Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Aug 30, 2014 11:08:17 GMT -5
So yeah, it seems like AJ is either supposed to be playing mind games with Paige-or she is doing a stalker gimmick ala Mickie James, but the PG era censorship won't allow her to go as a full on with it as Mickie once did with Trish. Which I consider a pity, because I am almost sure AJ would play it up to the max.
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Post by Abdullah on Aug 30, 2014 11:13:25 GMT -5
They're meticulously removing any heat this storyline could have.
It's very awkward storytelling and has been since AJ got tossed off that entrance ramp.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 11:17:31 GMT -5
I think she's doing a "be really irritating so people don't miss me as much when I leave" gimmick.
When she's in a match, great, love her. In segments, as a babyface, she's far too smug and bratty for me to like. As a heel she had more of a take-no-shit vibe that I liked about her.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Aug 30, 2014 11:17:32 GMT -5
AJ seriously might be least-favorite performer in wrestling. Even when she's supposed to be overly phony, I don't buy into anything she does.
EDIT: My mistake, for a second, I forgot that TNA is a thing and that Mr. Anderson and f***ing Gunner are still dicking around over there. AJ is just my least-favorite in WWE, not wrestling period.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 11:17:47 GMT -5
AJ's just doing whatever she thinks will mess with Paige.
Unfortunately none of it is any interest. Next week, AJ puts Paige's mailbox flag up when Paige doesn't have any mail inside to deliver!
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Aug 30, 2014 11:19:11 GMT -5
She's being an attention whore.
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Post by The Scuba Guy on Aug 30, 2014 11:20:50 GMT -5
It's been 7 years
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 11:21:00 GMT -5
AJ's just doing whatever she thinks will mess with Paige. Unfortunately none of it is any interest. Next week, AJ puts Paige's mailbox flag up when Paige doesn't have any mail inside to deliver! I say give her a Bart Simpson gimmick and give Vince full control of her character.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 11:29:59 GMT -5
AJ seriously might be least-favorite performer in wrestling. Even when she's supposed to be overly phony, I don't buy into anything she does. Her routine is just so dull. 1. Skip about. 2. Do something crazy. 3. Act cute. 4. Have average match (if she wrestles at all). 5. Skip about (again). I think the biggest problem is that WWE doesn't give the women any time to...y'know, wrestle. Ever since 2010, WWE has robbed the lady wrestlers of more than two or three minutes to wrestle outside of PPV, and in the last few years, they barely get any time on those events either. Even if AJ had the requisite skills to wrestle 5-star matches, it wouldn't matter because she wouldn't be able to do anything with it.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 30, 2014 11:31:15 GMT -5
No she's not, but we can't have a feud between women without psycho and/or lesbian undertones, can we?
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Post by Crimson on Aug 30, 2014 11:34:50 GMT -5
AJ seriously might be least-favorite performer in wrestling. Even when she's supposed to be overly phony, I don't buy into anything she does. Her routine is just so dull. 1. Skip about. 2. Do something crazy. 3. Act cute. 4. Have average match (if she wrestles at all). 5. Skip about (again). And throw in some random CM Punk chants.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Aug 30, 2014 11:41:40 GMT -5
Hey, it's not a Psycho Mickey James gimmick, it's a Psycho Torri Crazed Fan gimmick. Respect the originator of the Crazy Stalker/Fan/Whatever Gimmick!
Seriously, though...what is the origin of the Crazed Stalker/Fan/Whatever Gimmick with subtle to overt lesbian undertones?
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Post by Abdullah on Aug 30, 2014 11:41:55 GMT -5
AJ seriously might be least-favorite performer in wrestling. Even when she's supposed to be overly phony, I don't buy into anything she does. Her routine is just so dull. 1. Skip about. 2. Do something crazy. 3. Act cute. 4. Have average match (if she wrestles at all). 5. Skip about (again). I think the biggest problem is that WWE doesn't give the women any time to...y'know, wrestle. Ever since 2010, WWE has robbed the lady wrestlers of more than two or three minutes to wrestle outside of PPV, and in the last few years, they barely get any time on those events either. Even if AJ had the requisite skills to wrestle 5-star matches, it wouldn't matter because she wouldn't be able to do anything with it. The thing is, the reactions for this feud have been very positive when these two actually cut the bullshit and wrestle. Even at Battleground, which wasn't very good, they had the crowd's interest with dual chants. I like AJ way more than you but I agree that this feud, and its protagonists, have been underwhelming. They should be having brawls, not faking smiles.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 30, 2014 11:52:24 GMT -5
I hope so.
