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WrestleMania 32 (April 3, 2016) | Post-WrestleMania Monday Night RAW (April 4, 2016) -- Results and Afterthoughts


WrestleMania 32 was the thirty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on April 3, 2016, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Kickoff: Kalisto def. Ryback to retain United States Championship

Kickoff: Team Total Divas (Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Natalya, Paige, and Eva Marie) def. Team B.A.D. and Blonde (Lana, Naomi, Tamina, Summer Rae, and Emma)

The Usos def. The Dudley Boys


Ladder Match for Intercontinental Championship - Zack Ryder def. Kevin Owens (c), Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Stardust, and Sin Cara to become the NEW Intercontinental Champion


This was pretty much what I expected here - a spotfest. There wasn't little else going on other than high spot after high spot to keep the crowd buzzing. I did appreciate that they did take the time to keep people engaged in the Zayn/Owens rivalry so that's something to appreciate.

Chris Jericho def. AJ Styles


I don't understand the point of the finish recycling the same spot that they used earlier in the match. It made absolutely NO sense. I hope Jericho is sticking around; otherwise I don't see are reason for him going over on Styles. I understand that WWE are billing the Springboard Forearm as Styles' finisher but they are diluting the rest of his arsenal when Jericho was kicking out left and right to everything else, including the Styles Clash and Calf Killer.

League of Nations def. The New Day


Nothing outside of the ordinary if you've seen these two teams go head to head for the past few months.

I was glad that the LON went over but burying them to Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin killed any momentum they had from that win instantly. I understand sending the crowd home happy with cheap pops but c'mon WWE you're better than this, or I'd like to think so. At least the New Day got laid out too so I can't complain too much here.

Brock Lesnar def. Dean Ambrose in a No Holds Barred Street Fight


This was a really underwhelming match to say that it was billed as a street fight. Dean Ambrose and Brock Lesnar did the same thing they do all the time. Brock hits like a dozen suplexes for the first half of the match while Ambrose sells this punishment like a ragdoll. It was a nice tease that he was actually going to use the chainsaw and "Barbie" before Brock got his hands on him. This was pretty much a weak rehash of Dean Ambrose versus Bray Wyatt by the end of it.

Man, WWE really let me down on this one. I thought Ambrose would at least come close to beating the guy but there wasn't a second that I thought that he was going to win against the Beast.

Charlotte def. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch to win the NEW Women's Championship and retire the Divas Championship


This was a great match to spark off the new direction for the WWE Divas, or rather Superstars now that they are integrated with the rest of the roster in terms of terminology, but the finish proved that brand labels and a new title isn't going to fix the lingering problems of the Divas division. Bad booking and creative still hinder this division from being truly great and the finish of this match made that fact painfully evident.

You can make all the excuses you want about the finish but that's what matters, despite the girls trying their hardest to put this division over. It's all for nothing if creative can't get with the program.

The Undertaker def. Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell Match


Much like Brock Lesnar versus Dean Ambrose, this was another match that didn't really live up to the hype behind it. It was strange that Vince didn't even take the opportunity to come out and gloat afterwards, especially after his own son risked life and death jumping off the top of the Cell for the finish. I'm glad that The Undertaker didn't lose here but I was expecting a LOT more from this match.

Baron Corbin wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal


Why did they save this for roughly the last billed match before the main event? Outside of the moment that it looked like the Social Outcasts were going to win it and the Shaq and Big Show confrontation, this was completely forgettable, especially how Corbin won the damn thing after doing next to nothing the entire match.

If this was his first match to call/move him up onto the main roster, then I'm all for him making an impact with a win like this, but it's all for nothing then if they still have him hanging out on NXT for the next few months despite this huge win for his career.

The Rock announces the Record Breaking Attendance Record for WrestleMania; Wyatt Family interrupts


This turns into an impromptu match with The Rock defeating Erick Rowan in SIX seconds - a WrestleMania record. Bray and Braun Strowman storm the ring and out comes a returning John Cena in what is the most random thing ever on a WrestleMania card in YEARS. The Rock and Cena hit their finishers on the Wyatts to send them running.

I don't get what was the point of all this other than to give The Rock his annual WrestleMania payday, but it seemed more damaging for the Wyatt Family than anything else, even if their intentions were pure.


