Her relationship with Jamie Noble was literally one of the best things about Smackdown at the time, and that's saying something cause Smackdown at the time was basically "must see TV" so there were lots of great things, but Jamie Noble and Nidia were definitely the show stealers.
I remember really liking Nidia's Smackdown run. She had a lot of poise and confidence for a rookie and her character stuff with Jamie Noble was always entertaining. I thought her selling when she got blinded by Tajiri was really great too. She suffered from having to face Torrie so much. Torrie was very limited in the ring and absolutely not the person I'd have had Nidia work with if I wanted Nidia to develop.
Nidia looked actually really good in the ring. 2 matches in and she was very crisp and confident. The mistake WWE made is putting her against Torrie. No one looks good with Torrie, especially when she keeps winning in 2 minutes. No one develops any skills in those kinda matches.
I liked Nidia. Her last WWE appearance was in 2016 at a Hall of Fame event and apparently she's become a chef now. Now I'm going to tell off Maven for not having her as a guest on his show yet lol
For those who wondered why Torrie got in the HoF a few years back, THIS was why, she was all over the Smackdown brand from 02-05 as much as Trish and Stacy were on Raw. As for Nidia, kinda weird that she didn't last long even after getting the implants during that blind angle.
people still take the piss out of Maven, saying he was a low-carder. at least he got a title out of his run, but Nidia got nothing. no hate to her, she went farther than most other wrestlers, but it just goes to show how different the first Tough Enough twins were used
Considering her background and the fact that this was when the fed didn't give two shits about women wrestlers, I thought she was okay. Good charcter, she could sell a Torrie Wilson beating (no mean feat) and looked comfortable in the ring and on camera.
Torrie Wilson is capable of good matches, depending on who she's working with (Trish, Molly, Victoria), but Nidia was very much learning as she went along.
Back in the early 2000s, Raw had the Women's Championship exclusively and Smackdown had the Cruiserweight Championship exclusively. To this day, I don't understand why any women were on Smackdown unless they were a valet because if they wrestle, what are they fighting for? (Yes, she challenged Molly on Smackdown but it was regularly a Raw-exclusive Championship)
Yeah I never understood that type of thought process. It'd make sense if every woman was on RAW, but why have women on the SmackDown brand if they don't have a title to fight for?
@@dwightyboy5324 Smackdown women did get a title eventually the amazing Silver Butterfly Diva's title. Back during the timeframe of this video women were barely given any match time, weren't 'allowed' to do many moves, and were mainly just used as eye candy.
Paul Heyman's bitterness to Nidia drafted to Monday night RAW was hilarious. He congratulated her, but added hopes for her never going blind again. Apparently Nidia was in contention for women's titles they had championship name plates done up and she refused. Torrie Wilson mentioned this and how they travelled together. This one was a fun presence for so little years she wrassled.
This Nidia and Torrie Wilson booking feels like something out of GM mode in a WWE2K game where you need to book a women's match but you only have those two on the roster.
Anyone remember Nidia was on the dating show Blind Date She went on a date with a guy while still with Jamie Noble It was just to further the storyline as WWE was constantly refered in the episode
I knew this video would get me mad 😂 Nidias smackdown run was one of my favorites though man the promos with Jamie were always so entertaining and you can tell she really had so much fun. Its Jamie at his best too. It was so stupid she couldn’t have just kept the character on RAW. Doesn’t even make sense. But I still say she’s a legend cause that character work was GREAT and like you said she was solid in ring. Working with Torrie over and over again it’s not like she should take risk anyways lol
Say what you want about Nidia but at least she didn't have the wrestling ability of Jackie Gayda. I feel bad for every one of Jackie's opponents when they got in the ring with her.
Out of all the female tough enough winners, Nidia was by far the best of the bunch. She didn't get to have the best run, but at least she wasn't terrible.
This Nidia vs. Torrie feud makes me think of one the WWE games. The feud that will not end. Dang it now I've got Lambchop in my head. Curse you, Torrie Wilson!!!
I've always thought Nidia was incredibly talented in the ring, it's too bad she's not as memorable as the other women in the Ruthless Aggression Era and it's too bad she's had to work with Torrie wilson for the majority of this video, who has never been the most polished wrestler
i know it breaks the rule but the undertaker only had like 15 matches on tv and ppv after he lost to lesnar at wrestlemania and id say his run after the undefeated streak was a completely different thing. i bet post streak taker could do the j-o-b
Problem was on smack down there was no one she could have good matches with, but on raw she was over shadowed by the bigger names so didn't get a chance to have good matches. Overall she wasn't horrible but yeah not great either
She had a couple of good matches (it was the same choreographed match) vs Gail, I think one was on heat or velocity, and the other must{ve been a dark match, but the video is up on youtube, From rumours I've read, she was supposed to get a title push and that's why the drafted her to RAW, since the serious women competitors were there, but she didn't like being on RAW and apparently requested her release.
