Was Bayley's Title Reign Disappointing?
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2024
- Bayley held the championship for 4 months before dropping it at SummerSlam to Nia Jax. There has been many discussion online on whether or not her title reign delivered. I don't believe WWE used her to her fullest capabilities which led to the title reign not feeling satisfying by the time she lost it. In this video I discuss her entire championship run from the beginning to the end, and give reasons on why I think it fell flat.
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The Damage Control feud should’ve been longer to at least give her more of a lengthy title run .
Yeah idk why it was just dropped soo suddenly
To be fair what other material could you use for that rivalry given the fact that Damage CTRL are not the greatest on the mic
I feel like that story for WrestleMania was peak with what they were able to do
Bayley title reign should've been better
I agree
No it shouldn’t have
@@toshinroninyes it should
Ngl while the feud she had for the belt made sense, Bailey always gave off "transitional champion" vibes to me. It felt like they gave her the belt only because it made the most sense at the time, but didn't necessarily have any big plans for her until it was time for her to drop it.
Not once did I feel like Bayley’s championship reign was interesting
It was just nonsense after nonsense
That's because her title reign was transitional....u do know some of the greatest champions in history have been transitional champion....
@@eddiecampbell9663 Damian Priest was a transitional champion and his title reign was 100x better than what Bayley received
You can make a transitional championship reign interesting with the right booking
@@SlamCentral_ Dakota should've been stay at smackdown and feuding with Bayley
Also they tease Blair Davenport to having a confrontation with Bayley
But It didn't happen even in a match
Her first month as champ was good. Creative didn’t do anything after!
The first month was alright for me
Bayley felt like she was third fiddle in that feud because it was a personal one between Tiffany and Naomi
Bayley just happened to be in between them because she offered Naomi a title opportunity and Tiffany didn’t think that was fair
The triple threat was easily the best match of the reign but everything afterwards was just meh
Even Bayley knows who's playing politics. Bayley's treatment since Royal Rumble has been terrible. I think The Rock is worse than Vince in a way. Honestly, I'd love to see Bayley go to AEW.
05:45 “the match ended in yet another roll up”?
She pinned her with a fucking awesome crucifix driver!
The truth very few people are saying is the booking knows how to build a story, hit the climax, but then…they drop the ball. They seem to have no idea what to do next. This should have been the year of Bayley. Great matches, showing she was a true elite champion in WWE history. But they just like forgot about her. She wasn’t even in promotional images for PLEs. What a waste, cause Bayley has been elevating the women’s division since she got on TV.
They messed up by making damage ctrl move to raw we could've had all three original members have a triple threat at mitb or summerslam with dakota winning. This would've given each member their time with the gold
I liked it, it seemed good and entertaining, but what was happening with Bayley's reign as champion was not her fault but rather the lack of respect since she never had rivals, nor a story, she was never put on posters, nor did she have screen time, nor did she have prominence and that makes me sad and upset but her Babyface is fine and the fans love her but I feel very sad for Bayley and now I'm wondering after Summerslam: What will happen with Bayley being a Babyface without the title?
It’s sad because I really wanted to see this babyface championship run work but now it’s like how do you build intrigue back into her character
I don’t want her to turn heel because I would like to see Naomi turn heel first
Orrrrr I would like to see Bianca Belair turn heel again and run a rivalry with a face Bayley, that’s a whole new dynamic we never experienced yet
@@SlamCentral_ Okay.
Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan have completely outclassed the title on Smackdown for an entire year. Iyo was barely a champion as was Bayley.
I really don’t understand why every story can’t get logical storytelling like the main stories in this company
Women’s division on SmackDown has been cooked but I have faith they’ll atleast make us care for Nia Jax because she has been booked incredibly strong
@@SlamCentral_ Nia Jax VS Bianca Belair VS Jade Cargill. Should be at Bash at Berlin
Wasn't Bayley the longest reigning Smackdown Women's champ at one point.