Roman Reigns def. Triple H (c) to become the NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion

We were up what felt like hours 5 through 7 at this point and it didn't help that this match dragged along. I don't hate Roman Reigns like most people seem to do, but this match didn't do him any favors to make this conclusion to this night of questionable booking worthwhile. I don't want to say that the match was bad, because Triple H and Roman Reigns tried to keep things interesting but this crowd wasn't having any of it in terms of the boos for Reigns. It got to the point that WWE muted all of the crowd sounds to the point you could CLEARLY hear Stephanie McMahon talking shit at ringside LOUDER than the crowd itself.

Reigns may have won the title after it was all said and done, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy having the fans shit down onto his parade.



Post-WrestleMania Monday Night RAW (April 4, 2016)


The New Day (c) def. The League of Nations to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships

Pretty weak match to start off RAW. This was actually worse than the match we saw the night before at WrestleMania. The only reason the crowd didn't shit all over it is because the New Day are over ask fuck with the smarks that compose the bulk of the post-WM crowd.

AJ Styles, Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Kevin Owens confront Roman Reigns for a title shot for the WWE Championship

Sasha Banks def. Summer Rae

Summer Rae calls out Sasha Banks and gets beat in a pretty quick fashion. I was honestly laughing to myself during this match, reading comments on Twitter seeing people say that Summer has improved a lot.

Hello, Summer Rae was always decent since her days of feuding with Paige on NXT! It's just that she never got a chance to showcase said skills on the main roster. That being said I hope she knows that since Maryse is back (see below) that she's going to have to change her ring gear from being a clear ripoff of hers.

I'm sure the smarks won't admit that Sasha Banks and Charlotte would still be irrelevant on NXT if they weren't taken underneath Summer Rae's wing as part of the BFFs (Beautiful Fierce Females). Then again... Charlotte's still as bland as she was back then and Sasha just took ratchet and turned the dial to 11... so nothing really didn't change much.

The Miz def. Zack Ryder (c) to become NEW Intercontinental Champion with the help of the returning Maryse Ouellet

On one hand, I feel bad for Zack Ryder having a 24 hour title reign, but on the other hand, he got his WrestleMania moment and that's really all that matters. On top of that, he came out of this match with a feud when he was almost completely irrelevant on the main roster a few weeks ago.

I totally didn't see Maryse coming back at all. That was a welcome surprise. I'm guessing that WWE is going to use her like Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis' pairing on Ring of Honor/Impact Wrestling, where she doesn't have to get too physical in the ring unless she wants to. Damn shame that we didn't get Maryse to come back during AJ Lee's title reign when she broke her record or while Nikki Bella was breaking AJ's. Oh well, it's all good. From what I've read, Maryse will be replacing the Bella Twins as one of the veteran Divas on Total Divas once they make their retirement official.

Baron Corbin def. Dolph Ziggler in his RAW debut

Good grief, Corbin dropped the ball on his first promo on the main roster. Same bland and boring shit from NXT and the crowd were more entertained at a beach ball in the crowd than his actual debut.

I TOLD you guys that this guy is exciting as watching paint dry. At least Dolph Ziggler went out of his way to make the guy look good. I'll say that much.

Apollo Crews def. Tyler Breeze in his RAW debut

I'm sure this is one job that Breeze didn't mind doing even though Crews botched the finish. In the back of my mind, I got a feeling that Crews only got called up this soon only because Vince and the rest of the front office thinks that Bobby Lashley is back with the company.

I just hope that his career doesn't end up like Lashley's WWE run.

Women's Championship "Celebration" Ceremony for Charlotte

In a bizarre bit of irony, this segment reminded me of the Championship Coronation Ceremony for the unification of the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship with all of the past and current champions invited to the ring. The expressions on the faces of the Divas in the background were almost as priceless as CM Punk facepalming and laughing during that segment those many years ago.

To say that Charlotte has the honor to have her father, the legendary "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, accompanying her to the ring and acting as her manager, I wish she would pick his brain and get more advice and feedback on how to do promos. She comes off SOOO fucking bland and boring on the microphone. And to say that people were complaining about the Bella Twins on the microphone. This is just as bad, if not worse, in some aspects.