Her job on Smackdown was literally getting beaten up by Torrie Wilson every week. So for her to still be somewhat memorable during that run is a credit to her character work. On Raw she was totally lost in the shuffle from what I remember though.
Which is a shame because Torrie definitely had potential. She became somewhat decent in the ring as time went on. Training would’ve helped her immensely.
Dear Mr Hawk: Long listener with a question. The music you choose sounds incredibly familiar to some fyah songs we use to play in the Caribbean beach while drinking rum. Is the Hawk a Dancehall connoisseur? He almost has to be, this and the previous songs are just bangers
Absolutely love that you are covering more womens wrestlers!! Nidia's character work was always great. I really dislike how she was portrayed on raw with winning the #1 contendership just to lose in literally 3 seconds- it was pointless.
We've seen Maven pop back up in the wrestling space. What's Nidia up to these days? My favorite Noble/Nidia moment was when he got the news that he inherited $800,000 from a deceased relative. He's excitedly telling Nidia in that accent of his, "Do you know what this means? We're rich! We gotta celebrate, baby... WE'RE GOIN' TO APPLEBEES!"
Did you watch anything other than TNA? I'm guessing not lol Torrie was kinda the SD queen. Sable wasn't there to wrestle and Dawn/Nidia just took turns mostly losing to her. If they were all working with ring generals the final.rating would have neen differemt. How would Trish have looked on SD! Either way, the blonde bias was real lol Nidia wasn't stand out but bot bad either. Just wasn't there long enpugh to do much. Can't deny she had some emergy and peesonality! She has said in recent interviews that she was pretry mcuh done noy too long into her RAW stint. She liked the format of SD! Plus her friends on the brand. She wasn't a fan of being on RAW or apparently some of the people on the roster too.
I don’t think the critiques on her wrestling skills are fair because even if Nidia did wanna branch out and show more of her skills, it probably wouldn’t have been allowed.
Nidia had potential, but Vince had a habit of screwing up potential with terrible booking. What killed her was not being a blonde barbie doll in 2000's WWE. She was one of the biggest What Ifs of the era.
This was the problem with the lack of care about the diva's era and SD's divas roster being so small it was Torrie Nidia Dawn Marie & Sable while Raw had Trish Lita Victoria Molly Jazz Ivory & Jacqueline it's clear which was more focused on SD didn't get that Divas belt to 08 they were just eye candy.
It was around the time when Torrie and Sable did Playboy so she had to be on Tv no matter what (a.k.a not having a women's division on SD) and Nidia was her fodder (because despite being green she was good enough to carry her through a match). Unfortunately at the time Raw and SD were very separated shows so Nidia didn't carry her gimmick with her when she changed show she reverted being bland when women's spots in WWE were few and fulfilled (Gail Kim didn't find a way to breakthrough, Nidia had no chances).
The only match i remember from this run when it aired is the first inter gender match they had. Funny what a little story telling in the ring can do. I remember they both looked good after the match ended too. Editing flub at 14:50 btw. Short clip malfunction
I don't know if someone else mentioned it in the comments, but the screen is completely blue between 14:48 and 15:03. I assume it was a lapse or something related to monetization.
Torrie may have been absurdly attractive, but for being an active wrestler for like 10 years she never improved. Still, as a young teenager I loved seeing her.
Her relationship with Jamie Noble was literally one of the best things about Smackdown at the time, and that's saying something cause Smackdown at the time was basically "must see TV" so there were lots of great things, but Jamie Noble and Nidia were definitely the show stealers.
The Molly-go-Round was such an underrated finish. I want a Molly Holly review.
I second that. Do a breakdown of Molly's WWE matches please.
I want to see a Maven video as well.
She made Raw 2.
Her only appearance.
Think so?🤔
Nidia not molly.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 didn't she win the tough enough contest
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 She was also in the inaugural SmackDown vs. Raw videogame.
I remember really liking Nidia's Smackdown run. She had a lot of poise and confidence for a rookie and her character stuff with Jamie Noble was always entertaining. I thought her selling when she got blinded by Tajiri was really great too. She suffered from having to face Torrie so much. Torrie was very limited in the ring and absolutely not the person I'd have had Nidia work with if I wanted Nidia to develop.
