{"id":95491,"date":"2021-07-06T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=95491"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:01:11","slug":"missed-point-doudrop-eva-marie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/06\/missed-point-doudrop-eva-marie\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Fans Willingly Missed The Point of Doudrop &#038; Eva Marie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wrestling community was abuzz weeks ago when\u00a0<strong>Eva Marie\u00a0<\/strong>made her in-ring return to the WWE against\u00a0<strong>Naomi<\/strong>.\u00a0 As you may know, Marie was replaced in that match by an unnamed monstrous figure that got an easy win over Naomi.\u00a0 From the very beginning, this angle was met with unneeded pushback with the former Piper Niven (later revealed to be Doudrop) being &#8220;sacrificed&#8221; according to some reviewers.\u00a0 Looking at it rationally an NXT UK talent being promoted and immediately put into an angle with a buzzworthy name like Eva Marie is anything but a sacrifice, especially since she got a strong win off the bat.<\/p>\n<p>The next advancement of the story was Eva Marie herself naming her new muscle Doudrop.\u00a0 Fans immediately voiced their disdain for the name, with many unhappy with how bad the name itself is.\u00a0 Others were upset over the supposed retconning of Doudrop&#8217;s past in the Mae Young Classic and NXT UK.\u00a0 The issue here is that this is the entire point of the name, Eva Marie herself gave the name to Doudrop who was visibly unhappy about it, in fact, the name led to the two having issues.\u00a0 It&#8217;s ok to not like the Doudrop name but completely missing the point of it being bad to service the angle seems like intentionally missing the point.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eva Marie names her prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Doudrop: Raw, June 21, 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPMQov8tuSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ever since that naming incident the relationship between Eva Marie and Doudrop has been tense, they aren&#8217;t your typical cocky bully and stoic muscle who lets them walk all over them, Doudrop is showing contempt for Marie but ultimately knows she has to go along with it.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t yet know why Doudrop follows her instructions which is definitely an issue that they should address.\u00a0 The end goal of this pairing is of course to eventually split the two with Doudrop getting her babyface moment, as someone who has seen NXT call-ups moved up with no clear plan it&#8217;s great to see WWE have a clear aim for the former Piper Niven.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not trying to convince anyone that this pairing is the greatest thing going in all of professional wrestling, that would simply not be true.\u00a0 But Raw is generally a terrible, repetitive, aimless show and the relationship between Doudrop and Eva Marie has so far been a logical and inoffensive addition to the show that has brought the former Piper Niven to the main roster with ease.\u00a0 It&#8217;s ok to believe that Doudrop is too talented for Marie, and even to wish they had picked a better name than Doudrop, but that was no reason to willingly miss the point of this angle the way the wrestling fandom did.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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