Is Paige becoming the John Cena of the Divas division?
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This just sounds like the typical babyface performance to me, the good guy (or gal, in this case) taking a ton of punishment and offense from their opponent before managing to mount a comeback and pull out the victory at the end. People think (as Waco alluded to) that this type of thing somehow started with John Cena, but it's actually been happening pretty regularly since the earliest days of professional wrestling. Did people forget that a superhero like Hulk Hogan used to give this same type of performance? He would usually take the most punishment in his matches before "Hulking Up" (i.e. having a huge surge of superhuman-like adrenaline that wore off all the physical punishment he had just taken over a period of several minutes) and hitting the big boot and leg drop for the victory.
Also, the complaint with John Cena doing it is that he's been doing it for several years now. You know, "same old shit" and all that. A person can only prevail against all odds so many times on such a frequent basis before the underdog shit becomes tired and predictable. When you win enough big matches over a period of several years, you're not really the underdog anymore, no matter how big your next challenge may seem. With Paige, it's different because she hasn't even been on the main roster for a whole two months yet.
Also, the complaint with John Cena doing it is that he's been doing it for several years now. You know, "same old shit" and all that. A person can only prevail against all odds so many times on such a frequent basis before the underdog shit becomes tired and predictable. When you win enough big matches over a period of several years, you're not really the underdog anymore, no matter how big your next challenge may seem. With Paige, it's different because she hasn't even been on the main roster for a whole two months yet.
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I'm not enjoying super Paige at all. Whilst there is some good wrestling, it's pointless using it when it all gets discounted by her using one move.
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You do realize that Paige being the "John Cena of the Divas Division" would mean that she would be the dominant force in that division for the next 15 years or so, right?
As a fan of her work, I really wouldn't have any problem with the designation and I would think you wouldn't mind it either.
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Was just thinking what Waco was thinking, that Paige is a "rookie fluke champion", but we've seen this a lot from the NXT callups and it's getting bothersome. They're taking out part of the characters or changing them entirely and it just doesn't work. I assume they're building up Paige to eventually be the great wrestler we saw on NXT as she gets more kayfabe confident, but... why? Wouldn't it be more effective to let her come out and put on great matches than this "fluke paigeturner at the end" stuff? They should know better by now.
In response, Paige shows up wins a title, now everyone compares her to John Cena or she's the best in the division but nothing else I want to put this image below to symbolize the value of her presence in the industry and the freshness
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Paige will be the dominant female of the divas division but shes not gonna be like John Cena overcoming the odds with one move in her matches she can do alot more in matches with backa and forth battles
Ummm......recent history has suggested you are incorrect.
And I really laugh at the appellation "John Cena of......", like being like John Cena or being the "new John Cena" isn't something every professional wrestler in WWE (and TNA, ROH, PWG, etc., etc., etc.) would love to be. Like it or not, everybody in the business wishes they could be John Cena.
So, I'll repeat: a fan of Paige's should, quite literally, want her to be the "John Cena of the Divas Division".
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