Post by Abdullah on Jul 10, 2014 19:02:53 GMT -5
She gets a big reaction for simply being tagged into the match and making her entrance eight times out of ten, as recently as this Monday. She got a pretty decent pop for locking in the Black Widow at WM, especially after Taker lost his streak in a pretty crappy match. I think we can say how over AJ is.
A big reason why she isn't getting louder reactions is because she hasn't had a storyline since Night of Champions last year. Go back and watch the RAW after WM. Smarky crowd, sure, but they gave the Divas a louder and more sustained pop than Heyman's promo or the Usos.
and then she'd tag back out almost immediately to a chorus of boos (unless you're talking post return) because she didn;t want to be cheered as a heel. last time she was full face was during the "DB is a jerk" days. we haven't seen the full potential for her reaction in this persona yet because she's been a heel for 98% of it and until then the fullness of her pop ca't be fully determined. yes she gets a nice reaction but it remains to be seen if this is her maximum reaction or not just yet.
edit- but we're going off topic here, this thread's about Paige
Oh, absolutely. I don't mean to harp on it but I don't want this talking point of 'AJ's not really over' to take hold. It conveniently forgets...
- the massive boos the Bellas received at the Slammys, when they beat AJ.
- the consistent crowd reactions that Nattie and AJ get when they've faced off.
- a bunch of other instances, some of which I've already mentioned. This is all as a heel.
She has been a prominent face before, during that awful angle with Cena and that's was when she was at her most over. Which is why it was so dumb, turning her. I actually don't buy her as a face yet because she was such a convincing prick.
Anyway, my point is that some posters expect her to get Bryan-like pops thanks to a superpush she got two years ago, which is also like how WWE wants its performers to stay over despite barely any mic time. I've said it before. After how she went silent following the pipebomb, with random tag matches most weeks, it's impressive AJ gets strong reactions at all.