Former WWE Women’s Champion Calls Out AJ Lee; Unfavorable WWE Reaction To Lee’s Tattoo
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1. Madusa is awesome. Easily > AJailbait.
2. AJailbait's tattoo is stupid. I understand the sentimental value she puts on it. But there's a reason things like that is frowned upon in the business. Marks are supposed to be watching, not wrestling.
2. AJailbait's tattoo is stupid. I understand the sentimental value she puts on it. But there's a reason things like that is frowned upon in the business. Marks are supposed to be watching, not wrestling.
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Lol, Madusa sounds like the female Kevin Nash.
Actually pretty cool to see people not forgetting to be fans while in the wrestling business. Would certainly pick a different way to show it though.
Actually pretty cool to see people not forgetting to be fans while in the wrestling business. Would certainly pick a different way to show it though.
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I'm not a fan of how AJ's tattoo looks, but it's something that's meaningful and important to her. She appears to be a big fan of the industry and has a big appreciation for the opportunities she's been given so far in her career. Madusa just looks petty with her comments and I don't see what the big deal is over AJ taking photos with the old Women's Championship belt. It just looks like an excuse to complain and get attention.
GO BE AN INCOHEHERNT MORON SOMEWHERE ELSE, WILL YOU?! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED NEAR ANY AJ THREADS!
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She's getting flack for being a mark for herself, not the business. There's no unwritten rule about not getting tattoos to celebrate a milestone. All of Edge's tattoos were milestones in his career. But you don't get one that is outright "this is what I have done" because it is considered bad form among wrestlers. To hanker back to Edge, all his tattoos are milestones (IC title, Main event status, world champ, wwe champ and so forth.) But none of them outright point out what they represent to him. Same with a couple of Punk's tattoos. Probably the Undertaker's tattoos as well.
I can understand why AJ got the tattoo. But she's been in the business long enough to
know that these kind of rules exist.
How is it a rule? What is the big deal? If it was a rule that she couldn't get a tattoo like that, why would WWE.com write an entire article/interview with AJ about it?
It really is surprising to have an unwritten rule about "not being a mark for yourself" in the same business that gave us guys like Michaels and Hogan. Guess times really have changed. 
It really is surprising to have an unwritten rule about "not being a mark for yourself" in the same business that gave us guys like Michaels and Hogan. Guess times really have changed.
And we get another person who knows what they're talking about. Good. Thanks. ^_^
Wrestling locker rooms are full of rules. Wrestling is in essence a carnival culture. A little world within itself with its own set of rules and laws. And one of the biggest rules is "don't be a fan of yourself", its perfectly fine to have a big of an ego and to see your own value, but you don't make yourself out to be something you aren't. And getting a tattoo directly commemorating your accomplishments is seen as self marking. You're supposed to be a fan of the business you work in, not yourself. As I said in a previous post, she could get a tattoo to celebrate, but she should have made it something that doesn't obviously scream "I GOT A FAKE BELT IN A FAKE SPORT". It could have been a spider, a star, anything else. The tattoo wouldn't loose any meaning for her since she would know why she got it. Edge for example got stars on his arm when he was made into a main event player.
As for the WWE.com thing. It's not those nerds AJ has heat from, but the locker room, the people on the road, the ring crew and such. The nerds writing articles for WWE.com aren't on the road and thus don't fall in under the same rules.
And wrestling locker room rules in general can be weird. Miz got thrown out of the locker room once for eating a piece of chicken at the wrong place. And Triple H (who is now the boss), got buried to hell and back for hugging his friends were fans could see. Basically you need to be a wrestler to get all the rules. Had this been a couple of years ago AJ would have been put through hell for getting that tattoo.
Those rules already existed back then. And Shawn got tons of flack for being a self mark. Same with Hogan but Vince saw enough money in him to not care what the locker room thinks.It really is surprising to have an unwritten rule about "not being a mark for yourself" in the same business that gave us guys like Michaels and Hogan. Guess times really have changed.