@@sukhmeet8665 Asuka too hhh completely mishandled her
what's messed up about this is that this could have been her very last time being a top women's champion in wwe. basically her & asuka are both going to be in the same boat
Yeah it sucks because the interest levels of her regaining it have dropped TREMENDOUSLY for me
I really wanted them to do her justice after she has done the job for many people, but they fumbled HARD
@@SlamCentral_ yeah for some reason wwe never looked at bayley someone who could be looked at as a face of the women's division or big money draw for the women's division. i think the only time that she got a chance to really show she could carry the women's division was back during the pandemic era
Bayley is such a good competitor idk what triple h was thinking when he booked her like this
Especially after all of that losing she did to put other talent over
She gets rewarded with the worst reign of the Renaissance Era soo far
@@SlamCentral_ hhh should've booked damage cntrl better instead he made the whole group look like a loser and bayley an even bigger loser
WWE messed up the feud between Bayley and Damage CTRL. She should have continued feuding with IYO as well as another member of the group before moving on instead of ending things so abruptly at WrestleMania. Even the buildup on the road to WrestleMania wasn’t great.
Bayley has always been the GOAT to me. She has been the most unselfish women in that locker room and has constantly been taking losses in order to get other people over. Like u said she had bad booking since she returned from injury n WWE through either Vince or Hunter never treated her better than what she is after the injury. Great video.
Idk why wwe is booking Bayley like that even she was the champion she’s booked weak like they don’t care about Bayley anymore odd booking 🤔
Yeah it’s mad weird because you’re supposed to make the champion feel believable
bianca belair would have made a much better champion
Loving the donut collects early video access 😆
But dang is it a shame that such a great championship reign with someone as good as Bayley was wasted. They could have easily booked an amazing reign for her even in the small time between mania and summerslam. WWE is better then it has been in years but there are still definitely some weird decisions🙃
That’s the perks of becoming a member 🏋🏾
Yeah I agree, Bayley is one of the legends of the business and the fact that she wasn’t treated as such is really baffling to me.
Creative should’ve gave her something interesting other than running around looking like the third fiddle in her own rivalries
Bayley’s story going into backlash: gives opportunity to Naomi, Tiffany doesn’t like it, Naomi and Tiffany beef, Bayley is in the middle
Bayley’s story going into Clash At The Castle: Piper is the Hometown hero for the crowd
Bayley’s story going into SummerSlam: Nia Jax won Queen of the Ring and Tiffany felt more important than the main champion
Answer to the title of this video: yes.
But it's always the same with Bayley, probably her only good reign was in NXT...
I was disappointed. I love Bayley. If I could watch one female wrestler for the rest of my life. She would be it. I feel she got handed a rather raw deal with her run. It was evident as her run to win the title they weren't behind her on it. The booking was the worst part. They kind of done the same with Cody so much Baby face vs Baby face or when against a heel they seem unable to do anything without help. She didn't believe in it, because of the way those back stage treated her.
Bayley was better as a heel champion
I agree, her best work is as a heel
Wwe damaged Bayley's character so bad they turned her face
Naomi vs Bayley cooked wym 😂 that was one of the best tv matches the women have produced this year.
yea idk what he talking bout 😭 Naomi & Bayley were great in that match
Bayley was a boring champ. Also is it me or is she out of shape? Shes slower in the ring. She's bigger.
The smackdown women's roster is a product of not having good wrestlers and solely relying on storytelling to do the heavy lifting. Either get a mid card title or get better workers because this ain't it
Yeahh I don't know why they dropped the Damage CTRL rematch, potential Bianca feud due to tension, and did all those Naomi backstage segments for no reason (thought Naomi would turn heel)
As much as I love bayley she never really had that great of a title reign
I think if she was still heel it would've been better imo
Her best run of her career was during the pandemic, she made the best out of the situation
She should’ve had a second run as a heel but they fumbled that
It was super disappointing in the way that she was never the focus of any of her feuds. Backlash was to build Naomi and Tiffany as credible challengers, CATC was to give Piper her moment, she got NOTHING for MITB, Summerslam was for Nia. Not once did Bayley look strong in her any of defenses too. She won all of them via roll ups or non finishers.
No on really cared and she wasn’t over
She was over when Damage control turned on her, I heard those cheers, she got a massive pop when she beat Iyo Sky.