The one of two most interesting moments out of this segment was Sasha Banks storming out with the rest of the Divas following behind her. I dunno if that was a shoot or playing up real life emotions, but it was a nice touch that the entire division are disgusted with how Charlotte won on Sunday. Turn that ugly negative into a positive to move forward for the better of this division.

The second moment was Natalya being the one to confront Charlotte and call her out. I hope this doesn't mean that Natalya is going to do the job - as always, to make Charlotte look good by carrying her through another A+ performance in a high profile match. I'm guessing that WWE doesn't want to jump the gun on the Sasha Banks or Becky Lynch winning the gold quite yet, so they are stalling until roughly Summerslam.

The Dudley Boys def. The Usos in a Tables Match

This felt like a copy and paste of their match from the night before on the WrestleMania preshow. Damn shame that Lillian Garcia and the bell keeper botched the finish.

What the fuck is up with that vignette for Primo and Epico "greeting from Puerto Rico"? I rather see those guys in Lucha Underground with Carlito than another lackluster WWE run...

Enzo Amore and Big Cass debut to confront the Dudley Boys

Unlike Baron Corbin, Enzo took this opportunity to step up to the plate and knocked out of the park with a home run. He had this crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. Cass' success is going to be entirely dependent on how much tied to the hip he is to Enzo with his superb mic work. Otherwise, he's going to be another boring big man on the WWE roster after the initial big push wears off.

As for their feud with the Dudleys, I hope that they allow Bubba to fire back on the microphone against Enzo as they could make some magic in that department, as long as egos don't get involved.

AJ Styles def. Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn Cesaro to become the #1 Contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Sami Zayn got taken out after an attack by Kevin Owens so he wasn't medically cleared to compete in this match, so Shane McMahon names the returning Cesaro as his replacement. While I was happy as everyone else to see the Swiss Superman back, but I was bummed out that he didn't win this match. What was the point if he wasn't going to win this thing? It seems like they are only going to feed AJ Styles to Roman Reigns at Payback just to kill some of his buzz and take some the wind out of the sails of the ex-TNA guy or "internet darling" as how Triple H would refer to him as.

I want to be wrong but with Roman Reigns acting tweener here, WWE would have to be pretty fucking stupid if they think that they can get the crowd to cheer for him at Payback against AJ Styles. Now is a good of time as any to pull the trigger on turning him heel and get the most out of it.

Closing Words

I'm going to elaborate this in detail in a future article, but I want to clarify that I don't mind the new design for the WWE Women's Championship, along with the change from "Divas" to "Superstars" and the retirement of the Divas Championship. I have a problem more with the idea that people found the term "Divas" was so offensive, rather that the way how WWE books and writes creative material for the women on the main roster. This sect of fans act like those changes will be an automatic instant fix to the issues that have been plaguing the division for years now. Proof of that was evident in tonight's Triple Threat Match. Charlotte, Becky, and Sasha put their bodies on the line for an amazing match, but that went down the drain with the piss poor finish. To say that WWE is all for establishing that this is a revolution for WOMEN, why does Charlotte need her dad to bail her out of every hairy situation? I understand that she is a heel, but there's more methods to drive that point home and at least provide a better finish than what we have seen on the typical episode of RAW or Smackdown.

Ultimately, I felt that Brock got the win over Ambrose to satisfy Brock since he's running out of appearances on his current deal, but I can understand why a lot of fans are muffed about Ambrose losing the fight here since the win for Brock does nothing for neither of them. Brock has nothing to follow up on and Ambrose has nowhere to go from there.

I felt bad for Shane doing the bump of the night or better yet, the decade, only to lose the chance at winning his legacy. Everyone watching live in Dallas AND around the world would have been in an uproar if The Undertaker had to retire with Shane O'Mac being his last opponent of all people. What was more messed up was that Shane went through all of that and Vince STILL ended up letting him run RAW the next night... Talk about a lack of consistency in storytelling.

What a way to make RAW feel less important than WrestleMania though... NONE of the big names made an appearance the following night, none of the Hall of Famers, no Rock, John Cena, The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, nada... It just felt VERY odd to say that they went back to their lazy booking for RAW with just stacking the card full of debuts and returns. You can't debut that many people on one night and expect everyone to get over, especially with the post-WrestleMania crowd. I feel sorry that the Vaudevillains have to debut on Smackdown instead of getting the honor to be on RAW like everyone else, but damn, it just seems like they are dooming these new debuts to failure right off the bat. Outside of the main event, there wasn't really too much to write home about with this show. We're right back to mediocrity with typical WWE programming as we move towards WrestleMania 33 next year and to be quite honest, I'm really let down that they didn't give us nothing to sink our teeth into for the new season. Talk about a buzzkill...

