Victoria Retired...Well Done With WWE anyway

[JurassicBonez]

"Choosing to leave was a very difficult decision. I think many of my colleagues considered me a 'lifer.' That is, they thought I'd be with WWE until I was old and grey. But I was not happy with the opportunities that were available to me within WWE. And at the end of the day, there are thousands and thousands of women who would kill or die for the chance to be a WWE Diva. It isn't right for me to fill that spot if my heart weren't in it.


"And I didn't make a rash decision to walk away. On many occasions I pushed for the Victoria that I'd want to watch. But we were on different pages. I respect their decisions, and they are their decisions to make. Being with WWE is very time consuming. And again, with where we were at, I would rather spend more time at home."

Victoria's Blog

Maybe I'm the only one that care's, since nobody has made a thread about it, but that's besides the point. I feel that WWE really messed up with her. She could play an excellent heel and face, she has great wrestling ability, and she looks good (at least to me anyway), she could get the crowd on her side as a face, get them to hate her as a heel. There are divas that have SOME of those qualities, but very rarely are those that have all those qualities, and Victoria was one of them. She could also work well with all the gimmics they gave her. She was God father's head ho, she played her right to censor roll good, the phychotic diva great, her hip hop type persona, even her latest looking like a fool. How many divas an do all of that?

I don't think she should have stayed in the woman's title spotlight for her whole career, that would get stale, but to take her away fully and have her doing a ditsy gimmic where she fucks up all the time and get jobbed out to nobody's, was bad to watch. They made her into a joke. And the send off WWE gave her just showed how much they cared. She had offence for the 1st minute then started getting jobbed out by Michelle McShit. During the last 3minutes maybe, all she got in was a roll-up, 3 slaps and two clothlines. For her to be in (and contributing alot to) the era of WWE taking their woman's division from being eye candy, to actual wrestlers, her send off was terrible. She could have done a lot more.

I know all the talk about TNA hiring ex-wwe stars, but I think they would contribute well with Victoria. She maybe could be the one that TNA needs to lead their Knockouts division.

So my question is, how do you feel about her leaving? What do you think could have happened if she stayed? And do you see her coming back to some type of special match in WWE or possibly heading to TNA?

 

[gatesoftanhauser]

I've always marked hard for Victoria. For years her and Trish were the only two Divas that could actually wrestle. Shame on creative. They could have made her a mega star, but they had her jobbing to birdie Jacqueline and "blonde with tits #367" every week in squash matches. Such a shame. She's the "Kane" of the Divas Division, hands down: talented, yet abused in constant story arcs, bad writing, and jobber status.

If she jumps ship to TNA, here's wishing her good luck. I hope they get it right with her.

 

[Haight]

I usually don't talk about the divas because I don't really care but Victoria
represented the kind of excellence that came from an era that gave us talented women like Lita and Trish Stratus and in many respects her retirement marks the end of that era. IMO she was the hardest working woman in WWE AND a real professional. I could cite specific examples of her professionalism on camera where she covered perfectly for someone elses botched move AND where she demonstrated her leadership amongst the younger stars but it wouldn't make sense in the context of this post. I will say that I will miss her and I thinks its awesome that she stood up to WWE's decisons. It's too bad more stars couldn't be in the position to do that...maybe then we could see some of the creative changes we have been waiting for

So my question is, how do you feel about her leaving?

It obviously sucks but completley understandable after wrestling for 9 years. At this point in her career, she's earned the right to do what she wants


What do you think could have happened if she stayed?

She would most likely be involved in whatever lame storyline WWE had planned for her


And do you see her coming back to some type of special match in WWE or possibly heading to TNA?

Its been a good run but I think she is done wrestling full time. She wants to spend more time at home with her bike business. She left on good terms so we will definitley see her make appearances every once in a while

 

[BookerWSM]

I think Victoria was the best diva on Smackdown! and I was a little bit shocked to hear that she was retiring. And I was disappointed that they made her lose her last match. I also think WWE screwed up with her this past year. And I think the wwe should have made a bigger deal about her retiring.

 

[NinoBrown]

Victoria was the Kane of WWE's women's division. Should was and is better then half the roster but she was given garbage storylines and wasn't even given a lasting title reign. She had great feuds, always entertaining and a sight to look at (IMO better lookin then Trish).

I'll miss Victoria.

 

[Kirsty]

I loved Victoria, she had great matches with some of the Best Womean wrestlers the WWE had to offer, and for her to job at her final Match to Michelle McCool was a complete and utter joke. In my oppinion she should have left on a win, give her fans something to remember her by, not to feel sorry that she had to leave on a loss. But what WWE loses is TNA's gain, if she decides to sign with them that is.

 

[Kizza]

She was the very best all round womens wrestler in the WWE for ages. Deserved a shitload more then what she got from WWE. She was a much better wrestler then Trish and the others, yet she got nothing. It's a travesty really that Trish was chosen as the best womens wrestlers instead of her.

 

[Airfixx]

She was God father's head ho,

Was she? ...I thought they were just random strippers and stuff from the local areas.

she played her right to censor roll good,

That wasn't her.... That was Ivory. (Are you also thinking of Ivory above? If so she was a womens champ during - and before - those days).

the phychotic diva

I thought THAT was Victoria's debut (when she was jealous of one of the other girls.. I'm thinking Trish or Tori).



...But yeah, she was one of my fave FEMALE WRESTLERS (rather than Divas, y'get me) and I too thought she deserved a much better 'last hurrah'.

One other thing that springs to mind is why bring in Gail Kim (who lacks everything Victoria has apart from the ring skills) if they can't find a decent role fro Vicoria....


All the best to her... (If by 'family' she meant she has kids, it must be partiuclarly tough for a mother to be away from her siblings for the lengths of time that a WWE schedule dictates.) TNA sounds like a good call if they're interested in her.

She wants to spend more time at home with her bike business.

Lol... Is that what they mean when they refer to "family" these days?

And I was disappointed that they made her lose her last match.

Losing your last match is an unwritten law of wrestling harking back to the territory days...

 

[JurassicBonez]

^^^^ Yeah, when she 1st came in, she was one of godfathers hoe's and was the head hoe. And she got attacked by The Godfather when he changed to The Goodfather. And your right, I got her mixed up with Ivory on the Right to Censor. But she did make her in-ring competing debut going after Trish Stratus. And you make a good point about Gail Kim, but I'd assume they picked young beauty over Victoria. Sad really. The Victoria is the Kane of the woman's division was a good point as well. He's almost a purified jobber and his release maybe within this year.

But I think she could really help out TNA's Knockout division and give them the push they need, that is of course if they're interested in her. I know there's the talk about TNA hiring too many ex-WWE workers, but if they did it for skill and not name recognition, they would be better off.

 

[Qwake]

Yeah she's been my favourite Diva since she started, good in ring and out of the ring, had a few good feuds and great matches with Trish and a couple other women. Sucks that she's been jobbing for the past years and I wonder if she would go to shimmer or somewhere else, hopefully she does.

 

[chavoheat]

I don't know if SHIMMER can offer her the same exposure as TNA can.

 

[NewHBK]

I Hope she will return someday. There are some Divas who still need a good trainer in the ring and Victoria is fine for that. I would have hoped they wouldnt have make her do the job for years now. They took her credibility and totally messed up her farwell.