When they turned her face she lost all her magic, she became vanilla
Yeah there was almost no substance behind her character
It’s sad because you could’ve atleast explored something between her and Bianca since they have soo much history
@@SlamCentral_ also sucks because she's one of the top workers, but at least she got a bit of recognition by winning the rumble
I won’t forgive them for having her enter the ring as champion before Piper Niven on Smackdown as if Bayley was the contender.
Yeah idc if it’s her hometown I need the champion to go last all the time
I mean it’s not fair when your competition has pounds of weight over you smh… there’s are reason there was divisions before so competitors wouldn’t have situations where your opponent could literally sit on you and win and honestly it kinda sux to have all these “heels” winning titles, I’d be happier if Jade Cargil (hopefully there’s a good Jaxx vs Cargil feud coming) was Champion, but even she got screwed over during the Queen of the ring Tournament due to Nia Jaxx antics. Nia vs Bailey was bad from the start anyway both are heels and the could fans could never really get behind them anyway. Nia just squashes people and Bailey was still looking for redemption after her run w/ DMG CTRL
Bayleys been a face since Damage control turned on her.
Another problem was Sky title reign was just there the only real thing out was the feud with Bianca at the start and brining Sane in at the beginning hell the WWE Woman Championship the few title holders have like yeah oh ok.
Sky retaining would've been her crowning moment
Yeah Iyo didn’t feel like the leader of her own group which made the “champ” feel like a side character
Bayley did the heavy lifting character wise and it fit because she’s better as an obnoxious heel
At the moment Bayley beating Iyo was the perfect move
She was extremely over and got the crowd to become sympathetic towards her, but how long can we ride with a character when the booking starts to become dry
is it just me or is smackdown kinda boring since the last 2 years, especially the women's division? i mean, on raw you have rhea and liv, and the women's division there has always been better. even when iyo was champ, it was boring and forgetful.
ngl smackdown's division rn clears raw in terms of the women right now. There's a lot of top stars on smackdown but raw doesn't rly have many that are being pushed due to the Rhea/Liv story
Do u guys realize the whole Smackdown is a problem cuz many potential heels are in Raw
I’ve stated this in previous videos
The draft left SmackDown with scraps
Am I a POS for still liking Bayley?
Not at all
No, you’re entitled to like who you like
No? I'm confused on why you'd even think that.
Still can't believe they miss the opportunity to turn Bianca Belair heel and make her feud against Bayley, I really thought they were going to do that after the 4 VS 4 match in the smackdown before backlash, sadly Belair is stuck in the team division with Jade Cargill at the moment.
5:30 at least you admit you're a negative nancy.
I do agree how Bayley title reign is hurt.
I have to go through trenches with Cody's reign, i'm enjoying his title reign but my goodness the insults, criticism, hate, takes, and etc are everywhere to see.
Especially this channel...
Unlike other channels I actually give valid criticism rather than just straight up hating
I open you up to why I feel a certain way about something and it’s up to you to either listen and not throw a fit about my opinion or throw a tantrum because I wasn’t afraid to state it
Plus I’m not enjoying Cody’s reign right now but there’s not much he can do when creative is just feeding him scraps, people took that video wayyy tooo the heart
Cody is great but with SmackDown lacking heels, there’s not much to play around with until The Rock comes back
Sometimes they chase is better than the reign n that’s what happened here. It happens sometimes but bayley was definitely more interesting as a heel.
Yeah I understand what people mean by this but the thing is like damn give us SOMETHING😭
I’m not really enjoying Cody title reign but atleast he’s giving us SOMETHING to work with even though the creative team is giving him scraps
@@SlamCentral_ Random question do you think Cena very last match should be against someone he has history with Orton or punk perhaps or putting over a new star like Bron
I been saying this shit man n every one is telling its was fine,hellno it wasn't
yes
you're wrong about Chelsea Green
This is coming from someone who only started watching wrestling just over a year ago but... I think she's better as a heel. I don't know if this is a hot take but I feel like her being all goody two shoes is weird and doesn't fit.
