Tag: Paige

 Paige appreciation day 

April 7th 2013 was the day after WrestleMania 30. It was probably my all time favorite post WrestleMania Raw. Not only did we get to see Daniel Bryan celebrate his championship win after months of battaling the Athority, or how about the fact that April 7th 2014 was the last time we would see the Ultimate Warrior in a WWE ring before his untimely passing.

April 7th 2014 was special for many reasons and one of those reasons was the debut of the “raven haired lady” “hell in boots”, that’s right ladies and gents one year ago this very day Raw became Paige’s house.

I remember the moment like it was yesterday. AJ came out to address the crowd putting them all on notice. She told the story of growing up poor and going on to become the longest reigning divas champion. It was a good speech that was interrupted by the sound of Paige’s music. As soon as that music hit the post WrestleMania crowd went insane, and so did I watching at home. I remember my cousins were visiting me at the time and when it happened they had no clue what was going on.

So Paige makes her way to the ring and tells AJ that she wants to congratulate her this doesn’t go over well with AJ, so what does AJ do??? She slaps the taste right out of Paige’s mouth. It’s what happens next though that’s the kicker. AJ tells Paige she’s going to beat her just like she had done everyone else. AJ says as a post mania treat she’ll put her title on the line.

This of corse sends the crowd into a frenzy of this is awesome chants. I sitting at home had goosebumps and it was safe to say I was marking out. Of corse Paige being a “rookie” at the time tells AJ she’s not ready but there was no changing AJ’s mind and so the match went on.

To be expected AJ has the uperhand and it looks as if she’s about to make Paige tap in a quick fashion, BUT THEN something else happens. The anti diva counters the black widow into the rampage and gets the 1, 2, 3, on AJ.

It took a split second for Paige to end the 295 day title reign of AJ Lee. In a blink of an eye Paige became the youngest divas champ at just 21 years old, it took one move for Paige to make history by becoming the first diva to hold both the NXT women’s championship and the divas champion at the SAME TIME.

It’s been a year since that epic history making moment and Paige has went on to do incredible things. Since then she’s held the title twice (still the youngest I might add) she’s been a face, she’s been a heel, she’s cut one is the better diva promos in recent memory, she’s given us awesome matches, she’s become a star on total divas, and has become an ever growing fan favorite.

For someone who has been wrestling since she was 13 or as she would like to say since she was a fetus, the sky is definitely the limit for her. She has so many years ahead of her and there’s no doubt in my mind that she will be a future hall of Famer.

#paigeappreciationday is already trending on Twitter and I say we keep that trend going.

But first let’s take a look back at the moment that got us here in the first place, enjoy!

http://youtu.be/Gx-E3s1oVyA

And here’s to many more just like it

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Russo Podcast: WWE Paige’s Family, The First Wrestling Family Of England / Russo Rants On Own Daughter

This episode of Vince Russo’s podcast, The Swerve, features WWE Paige’s family – The Knights-  The First Wrestling Family of England.

Also, Russo rants on his own daughter & how wrestling is out of touch with today’s television.

 

http://www.pyroandballyhoo.com/swerve-ep-10-featuring-knight-familyrusso-rants-daughter/

The rebirth of “The Anti Diva”

I’ll be the first one to admit that when AJ made her return to Raw and defeated Paige for the Divas championship neatly 3 weeks ago I was far from happy. The fan in me clouded my judgement and I was over the top angry. I refused to listen to anything positive about the decision but today as I write this as a women and say “I was wrong and my crew member Trevor was right”

He said “I believe this is a way to bring out the anti diva in Paige” and after last night boy was he dead on. Last night on Raw there was a tag match that featured the team of AJ & Paige vs Natalya & Emma. Just by throwing those four together we knew it was going to be a good one, but it’s what happened after the match that has everyone talking.

AJ of corse picked up the win for her team via submission by black widow to Natalya, and as always her “buddy” Paige was there to celebrate with the champ. After Paige raised AJ’s hand in victory & AJ went to walk away Paige pulled AJ by the hair sending the back of her head into the canvas.

