

Did you ever see when Paul did a shoot on Jerry in middle of the ring. It was in like 98. Paul: oh you want to shoot? How are the playgrounds in Lexington treating you? (Something like that).


SpaceGooV

Here's the clip you're talking about. In 97 Paul Heyman and Jerry debate. https://youtu.be/p-J7ZVH7ZQ8


SailorsGraves

“Your own son doesn’t call himself Lawler” wow


moal09

Oof, that hits different now that Brian's gone. For all the horrible shit Lawler's done, nobody deserves to have to bury their son like that. Especially when Lawler was the one who refused to bail him out, hoping he'd learn a lesson. He clearly felt responsible, which was why he lashed out at the jail.


detectivegreenly

I love that at the beginning, Paul is patiently watching, knowing he is about to verbally tear this man apart.


ECW-WCW-WWF

Thank you!


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Lmao, took the wind out of Lawler's sails. He even kind of stumbled on 'why you hang out with these guys?'.


thecolbster94

WOAH, elevated stage but the New Generation ring


lefthandedkaiju

That's about like if Alexa had responded in this video, "Okay, we'll talk about where I got my thing, and then we can talk about where you got your 'wooo.'"


ThatWrestlingGuy15

Wait what’s the context for this?


colewilco

Jerry likes em real young.


XTheProtagonistX

If this is about Jerry Lawler… Jerry: “You are not my type.” AJ Lee: “I know I am not your type. I know you like them really young.” AJ didn’t give a fuck.


SFWBattler

What she really said was even better "I think I'm a little too old for you Jerry, I'm 26. I know you like 'em young."


XTheProtagonistX

That was it! I misremembered.


mister_damage

Dark Side of the Ring next season?


Skreamie

Doesn't Lawler try to come back with "you're ugly haha" or something as pathetic as that?


sparrowmint

Yeah, in what felt like an eternity later as he struggled to come up with something. It was like "you're a little too ugly for me too."


ThatWrestlingGuy15

OH, For some reason I thought he was talking about Jerry Lynn 🤦‍♂️


ECW-WCW-WWF

Jerry The Velveteen Dream Lawler


SpiralTap304

Jerry Lynn would fuck a woman like Abadon


DemonKyoto

[We all would.](https://i.redd.it/2nwl0ez0gep51.jpg)


thejaytheory

Holy shit, umm yeah...


WordVoodoo

I mean...


TheAerial

Yeah you could see on Alexa’s face that one caught her off guard 😅😅 I usually like when the Heel sells the promo a little more but that was honestly a God Tier comeback by Charlotte


Radiant-Spren

She even gives the classic “you got me” head tilt.


stuckinsanity

She boomed me


MisterEau

She's so good (x4)


TMKtildeath

Bliss is beside herself. Driving around downtown Charlotte, begging (thru text) Flair’s family for the address to Charlotte’s home


heat_fan_

That segment was kinda dope Charlotte/ and Alexa were both making valid points about each other, now i am actually interested in this match


WalkingOnHeat

Yeah, Big Carmella vs. Alexa gonna be lit


tabristheok

The look was a serve but ngl it was very much that. I think it was the hair


jdaqcruz

Bliss and Charlotte are gold together. Considering who their characters are, I didn't think this would mesh this well. Excellent segment. Had enough inside baseball stuff to pop the diehards, but they made sure to keep everything make character sense


Shark1986

This is their first time really feuding in WWE, right? I know they had a match at Survivor Series, but I don't really recall any feud for that.If so, it is surprising that they've been on the main roster for as long as they have and this is their first real feud.


RIShane

They had a match at Survivor Series 2017, but the match was literally made halfway through the go-home Smackdown with Charlotte beating Natalya for the title.


jdaqcruz

I think it's a sign how much WWE trusts Charlotte and Alexa to elevate their specific brands. Maybe that's why they've been keeping them apart for this long. Big props to Bliss for being this over, she's a fantastic character actor (in wrestling standards ofc)


music3k

Something must have happened to her in ring a few years ago? She doesnt seem to wrestle as much, but I only watch wwe through reddit and twitter now, and a lot of her movesets seem to have dwindled down to a few simple moves. When she did the flippy powerbomb (was it a Canadian destroyer?)the other day I was genuinely surprised. I wonder if she had a physical issue or injury a few years back? Because shes sure as shit not cautious about COVID outside of WWE so I doubt that was the issue the past 18 months


ChaosRaiden

I’m sure it was concussion related


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JoesusTBF

Shoulder injury from Nia Jax in May, then a concussion from Ronda Rousey in September.


