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Ugh . . . Christy Hemme is NOT the woman for that!

AnubisPosted on 02/02/07 at 09:26:26

If TNA wants to try and push woman as legit wrestlers, Christy Hemme is not the one to be doing it with. She's nowhere near as talented as Jackie or Gail, and even they aren't good enough to pull it off.

Is it really too much to ask for them to actually bring in a competent female for this role? Melissa, LuFisto, Sarah Stock, Mariko Yoshida, AKINO, the list isn't exactly short.

This is why people won't taken women seriously in wrestling. They keep trying to push the untalented eye candy as in-ring talent instead of hiring actual female wrestlers!  I absolutely abhore Billy Gunn, and even I wouldn't buy Christy lasting more than 15 seconds against him.
pszPosted on 02/02/07 at 14:09:45

Look, between THAT bit, the "LAX Running Wild In A Kitchen" and the WHOLE Eric Young/Bobby Roode/Condoms thing, I think I can safely say that I won't be catching too much more TNA for the at least near future.
ZedjaPosted on 02/02/07 at 14:20:27

She will wrestle, but they didn't say who it was against. And she showed promise while in WWE and then onto OVW. We haven't seen her since, so what is saying that she hasn't improved?
TiLoBrownPosted on 02/02/07 at 18:26:53

Christy was much better than Jackie (if you mean Gayda). But thats not saying much. Gail Kim on the other hand was great, I was pissed she was let go.
AnubisPosted on 02/02/07 at 21:24:41

On 02/02/07 at 18:26:53, TiLoBrown wrote:Christy was much better than Jackie (if you mean Gayda). But thats not saying much. Gail Kim on the other hand was great, I was pissed she was let go.
LOL Lord No I would never say anything good about Jackie Gayda. She's useless in every conceivable way. Ugly, talentless, you name it.

I meant the other Jackie, Jacqueline or whatever, I can't freaking spell her name right or even pronounce it half the time, so I just call her Jackie. Miss Tennessee now.

As for Christy Hemme, I understand that she has potential, but I doubt she's improved to the level of one of the actual good female wrestlers. I haven't heard of her training with any of them at least (last I heard she was wanting to train with Lita, and I didn't even heard of that actually happening), and she's way too green. Fact is, the only woman capable of pulling off an equality angle would have to be one of the top women in the world, not a "diva". No Trish Stratus or Christy or even Jackie or Gail Kim; we're talking needing the cream of the crop here.
Rick GarrardPosted on 02/03/07 at 00:58:43

you mean the African American woman that used to accompany Kevin Sullivan in his WCW matches and often would hit guys outside the ring on the floor harder than Kevin would inside the ring during the same match?  ;)
ZedjaPosted on 02/03/07 at 19:05:13

As I said Anubis, it was not mentioned who she would wrestle. But you quickly assume it's Kip James... Me, I think it will be a match with "Miss Tennesee" and Gail Kim.
Rick GarrardPosted on 02/03/07 at 20:27:38

Put her in a match with Don West... and while we're at it, make it a loser has to shut up for a month match.  :)
PulsarPosted on 02/04/07 at 06:42:01

Wow, you shit on that angle quickly, didn't you. It's barely developed, and it's something you've been preaching about over and over again, and now that they're doing it, you're bitching about it.

I'm going to stop there, cause this could get ugly quick.
AnubisPosted on 02/04/07 at 06:49:26

On 02/04/07 at 06:42:01, Pulsar wrote:Wow, you shit on that angle quickly, didn't you. It's barely developed, and it's something you've been preaching about over and over again, and now that they're doing it, you're bitching about it.

I'm going to stop there, cause this could get ugly quick.
You gotta remember that I've never pushed for flat out "all women are equal to all men".  Never.  I have always said that any woman they try to push as a legit threat to the standard would have to be someone who is as talented as some of the better men.

I assume Christy Hemme is wanting to match up with Kip James simply because he's the one she's feuding with.  The whole angle is ludicrous and terribly done, and I blame Vince Russo for that.  If they are just gonna make her wrestle other women, that kinda makes the whole feud with Kip James a bit silly, don't you think?

Then again, we are talking about Russo here, and I guess I should try to remember that his booking rarely makes sense anyway.

Presentation means everything when it comes to pulling off what I would like to see happen.