This was followed by vicious headbuts to AJ. Oh no but the anti diva wasn’t done there. She then tossed AJ like a sack of potatoes outside the ring, once outside the ring Paige throws AJ into the barricade. At one point Paige even told the crowd “you’re going to love this” which was followed by Paige sending AJ face first into the ring post.

It wasn’t over there because the raven haired women then took AJ and threw her over the announcers table which is where she screamed “I told you this is my house now!!” (That was probably my favorite part of the segment by the way,

Them to add insult to injury Paige does AJ’s infamous skip up the ramp and motions to her waist as if she wants the title. Overall this segment had me loosing my shit. I absolutely loved it and I know that no matter how long this feud goes its going to be a GREAT one.

Both ladies have their own strengths. In my opinion Paige is better in the ring then AJ and AJ is better on the mic then Paige. I think this feud will allow them to bounce off each other and ultimately make then both better competitors. With all that being said I may not be a AJ fan anymore but kudos to her for taking some pretty nasty bumps last night.

Seriously though these two work so well together that I can damn well guarantee you that what we are about to see from these two is going to be pure magic and quite possibly give us the type of feud we’ve been craving since the Trish & Lita days.

In case you missed the epic moment from yesterday feel free to click here

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

WWE’s Divas champ thinks Ronda Rousey is bad ass?

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Seems like there’s a lot of love for UFC’s women’s Batemweight champion Ronda Rousey in the world of Pro wrestling. Natalya, Brie Bella, and Eva Marie are all known fans. Even former WWE Diva Eve Torres is a friend/fan of the champ.

This shouldn’t surprise anyone though. After all Ronda’s nickname “Rowdy” was chosen because of her admiration of the Hotrod. Not to mention the hotrod himself gave her permission to use the name. Lets not forget the creation of the 4Horsewomen was a way to emulate and pay respect to the original 4Horsemen.

No wonder why the superstars and Divas have gotten behind her. The most recent diva to utter the name Ronda Rousey is the beloved WWE Divas champion Paige. When asked if she could face anyone, (doesn’t have to be a wrestler) who would it be? Her response? None other then the top female in the UFC Ronda Rousey. Paige’s reasoning? “because she’s a bad ass”
(Check out the rest of Paige’s interview here)
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/478203-paige-talks-aj-lee-returning

I don’t know about you but all this talk about Ronda Rousey and the obvious love the WWE employs have for her don’t you think it would be a smart move for WWE to book these ladies on a slow? That has to be best for business right? Lets not forget that Rousey has already expressed interest in appearing for the WWE but only if the rest of the 4Horsewomen can come with. To that I say why not? Clearly it would generate money and ratings. Further more its clear that WWE divas and superstars would be game for a WWE/UFC pairing. The only thing that needs to happen now is Vince McMahon (Maybe even Triple H) need to sit down with Dana White and make some sort of deal. It should be noted that next years wrestlemania is going to be held in California and that’s where the 4Horsewomen live. I’m sure I speak for many fans when I say I would love to see this happen!

COME ON WWE/UFC MAKE IT HAPPEN!

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Paige Being Stripped Of NXT Women’s Title

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WWE will announce on tonight’s NXT that NXT General Manager JBL will strip Paige of her NXT Women’s Title, because she can’t hold the title & the WWE Divas Title at the same time.

A story line that will crown a new NXT Women’s Champion will kick off at tonight’s tapings.

 

Source: WrestlingInc.com & PWInsider:

A New Attitude Arrives in the WWE

A lot can be learned from the video at the bottom of this post about the new Diva’s Champion – Paige, but first  let’s look at the promo for the pride of British Independent Wrestling that was shown this past Monday on RAW. An amazing accomplishment is shown, as she stunned AJ to become the new champion after AJ’s run of almost 300 consecutive days.