OPINION -- Why the AJ Lee vs Paige Feud Isn't Working


I'm not going to sugarcoat this, but let's face it - this feud is getting stale. No, scratch that. It's been stale for months now. WWE is just beating a dead horse at this point. I'm down to the point where I can't fathom how even the most hardcore of AJ and Paige fans are still egging this on.

I can't believe that I'm revisiting this topic again after my last rant on this matter, but what the heck, I'm game to discuss this topic again.

First of all, let's review the matches at hand. I already discussed up to WWE Battleground in my last article on this matter. Thank you to the respective uploaders from DailyMotion for having these matches up in their entirety online.

Pay-Per-View Match History

Forgive me as I'm going to sound redundant as I review some of the same ground from my original article.

WWE Battleground -- Divas Championship Match - AJ Lee (c) vs. Paige



AJ and Paige left a lot to be desired in terms of match quality. I wouldn't say it's the fault of either Diva in terms of ring ability, I just think it's one of those occasions like with Gail Kim and Mickie James where they are talented athletes but have ZERO chemistry in the ring together. It just doesn't click. AJ and Paige seemed to be still "feeling" each other out in terms of how they match up with each other here.

Their match at Battleground didn't allow neither AJ nor Paige cut loose in the initial build up to this feud. They were playing off each other as "frienemies" with Paige becoming the aggressor now while AJ has reverted back to her "crazy" gimmick in an attempt to show some degree of unpredictably that she has a chance against the Anti-Diva.

WWE Summerslam -- Divas Championship Match - AJ Lee (c) vs. Paige



AJ ALREADY beat Paige twice now. It's like that last time The Rock challenged Steve Austin at WrestleMania X-8. Austin was already up 2 to 0 in that feud and Rock's win did NO favors for him. It's looking the same way for Paige. I could understand if they were tied even in this feud then I would care more. Paige's change in attitude to a more aggressive style is going to make this match more enjoyable to watch, but I don't have a single doubt in my mind that they are going to allow AJ to drop the title to her, especially from how Paige has been beating her up week-in and week-out.

Like I said before, there is NO clear distinction on who is face or heel in this feud. At Battleground, it was a match between two struggling faces/tweeners. Now going into Summerslam, it seems like a tweener (who wants to be heel SOO bad) against the obviously heel Paige. I understand we are in an age of wrestling where being the bad guy is perceived "cool" but heel vs. heel feuds tend to be completely boring in my eyes.

WWE Night of Champions -- Divas Championship Triple Threat Match - Paige (c) vs. Nikki Bella vs. AJ Lee



After all of the whining from the AJ and Paige marks about Nikki didn't "deserve" to be involved in this feud, this turned out to be the BEST match in this feud to date. You can't even knock Nikki at ALL in this match. She took more bumps and had more of a solid offense than AJ and proved her worth here in this match. AJ and Paige benefited with the third wheel in the mix and put on an all-round great performance from start to finish.

What I Feel Like WWE is Doing Wrong With This Feud

The Mock Lesbian Romance/Sexual Undertones

First, we had this...
Now don't get me wrong. I don't have an issue with same-sex relationships, especially nothing against girl-on-girl action. At first, I was like Paige, going "Huh?" and brushed this occurrence underneath the rug. Thanks to WWE and to the delight of AJ Lee's horny fans on Tumblr and social media, it continued...

Then there was THIS...
The only thing I keep wondering is when are they going to have the HLA (Hot Lesbian Action) match from the Ruthless Aggression Era and get this over with. Hell, they could bring in Edge and Lita to referee that post-PPV live sex celebration on Monday Night RAW the night after the PPV...

This feud has gone from the point of healthy competition to constantly wondering when and where these two Divas are going to cave into this bloody obvious sexual tension between them. The competitive aspect of this WRESTLING feud is almost completely non-existent if you remove the Divas Championship out of the equation here.

