LLJ wrote:It's not the winning or losing, it's that Kairi basically has no stories. She hasn't done any promos that I can recall and has very few backstage segments nearly a year into her time on NXT.
Asuka was getting regular backstage segments and promos 3 months into NXT, even though her english was much worse than Kairi's at the time.
It's either that they have been waiting on Io or perhaps the people at NXT felt Asuka is a better actor than Kairi that she can pull off promos and segments even without the english, in a way Kairi can't.
If Io goes to NXT (I'd love to see her hotshotted to the main roster but in reality her style will definitely need adapting, even Asuka had to learn to be more conservative and safer) there's no doubt that Kairi would get overshadowed by Io--yet again! It's a 1 hour show and writing for Japanese wrestlers is tricky enough as it is.
I mean, she's been involved in a story with Lacey Evans of late, has she not? And let's be honest, it's pretty clear they're just buying time until Kairi takes on Shayna.
She was hurt for a bit, which kept her off TV. Further, she just kind of debuted at a weird time. It was right on the tail of the Asuka reign and it was clearly Ember's turn with the belt after putting over Asuka twice to keep her undefeated. Nikki is gonna get her shot now, and she deserves it, although I don't expect her to actually win the belt. Kairi will be next in line, and has a good shot of being the one to actually take the belt off of Baszler.
The reason Baszler is champ now and not Kairi, by the way, is obviously because transitioning from Ember, a face, to Shayna, a heel, made a lot more sense than having Ember put Kairi over. Kairi will gain a hell of a lot more by beating Shayna over Summerslam weekend than she would have by beating Ember.