The ONLY time I was like "DAMN BAYLEY" was when she called out Nia Jax for being reckless
Yeah I believe Bayley is overall better as a heel
She fits that obnoxious heel role perfectly
They dropped the ball not having her go against people she originally bullied for the past two years as a heel
Would’ve been interesting how they told that story with her now being a face instead
Triple H is stuck in the thin line between giving the women credible long reigns and booking them boring. Even Rhea last year as great as she was her reign was boring. Triple H has fumbled a lot of storylines and feuds in the women division.
Yeah Rhea’s reign lacked credible opponents
Nobody was believable enough to stand a chance against her
No one was getting booked anywhere as close as powerful as her
Rhea sucks and you guys overrated w everyone hhh is loser bitch that need to be fired
Side note this is also the worst women’s tag team champions run ever. They barely are on tv
I mean the women’s tag team titles have been in the gutter for YEARS and it’s never going to recover because they don’t push the only legit teams they have
There should be no reason why Jade and Bianca are being pushed more than the people that need it
Jade and Bianca will be over off of name value alone
Alba and Isla NEED creative to give them something to work with
@SlamCentral_ They have been on TV for the past few weeks, even on NXT
@@larontezmoore3313 yeah and what have they been doing on TV?
Getting beat up and looking like losers
That’s not valuable TV time, and 5 minutes is not going to do anything for anyone when it’s given sparingly
@@SlamCentral_ They legit been going back and forth with the Bianca and Jade. It was never one sided.
@@larontezmoore3313
You’re forgetting about the 5 minutes of TV time
Great Video ‼️ But is there someone sleeping behind you in the bed ?? 😂
Lol nah my girlfriend was just chilling back there😂
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Somebody didn’t watch the whole video!! 😮😂😂😂
I really enjoyed this video it’s about time someone pointed this out I was so excited for the match between iyo and bayley at wrestlemania 40 and it sure as hell delivered I was seriously hoping that creative would book Bayleys title reign a lot better especially with all the loses she took last year and it sucks how they just misused her and the crazy thing is all the wwe women’s championship reigns have been terrible Asuka’s was pathetic Iyo’s was lengthy but lacked consistency and now bayley’s reign is pretty much forgettable I seriously hope wwe do better with the women’s division this is honestly sad.
Bayley v Nia was actually good! Wtf are you on?
Really wasn't n I was sober, shit was trash
bro is so negative about this all, geez oak
Video cool and all but. Stream summer slam.
I hate to say this but it is really bad. Thank God Nia Jax ended it.
We can only hope Nia would save it but her not appearing on SmackDown last week is not promising lol
The summerslam match I thought was decent but otherwise yea it was a disappointing reign n agree with transitional champion vibes. I honestly thought once tiffy won mitb that nia was gonna beat bayley and Tiffany was going to cash in on her.
Wow someone that disagrees with my view on a match who’s actually respectful about it😭
I’m glad you found enjoyment in that match
I agree with Bayley feeling like a transitional champion, you need those here and there to make things feel fresh but Bayley is not one of those talent that you use that on
She deserved a more lengthy reign given the fact that she sacrificed 2 years of her career to put over other talent making her look like a complete loser
@@SlamCentral_ I agree n yea I’m too grown to be going back and forth with people on here like I’m a little kid. We can agree to disagree. Agree on transitional champ we need those but bayley deserved better. We shall see how long nia reign last and how that goes because we all know it’s a matter of time until Tiffany cashes in
so was Io's
Yeah, i'm gonna be honest with you. I care more about Bayley as a face. I don't care about Bayley as a heel. She knows how to be annoying, yes. That doesn't make me want to see her or care about what she does. I feel like Bayley's road to the championship, her road to wrestlemania was good. The betrayal of Damage Control was done very well. I loved seeing her beat Iyo for the championship. But after that its like the writers gave up, they had no idea what to do with Bayley and that killed all her hype. It was like they were more interested in getting Tiffany and Nia over. Don't get me wrong i love Tiffany but still...
Bayley deserved better.
I need the Ethan page vid😭
They shouldn't have split Bayley and Damage Ctrl...