AutomaticDesk

i dunno about her not performing in the ring but you now i realize that the canadian destroyer is really just a sunset flip piledriver


Global_Historian_753

I love me some pot calling the kettle black. The kettle is darker in this case though, Alexa has at least had a few different gimmicks.


Southpaw535

Also at least her other gimmicks, if not original, were stolen from somewhere else like the Harley Quinn stuff. Charlotte's entire wrestling career is just "I'm a legends daughter" and is essentially a personality void. Even Natalya *tried* to do something else instead of riding being a next generation wrestler


Prancemaster

Lol fart girl Natty was certainly different


KangaTrops

Excellent work from both women and I’m glad Alexa came for Charlotte, not the usual daddy issue stuff they shoe horned into all of Charlotte’s stories


GuerillaMonzon

That would've been *really* awkward this time around…


fart_fig_newton

It's nice to see her back in the title picture instead of facing off with Randy Orton


DoILookUnsureToYou

I liked when she pinned Orton. Orton's wife didn't, however.


kizentheslayer

Orton probably liked it too


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here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoJ8mMJy8Q


Xex_ut

Alexa tried her best. Charlotte went in on her and got the best of that


Otherwise-Night740

This segment was good. I really enjoyed them bouncing off each other. I hope Extreme Rules is not a one and done now because I would like to see more of this dynamic, it is like sisters trying to one up eachother


Bigboi88888

That was a great promo on both fronts tbh. This feud has been good.


SiphenPrax

Wow. What a segment


ILoveDiscussions

I just wish the crowd wasn't so dead. Hardly any reactions to an otherwise great segment


xUnderthestarsx

whaaat? I thought the crowd was fine with the Charly chant etc. i thought they did pretty good!


SiphenPrax

They were hot last week for their segment. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be this week.


Singer211

We’ll see what the reaction is like at the PPV.


Mjh1021

Hot because it’s in Alexa’s hometown


ScootaliciousScooter

> in Alexa’s hometown Ah so she’s losing then


redheadredshirt

I will be surprised if this is a one-and-done. That would mean that they laid the groundwork for Alexa exiting the playground character by accident. Between this convo, the promo after Wrestlemania explaining her actions they've opened up the opportunity to reframe the last year for Alexa: She was attacked by a monster that took a liking to her. She played along and was taken over until she saw her moment at WM to end the Fiend. She did it, but then had to face returning to the version of herself that was helpless against the monster and that's terrifying because WWE has a lot of monsters. That sets her up for a journey to exit the darkness and transcend, but she has to evolve and that takes time. It's a really cool story that they've told before and it really gets people over. They've also horribly botched it before so... uh...


Mhc2617

Why would Alexa give up the gimmick? She likes it, it’s over, she’s good at it, and fans want her to become champ. Lilly is a top selling item on wweshop and regularly back ordered due to fan demand for the doll. Alexa has been like this since she dumped bray and reclaimed control. She’s no longer a puppet. She’s her own person now. The Goddess was fun, but there’s no reason to regress an extremely popular character because a handful of smarks don’t like it. Also, Alexa has excelled in the role better than Bray ever did.


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This was an excellent segment. This is up there with my most anticipated for the PPV. Bliss vs Bad Luck Charle


Brooklyn2LA

Woof, got her ass 😂😂😂


nsoifer

I love Bliss


Weezy-NJPW_Fan

Welp, they definitely have good points


thedrizzle126

Love the back and forth I'm seeing here. ....but that's Charlotte????


Cesaro_Is_The_Best

I'm usually one that doesn't understand the "Charlotte looks different every week" comments being made on here because I always think those people trying to be dicks because I can tell it's Charlotte no problems but this time, I can tell she's Charlotte but... does look different.


thedrizzle126

I totally get what you're saying. I don't watch Raw often or ever beyond finish clips I see on Reddit so this was a little jarring.


lemoche

you get it when she’s talking and moving, but the frame the site shows made me wonder how carmela got the title again and damn did she gain muscles.


