I'm admittedly basing this off the rumors coming for TLC from cagesideseats.com but the rumor is Paige will be given the title shot again against Baby Flair. Is she deserving of these constant shots, or is her continual title shots helpful or detrimental to the "divas revolution"?
For me it's frustrating taking the division seriously when it still revolves around the same people as before June of this year. Where are the chances for Sasha or Becky or hell..any woman? Paige is a great talent sure, but this just feels like overkill especially considering the lackluster match at Survivor Series.
Just in case anyone was curious how many shots she's had just in 2015: 8 already, soon to be 9. Including PPV's and Raws.
They're stalling for Sasha Banks to have a title feud for Wrestlemania, and Becky is comedic enhancement talent. They don't really have any options. They're taking their sweet ass time with the Team BAD split that should begin to kick in today. Sasha should feud with Naomi on the RTWM, and then get her title shot when that's over.
Actually, TLC will mark her TENTH title shot in 2015. She also had one on the March 23rd RAW.
I find it ridiculous too and also frustrating. Why give her 10 title shots in one year if she's never gonna win it? When has this ever happened before? She has zero credibility now. And IF she ever did win the title again it'll diminish the impact because it won't feel fresh due to them needlessly burning her out in the title scene.
But I think she got so many title shots against Nikki because they were killing time for AJ's return for that Mania program, then AJ suddenly retired so they went back to the Paige well to kill time before the divas revolution storyline. Now she's getting title shots against Charlotte to kill time before Mania season and she's the only other star with an established character besides the Bellas.
At this rate, she's going to become the Kane of the division - the vet that gets fed to the new champ to give them an established star to feud with. I expect the same will happen when Sasha wins the title, and JBL will be on commentary trying to sell her as a legit threat:
:jbl "Paige beat AJ Lee for the divas championship on her debut, and she beat her mother, the great Saraya Knight, to win her first wrestling championship, Maggle."
Its not Paige herself, but this is whats holding the division back the most. For the past year and a half its just been Paige vs. a revolving door of opponents. Nothing is new or exciting for very long at all because when anyone wins the Title and can be fresh and exciting they feud with Paige who is basically just the status quo of the Divas division. She's over but its not like she's crazy over or anything, she's just HHH's girl and HHH pushes his guys/gals to the moon.
God forbid WWE pushes Nattie, Brie, Sasha, Emma, Becky or gives Naomi a real push. Just Paige...over and over again.
The biggest problem with Nikki's reign was she only really faced Paige. It was just Paige, Paige, Paige...AJ coming back for Wrestlemania cheque then not even putting anyone over on her way out...Paige, Paige, Naomi while Paige was filming a movie then Paige and Paige again.
And IF she ever did win the title again it'll diminish the impact because it won't feel fresh due to them needlessly burning her out in the title scene.
And that is so true. She's endlessly been in the Title picture for over a year and a half now, when she eventually does win the Title again, it'll just be a so what moment. She's on TV every week, she's constantly competing for the Title, it'll just be same old same old. Charlotte gets a lot of hate but at least she's something fresh.
She must be doing special favors to Vince poor guy must have a bad vision and aint seeing her face.
At this point they should give the belt to sasha or let her have 4 star matches with charlotte but not win.
Bayley would be a good divas champ it looks like she is more confident now she aint acting like a innocent shy girl anymore but like a veteran the sad thing is if she goes away from nxt poor little uzi will be sad because her parents cant affort a raw ticket and bayley will lose 1 fan.
Oh and nxt will be left with 1 good diva only (asuka kazama)
Paige deserves all these title shots as she is the best and she should already be three time WWE divas champion. Get that title off Charlotte she's doing nothing for the belt. Paige would bring prestige to the title. And let's not forget Paige was busting her ass at 13 wrestling in her family wrestling business and also wrestling all over Europe what was Charlotte doing at that age? as it wasn't wrestling
I always find it funny how people bring up how Paige has been wrestling since she was 13 as if it means something. It clearly doesn't show when she wrestles in the ring. :cena
I assume that it's because she's one of the most talented and popular women on the division...it would make sense considering they use her so much. It's just a pity that she hasn't won one of the 10 or 11 title matches she's had this year...they're also obviously stalling on a Sasha Banks push for the title I assume at Wrestlemania. Personally though, I'd go with Paige in that spot against Sasha. She's outperforming Charlotte on a weekly basis at this point.
