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Post by CH Punk on Sept 2, 2013 22:26:13 GMT -5
During the WWE App backstage segment, they were all bitching and moaning about AJ and not attempting to even do anything about it, proclaimed themselves to be role models and needed Stephanie McMahon to get them on the right path.
During the match, instead of taking turns punishing the heel to look for revenge (usually how a multi face beatdown is done), they all gang up on AJ until she's out cold.
During the Title match announcement, they continue to bitch about AJ and, again, need Stephanie to get them on track.
They really do look like empowering female role models for girls.
Regardless of WWE's intent, they've turned AJ a de facto face in the feud and I hope they do a double turn soon with the Total Divas (as much as I like Total Divas, they don't get my sympy because they look like the worst people).
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Post by Snaptastic on Sept 2, 2013 22:35:08 GMT -5
I just hate the Bella Twins in general. I wish they'd just go and be reality TV stars elsewhere instead of pretending to be wrestlers.
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Post by Cronant on Sept 2, 2013 22:39:51 GMT -5
They outnumber her so any attack is going to come off weird, even if AJ provokes it.
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Post by H-Virus on Sept 2, 2013 22:40:29 GMT -5
Hard to have any sympathy for AJ, who thought it would be a smart move to interfere in a match with three people that she verbally ran down the week before. What exactly was she expecting to happen from that?
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 2, 2013 22:41:06 GMT -5
The reason the feud comes off the way it does is because WWE put more effort into getting AJ over than any other Diva.
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Post by Cronant on Sept 2, 2013 22:44:45 GMT -5
AJ didn't come off that smart either, to be honest. They all get dragged into looking horrible.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 2, 2013 22:48:22 GMT -5
She invited and deserved that ass-whupping, outnumbered or not. AJ Lee was so obnoxious on commentary that I was actually glad that she got in the ring because it meant that she was probably going to get dealt with. And Natalya putting her little ass to sleep made my whole night.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 2, 2013 22:48:56 GMT -5
They outnumber her so any attack is going to come off weird, even if AJ provokes it. That's what was strange too. Again WWE tries to have AJ be the heel by having her interrupt the match, but then when 3 of 'em are beating the shit out of her, it kinda negates any heelishness on her part. |
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Post by BigWill on Sept 2, 2013 22:49:09 GMT -5
AJ did the same thing that most heels end up doing in that situation. She tried to interfere in the match to make sure she didn't have a #1 contender for her title.
She wasn't really worried about whether or not she got beaten up as a result.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 22:50:21 GMT -5
A big part of the problem is that Total Divas operates on a weird different level of kayfabe so when the E tries to cross the two over it just comes across badly.
But yeah, that was Sting levels of dumb on AJ's part to run in when the 6 chicks that you ran down last week are all in one place. She deserved the gang beatdown for being that stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 22:53:45 GMT -5
She's a sociopath that has tried to ruin every single man that has had the gall to spurn her and has shown ridiculous degrees of paranoia in regard to the other divas, including her former tag team partner and best friend. She doesn't deserve sympathy; at best, you should feel sorry for her for being so messed up.
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Post by Cronant on Sept 2, 2013 22:54:12 GMT -5
AJ did the same thing that most heels end up doing in that situation. She tried to interfere in the match to make sure she didn't have a #1 contender for her title. Its stupid when any heel does it, like Punk did last year. What do they expect to happen? "Well then, I guess you just won't have to defend your title after all". It ALWAYS leads to a multi person match. Its even worse when you consider the fact that she just torched them all on the mic last week. |
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Post by cool guy on Sept 2, 2013 22:56:03 GMT -5
The Bellas are just too unlikable, I have to root for whoever is one the other side.
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Post by trollrogue on Sept 2, 2013 22:56:04 GMT -5
The finish of the segment was off, and the OP was probably picking up on the fact that ending the segment with AJ looking unconcious and the ref being all frantic to revive her is probably too sympathetic for the villain Diva to be booked.
Not only that, since when is Brie Bella a face?! I get that she is on Total Divas, but not in the WWE Universe last I checked... but if we are merging those two worlds where was Brie at when Bryan was getting his butt kicked? I didn't see her run towards the ring even though she had to be on the ramp with the other Superstars and Divas. Surely if she is a face she should openly align herself with Daniel Bryan, the booking is just all over the place when Total Divas is concerned so who's to say if AJ is gonna get booed.
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Post by BigWill on Sept 2, 2013 22:57:30 GMT -5
AJ did the same thing that most heels end up doing in that situation. She tried to interfere in the match to make sure she didn't have a #1 contender for her title. Its stupid when any heel does it, like Punk did last year. What do they expect to happen? "Well then, I guess you just won't have to defend your title after all". It ALWAYS leads to a multi person match. Its even worse when you consider the fact that she just torched them all on the mic last week. I know, but that's pretty much the WWE's standard way of forming multi-person matches. They've been doing it for years. But some are acting like this is some Diva exclusive bad booking. |
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Post by wisdomwizard on Sept 2, 2013 22:58:50 GMT -5
Hard to have any sympathy for AJ, who thought it would be a smart move to interfere in a match with three people that she verbally ran down the week before. What exactly was she expecting to happen from that? I love AJ, but this stops the argument that she's a face in this feud now dead in its tracks. She provoked all three of them by putting her hands on them. And her promo, no matter what people feel towards the Bellas, was her declaring herself better than all the divas in total condescension. Agreeing with her doesn't make her a face. |
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Sept 2, 2013 23:02:12 GMT -5
The finish of the segment was off, and the OP was probably picking up on the fact that ending the segment with AJ looking unconcious and the ref being all frantic to revive her is probably too sympathetic for the villain Diva to be booked. Not only that, since when is Brie Bella a face?! I get that she is on Total Divas, but not in the WWE Universe last I checked... but if we are merging those two worlds where was Brie at when Bryan was getting his butt kicked? I didn't see her run towards the ring even though she had to be on the ramp with the other Superstars and Divas. Surely if she is a face she should openly align herself with Daniel Bryan, the booking is just all over the place when Total Divas is concerned so who's to say if AJ is gonna get booed. I have no idea how their real life relationships relate to kayfabe. Sure in Total Divas and in real life Cena and Nikki and DB and Brie are couples, but in the WWE Universe? I have no clue. |
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Post by CH Punk on Sept 2, 2013 23:03:07 GMT -5
This is another one of those topics isn't it? Someone verbally runs you down and attacks you unprovoked, yet somehow you look worse for defending yourself? There is no universe in which AJ is the face here especially when you factor in her character and how it contradicts her dialog last week. No, I don't have a problem that they beat up AJ, I have a problem with the way they did it. If you look at when the Raw faces helped Randy Orton beat up Evolution, it worked and made it cathartic because every face that attacked Triple H took their time and waited their turn to attack him. The Total Divas attacking AJ was more like a gang mugging similar to Nexus where everyone beat up on AJ at the same time. |
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 2, 2013 23:03:31 GMT -5
I should point out that, just like I figured, they didn't air either of Natalya's rebuttals. Which is exactly what I said, AJ is Vince's baby, and no one is allowed to actually get an upper hand in the feud against her. She just shits on them, and they just take it.
Which is a shame, because there's so much material there. When she said her "first love" has always been the Divas championship, it took me all of two minutes to come up with "Really? Because I figured your first love has always been being the center of attention. It was what you were looking for when you were grinding on Tony Chimel and making out with Cody Rhodes on NXT, and it was what you were looking for when you were "romantically linked" with every top guy in WWE last year".
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Sept 2, 2013 23:05:28 GMT -5
They're terrible creatures.
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