As of late, the Diva's Division has been a complete joke. It's been boring, gone nowhere, and has lacked originality, and it can all be blamed on it's booking. The Diva's Champion, AJ Lee, has lost more matches than she has won in the last couple of months, yet continues to carry the title around her waist, and the division on her back. With all due respect to AJ Lee, she can't continue carrying the Diva's division while not being booked as a threatening champion. With the centerpiece out of whack, it sends a rippling effect throughout the whole division, and has left the division hard to watch. What looked like a promising new division less than a year ago with the Kaitlyn - AJ rivalry has led to disappointment so high that a former major role for the Divas, Kaitlyn, has packed her bags and left. Here are some things I would like to see WWE do to reignite the Divas flame.
Stop The Weekly Diva Tag Team Matches
Since nearly before Survivor Series we have seen more Diva tag team matches on Raw than we had one on one matches. Mainly, to push the Total Divas cast as somewhat of a stable against the Divas that turned down the show. As these matches continued we began to forget that 'Total Divas' was even playing a role on the show, or maybe we just didn't care about these matches. The reason simply was because the tag team matches were hardly thought out, and led to nothing. They never made a major difference to any story that was going on. Worse of all, a lot of those matches ended with AJ taking a loss and the person who got the win for their team would randomly get a title shot. These tag team matches happened too often and lowered the importance of the Divas title, and the relevancy of the division. If WWE were to simply eliminate these tag matches from their weekly Raw, and instead book matches that will help build characters there might be more people paying attention to the Divas division.
Stop Pushing The Bellas
For the past year WWE has been trying to get the WWE Universe behind the Bella Twins, and have still been unsuccessful. They brought them back, and made them the cover girls for their reality show 'Total Divas', turned them face, and put Brie Bella in the title scene. Still nothing from the crowd. Yes, they did win Diva of the Year award somehow, I still don't understand, but that hasn't proved that the fans are behind them at all. First of all, the Bellas aren't even believable as faces. They're just too bratty and annoying, which are heel characteristics. Honestly, the Bella Twins have done more damage to the Divas division than good. They yelled all stupid during AJ Lee's 'pipe bomb' promo on the 'Total Divas' cast, Nikki said she could take on an MMA fighter, and they've asked for Divas tag team titles (which is understandable since all the Divas get booked in tag matches anyway). These girls need to be taken away from the spotlight until they get themselves in order. They are pretty good in the ring, and definitely do have a place in the Divas division, but right now WWE is not sure what that place is and it's showing on the product, leading to rushed and sloppy stories. I could see a rivalry between AJ Lee and Tamina verses the Bella Twins over AJ saying somthing like 'she was too good for Daniel Bryan' since Brie's getting married to him, or something. That could be down the line, once they've found a way to look like faces. Just take the rivalry slow like WWE did for AJ and Kaitlyn's rivalry, and it could be a success.
Push Natalya
Natalya's not perfect. She rushes through her promos so fast I can hardly understand what she says, and her finishing clothesline doesn't look devastating at all, but she's one of the most over Divas not named AJ. The internet fans are behind her like crazy, and her fans been waiting for her title run for a while. I think making Natalya look like a dominant fighter by beating Tamina a few times and not touching AJ until a title match could be a good thing. Once she and AJ get a good match together AJ can pick the win, making herself look like a strong champion once again. Natalya definitely deserves a title run, but right now AJ Lee is too over for anyone to take the belt from her yet. After a rivalry with the champ, Natalya can back off from the title scene, maybe match her up with a heel Alicia Fox, who has been impressive in the ring as of late.
Put Layla Back on TV
Seriously, where has Layla gone? The last time we saw her she had turned on her friend, Kaitlyn, building up to Kaitlyn's rematch against AJ Lee at Money In The Bank. Layla was a blast to see on tv. Her facial reactions to devastating moves were funny to see, and she was believable as a heel. Then, she was gone. I really think they had something with her as a heel, and WWE needs to bring her back on tv to work with some face Divas. I think Layla might have a good chance of making the Bella Twins look like actual faces since she could be much more bratty. This would be something more entertaining than these tag matches.
Begin Building Future Top Divas
WWE has two potential top Divas on their main roster already; Naomi and Summer Rae. Unfortunately, they're both stuck in gimmicks that keep them from shining. That's okay. If WWE were to push Natalya, they'd have a top face for the divas division, and if they could find some way to make the Bellas look more like faces there would be a good amount of competition for the champion. This could take less focus on Summer Rae and Naomi where they could possibly do mixed tag matches with Fandango and Xavier Woods. This could go on until it's just Summer Rae vs Naomi, where they'd have a chance to build up their own characters. The fans can get behind Naomi when Summer Rae is dancing over her defeated body, or saying bratty things about her dance moves. This could lead to Summer using heel tactics to pull off wins, injuring Cameron to piss off Naomi. I really think those two could pull off a good rivalry if given the chance, and build themselves as top stars without even facing Natalya or AJ Lee.
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