We may get a separate mania feud of Paige and the bells away from the title but only time will tell. Both Paige and the bellas will obviously be on the card.
B/c if you look above all the Paige mark and haters wars on this site, Paige is actually one of the most popular divas on the roster, so she gets featured more.
You want to argue that she is only so popular b/c of all the stuff she has been "given" fine, I will disagree with you (not that she has been given alot, but that being the only reason she is popular) but the fact is she is one of the few divas people actually want to see.
She's arguably their biggest diva, that's why but hopefully Sasha gets thrown in there once they break up Team BAD, some time in the next few months Emma could return to the main roster and be in the mix
This really shows how little I care about the diva's matches that I didn't even realize how many times She's wrestled for the belt. For fuck sake that's a ridiculous amount of times.
Paige isnt winning the title. I think like LegitBoss stated, they are stalling for Sasha, WWE have been keeping her semi hidden until her time arrives. WWE know people want her and they are waiting for that moment to capitalize on that.
For once WWE are doing something right, giving Charlotte an off feud, until the next one comes along, although I would prefer Sasha vs Charlotte at Wrestlemania, but I am not sure if we all want to hold out with Charlotte being champion that long. They might give her another feud after this before Sasha gets called to feud with her.
They should be giving Sasha her own storylines and character development on the main roster right now, they need to drop Team BAD, and give her a feud to work with until the time comes.
I really love Paige and i would love for her to have the belt again but not now. Give her a break, let someone else be the star for a while. She is simply overused. Give the title to Sasha or Becky.
She is one reign away from being most divas titles and she's already youngest divas champ and she has been part of more title matches since main roster debut tuhan other divas title matches combined.So i just justify her frequent pushes
Hope she gets as many chances next year and the year(s)after that when she isn't champ BUT she will be champion soon so it'll set up her vs Sasha at Mania in a mud wrestling match for the Diva's championship..well one can only wish right? maybe throw in Nikki for a triple threat? yes please
The division has been booked so poorly that no-one other than Sasha is credible, and they won't pull the trigger on that until Mania most likely. Heck, even Paige herself was losing to everyone before her heel turn. I mean, look, out of the others...
Nikki is injured and she just lost the belt anyway
Alicia - Third wheeling for Team Bella.
Brie - Highly unlikely to get a shot
Tamina - Not a chance
Naomi - Has done nothing of any note.
Natalya - Beat Naomi, Tamina and Paige, but isn't being made to mean anything
Becky - Trades wins and losses despite being the only other real sensible option for the title, and is unlikely to go against Charlotte while she's still face.
They could have given Becky a run with the belt going into Mania for a match against Sasha, and quite possibly SHOULD have, but it's probably too late for that to happen now.
Vince pushes what he knows and he is comfortable with Paige at that level. She's probably going to have a ton more shots in the next few months, which is overkill, but Vince doesn't understand moderation.
Here's the reason: once Vince likes someone, he will focus on that person only and just push him/her. John Cena, AJ Lee, Edge are great examples. Whenever they needed to put a title on someone, he had Edge. AJ Lee is even a better example. He never bothered to establish anybody, whether they sucked or not, as a star other than her back when she was all over TV/the division. And that was because he was high on her, clearly. Once he likes someone, he will push. the. shit. out. of. them.
Having multiple options isn't something he considers. It's obvious he likes Paige with all the opportunities she has gotten, not just title matches.
Do you really think it's a reward though ? i mean come on it's actually harming her having all these title shots and repeatedly losing. The problem is there's no other credible woman for them to put against charlotte or earlier in the year nikki, obviously i'm not counting sasha cos they're biding their time with her till mania but who's left ? alicia,naomi, nattie ? no one in there right mind would actually believe they could be in with a shot of winning the title. Paige is their only option to be a half believable opponent which is actually harming her in the long run.
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