So much about being PG, huh, WWE? Just keep in mind that not everyone invested in your product are interested in smut...

The Matches

Most Diva fans had an O-face off this moment, which was sadly the best match
in this 4 month feud...
Before anyone tries to defend the matches in this feud, compare Paige's performances BEFORE this current feud with AJ Lee to her previous bouts against Naomi, Emma, Sasha Banks, Alicia Fox, and more importantly the match below against Natalya.


I'm not necessarily saying the matches in this feud were god-awful, but I have come to expect MUCH more from these two Divas, especially Paige, in terms of their ring work.

Multiple Title Exchanges


Nikki Bella confirmed this news earlier today. I can't speak for anyone else but I'm sick and fed up of the title merely being traded back and forth between AJ and Paige as if none of the other Divas exist. Trading the Divas title back and forth like a hot potato isn't doing the title nor the Divas division as a whole any favors.

Sure, WWE gave fans their dream match, but the sad fact of the matter is this. Fans want to throw comparisons of this feud to Trish Stratus and Lita's feud when it's on COMPLETELY different terms. The Trish/Lita feud was allowed to mature over time and not forced down our throats all at once. Trish was a model-turned-wrestler while Lita was a wrestler from day one, which forced the skeptics/casual and hardcore fans to buttheads over who they liked more. As it stands, the only way that WWE could recreate that dynamic is to have AJ or Paige feud with one of the Total Divas as there is no way to recreate that drama between Paige and AJ.

There's a way to keep a rivalry going without constantly keeping those two individuals in the main event circle. If you want an example in current mainstream wrestling, look no farther than Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell's feud on TNA/Impact Wrestling. Keep note that the bulk of that feud didn't involve the championship at ALL.

Burying The Rest of the Divas Division at the Cost of Keeping AJ & Paige Over

Look at how AJ is rolling her eyes in disgust here while Paige stands mocking Nikki...
I could write a separate article about how much I can't stand how WWE segregates their Divas division, thanks to Total Divas, and how they encourage their fans to have this same mindset, but I'm going to attempt to keep this short.

Every time WWE adds another Diva (unless it's Stephanie McMahon) into the mix of this feud it's second fiddle to AJ and Paige. I can understand burying lower tier Divas, such as Eva Marie, Cameron, and the returning Rosa Mendes but Natalya, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alicia Fox, Naomi, Summer Rae, Layla, and even Emma have been losing left and right to them. When they aren't losing to AJ and Paige, they are portrayed as background material or reduced to meaningless filler in comparison to those two Divas.

The thing that really pissed me off was when the Bella Twins got another storyline going and the AJ/Paige fans were wishing nothing but misfortune upon that until the fact that WWE dragged Paige and AJ Lee into the mix to shut up the critics. We can ALL agree that the Bella Twins' feud sucked for the most part but shit like this is inexcusable. If you care about women's wrestling (or wrestling PERIOD) then why the FUCK do you wish any ill-will on the other women in that promotion (or ANY promotion for that matter)? You as a fan should want to see any and ALL women in this sport do well. That makes your idols and fan favorites look good and the wrestling product (especially the division itself) look good as a whole. One diamond in a sea of shit doesn't say anything about your worth as a champion in my eyes. Take a moment to think about that before you put your favorite Diva upon a pedestal and look down upon the rest of the Divas Division.

Instead of trying to build off each other to make the Divas Division better as a whole, the other Divas are used as merely plot devices to keep this AJ/Paige feud going in motion.

Perfect example of this was on Monday Night RAW (10/6/14) this week, where AJ Lee teamed up with a returning Emma (who hasn't been seen on RAW for months now) against Alicia Fox and Paige. AJ bails on Emma mid-match and leaves, forcing Emma to job to Paige and Alicia Fox. Really? You would think that the babyfaces would work together to get the job done to send Paige and Alicia Fox home with their tails between their legs. Nope. You can point some of the blame at WWE Creative for this, but I'm positive that AJ is at a position where she can call her own shots of how her own creative direction is handled.