Nidia looked actually really good in the ring. 2 matches in and she was very crisp and confident. The mistake WWE made is putting her against Torrie. No one looks good with Torrie, especially when she keeps winning in 2 minutes. No one develops any skills in those kinda matches.
Exactly. You can't learn or improve by working with someone who is just as green, if not greener, than you.
Molly did everything for the business, even putting Nidia over. How did that wig stay on during that match without the Kurt Angle head piece?
I actually really loved Nidia.
I liked Nidia. Her last WWE appearance was in 2016 at a Hall of Fame event and apparently she's become a chef now.
Now I'm going to tell off Maven for not having her as a guest on his show yet lol
For those who wondered why Torrie got in the HoF a few years back, THIS was why, she was all over the Smackdown brand from 02-05 as much as Trish and Stacy were on Raw.
As for Nidia, kinda weird that she didn't last long even after getting the implants during that blind angle.
She wasn't flat chested before the boobjob 😂
03’ noble and nidia was underrated
Remember when noble turned babyface back in late 2003?
@ yes been watching alot of 03’ smackdown lately. It didn’t last long though
I loved Torrie Wilson growing up but OMG this is too much lol
Piss break and go smoke a bowl
YES Nidia video is finally here
14:41 That caught me off guard lol
people still take the piss out of Maven, saying he was a low-carder. at least he got a title out of his run, but Nidia got nothing. no hate to her, she went farther than most other wrestlers, but it just goes to show how different the first Tough Enough twins were used
Considering her background and the fact that this was when the fed didn't give two shits about women wrestlers, I thought she was okay. Good charcter, she could sell a Torrie Wilson beating (no mean feat) and looked comfortable in the ring and on camera.
Nidia backside is legendary 😍🔥
Yep
Why did Markyd called Nidia,"The Queen of the Pole"?
I wonder if Maven will invite Nidia to his channel.
🤤🤤🤤🤤
Bro what? Torrie and Sable have a nicer arse
Who cares about her back slide?
I like how 90% of this video is just Nidia being pinned by Torrie Wilson in piss break matches.
A wrestler who could do the J.O.B. to the H.A.W.K.: Aron Rex (Damien Sandow in TNA).
Good choice I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
Torrie Wilson is capable of good matches, depending on who she's working with (Trish, Molly, Victoria), but Nidia was very much learning as she went along.
i agree, some wrestlers are fine or good enough wrestlers, but not the people you put new wrestlers in the ring with to learn..
Back in the early 2000s, Raw had the Women's Championship exclusively and Smackdown had the Cruiserweight Championship exclusively. To this day, I don't understand why any women were on Smackdown unless they were a valet because if they wrestle, what are they fighting for? (Yes, she challenged Molly on Smackdown but it was regularly a Raw-exclusive Championship)
Yeah I never understood that type of thought process. It'd make sense if every woman was on RAW, but why have women on the SmackDown brand if they don't have a title to fight for?
@@dwightyboy5324 Smackdown women did get a title eventually the amazing Silver Butterfly Diva's title. Back during the timeframe of this video women were barely given any match time, weren't 'allowed' to do many moves, and were mainly just used as eye candy.
I remember this whole thing was fun to watch with Nidia and Jamie Noble
Nidia should have had an odb gimmick.
Mr. JL (Jerry Lynn) in WCW
Yeah that’s another great run I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
Paul Heyman's bitterness to Nidia drafted to Monday night RAW was hilarious. He congratulated her, but added hopes for her never going blind again. Apparently Nidia was in contention for women's titles they had championship name plates done up and she refused. Torrie Wilson mentioned this and how they travelled together. This one was a fun presence for so little years she wrassled.
I really liked Nidia back in the day. Her character work was on point.
I remember being 2 or 3 years old watching her with Jamie Noble and I think Tajiri blinded her and she had to wear those glasses.
Correct it was black mist which supposedly temporarily blinds the recipient.
Never realized how many times Nidia fought Torrie and lost most of the time lol but i did liked Nidia and her Character she just needed a finisher
This Nidia and Torrie Wilson booking feels like something out of GM mode in a WWE2K game where you need to book a women's match but you only have those two on the roster.
You missed a match on Heat against Gail
He missed a match with Dawn Marie and Jazz as well.
Feels like Torrie Wilson and Nidia were the only women on Smackdown at the time...
And Dawn Marie
“How many times will Torrie Wilson be in this video?”
*Yes*
Anyone remember Nidia was on the dating show Blind Date She went on a date with a guy while still with Jamie Noble It was just to further the storyline as WWE was constantly refered in the episode
I knew this video would get me mad 😂 Nidias smackdown run was one of my favorites though man the promos with Jamie were always so entertaining and you can tell she really had so much fun. Its Jamie at his best too. It was so stupid she couldn’t have just kept the character on RAW. Doesn’t even make sense. But I still say she’s a legend cause that character work was GREAT and like you said she was solid in ring. Working with Torrie over and over again it’s not like she should take risk anyways lol
Match 5 was one of my favorite Mixed Tag Matches ever.
