AJ versus Total Divas Divas

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Aug 26, 2013 21:22:12 GMT -5 oneday said:

I'll go with the divas since I don't really like AJ. Plus it's not like every diva besides AJ sucks. Naomi and Natalya are just as good in the ring if not better. I don't think the Bellas are as bad in the ring as they're made out to be(much better as faces though). They should of let somebody besides AJ talk though, but I guess AJ is the only diva with enough arm strength to hold up a mic. If they put as much effort into the divas division as they did AJ the crowd wouldn't have been on her side.

I'll say AJ is better than Natalya or Naomi right now. Natalya has technique but nothing else. Naomi has athleticism but nothing else. AJ puts more into her matches and is a lot more complete performer. Like her or not, she puts on a show out there. I don't think any of the other divas would've done a better job than her on the promo either.

[oneday]

Aug 27, 2013 5:13:26 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

Aug 26, 2013 21:22:12 GMT -5 oneday said:

I'll go with the divas since I don't really like AJ. Plus it's not like every diva besides AJ sucks. Naomi and Natalya are just as good in the ring if not better. I don't think the Bellas are as bad in the ring as they're made out to be(much better as faces though). They should of let somebody besides AJ talk though, but I guess AJ is the only diva with enough arm strength to hold up a mic. If they put as much effort into the divas division as they did AJ the crowd wouldn't have been on her side.

I'll say AJ is better than Natalya or Naomi right now. Natalya has technique but nothing else. Naomi has athleticism but nothing else. AJ puts more into her matches and is a lot more complete performer. Like her or not, she puts on a show out there. I don't think any of the other divas would've done a better job than her on the promo either.

I don't think the other divas would of done better on the mic either, but they still should of said something. It was stupid to just let the divas sit there and listen to it without fighting back. This would have been a perfect opportunity to give the other divas a voice. They didn't even have to give a long promo or anything just say what they wrote on twitter.

[Snaptastic]

Was very good indeed

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Natalya comes off as the worst of all girls on that show, so AJ was basically telling her: "Nattie Neidhart, while you lay there hopefully as uncomfortable as you possibly can be, I want you to listen..."

[BigWill]

Aug 27, 2013 7:21:27 GMT -5 oneday said:

Aug 27, 2013 5:13:26 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

I'll say AJ is better than Natalya or Naomi right now. Natalya has technique but nothing else. Naomi has athleticism but nothing else. AJ puts more into her matches and is a lot more complete performer. Like her or not, she puts on a show out there. I don't think any of the other divas would've done a better job than her on the promo either.

I don't think the other divas would of done better on the mic either, but they still should of said something. It was stupid to just let the divas sit there and listen to it without fighting back. This would have been a perfect opportunity to give the other divas a voice. They didn't even have to give a long promo or anything just say what they wrote on twitter.

If there needs to be fighting back, it should be done in a match. If there's going to be a promo battle, you need to make sure both party's mic skills are on an equal level. I don't care if it does make the Bellas look bad to just stand there and take it, as it'd make them look even worse if they were to try and fumble through a promo to get a retort.

[Cronant]

The Bellas will get a promo to respond, and it will be awkward as hell. I just spoiled next week for you.

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Aug 27, 2013 7:55:14 GMT -5 Cronant said:

The Bellas will get a promo to respond, and it will be awkward as hell. I just spoiled next week for you.

I can't wait for more recycled LayCool scripts for the Bellas either.

[Yami Daimao]

Aug 27, 2013 5:13:26 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

Aug 26, 2013 21:22:12 GMT -5 oneday said:

I'll go with the divas since I don't really like AJ. Plus it's not like every diva besides AJ sucks. Naomi and Natalya are just as good in the ring if not better. I don't think the Bellas are as bad in the ring as they're made out to be(much better as faces though). They should of let somebody besides AJ talk though, but I guess AJ is the only diva with enough arm strength to hold up a mic. If they put as much effort into the divas division as they did AJ the crowd wouldn't have been on her side.

I'll say AJ is better than Natalya or Naomi right now. Natalya has technique but nothing else. Naomi has athleticism but nothing else. AJ puts more into her matches and is a lot more complete performer. Like her or not, she puts on a show out there. I don't think any of the other divas would've done a better job than her on the promo either.

Pretty much my thoughts, more on Naomi and Natalya, than comparing AJ to any of them (even though I agree with that too).

I like Naomi. I think she's very athletic and has great potential to turn that skill into something solid and entertaining, but I think a lot of you are overselling her a bit too much. From the very little time she's wrestled, all I've seen of her are flips, and variations of flips turned into some sort of offense. Again, that's good, but not enough to warrant the title of "Most Skilled Diva". MAYBE in time, when she really hones her craft.

But I agree with the rest of you, her and Natalya don't really deserve to be lumped together with the rest.

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Aug 27, 2013 7:21:27 GMT -5 oneday said:

Aug 27, 2013 5:13:26 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

I'll say AJ is better than Natalya or Naomi right now. Natalya has technique but nothing else. Naomi has athleticism but nothing else. AJ puts more into her matches and is a lot more complete performer. Like her or not, she puts on a show out there. I don't think any of the other divas would've done a better job than her on the promo either.

I don't think the other divas would of done better on the mic either, but they still should of said something. It was stupid to just let the divas sit there and listen to it without fighting back. This would have been a perfect opportunity to give the other divas a voice. They didn't even have to give a long promo or anything just say what they wrote on twitter.

I thought you meant someone else should've done the shoot promo against Total Divas, my bad. It would've been nice for one of those girls to have a rebuttal. Actually, it would've been hilarious of Jojo went all loose cannon and called AJ the c-word or something.