The impressive part of this young new talent, in my opinion, is her back ground growing up in the Indy Wrestling scene with her entire family being a part of “the business” and that business being the sole income of both her mother and father.

You may not know this about me, but I cover a couple of local Indy organizations here in Central Indiana. I get a behind the scenes look at what goes on before, during and after a show is being done. Watching the video at the bottom, at least the parts where they are doing a show, is almost identical to how things are at Hoosier Pro Wrestling and New Era Wrestling here in Indiana.

Another part of what I like about Paige is the way she likes the wrestling part of the business way more than she likes the diva part. This quote at the 41:55 mark of the video says a lot about who she is and where she comes from,

“…over here it’s like wrestling and the way you look as well, so you have to, it’s like they say it’s T and A – tits and ass, that’s what we are there for and I want to change that. I want to be the wrestler as well, that’s the whole part of me coming over here so I can at least change that – take it back to The Attitude Era.”

That will be music to the ears of the fans who have long been tired of the PG version that the WWE has put on in the last few years. As you can tell from the Indy scenes in the video, wrestling takes precedence and to say that the Divas division needs that is a major understatement.

For those who have complained about Paige getting an unjust push, I challenge you to watch this video and say that she hasn’t worked for everything she has and that if you really like wrestling (or wrasslin’ as some people call it) more than “sports entertainment” then you have to be excited about the future of this young British bombshell.

Paige has the looks, but even better she has the moves in the ring. Several of the current Divas that are more athletic and trained in the business should benefit from Paige’s style. Myself, I’m looking forward to seeing her work with Natalya, another wrestler first – diva second. Give them a 10 + minute match and I’m thinking our jaws would drop.

For our fans from Great Britain, you should be very proud of Paige! She’s new to the WWE, but you’ve known what she has for a long time. Thanks for sharing her with us.

 

 

 

Ed’s Perspective: Future of Diva’s Division Looks Bright

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This past Thursday night, I totally enjoyed my first night of doing live updates on Wrestling Inc.com of TNA’s Impact. There was one major drawback though. I missed seeing live the amazing match on the WWE Network between Diva’s Paige, the NXT Women’s Champion, and Emma. I did however get to watch later – one of the awesome features of having subscribed to the WWE Network.

If this match was any indication, the future of the Diva’s Division looks so bright that we are all gonna need shades (ok that really is a corny music reference, but I couldn’t resist).

Watch the entire match 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1dtr5q_paige-vs-emma-nxt-womens-championship_sport

Both ladies show awesome in ring skills, and their athletic abilities are outstanding. I’m sure some might say they still need a little work, but let’s keep things in perspective. This match, which was of RAW or Smackdown quality, happened in a developmental promotion.

Do a little research, and you will find this about Paige:

Determined to redefine the Divas division in WWE, this fan favorite from England isn’t your “typical” female competitor. This 20-year-old, who hails from a family of professional wrestlers, has already been competing in the ring  for seven years!

Here is a little more about her wrestling heritage when asked about what it was like growing up in a wrestling family, “It was amazing. What better way to learn an amazing craft than from people you love and trust completely? My family had a strong following so I was always in their shadow, which is understandable. But I wanted to make a path of my own and make my family proud in the process!”

Now about Emma.

We have gotten used to seeing Emma’s pretty face on WWE broadcasts and recently saw her in a match with Summer Rae. You’ve got to see the amazing submission maneuver that she used to get Summer Rae to tap out with. If  you don’t want to watch the entire video (you should) you can got to the 1:50 mark and see an just how great the move was.

Between the match with Paige and this finisher on Summer Rae it looks to me that the sky is the limit for this Austrailian born superstar.

As her profile on WWE.com ends, “While it remains to be seen what the future holds for Emma, one thing’s for sure: The #EMMAlution has begun.”

Add to that, the surely eminent call up for Paige based on the release of her own T-shirt on WWE.com, plus the remarks of Stephanie McMahon and fans of women’s wrestling (notice I didn’t say Divas) have a lot to look forward to in the WWE.