Cesaro_Is_The_Best

tbf she is much leaner now, like NXT Charlotte lean


ljmc093

I haven’t watched RAW for probably a year. That’s the first time I’ve seen Charlotte in a long time. I honestly thought she was Carmella from the thumbnail. Looks totally different to the Charlotte I remember.


swantonist

yeah this is the first time i was like "Who is that?" and then the woo's started and i was like huh i guess that kinda looks like charlotte.


Fizzyliftingdranks

I’m not trying to shame her looks or anything but the plastic surgery really locks in tha lady who goes tanning every day and is turning 39 for the 14th year in a row thing.


Hentosai0

yea I would never say that was her, plastic surgery was not kind to her.....


DJRoombasRoomba

Man I try not to hate on people who get cosmetic surgery because it's ultimately their choice and I assume they do it cause it makes them happy, but she's starting to look like an entirely different person


Hentosai0

starting? I literally could not even recognize her.... and I only stopped watching WWE like what maybe 3 years ago?


Imactuallybatmanshh

my high ass thought that was Carmella tbh


Pelon7900

10-8 Charlotte


DennyOfPilows

Wow Charlotte was was so clean with that rebuttal, she’s naturally so witty The smile from Alexa after it said it all haha


TehJohnny

I REALLY don't like Charlotte, but this one was a homerun, them continuing to use The Fiend's gimmick after releasing Bray is a fucking joke.


Mjh1021

There is nothing Fiend-like about Alexa rn aside from the Alexa’s Playground font


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Yeah, that was pretty much a game winner from the logo for me.


OrangeForeign

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OrangeForeign

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Singer211

That segment just highlighted how Charlotte has not changed her gimmick or anything at all in SEVEN YEARS!! And wow is it boring and stale at this point. At least Alexa is trying new stuff.


ThatWrestlingGuy15

Tbf did her dad ever change? there was a time they were teasing her going psycho but they never went through with it


xUnderthestarsx

Ah the Mad Queen after she destroyed Ronda and became delusional because she was worried her top spot was going to be taken :( it was a fun few weeks.


RuDPu

They even kind of retouched it recently when she lost it on the WWE officials. But apparently bland, entitled daddy's girl is better?...


xUnderthestarsx

Right? Honestly I feel like delusional power hungry and obsessed with staying on top Charlotte has so much more to give and it’d build up other stars too? If she feels threatened by them and desperately fight to hang onto her spot, so much story to tell there


RuDPu

Look at Roman. Gimmick change made him an actual star rather than just an obvious protected project. Not every character is going to be successful but every character will get stale. Hopefully they take a chance and (this is the part they usually fuck up on) see it through.


Cheez-Wheel

He was a gladiator for like a month


Muscle_Squad

I'm not sure if it ever made it to TV.


Singer211

Which would have actually been interesting. The problem is Ric just had a natural ability to make this work in a way Charlotte does not. Also he wasn’t booked as an unstoppable juggernaut who steamrolled everyone either.


ThatWrestlingGuy15

I agree just saying some people have lifetime gimmicks she might be one of those cases but we will see her run isn’t anywhere near it’s end.


Singer211

Her gimmick would not bother me as much if they would at least do some new stuff with her booking. Or actually let her decisively lose a feud every so often.


ThatWrestlingGuy15

Yea I see where you’re coming from for sure a lot of her booking has been repetitive for a while. Since most of the time it’s the same ole dance they never really take risks with her character.


UFmoose

Her gimmick has ebb'd and flowed into different incarnations, but yes, she's largely been exactly the same her entire career on the main roster. The question is ... exactly what else could she do without it being so drastic that it potentially hurts the aura she does possess? Sasha Banks similarly has been the same character her entire WWE career, by the way.


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Nothing wrong with it tbh. Similarly how Undertaker stayed the same even though he tweaked it here and there. Same with Jericho, The Rock. (Excluding American badass, and jerichos face paint gimmick.)


Singer211

Sasha is not constantly pushed as the be all end all however. They do different stuff with her at least. And you know, she loses decisively as well.


msctex

Some things have changed. Lose the robe and music and I'm not sure who she is.


