WWE has tweeted out that AJ Lee has decided to retire from in-ring competition with WWE.
Sad day. She is on my Mount Rushmore of Divas.
Without thinking too much about it, my Mount Rushmore of Divas would be:
AJ Lee - Great worker, love the spunky character, skipping to the ring.
Stacy Keibler - Horrible worker, but dear God that ### and those legs. Sexiest Diva ever
Trish Stratus - Defined the division for a decade. Super hot and super talented. Nice uptops.
Lita - My number one. My favorite worker, love the moonsault, love even more the thong.
Honorable mention: Torri Wilson, Sunny, Sable, Stephanie McMahon
How much weight does one give for non-wrestling parts. If we are grading by in-ring and promo ability, my mount rushmore would be:
AJ, best character, and above average worker
Alundra Blayze, best worker, and ok character
Sasha Banks, hate to pick someone not even on the main roster yet, but elite in-ring and great character is almost unmatched in WWE history
Stephanie McMahon, best talker, and surprisingly decent wrestling ability for a non-wrestler
Honorable mention:
Beth Phoenix, was awesome in-ring, and was a decent promo, just never got much to do.
Chyna, I mean she did hold the IC title and was considered a big deal once upon a time
Lita, very overrated worker in my opinion, but was very over.
Trish, similar to Lita, but less popular, though arguably better in-ring.
Call me crazy, but I never really got the appeal of Stacy Kiebler or Torrie Wilson. Couldn't wrestle or talk to save their lives, looks are pretty overrated in my opinion, I mean if that is all you can bring to the table, its not like their is a shortage of good looking women around. I don't count Sunny or Elizabeth, because they never really wrestled.
And the crowd is cheering the faces and booing the heels. Way to go, Texas!
YOU CHEER WHO YOU SAY WE CHEER FORHow's life in Soviet Russia?
You cheer for who Vince wants you to cheer, or you cheer for who the IWC wants you to cheer. I don't see much difference.
You could try cheering for who you want?
I agree. I just find it ironic that people who cheer for the faces and boo the heels in accordance with the stories being told are looked down upon by the IWC, while they all share the same brain themselves. It's not like there's a lot of original thought in that community.
I'd like it if faces were booked to be likeable, I feel like most of the main event faces are either jerks or overgrown children. Most heels meanwhile, are sensible and respectful. That's a WWE problem I think, they just have trouble writing faces in general.
That said, like who you like. I've been a fan since I was a little kid, so I tend to appreciate the better workers more than anything else. So the big guys, or really green guys who can either barely move, or just look bad at wrestling tend to make me boo, while the more athletic guys, and the chain wrestling types make me cheer.
For example, when I was a kid, my favorite wrestlers were Shawn Michaels, Brian Pillman and Bret Hart. During the attitude era, my favorites were Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. Right now, I really like, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan, Cesaro and Sami Zayn. That is a lot like who the IWC tends to like, but I like them for my own reasons, and not because it is considered cool, so to speak.