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Post by Sephiroth on Aug 30, 2014 11:54:41 GMT -5
No she's not, but we can't have a feud between women without psycho and/or lesbian undertones, can we? Damn straight.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 12:03:07 GMT -5
Her routine is just so dull. 1. Skip about. 2. Do something crazy. 3. Act cute. 4. Have average match (if she wrestles at all). 5. Skip about (again). I think the biggest problem is that WWE doesn't give the women any time to...y'know, wrestle. Ever since 2010, WWE has robbed the lady wrestlers of more than two or three minutes to wrestle outside of PPV, and in the last few years, they barely get any time on those events either. Even if AJ had the requisite skills to wrestle 5-star matches, it wouldn't matter because she wouldn't be able to do anything with it. The thing is, the reactions for this feud have been very positive when these two actually cut the bullshit and wrestle. Even at Battleground, which wasn't very good, they had the crowd's interest with dual chants. I like AJ way more than you but I agree that this feud, and its protagonists, have been underwhelming. They should be having brawls, not faking smiles. Of course. AJ is by no means a perfect wrestler but she is good. Paige is inexperienced, but very talented nonetheless. They're both totally capable of having a good match, but WWE won't give them enough time to have something truly great. Look at Paige wrestling Emma and beating her in a couple of minutes on Smackdown. What's the point? Why even have a match if it's going to be that short? Give them like 5-6 minutes and have something back-and-forth where Paige cheats and wins. Would the extra few minutes really be pushing it? WWE has so much dead time on its shows. It's unreal. They run redundant promo packages that do absolutely nothing but can't spend a few extra minutes to get women's wrestling over by letting the ladies wrestle? I'm going to get on my soapbox for a minute and say this: women's wrestling is in the bad place that is because most diva fans are like raccoons. They'll eat up anything they can, no matter how rancid, and don't care. A 10 minute match, a 5 minute match, a 1 minute match, they don't care. No botches, ten botches, it doesn't matter. Rock-like promo skills, Jeff Farmer-like promo skills, whichever, they'll claim the speaker deserves an Emmy. Why did Daniel Bryan get pushed? Overwhelming support and anger whenever things were to the contrary. If women's wrestling fans could take the same basic stand on wrestling vs not wrestling, WWE would get the idea eventually. But since diva fans aren't picky and take whatever they can get, improvement seems far off bar Triple H suddenly taking over.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Aug 30, 2014 12:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by Woo on Aug 30, 2014 12:48:26 GMT -5
The thing is, the reactions for this feud have been very positive when these two actually cut the bullshit and wrestle. Even at Battleground, which wasn't very good, they had the crowd's interest with dual chants. I like AJ way more than you but I agree that this feud, and its protagonists, have been underwhelming. They should be having brawls, not faking smiles. Of course. AJ is by no means a perfect wrestler but she is good. Paige is inexperienced, but very talented nonetheless She's very talented yes, but no she's not inexperienced she's a 9 year vet. She's perhaps not got at the three minute WWE match where you need to constantly wrestle for the hard camera though.
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Post by Lila on Aug 30, 2014 12:50:41 GMT -5
Except Mickie did A LOT better. AJ just.... doing stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 12:55:59 GMT -5
Of course. AJ is by no means a perfect wrestler but she is good. Paige is inexperienced, but very talented nonetheless She's very talented yes, but no she's not inexperienced she's a 9 year vet. She's perhaps not got at the three minute WWE match where you need to constantly wrestle for the hard camera though. Yes, she has indie experience going back to her teen years, but that's not congruous with wrestling for WWE and wrestling their style. It'll be a few years before she's really well-adapted to that. CM Punk wasn't a main eventer as soon as he debuted; he needed time to get seasoned for being a top guy. Same goes for Daniel Bryan, and for all three members of the Shield.
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