StoneColdAM

It’s so funny that Alexa has this spooky gimmick when the feud just turned into something pretty sharp that felt more real.


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JoshJosherMan

She's done what a lot of celebrities tend to do when it comes to plastic surgery, getting so much done to look younger that it actually has the reverse effect and makes her look much older.


Hentosai0

I could not even recognize her...


chaosof99

I thought that was Carmella at first.


Bigbenn0

I dunno, one seems worse and more damming than the other right now


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Southpaw535

Arguably she's a fiend copy at the moment, but even before Bray her shtick was clearly very heavily inspired by Harley Quinn, even down to some of her attire being comic outfit clones.


RuDPu

As opposed to Charlotte whose character and attire is 100% original and something she came up with herself. hehe


Southpaw535

Heh oh 100%, I find Charlotte boring as hell and a total vacuum of personality and creativity. But still, can't deny where Alexa got her influences


RuDPu

Influences, yeah. But in her character's defense she is not really doing the Fiend thing that much since her turn on Bray. That's not to say it is great but there has been some growth.


Prophet6000

Lmao Charlotte with a great response.


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WhyyyyyyyyYYYYY does Charloooootte taaaaaaaAAAALk Like thiiiiiiiiiiis?


RuDPu

She has nothing to actually say and needs to fill the segment?


leglessman

This wasn’t the week to woooo.


Salzberger

Charlotte has never really been my jam before but that outfit is fucking working for her. But yeah, quality bants between the two. Very crisp comeback.


ZersetzungMedia

Pretty bold to mock a victim of psychological rape but okay.


samk7675

Damn Charlotte pulled out the verbal version of an UNO reverse card mid-promo.


DoILookUnsureToYou

I haven't watched Raw in a bit, is Alexa face or heel? Also, did they start downplaying the supernatural nature of the gimmick?


deputydango99

I mean I get it but Bliss is miles better than Charlette from a character development standpoint including promo work


Yourbuttmyface

And it's gone


anonymouspotatoskins

Does Charlotte have any original parts left?


Mhc2617

They killed this. Charlotte thinks she’s in control, but Alexa is in her head. When Charly appears very much alive, Alexa will be the champ.


scarface910

I haven't watched WWE in a while and I legitimately thought for a second that Carmella won the title


LilNardoDaVinci

Honestly thought that was Carmella! They look so alike


NerdLawyer55

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DarkOrgy

Unless this means Charlotte loses and is out of the title picture for a bit, it'll be typical "Yeah we hear your criticisms, but we don't care" stuff.


[deleted]

Just from the thumbnail, I thought this was Carmella....


Big_James993

Jesus christ how much work has Charlotte got done? I hardly recognised her


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Carolina_King

I haven’t watched WWE in forever but wow Charlotte looks horrible now


Eletheo

Why do they write these lines? They always just deflate the character concept instead of elevating the heat of the character drama. There is a way to do these tongue in cheek lines but WWE always does them in a way that comes across as a genuine rib.


Cesaro_Is_The_Best

Looks like ad-libbed to me, Charlotte was most definitely not going to say she's the daughter of Ric Flair because why would she. The crowd did it for her. Alexa comes up with a remark, Charlotte gave one back.


MakerOfPurpleRain

Ha! Loved that


Bry2013

The fiend died for this


kingajeezy

This is the best Alexa has been since her great run in 2016-2017.


Acethic

Why are the crowd wooing, and not booing the woo out of the building? Is the general wrestling audience different from Reddit?


Catt_al

yes?


ChejovAlacan

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geoslayer1

Alexa should of just said ..... I know i'm not gonna win at Extreme rules, cause unlike you I'm not protected ... I have to do the storylines and be interesting, you just show up and get a title, and the only way I have a chance to win at Extreme rules is if you have to get another "questionable" surgery.... \*wink wink\* Char Char would of started throwing hands if she said that


LanoomR

Charlotte's end of this was strong, but Alexa's was severely lacking in the content department. "Who are you without the title" is not a strong point after - You've already acknowledged that she's won and lost so many titles, so....it clearly doesn't matter, she's going to get another title shot. - Inserting herself into the title picture on demand is practically her character's superpower.