Brie Bella's booking is awful

[LBGetBack]

First.....I have never been a fan of her. She's a awful actress, and a below average wrestler.

That said, who is booking this garbage with her? She's getting the generic wrestler's girlfriend role....fine. But she's an active wrestler. Held the title even(I think). So why does she look like she's never done one second of physical activity in her life when Kane comes after her? Not that I expect her to take him on, head on or anything. But being a frail, screaming mess?

And furthermore, why is this frail, screaming mess escaping so easily when Kane tried to drag her under the ring? I mean, she got away with minimal effort. Why should I care about Kane after that? Makes him look like an incompetent, bumbling fool.

And why would Stephanie, one of the most vindictive characters ever, NOT continually screw with Brie's booking? Like, Brie is in the Bryan storyline and then she will randomly be wrestling in a tag match because they needed another diva or something. Like she exists in two completely seperate planes within WWE. Shouldn't Stephanie be booking her in handicap matches, booking her against Kane or something, etc., in order to irritate Bryan?

 

[Softcore Holly]

The monster Kane storyline as a whole is awful, it feels like one of those bargain bin straight to dvd horror films that you only would watch just to laugh at how terrible it is. So Brie isn't any worse off than anyone else in this poor excuse for a angle.

As for Steph, her role in this lousy story is the extremely obvious puppet master, but just to fool the very, very gullible she's playing the innocent, nice authority figure that has nothing to do with anything and just wants to help. So that's why she's not trying to mess with Brie directly, also it really doesn't get her anything since her true goal would be trying to get the WWEHC off DB, and messing with Brie doesn't really help there.

 

[AegonTargaryen]

I agree with the OP's perception, only with a slight change. It's Brie Bella who's "awful". That scream was one of the most atrociously nightmarish things that couldn't evoke any nightmare I've heard. The entire segment from Raw was a Recipe for hilarity.

Some are saying that the Daniel Bryan-Kane storyline is altogether worthless or bad and how it is affecting their hero's popularity. Some are of the view that it's the age-old David vs Goliath. I myself am overlooking all the buildup and segments because DB as it is isn't particularly inspiring or talented in non-wrestling roles, Brie Bella is just plastic(contrast it with the days when one would watch the Lita-Kane storylines and feel differently), and Stephanie McMahon's involvement doesn't help. Disaster or not, the matches are fun to watch and I'm eager to see if Kane actually chokeslams Bryan in the Grave. Do it, WWE!!

 

[JJ15776]

I agree with the OP's perception, only with a slight change. It's Brie Bella who's "awful". That scream was one of the most atrociously nightmarish things that couldn't evoke any nightmare I've heard. The entire segment from Raw was a Recipe for hilarity.

Some are saying that the Daniel Bryan-Kane storyline is altogether worthless or bad and how it is affecting their hero's popularity. Some are of the view that it's the age-old David vs Goliath. I myself am overlooking all the buildup and segments because DB as it is isn't particularly inspiring or talented in non-wrestling roles, Brie Bella is just plastic(contrast it with the days when one would watch the Lita-Kane storylines and feel differently), and Stephanie McMahon's involvement doesn't help. Disaster or not, the matches are fun to watch and I'm eager to see if Kane actually chokeslams Bryan in the Grave. Do it, WWE!!

I mostly agree about Brie's performance. I think she knew she wasn't good at fake screaming, I mean when they were in the locker room and the lights went out all she did was yell "Daniel!" (belatedly, to boot) instead of screaming bloody murder like one might expect her to in that situation. And then she went over the top with all the car scenes, probably when the producers or whoever told her to, and just wasn't very good. Hopefully they'll learn from that and not put her in situations like that in the future.

In regards to how it maybes Bryan look, I'm torn. On the one hand, it obviously makes him look very weak to have him running (or driving) in fear whenever he thinks Kane's around. That's not David vs. Goliath, that's cowardice. But, you could argue that he's running just to try to protect Brie...is that valid? I think there's a case to be made either way. But if that is the case, I'd like to see them firmly establish that Bryan does not back down from Kane when Brie's not around.

