There's so much that bothers me about the divas revolution, almost as though I preferred the way it was before - I didn't, that Nikki/Paige/Naomi stuff was shocking. And I thank my lucky stars every day that the women's product isn't the soulless SeXxXy SiDe ShOw of ten years ago, with evening gown matches where Sable deems the gown too restrictive and mud fights and bra n panties and all that other stuff Vince should go to hell for.
I think the worst bit is not knowing what they have with Sasha Banks. Charlotte and Becky have actually been in pretty decent positions, just not enough 1-on-1 ring-work, too many promos at this stage. They should only be doing promos that come off as angry or passionate rather than snide jabs which doesn't feel all that different to what the womens div. was like anyway.
But back to Banks, there's this Rihanna like star potential there, the sort of stuff that should send big glowing dollar signs in Vince's eyes. But he's obviously always been so blind to the women's product it's not gotten through to him. The tweener thing or whatever the hell they're doing, I don't know what the purpose of Team B.A.D is, my guess is that Team B.A.D.'s legacy is that "Naomi has unfinished business with Paige".. how lame is that? Nobody liked the Paige/Naomi/Nikki stuff anyway, shit promos especially from Paige that didn't get across to anybody, capped off with a 7 minute triple threat for the title. Putting Banks with Naomi and Tamina 1) that team is allergic to crowd reactions 2) it strips away Sasha's established character.
Also, I'm not someone who hates on The Bellas for shits & giggles but I can't STAND they're not in a full heel role right now (they seem to be pushed as faces when interacting with Team B.A.D.), whether that's their bad character value or the company's thing, it's so frustrating.
I would've either debuted Banks as a face, she has the most range and character value of any of the women that she would adapt quickly I feel. So a team of her, Charlotte, Becky & Bayley as the Four Horsewomen we saw at Takeover would capture so much more attention. Tamina can be Team Bella's hired muscle, Naomi and Paige become just active women's roster members who can go and wrestle singles matches, which is vital to avoid these women becoming boring to the average viewer.
Or I'd have bought in Becky & Charlotte to debut and announce they wanna go for the title, but then with Sasha coming out on her own. Because she's the boss. And Stephanie pairing her up with Naomi and Tamina contradicts that. You don't have Vince going "hey Stone Cold why don't you start a faction with The Undertaker and Bull Buchanan"
Not one diva other than the selected 9 has wrestled since the new debuts. Where is Natalya? If they really knew what cards they had in their hand with the women, we'd be seeing it already. We shouldn't be surprised that they're been doing way more saying than doing as far as the mains go. It was so exciting at first to see these women break through and felt so promising but just because it's got all your fav ingredients in don't make it a satisfying meal.
MAYBE once Nikki breaks that damn record already, which they might as well now they've gotten this far and are obviously petty enough to care, we might start getting somewhere in terms of title matches, 1-on-1, getting our teeth into a story and a match but this overcomplication is a huge setback.
Sorry for the long thoughts -- HHH's run on the main books can't come soon enough. If I was HHH I'd just make Vince keep watching Bayley v Sasha, over and over, until he gets a fucking clue.