"Not sure what she's done to get a title shot"... Its womens wrestling in 2004 what do you expect 😂
I was at the Smackdown show when Nidia revealed she was no longer blind. It got a good pop from the crowd.
Is this Nidia ring of hawk video or Torrie Wilson ring of hawk?😅😅😂😂
Nidia was super hot. She still looks good now too. Her and Jamie Noble were great together
That bump Noble took when Molly Holly dropkicked him into Nidia, was legendary
Paul London and Billy Kidman as a Tag Team for ROTH
That’s a good one I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
0:58 calm down bro the food ain't going nowhere 😂
You have to make a cj parker run in WWE in 2010s
If he wanted to make a UA-cam short "CJ Perry in AEW?" But I will agree that CJ Parker's environmentalist gimmick was 'something', ah early NXT.
He's The Guy that becomes Juice Robinson right?
@@AnneBUZZTKO ye
Why
Say what you want about Nidia but at least she didn't have the wrestling ability of Jackie Gayda. I feel bad for every one of Jackie's opponents when they got in the ring with her.
Out of all the female tough enough winners, Nidia was by far the best of the bunch. She didn't get to have the best run, but at least she wasn't terrible.
Ring of the hawk Bronson reed in impact... I think they called him Jonah. He wasn't there long so couldn't of had that many matches
Fun fact: Maven tapped during Tough Enough Season 1 as revealed in an old shoot interview
Day 36 of asking for Luther Reigns for ring of the hawk for some reason...
Cool choice I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
This Nidia vs. Torrie feud makes me think of one the WWE games. The feud that will not end. Dang it now I've got Lambchop in my head. Curse you, Torrie Wilson!!!
I've always thought Nidia was incredibly talented in the ring, it's too bad she's not as memorable as the other women in the Ruthless Aggression Era and it's too bad she's had to work with Torrie wilson for the majority of this video, who has never been the most polished wrestler
Hawk should covers Tatanka's 2000s return next
el torito ring of the hawk when
i know it breaks the rule but the undertaker only had like 15 matches on tv and ppv after he lost to lesnar at wrestlemania and id say his run after the undefeated streak was a completely different thing. i bet post streak taker could do the j-o-b
I always felt like there was potential with her, but they just never did anything with her other than being the valet character
Problem was on smack down there was no one she could have good matches with, but on raw she was over shadowed by the bigger names so didn't get a chance to have good matches. Overall she wasn't horrible but yeah not great either
She had a couple of good matches (it was the same choreographed match) vs Gail, I think one was on heat or velocity, and the other must{ve been a dark match, but the video is up on youtube, From rumours I've read, she was supposed to get a title push and that's why the drafted her to RAW, since the serious women competitors were there, but she didn't like being on RAW and apparently requested her release.
Her job on Smackdown was literally getting beaten up by Torrie Wilson every week. So for her to still be somewhat memorable during that run is a credit to her character work. On Raw she was totally lost in the shuffle from what I remember though.
Torture Wilson 😂😂
Kid Cash for Ring of the Hawk
Kung Funaki Ring of the Hawk
Mexicools ROH
All great ideas I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
The thing is Nidia had some training Torrie Wilson didn't
Which is a shame because Torrie definitely had potential. She became somewhat decent in the ring as time went on. Training would’ve helped her immensely.
Dear Mr Hawk: Long listener with a question. The music you choose sounds incredibly familiar to some fyah songs we use to play in the Caribbean beach while drinking rum.
Is the Hawk a Dancehall connoisseur? He almost has to be, this and the previous songs are just bangers
Absolutely love that you are covering more womens wrestlers!! Nidia's character work was always great. I really dislike how she was portrayed on raw with winning the #1 contendership just to lose in literally 3 seconds- it was pointless.
Molly, Gail & Jazz was on the same team? Damn that’s a badass trio.
The "Divas" division as a whole was a failure. Any talented wrestlers succeeded in spite of the division.
Beyond Boring Mike Sanders in WCW
That’s unique I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
I think the series of Nidia and Torrie Wilson matches almost broke Markyd
Noble and Nidia most memorable run after that both became irrelevant and Noble didn’t do anything meaningful till his run with Rollins
10:43 I guess you can say she ate Samoan Ham lol
I remember Tazz always giving Michael Cole a hard time about him having a crush on Nidia 😂 miss those days
To bad she left to soon.