The rest of the complaints here are just silly. Aside from misjudging Brie's acting ability(not the booker's fault, obviously), and the possible problem with making Bryan look weak(again, that's negated if they can establish that he's only running to try to protect Brie), there's nothing wrong with any of the booking here. How the hell is she supposed to act when a 7'0 monster is after her? You want her to face the demon, maybe strike some sort of martial arts fighting? Want her to do the Karate Kid crane? Please. The idea that any woman, active competitor or not, would be anything more than a screaming mess is just ridiculous. She's, obviously, deathly afraid of him, as she should be. And being deathly afraid tends to make you freeze up and not make the smartest decisions...I'm talking about how it works in general, in real life situations, so that's what you would naturally expect to happen on screen. As for her escaping him...I think it was pretty obvious that he wasn't making a full effort to take her, and enjoyed laughing hysterically at the horror he'd just put in the heads of Bryan and Brie. Beyond, I'm not sure how or why you'd decide you're not going to not take somebody seriously because they let go of the leg of the person who's KICKING THEM IN THE HEAD. Especially since, again, he clearly could have continued chasing them and chose not to. Because he'd sent his message. He'd gotten in their heads. He'd accomplished what he set out to accomplish.

As for Stephanie...what? She's the one who put Brie in the match so Kane could come out there. Given the fact that she keeps trying to claim she's not in control of him, she's telling him not to do it, how many times she's apologized for what's happened...I mean, why the hell would she do anything else to Brie? When would she have done it? Like I said, she put her in the match so Kane could go after her. She's obviously focusing on Bryan, while trying to pretend that she's a neutral party and isn't actually going after either one, so I'm not sure how they would justify her doing anything else.

 

[bioshock]

Its a horrible storyline no two ways getting around it. Kane is washed up we know that, fans just don't care about him like they use to and WWE knows it, they also know this storyline is bad, and they know its not going to put on any 5 star matches without some gimmick thrown in to spice it up, or wrestling across an entire arena cause they know in the ring they cant do anything past 10 minutes worth watching.

I'll sum that up with; I bet WWE is doing this storyline to either see if the DB support can survive through a bad storyline, or maybe they want to kill it all together and this only goes on to an even worse storyline.

And to the OP yes Brie is bad, just look back, when has she ever been in a meaningful storyline? I mean cmon talking about the Bella twins, the only thing they use to do back before leaving WWE was stand around backstage with who ever the guest host was that no one wanted on the show. So I mean Brie isn't like Trish or Mickey, Lita who all had talking roles and storylines, Brie has had little to nothing in her whole career besides tag matches, twin magic, and looking good next to some celeb backstage.

 

[BASSER911414]

Brie Bella is just absolutely horrible.

And this isnt the first time she's looked extremely stupid on screen.

Anyone remember the constant screaming and shouting while AJ was delivering her 'pipe bombshell' promo ??

 

[closet_fan]

It's obvious that the only reason she is connected to Bryan is because of their relationship and how it's carried over to Total Divas. I'm not sure why the WWE thinks Brie and Bryan together on RAW would make people want to watch TD, because it doesn't.

But really this is the only reason why she's relevant and in this angle to begin with. The marriage cemented the storyline. Had she not been with anyone, Bryan would still be on his own with out her baggage behind him.

She's going to have to break off from DB soon because it's going to start pulling him down. Hopefully it ends once Bryan moves past Kane.

 

[TheICChampion]

The monster Kane storyline as a whole is awful, it feels like one of those bargain bin straight to dvd horror films that you only would watch just to laugh at how terrible it is. So Brie isn't any worse off than anyone else in this poor excuse for a angle.

