Post by paragon on Aug 31, 2007 16:05:17 GMT -5
steveweiser said:
Official - why Mickie's not been pushed lately.Fin Martin - Powerslam Magazine; Issue 158
MICKIE JAMES LOSES ON LOCAL TURF.
It seemed the strangest thing when Mickie James did the clean pinfall job in a tag team match in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia on the June 18 Raw. Local girl James had made several media appearances in the area to promote ticket salesfor the event, and was over like a headline superstar when she tagged into the match. So why wasshe booked to lose?
We have reason to believe her loss was connected to a remark she made backstageabout John Cena's fake-looking punches after she was banned by WWE from throwing punches in her bouts. (James was instructed to stop using punches by WWE's creative poeple because they felt her clenched-fist blows looked dreadful.)
Regardless of whether James' punches looked better or worse than Cena's (and they looked better, in my opinion; Cena's punches are the worst ever), her alleged punishment for making a reasonable point about the WWE Champion's offence, and underscoring the hypocrisy of WWE's edict, was entirely counterpoductive: it only served to exasperate the live crowd of 7,300, many of whom were in attendance specifically to cheer James on.
Will those same 7,300 people buy tickets to the next WWE event in Richmond, Verginia after WWE vindictively buried the hometown heroine? If not, it will be WWE which suffers in the long run - at the box office.
I've never been able to understand why WWE punishes talent, like James and particularly Johnny Nitro/John Morrison, in this fashion. By doing so, WWE just harms itself.
MICKIE JAMES LOSES ON LOCAL TURF.
It seemed the strangest thing when Mickie James did the clean pinfall job in a tag team match in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia on the June 18 Raw. Local girl James had made several media appearances in the area to promote ticket salesfor the event, and was over like a headline superstar when she tagged into the match. So why wasshe booked to lose?
We have reason to believe her loss was connected to a remark she made backstageabout John Cena's fake-looking punches after she was banned by WWE from throwing punches in her bouts. (James was instructed to stop using punches by WWE's creative poeple because they felt her clenched-fist blows looked dreadful.)
Regardless of whether James' punches looked better or worse than Cena's (and they looked better, in my opinion; Cena's punches are the worst ever), her alleged punishment for making a reasonable point about the WWE Champion's offence, and underscoring the hypocrisy of WWE's edict, was entirely counterpoductive: it only served to exasperate the live crowd of 7,300, many of whom were in attendance specifically to cheer James on.
Will those same 7,300 people buy tickets to the next WWE event in Richmond, Verginia after WWE vindictively buried the hometown heroine? If not, it will be WWE which suffers in the long run - at the box office.
I've never been able to understand why WWE punishes talent, like James and particularly Johnny Nitro/John Morrison, in this fashion. By doing so, WWE just harms itself.
I find that ridiculous - it should be within your rights to criticise other workers' movesets, and Mickie's damn right to expose Cena's punches for the awfulness that they are. If Cena had criticised Mickie's moveset, he'd have got an extra month with the title. Unfair.
Wrestlers rarely seem to win in their hometowns/countries anyway. This doesn't really show anything to me.
Also, I would be very happy if Mickie did a photo shoot wearing that Kiss-Cam dress.