While it's cool that Alicia Fox is involved in this feud after her brief push during the summer of AJ Lee's absence, it brings up a bit of a plot hole. Why is Paige able to co-exist with the mentally unstable Alicia when WWE's resident "crazy chick" hasn't been able to see eye-to-eye with her at all? It would've made more sense to pair Fox with AJ to go against Paige. Giving Paige hired help just diminishes her individual threat level as a challenger to AJ's title even more. One would think that AJ would revert to the cowardly heel tactic as that's what she reigned supreme with for the bulk of the past year with Tamina Snuka at her side.

(Sighs) Don't even get me started on how many times Naomi and Natalya have been thrown underneath the bus to propel this feud...

How I Feel Like WWE can Remedy/Fix This Feud To Make it Great

Deliver the Payoff & Move On

A "payoff" in wrestling is the end of a storyline/feud that brings everything to a close in that narrative with a powerful climax. I see wrestling fans constantly complain about TNA/Impact Wrestling taking forever to deliver the payoff to the point of nobody cares when they do. I can humbly say that this is no different here for WWE. As this feud drags on, week-in and week-out, I'm constantly asking myself "who is STILL caring about this feud?"

It should not be up for debate whether or not Divas are on Total Divas should not be a deciding factor for winning the gold. There are other deserving women on the WWE roster that could serve as the focal points of the division other than AJ Lee and Paige.

At this rate, WWE are transforming Paige and AJ Lee into the redundant Randy Orton and ever-constant/unchanging John Cena of the Divas division, exchanging title wins much to the disgust of the fans.

Allow Paige to develop her OWN identity - not as AJ's CLONE

This is the Paige we fell in love with on NXT...
Wrestling fans fell in love with Paige on NXT because she was a legit competitor. WWE did the right thing by showcasing her talents in AJ's absence, but as this feud has dragged on, Paige has been transforming into AJ's mirror image in terms of personality and character.

I don't care how many times I hear it but AJ Lee is NOT original - she's the female equivalent of CM Punk: a snarky tweener. If that's all what it takes to get over and win today's Diva fans' affections, then I truly fear the future of women's wrestling in WWE.

What I want is for WWE to bring back the "Anti-Diva" Paige full on - not just for one week, not just for short bursts sporadically. If you want to have a good endgame for this feud, have Paige decisively beat the shit out of AJ like Brock Lesnar did to John Cena at Summerslam. As a result, this knocks AJ down to the bottom of the food chain and gives her something new to work towards as she has to climb up the ladder again and find something new to topple Paige (along with other opponents along the way) with as the "cray cray" game has met it's match.

Paige is still young and has room (and more importantly, TIME) to grow as a wrestler and an on-screen personality. There's no need to milk everything dry out of this feud here and now.

Attach AJ Lee & Paige to two other high-profile/up and coming Superstars to elevate their rivalry & status

My top two candidates would be pair Paige up with Seth Rollins and pair AJ Lee up with Dean Ambrose since WWE is obviously trying to make him into the new CM Punk. Both AJ and Ambrose are portrayed as "crazy" so it works. Paige could added as eye-candy to Seth Rollins as it seems like Authority may have him splinter off onto his own. Their pair-up options aren't limited to those two Superstars as WWE has PLENTY of mid-carders who could use a little push with a popular Diva in their corner. Look at the wonders of having Lana in his corner has done to Rusev's career!

If you want to continue the Trish/Lita comparisons, think of the build to Backlash 2005 where Trish Stratus and Lita accompanied Viscera and Kane to their Singles match to add a layer of depth to that mid-card feud.

Closing Words

From my constant jokes and wisecracks on social media, I'm sure you guys are positive that I absolutely despise AJ Lee. I don't hate her - I hate how WWE portrays her with these lackluster feuds and storylines and how she comes across as cheap imitation of CM Punk in a WWE environment that is hungry for his presence in a CM Punk-less WWE. I adore Paige, but I hate how WWE continues to paint a picture that seems like they want to paint her into AJ Lee's mirror image. 

Diversity is a splendid thing and WWE shouldn't be afraid of change. Now is the time to experiment and do something things different with the WWE Divas Division. Look at NXT, they try something different all the time and get mixed results. At least they have the courage to try with their Women's Division. 

There's no doubt in my mind that the AJ Lee/Paige rivalry could be as legendary as the Trish Stratus/Lita rivalry someday, but WWE needs to step back and take careful consideration on how they approach this feud instead of haphazardly shoving it down fans' throats all at once.