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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2013 18:20:38 GMT -5
"DECEPTION."
Sting got a job writing for the website, I see...
For me, I cheer her. She's has an entertaining character. It's pretty much that simple to me. If they actually make the women she feuds with likable or interesting... Maybe I'll cheer them.
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SEAN CARLESS
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Oct 21, 2013 18:42:29 GMT -5
She's a babyface by proxy of the fact that all the Total Divas she's feuding with (bar Naomi, who seems likeable) are kind of detestable. I used to want to pull for Natalya's character, pre Total-Divas, but she's been presented as stupidly entitled as the rest of them. Better the heel who has legit criticisms, than a "face" who the office expects you to cheer, just because.
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Post by celticjobber on Oct 21, 2013 18:42:59 GMT -5
I could never boo AJ. And the Bellas are more heelish and annoying than she ever could be.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 21, 2013 20:25:10 GMT -5
Imo AJ isn't the big savior of the Divas Division that she's made out to be.
We won't have our ideal female star until WWE can get a Diva over without segregating them from the division and pushing above it.
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Post by FinalGwen on Oct 21, 2013 21:02:49 GMT -5
It's interesting how long their memories are with AJ, compared to the other stars. Yeah, she put Punk through a table. Daniel Bryan, the beloved rebel face, was an emotionally abusive smeghead who'd see his girlfriend hurt if it'd get him the advantage in a feud. Which one is still dragged out as an argument?
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Post by percymania on Oct 21, 2013 21:19:04 GMT -5
I don't think I could boo AJ in person.
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Post by Sam Punk on Oct 21, 2013 22:07:01 GMT -5
Cheered
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Oct 21, 2013 22:11:41 GMT -5
I'd cheer the hell out of her.
What's there to boo about her?
Slept around? So what.
She's crazy? I dig it.
Greedy and power hungry? I respect it.
She's good in the ring, and pretty much everything she's said in the past year has rung true. There's a reason she's compared to Punk and Bryan.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 21, 2013 22:15:13 GMT -5
translation: we've forgotten how to do our jobs. please do it for us.
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Post by Lazy peon on Oct 21, 2013 22:23:22 GMT -5
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 21, 2013 22:30:19 GMT -5
I thought the staff that works on the website were separate from the crew that actually writes TV hence why we get articles like this? Yeah, I know that much. But seeing as how they all report to the same boss, one would think they'd both be trying to get the same message across. from what I understand Joey and Vince share political affiliations and because of that Vince likes him and told him he can basically do whatever he wants with the website.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 21, 2013 22:31:06 GMT -5
WWE.COM frustration: Why won't you conform to our preferred reactions?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2013 22:40:38 GMT -5
Looks like we got a close one here folks!
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Oct 21, 2013 22:55:56 GMT -5
She's a babyface by proxy of the fact that all the Total Divas she's feuding with (bar Naomi, who seems likeable) are kind of detestable. I used to want to pull for Natalya's character, pre Total-Divas, but she's been presented as stupidly entitled as the rest of them. Better the heel who has legit criticisms, than a "face" who the office expects you to cheer, just because. But given that most people know that reality TV is fake anyway, and if you're a hardcore wrestling fan then you know that, for instance, Tyson Kidd and Natalya already got married in real life and that the Total Divas version was basically a TV wedding, what does it mean then when the women on the show come off as heels even though we know the show's fake? Ergo, they aren't heels. But the main person against them is someone who for all intents and purposes is a heel who says things which make her sound like a babyface, or say things that the audience agrees with even though she's playing a heel, therefore also making her babyface. So we have a faceish heel who's taking on heels who we know are simply playing the roles of heels. This is straight-up Russo work-shoot-shoot-work swerve bullshit. I have no idea who any of this is intended for when it comes to marketing either Raw or Total Divas to members of the wrestling audience.
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Post by celticjobber on Oct 22, 2013 0:10:15 GMT -5
She's a babyface by proxy of the fact that all the Total Divas she's feuding with (bar Naomi, who seems likeable) are kind of detestable. I used to want to pull for Natalya's character, pre Total-Divas, but she's been presented as stupidly entitled as the rest of them. Better the heel who has legit criticisms, than a "face" who the office expects you to cheer, just because. But given that most people know that reality TV is fake anyway I don't think they do. I have friends who are into all of the b.s. reality shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and The Real Housewives. And they seem to take that shit very seriously. Yet, some of those same people will say "How can you watch that wrestling shit? It's so fake!"
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Post by oneday on Oct 22, 2013 0:43:34 GMT -5
Not denying a lot will say they want to cheer her(i'm sure the same result would of won just not so heavily), but I'm pretty sure somehow people can rig these polls. Cause I know a couple of months back they had a poll about which divas you wanted to see return and somehow Maxine beat out the likes of Kelly Kelly,Melina,Trish,Lita, and others. here actually I went and found a thing on it As previously reported, WWE.com is running a poll asking fans which former Diva they want to see return. With approximately 280,000 votes cast, Maxine has over 68% of the votes. Beth Phoenix has 11%, Victoria has 9% and everybody else has 3% or less.www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/Kharma_Comments_On_WWE_Divas_Poll_Photos_From_WWE_In_Australia_More.html#EsHXQZYaeZw63b7E.99
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Post by kingoftheindies on Oct 22, 2013 11:11:07 GMT -5
WWE.COM frustration: Why won't you conform to our preferred reactions? My honest reaction to the article was that creative just doesn't understand why the Total Divas aren't being cheered that they asked WWE.com to do the article. Probably not, but I like to think that as I do believe (and have stated) that WWE thinks that the Raw audience watches Total Divas and vice versa. I also think that sometimes WWE is out of touch as to why people get popular and why certain people are found likable. I said in another thread, I just can't wait to see how WWE reacts when the crowd is totally behind Cesaro and Swagger when they fight Los Matadores. As for the question in the article. I dunno, I like AJ as a performer and think she's done a good job as a heel, but I really don't have a reason to care about any other divas on the roster right now. Seriously after AJ, the only divas I care about are in NXT and that's because pretty much all the Divas on the main roster have been made irrelevant. I mean there are various Divas that at one point or time I was entertained by, but with what they've been reduced to? meh.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 22, 2013 11:38:17 GMT -5
That 5% will be enough for WWE to claim that AJ "divides the WWE universe" and is "controversial" etc....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2013 11:41:02 GMT -5
Maybe this is all part of the plan. Maybe they're Bo Dallas'ing the Bellas in an effort to make them despised while making AJ even more sympathetic in the process.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 22, 2013 13:02:52 GMT -5
AJ could support North Korea's dictatorship and she'd still be more sympathetic than the Bellas.
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