[Abdullah]

Aug 26, 2013 21:22:12 GMT -5 oneday said:

I'll go with the divas since I don't really like AJ. Plus it's not like every diva besides AJ sucks. Naomi and Natalya are just as good in the ring if not better. I don't think the Bellas are as bad in the ring as they're made out to be(much better as faces though). They should of let somebody besides AJ talk though, but I guess AJ is the only diva with enough arm strength to hold up a mic. If they put as much effort into the divas division as they did AJ the crowd wouldn't have been on her side.

I feel like the just 'push someone else and they'd be over too' is kind of a discredit to AJ's ability. Sure, not every woman is gonna get her megapush but I don't think Nattie as Raw GM would have set the crowd on fire anyway. If they're capable, if they're booked well, they'll get over. It doesn't have to be a meticulous effort.

Then you have the Bellas who probably aren't gonna get super over regardless because they can't seem to keep a crowd's interest. Del Rio, also - pushed for three years and pretty expendable.

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Ever since that annoying period where AJ was all over Raw I haven't been able to like her. She just annoys me.

[rybackrulez]

AJ annoys me. All she does are chinlocks, crappy kicks, and skips. That somehow makes her great? Give any diva the amount of screen time and letting them work with top guys, they get over.

I just want to see Tamina superkick aj's head off

[Gimpo Commando]

Anything to have me watching a divas promo is an improvement. The cackling from the Bellas going on during the promo was a little distracting, I think Natalya handled it the best, looking all offended at times and looking like she wanted to obliterate her in others. During the promo, I was remembering AJ as a young teen meeting Lita at one of those functions for the first time, that clip they showed of her once on WWE.com. The idea that she worked from that point as the young fan meeting her inspiration and then becoming Divas champion with a chip on her shoulder against all the standards in that division she identified, the ones from famous families, the models turned WWE performers, the suck ups, and her not fitting those molds yet still accomplishing more than they did, according to her.

It's designed as a heel promo, but it's got the slight edge fans enjoy reacting to. AJ is pretty good with that actually, finding insulting things fans like to react on. The problem is that regardless of how entertaining the Divas show is, it seems like it's easy to boo on the main show, so bashing it to a reaction probably isn't very difficult.

I found it funnier that the Bellas stayed in kayfabe when bashing her on twitter, saying that AJ was latching onto every top guy in the industry, and the Maria bashed the Bellas for keeping her from rejoining the WWE. Maria will never let an opportunity to remind the Bellas of that go by.

[Sparkybob]

Aug 27, 2013 11:13:54 GMT -5 rybackrulez said:

AJ annoys me. All she does are chinlocks, crappy kicks, and skips. That somehow makes her great? Give any diva the amount of screen time and letting them work with top guys, they get over.

I just want to see Tamina superkick aj's head off

Tell that to the Bellas whose whole gimmick was being with the celebrity guest host and they never were over.

[Manute Bol]

Was anyone else annoyed that The Bellas and Eva Marie wouldn't shut the hell up during AJ's promo? I was trying to hear what AJ was saying, but those girls wouldn't stop screaming literally the entire time. Can you imagine Randy Orton screaming at Daniel Bryan during one of his promos? It was so distracting and annoying. What the hell was up with that?

[Gimpo Commando]

Aug 27, 2013 12:11:35 GMT -5 Manute Bol said:

Was anyone else annoyed that The Bellas and Eva Marie wouldn't shut the hell up during AJ's promo? I was trying to hear what AJ was saying, but those girls wouldn't stop screaming literally the entire time. Can you imagine Randy Orton screaming at Daniel Bryan during one of his promos? It was so distracting and annoying. What the hell was up with that?

I'm now imagining Randy Orton going "LALALALALALALA" during a Daniel Bryan promo. To be fair, the Bellas are supposed to be heelish, or something, so their reaction was appropriate, just distracting, as I said in my last post.

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Aug 27, 2013 12:02:01 GMT -5 Sparkybob said:

Aug 27, 2013 11:13:54 GMT -5 rybackrulez said:

AJ annoys me. All she does are chinlocks, crappy kicks, and skips. That somehow makes her great? Give any diva the amount of screen time and letting them work with top guys, they get over.

I just want to see Tamina superkick aj's head off

Tell that to the Bellas whose whole gimmick was being with the celebrity guest host and they never were over.

To be fair no one cared about the guest hosts, I would wager that if the Bella's had been involved with Cena/Bryan for a while they'd be getting good reactions.

[StuntGranny®]

I think AJ is just as terrible as some she mentioned, but I agree with most of what she said (excluding the stuff about Natalya).

Also, AJ annoys the living hell out of me.

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Aug 27, 2013 12:11:35 GMT -5 Manute Bol said:

Was anyone else annoyed that The Bellas and Eva Marie wouldn't shut the hell up during AJ's promo? I was trying to hear what AJ was saying, but those girls wouldn't stop screaming literally the entire time. Can you imagine Randy Orton screaming at Daniel Bryan during one of his promos? It was so distracting and annoying. What the hell was up with that?

You know those catfight videos online, where the women yell just to yell and not actually be heard?

That. But no catfights. And less class.

[Gimpo Commando]

Aug 27, 2013 12:17:30 GMT -5 @akeem said:

Aug 27, 2013 12:02:01 GMT -5 Sparkybob said:

Tell that to the Bellas whose whole gimmick was being with the celebrity guest host and they never were over.

To be fair no one cared about the guest host's, I would wager that if the Bella's had been involved with Cena/Bryan for a while they'd be getting good reactions.

That's another thing, I expected Brie to get a better reaction than she did tonight, I thought that was the reason she had the match instead of Nikki to be honest. I get that they don't advertise their relationship on Raw and she is supposed to be a heel, but she is engaged to the most over guy in the company right now, and it is shown on the show. I did expect that to rub off on her somewhat.