As for Steph, her role in this lousy story is the extremely obvious puppet master, but just to fool the very, very gullible she's playing the innocent, nice authority figure that has nothing to do with anything and just wants to help. So that's why she's not trying to mess with Brie directly, also it really doesn't get her anything since her true goal would be trying to get the WWEHC off DB, and messing with Brie doesn't really help there

It does. She wants Bryan to be distracted, as in, what would he choose? The safety of his wife, or the WWE Heavyweight championship? She should just go full heel and have Kane kidnap and tie up Brie and Steph says she knows where he took her and all DB has to do is give up the title. It's perfect. It's obvious what his choice would be, too. He very reluctantly vacates the title, then Kane and Brie are shown on the Tron with Brie in obvious danger. We see Bryan get to Brie, only to see she's been "knocked out". I know this story has been done before but it's the only legit reason to believe that DB would want a rematch against Kane.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

Currently, Brie Bella is filling the role of the love interest for the main protagonist in a slasher film. She runs, screams a lot, and more often than not, you'll see this look of panic and fear on her face.

Still, Brie Bella is apart of a feud for the WWE WHC. I'm pretty sure a good amount of Divas on the roster would take the chance to be apart of a WWE WHC for some major spotlight without thinking twice about it. Think about it like this, instead of wrestling some forgettable throwaway match on Raw, Smackdown, or Main Event, Brie Bella is an important character in a feud for the world title. Again, I'm pretty sure other Divas on the roster would jump in Brie's shoes right now, if WWE offered the spot to take her place.

Also, I don't have a problem with Stephanie. She's the corporate phony, who's trying to screw Bryan out of the title (again), and Stephanie is decent enough, when she's not hysterical, going over the top, or trying too hard to be emotional.

 

[Softcore Holly]

It does. She wants Bryan to be distracted, as in, what would he choose? The safety of his wife, or the WWE Heavyweight championship? She should just go full heel and have Kane kidnap and tie up Brie and Steph says she knows where he took her and all DB has to do is give up the title. It's perfect. It's obvious what his choice would be, too. He very reluctantly vacates the title, then Kane and Brie are shown on the Tron with Brie in obvious danger. We see Bryan get to Brie, only to see she's been "knocked out". I know this story has been done before but it's the only legit reason to believe that DB would want a rematch against Kane.

That story can't really work for a lot of reasons. First Kane's leaving after Payback, so there's no point putting the belt(s) on him just to lose them back to DB a few weeks from now. Next we've already gone through almost 8 months of DB being cheated out of the title and chasing, to do it again so soon just feels redundant. And it sets up a really stupid precedent, what's to keep the Authority from just constantly threatening Brie so DB never stays champ?

Like in your story, Kane gets the title, DB wins it back at payback or whenever, what's to stop Steph from doing the whole kidnap thing all over again? How can DB possibly have a title reign as long as Brie + Steph is there? Unless the master plan is for Brie to quit(which most people won't care about) I really don't see how that story can work.

 

[LBGetBack]

And there it is again! Daniel Bryan announces he's having surgery........what do you think Brie's mood would be like at that time? Not to mention she's been getting terrorized by Kane every week. So what's she doing tonight?

Well, she's out there clowning around during Nikki's match. Makes ZERO sense.

 

[whoopin' ass]

Because this is wwe and that would make sense. Part of the problem today is that the characters are only half-characters. Stephanie is a big part of the anti bullying campaign so even though it would make sense to torment Brie, she can't as a character because that would look bad when she is at an event as a wwe executive. So she doesn't - half a character. As for Brie not fighting back with Kane, same reason Cena gives that stupid blank look to Wyatt - that's what wwe creative wants despite the fact it is dumb and makes no sense. wwe needs 2 things - writers who actually know how to write and not just do as they are told and then the guts to actually listen to these writers. Why wasn't Brie yelling at Stephanie up on the ramp last night after Kane dragged him out there? She should have been yelling at her to stay away and that this was her fault. But can't make Steph look that bad for the audience even though it makes the most sense. All comes down to just a crappy creative team.