Has there been any good storylines involving the Diva's?

[mrbananagrabber]

Like, in the last ten years or so?

The only good, entertaining and well performed storylines I can think of have been the AJ Lee "thing" which had its moments and, uh..nope, that's it. The Rusev/Dolph fiasco with Lana and Summer was a car crash that was only fun because of Rusev. The Diva Revolution was terrible and almost derailed everyone involved.

There's got to be some that I'm just forgetting..right?

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How about Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte/Daddy? If we're just talking "good", that was a good program, and the seamless inclusion of Sasha for the Mania build has been good too.

Now, all time great angles with Divas, that's a harder question.

[Alice Syndrome]

yeah, watch NXT

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To go back a bit, the Trish / Mickie storyline was pretty damn solid. Some dumb stuff along the way but all in all a good angle with a proper amount of build-up and the rightful payoff. Only real objection'd probably be Mickie took a little too long to turn heel after her first attempt to get the belt failed, to where it was a real, "Just get on with it!" kind of thing.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Yeah, Becky/Charlotte was a great program that gradually built and built. It's gotten a bit messy with the inclusion of Sasha but it's still one of the stronger programs in the company, I think.

[sunnytaker]

there was that time when a diva got jealous of another one. that one was seldom used if I recall.

[Abdullah]

AJ/Kaitlyn was actually awesome. You're not going to get better diva segments than their contract signing or AJ's Catfish promo. And it had been simmering for a good year in the background - they never do that with the women.

Mar 28, 2016 9:38:44 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

yeah, watch NXT

Controversial opinion, possibly. NXT divas don't have 'storylines' in the broad sense. They take a few character points and they book an awesome match with those beats in mind and most of the story is told in the ring. That's what is happening with Bayley/Asuka right now for example.

And the crazy thing is, they're slightly better about it these days. There was next to no story for Paige/Emma or Charlotte/Nattie other than wrestling a good match for the title.

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AJ/Kaitlyn was a really good feud. One of the only Divas programs on the main roster these past few years I've enjoyed. Besides that yeah I agree with the others, you need to check out NXT.

[Perfect Timing]

Mickie and Trish. Mickie deserved her Wrestlemania moment after the work she put in and got over really quickly.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

NXT, obviously. Kaitlyn/AJ was really good although it felt backwards because it started out hot and then just kinda meandered to a whimper of a finish - sort of paralleled the Dolph/ADR feud in that sense. Charlotte/Becky and then the transition into Charlotte/Becky/Sasha has been quite good though. SmackDown has really highlighted how far Charlotte needs to come though. They get quite significant promo time most weeks and Sasha/Becky knock it out of the park (the segment where Charlotte invites them out to apologise for ever calling them Horsewomen is a great example of this) and Charlotte almost tanks the entire segment. The writing of the feud has been pretty good though.

[GuyOfOwnage]

Yeah, the last truly great one, I think, was Mickie/Trish. I feel like AJ vs. the Total Divas had a lot of potential until they ruined the whole thing the following week.

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Another "sort of" answer but I think you could have cleaned up the Piggie James angle and made it work better, what it was wasn't too bad. It got heat, had a happy ending (although I think McCool got injured and they couldn't have a better match out of it), Marie cut a really good promo against LayCool near the end of it. The biggest problem was that Mickie looked dumb for being so inconsolable at the slightest hint of a fat joke, when the claim in the first place was pretty absurd. It was still alright though, clear bad guys and good guys, no "women, right?" aspect to it, had a beginning, middle and end.

[cjh]

Mar 28, 2016 11:20:38 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

Another "sort of" answer but I think you could have cleaned up the Piggie James angle and made it work better, what it was wasn't too bad. It got heat, had a happy ending (although I think McCool got injured and they couldn't have a better match out of it), Marie cut a really good promo against LayCool near the end of it. The biggest problem was that Mickie looked dumb for being so inconsolable at the slightest hint of a fat joke, when the claim in the first place was pretty absurd. It was still alright though, clear bad guys and good guys, no "women, right?" aspect to it, had a beginning, middle and end.

It didn't have a happy ending.  After the Royal Rumble, Laycool completely ignored their loss, beat Mickie in 2-3 matches, got back the Women's title, kayfabe put Mickie out for a month, beat her two more times, and then were credited with running Mickie out of the company when she was fired.

[Big Bad Kahuna]

Alundra vs Nakano wasn't bad either, just little more than "me want title" booking, but solid unspectacular stuff

Also, lots of NXT programs need to be mentioned

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Mar 28, 2016 11:29:28 GMT -5 cjh said:

Mar 28, 2016 11:20:38 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

Another "sort of" answer but I think you could have cleaned up the Piggie James angle and made it work better, what it was wasn't too bad. It got heat, had a happy ending (although I think McCool got injured and they couldn't have a better match out of it), Marie cut a really good promo against LayCool near the end of it. The biggest problem was that Mickie looked dumb for being so inconsolable at the slightest hint of a fat joke, when the claim in the first place was pretty absurd. It was still alright though, clear bad guys and good guys, no "women, right?" aspect to it, had a beginning, middle and end.

It didn't have a happy ending.  After the Royal Rumble, Laycool completely ignored their loss, beat Mickie in 2-3 matches, got back the Women's title, kayfabe put Mickie out for a month, beat her two more times, and then were credited with running Mickie out of the company when she was fired.

Welp. That shows me. I still think in a bubble the beginning of the feud up to Mickie James beating her was an "acceptable" women's feud, only if it at least had a single good match in it we'd really be in business.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Eve vs Kaitlyn was actually a good storyline, with a good payoff. It's just that WWE proceeded to have Kaitlyn disappear off of television for a few weeks after she beat Eve.

[Push R Truth]

I liked most everything LayCool did.

I liked it when Eve broke Zach Ryder's jobberiffic heart and kicked him in the balls.

I like everything on Total Divas.

[Mid-Carder]

Mar 28, 2016 11:51:45 GMT -5 Big Bad Kahuna said:

Alundra vs Nakano wasn't bad either, just little more than "me want title" booking, but solid unspectacular stuff

Their feud was all about the matches though. Brutal, hard-hitting stuff.