Re-Book Kelly Kelly's Push

[norsisclouds]

OK.

I know that this is kind of random, and Kelly is long gone now and hated by the IWC, but thinking about Trish's induction tonight I could not help but think about how much WWE tried to re-make the Trish Stratus formula.

I honestly thought their best bet was Kelly Kelly...not because of her in-ring skill, but because of the way she connected with the PG fans. That ovations and she got before her title push and the pop she got on RAW for winning the title were great and her first few weeks...but it was all downhill from there, and I think the big reason why is the way she was booked.

I think they should have gone a different route with Kelly. I think she should have been brutalized sooner by Beth and lost the title right away and been a chasing champion/underdog.

Her beating Beth repeatedly pissed the smarks off too much, whereas running after the title may have allowed all of the fans to warm up to her because she was "trying hard" the way that Trish got credit for trying.

I also think she should served that time as a valet for some wrestler. She played the dumped on/picked on girlfriend role very well.

Anyway, I know it's kind of a lost point now since she's long gone, and maybe never had as much heart for wrestling as she should have...

But does anyone else think they could have done a better job with Kelly, or Barbie could have done a better job with well..Kelly??

[jkfcsf]

I know it would most likely piss plenty of people off, but I would have had Kelly beat Beth decisively at some point in their feud (preferably at Hell in a Cell 2011 to end it). Those roll-up victories didn't do either one any favors, as it made the former's victories come off as flukes, while the latter (along with Natalya) looked stupid for falling for it so much.

[milkomania]

Character development would have been nice. I always wondered why she was the "it" girl and yet it was always Eve or Alicia where the main ambassadors if you will (B.A. Star, etc.) I think for a lot of people this contributed to the theory (or is it fact?) that she wasn't all that good at anything. For a model, her funky facial expressions made her sort of un-photogenic. It took her 3+ years to bump and even with 5 years on the roster, she knew 3 moves, and didn't know how to make a match flow.

In the end what was wrong with her was what was wrong for the whole division- she had no character, wore too much makeup, and couldn't act or wrestle. If I was booking her, she would have been strictly a feel-good valet for a Del Rio type character. Instead of striving to make her into the next Trish , she could have been the next Elizabeth.

[Cela]

Out the door after the bra incident.

[joebob27]

I wouldn't have. Especially after they retooled the product. No personality, can't really work, and you can't take advantage of her looks very much. What was the point?

[norsisclouds]

Jan 29, 2013 1:22:35 GMT -5 @milkomania said:

Character development would have been nice. I always wondered why she was the "it" girl and yet it was always Eve or Alicia where the main ambassadors if you will (B.A. Star, etc.) I think for a lot of people this contributed to the theory (or is it fact?) that she wasn't all that good at anything. For a model, her funky facial expressions made her sort of un-photogenic. It took her 3+ years to bump and even with 5 years on the roster, she knew 3 moves, and didn't know how to make a match flow.

In the end what was wrong with her was what was wrong for the whole division- she had no character, wore too much makeup, and couldn't act or wrestle. If I was booking her, she would have been strictly a feel-good valet for a Del Rio type character. Instead of striving to make her into the next Trish , she could have been the next Elizabeth.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

Never mind.

I mean there has to be a reason why WWE didn't push her for years. By looks alone you'd think she'd be perfect, but maybe they all really did know how bad she was backstage and it ended up being a last resort. It would explain why they paired her with Eve, which they've shown a clear preference for and was always more talented but could never get over on her own the way Kelly did with the fans.

It's funny but I remember hearing something about this before, some guy suggested that maybe she just wasn't pushed because of the backstage relationships even--maybe they didn't like the way that looked or didn't approve of her behavior or thought she was just a silly but good looking girl that shouldn't be taken seriously with the fans. Then we see that WWE takes these sneaky jabs at her character with their search engines and comments from wrestlers after she left. They did make fun of her ring work even when they pushed her, which is odd.

They definitely did try with her though. They saw marketability and a place for her, but it's like she couldn't quite meet them even halfway. Her acting wasn't very good. She wasn't believable as a dominate champion for most fans. I wonder how much they could've actually held her back but still gotten her over to a higher status.

[YiHammer]

Have her wrestle naked

[Cronant]

Objectively speaking, she probably should have won the belt at Mania 27, if at all.

She was probably her most over when she was doing the mini angle with Edge and LayCool on Smackdown. They randomly gave Eve the belt and did nothing with her.

If you were ever going to give her the belt, that would have been it.

[Straight Edge Scrotum]

1] Tell her to close her eyes.

2] Ask her to bend over.

3] Kick her ass out the door.

4] Go to TGI Fridays to celebrate a job well done.