Guessing WWE had nonthing for her.
She left wrestling and never returned.
We've seen Maven pop back up in the wrestling space. What's Nidia up to these days?
My favorite Noble/Nidia moment was when he got the news that he inherited $800,000 from a deceased relative. He's excitedly telling Nidia in that accent of his, "Do you know what this means? We're rich! We gotta celebrate, baby... WE'RE GOIN' TO APPLEBEES!"
I’m not sure how many matches he had, but on the subject on Tough Enough what about Chris Nowinski in WWE?
Did you watch anything other than TNA? I'm guessing not lol
Torrie was kinda the SD queen. Sable wasn't there to wrestle and Dawn/Nidia just took turns mostly losing to her. If they were all working with ring generals the final.rating would have neen differemt. How would Trish have looked on SD! Either way, the blonde bias was real lol
Nidia wasn't stand out but bot bad either. Just wasn't there long enpugh to do much. Can't deny she had some emergy and peesonality!
She has said in recent interviews that she was pretry mcuh done noy too long into her RAW stint. She liked the format of SD! Plus her friends on the brand. She wasn't a fan of being on RAW or apparently some of the people on the roster too.
With how often Torrie was featured you just know she was enjoying all the rides on VKM's 'private jet'
Rhyno in NXT
Sounds cool I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
This is one of those people I have zero memory of
11:00 your brain is so fried by this run that you repeated a match card there, Mark.
I don’t think the critiques on her wrestling skills are fair because even if Nidia did wanna branch out and show more of her skills, it probably wouldn’t have been allowed.
Noble Nidia both had some great character work. Always entertaining.
Nidia had potential, but Vince had a habit of screwing up potential with terrible booking. What killed her was not being a blonde barbie doll in 2000's WWE. She was one of the biggest What Ifs of the era.
Shocker in TNA. He reminds me George Lopez from SharkBoy and LavaGirl
6:14, please we don't care 🙄STMFU 6:58 WE DON'T CARE
Did he forget that
That old whatever was doing something with her that's why she won
Roderick Strong in TNA
That’s a great choice I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
This was the problem with the lack of care about the diva's era and SD's divas roster being so small it was Torrie Nidia Dawn Marie & Sable while Raw had Trish Lita Victoria Molly Jazz Ivory & Jacqueline it's clear which was more focused on SD didn't get that Divas belt to 08 they were just eye candy.
Berlyn (Alex Wright) in 1999 would be ideal for the next ROTH or maybe look at some other companies for the new season?
Sounds alright I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
Damn torrie, sable and dawn Marie were must see on Smackdown during those days
It was around the time when Torrie and Sable did Playboy so she had to be on Tv no matter what (a.k.a not having a women's division on SD) and Nidia was her fodder (because despite being green she was good enough to carry her through a match).
Unfortunately at the time Raw and SD were very separated shows so Nidia didn't carry her gimmick with her when she changed show she reverted being bland when women's spots in WWE were few and fulfilled (Gail Kim didn't find a way to breakthrough, Nidia had no chances).
The only match i remember from this run when it aired is the first inter gender match they had. Funny what a little story telling in the ring can do. I remember they both looked good after the match ended too.
Editing flub at 14:50 btw. Short clip malfunction
India was a very beautiful and attractive young woman
Nothing against Torrie as a person but I feel that her presence in the company was always a stand-in for Stacy Keibler having left.
Dude, her capacity to seller moves are so much better than Alexa Bliss, Sonya Deville and Lola Vice
YOU KNOW SOMETHING HAWKSTER
THE 162 THOUSAND HAWKMANIACS DESERVE THE FINAL RUN OF THE HULKSTER STARTING IN 2002
Good suggestion I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
Cherry was another Diva who was great. She teamed with Duce and domino
I don't know if someone else mentioned it in the comments, but the screen is completely blue between 14:48 and 15:03. I assume it was a lapse or something related to monetization.
That's part of the problem right here is that they didn't ever train their Divas wrestlers
Jeff Hardy in AEW. He had 32 matches on TV and PPV.
Red shirt security!! Ring of the hawk
That would be funny I’ve seen all from 1980-Now
Torrie may have been absurdly attractive, but for being an active wrestler for like 10 years she never improved.
Still, as a young teenager I loved seeing her.
Akira Maeda in WWF in 1984 for Ring of the Hawk
I love your videos 😊
Now I’m waiting for Nidia’s and Torrie’s “You Think You’re Special” promo.
The stone colds wife gimmick would need a black eye
She was hilarious, a great character worker and fine in ring, so overall pretty good imo