So tonight's raw featured a match between asuka and Deanna Purrazzo. "Next weeks raw has a match between Charlotte and a girl named Chelsea Green. Anyone in the know care to inform us on these 2 girls. Never heard of either of them.
Deonna Purrazo and Chelsea Green are a tag team on the NXT house show circuit. Deonna was an indie darling for years before she signed with NXT, and she’s that good in the ring, but, as with all indie darlings, we’ll need to see what she can do on the character side.
Chelsea Green you’ve probably heard of before, you just may not be able to put 2 + 2 together on her. Her first visibility in WWE was as that doctor that Daniel Bryan supposedly had that “affair” with during Daniel’s and Brie’s feud back in 2014. Then she was a midway replacement in the 2015 Tough Enough (where that whole thing came up). Her most notable role was as, if you’ve watched TNA/Impact at all, Laurel Van Ness, where she was Maria Kanellis’ sidekick until she became a jilted bride, after which she turned into a psycho bride who still wore the dress. It was actually really a lot better than I’m making it sound. BTW, she’s also engaged to Zack Ryder.
Makes sense that they are a tag team. Both their tron designs were alike.
I didn’t get to watch Raw last night, but I did see some of the Asuka-Deonna Purrazo match on social media. Obviously Asuka won, but it was no squash - they gave Deonna her opportunity and she ran with it, and looked really good in doing so. Her swinging flatliner was very nice - and very different from the way Bray Wyatt does it, which was also a nice touch.
When I was talking about squash matches I was talking about next weeks show. Although Chelsea green vs Charlotte was a solid match.
So what's the end game here? Do they not really have a plan for Lesner (someone that can challenge him now) or will this set up Lesner vs. Someone to end the Rumble (Lesner wins) and a "rematch" title shot at WrestleMania?