Mercedes probably needs more ring time too TBH. Both to show her strength which was her in-ring work, and to work off some of the ring rust.
Since her last match in WWE (5/15/2022) she has been in 10 matches according to Cage Match (5 in NJPW/Stardom, and 5 in AEW) and due to injury only 5 matches in the last 15 months.
Right now they are almost playing to her weaknesses by giving her way too much mic / promo time, and not nearly enough match time.
And I think Kamille being associated with her likely will make it worse because it means Kamille fights her week to week battles and Mercedes likely will be doing more guest commentary and less frequent in-ring action.
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Originally Posted by Blaster86
The issue is Okada has been grouped with people that no one outside of their own fans wants to see. He wasn't brought in and made an attraction, he wasn't brought in and made a threat. He was just brought in, dropped into the mid card and left to hang out with the group and be buddies and a jokester with them.
Jacob was brought in, and launched at everything like a human-seeking warhead that cannot be stopped by anyone but his own reckless abandon. They literally had to write in and apparently kayfabe a serious injury done to himself because they want us to believe that even Roman would not have been able to do anything about Jacob.
If Jacob's criminal stuff has been squared away and the man can travel, he is going to be a world champion in the WWE within 5 years because as pointed out, he can even ####ing talk. He's the complete package.
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Jacob knows he's never getting a better opportunity and is making a name for himself...he's probably actually more comparable to Ospreay than Okada in that way.
Okada is funny...after Blood and Guts somebody online somewhere else said "Okada really has just speed ran to the Nakamura US retirement portion of his career".
With Okada though I don't think it's the case...I think it's poor booking. You have a guy who is probably the best singles wrestler in the World...and he's had a handful of singles matches in AEW so far but none that I would say have really shown how good he truly is ...but he is constantly booked into multi-man matches with the Bucks including both Blood and Guts and Anarchry In the Arena...and none of that suits his skill set at all IMO. He looks very uncomfortable in the hardcore / deathmatch settings to me.
Get him away from the Bucks already.