Because some people ask for a label: Yes, this is an editorial.
Last night’s show-closing segment on Monday Night Raw was not the first time WWE has, uncomfortably, worked someone’s real life death into an angle. That goes back a decade to Eddie Guerrero’s death, and you can go back further for them using it outside of the storyline context, like the Raw interview with Brian Pillman’s widow in 1997. It’s never a good thing and it’s always uncomfortable, but what they did last night was, in its own unique way, the worst of them all.
“You know what, Charlotte? You’re wrong sweetheart. ‘Cause your little baby brother? He didn’t have much fight in him, did he?” -Paige
It’s been over two and a half years since Reid Fliehr’s death at just 25 years of age from an overdose of heroin and prescription medication. Ashley/Charlotte considers her wrestling career, in large part, her way of fulfilling his dream and keeping his spirit alive, .as he had been working for independent promotions and All Japan Pro Wrestling. As you might think from the cause of death, he had been battling drug addiction for years. Which is the beginning of why last night’s scripting stands out as so objectionable.
The Eddie Guerrero exploitation was terrible and crass, but was never really about demeaning him in a direct way. The same goes for the Paul Bearer stuff, and that at least had th slight improvement of it being more clearly delineated that the Paul Bearer character was killed off because William Moody had actually died. How they died was off limits.
Last night? It wasn’t.
As bad as it is to invoke his death for some lame pro wrestling angle in the first place, here, the inference is, effectively, “Ha-ha, your junkie brother ODed!” It prostitutes his worth as a human being and the mental illness he struggled with from his teens (and yes, addiction is as much a mental illness as OCD, depression, or bipolar disorder are). And for what? Some doomed to fail skit put at the end of the show because the third hour is siphoning viewers anyway?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WR40HgDbU
What gives this more wide-ranging, real world consequences that past WWE death exploitation angles is that mental illness is heavily stigmatized, especially in the United States. Die from cancer and the perception is that you lost your valiant battle. Die from a mental illness and the perception is that you’re weak. Unless, by some small chance this storyline ends with a passionate Charlotte promo about destigmatizing mental illness, then what exactly is the point?
No, most viewers don’t know how Reid Fliehr died. But plenty do: Charlotte talks about him all the time when she does media appearances and more fans than ever follow wrestling news online, anyway. Being cryptic helps WWE, because, like with Lana’s promo last year that viewers thought was about the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, you can always say that’s not what they meant.
As for Charlotte, it’s really quite simple: If it wasn’t her idea, it’s disgusting as her employer to script her to take part in last night’s angle. If by some chance it was her idea, and her mom’s tweets certainly suggest that it wasn’t, then she should have been vetoed anyway.
To think this company wonders why they have trouble getting advertising rates at the level of non-wrestling programming with the same viewership. They’re in the bubble. Nothing will ever change.
The hot topic of conversation coming out of Monday’s RAW wasn’t the Final 4 of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament – it was Paige’s comments to Charlotte about her deceased brother Reid.
Charlotte invoked Reid during the Divas Championship contract signing and said that her entire career is a tribute to Reid in an effort to fulfill the dream he is unable to since his passing. As Charlotte was talking about her entire family being fighters, Paige made it intensely personal by correcting Charlotte and saying Reid “didn’t have much fight in him” prior to his untimely death back in 2013 (accidental overdose). The ladies brawled and WWE fans’ jaws dropped in reaction to Paige’s shocking remark.
Naturally Paige was bombarded on social media with fans who couldn’t believe what she said. Playing up her heel role and relishing in the heat she generated, Paige responded:
During a heated Divas Championship Contract Signing on Raw, Paige made a controversial comment about Charlotte’s family that sparked a wild brawl between the one-time allies.
Charlotte got emotional referencing her late brother (Reid Flair, who died on on March 29, 2013 from an accidental overdose of heroin and prescription drugs), saying Paige was there for her when he died. The Divas Champion said she is here today because of him — to fulfill his dream. Later in the segment, Paige decided to insult his memory in an attempt to rile her foe into a brawl by saying he didn’t have “much fight in him.” Charlotte then lunged across the table at her Paige, instigating a giant brawl that was eventually stopped by a group of referees.
Reid and Charlotte’s mother, Elizabeth Fleihr, who is also an ex-wife of Ric Flair, was not happy with the angle.
She wrote on twitter, “@WWE @StephMcMahon @VinceMcMahon @TripleH WWEWriters really, that lazy! #CheapHeat #disgusting #disrespectful #cruel #sad #RawGreenville.”
– On Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, it was announced that the four semi-finalists in the ongoing WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament will be guests on a special edition of Miz TV on this week’s edition of SmackDown. The four semi-finalists, as seen on RAW, are Roman Reigns and Alberto Del Rio on one side of the bracket, and Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens on the other side. This week’s SmackDown will be taped on Tuesday night at the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.
– Also on Monday’s RAW, it was announced that WWE Divas Champion Charlotte will be appearing on ESPN SportsCenter on Tuesday to promote her title defense against Paige at this Sunday’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
WWE confirmed on Monday’s Survivor Series “go-home” edition of RAW that at this Sunday’s pay-per-view in Atlanta, Georgia, both the semi-finals and the finals of the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament will take place.
On Monday’s RAW, the quarterfinals of the tournament took place with four men advancing to the semi-finals of the tournament, leaving the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion to be determined among the four at this Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
With those tournament matches now in the books, below is an updated look at the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament brackets, as well as the regular lineup heading into Sunday’s show.
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-Finals
– Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose
– Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals
– Owens/Ambrose winner vs. Reigns/Del Rio winner
WWE Divas Championship
– Charlotte (c) vs. Paige
– The Undertaker & Kane vs. Two members of The Wyatt Family
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Following Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown television taping in Manchester, England, a new match was announced for this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
During the taping, Bray Wyatt issued a challenge to The Undertaker and Kane for Survivor Series, that being a two-on-two match with “The Brothers Of Destruction” taking on two Wyatt Family members of Bray’s choosing. The challenge was accepted by The Undertaker at the end of the taping, however it was never specified which two Wyatt Family members would be represented in the match at Survivor Series.
With that now known, below is an updated look at the lineup for this year’s WWE Survivor Series pay-pr-view, which is scheduled for Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
WWE Title Tournament Finals
– TBD vs. TBD
WWE Divas Champion
– Charlotte (c) vs. Paige
– The Undertaker & Kane vs. Two members of The Wyatt Family
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WWE Diva Paige recently spoke with The Mirror to promote the ongoing WWE U.K. tour. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On what it means for the Divas to get more TV time and attention on big WWE shows:
“We absolutely love it because it all came after the whole #GiveDivasAChance thing trended, that’s really where it started. It was incredible because we don’t tend to think fans like us that much! [Laughs] But for them to really back us, that trended like three days straight, and for them to sign a petition for WWE to give us more time, that was the main thing. You know we have an amazing bunch of girls, full of talent and all hard working, but we need the opportunities because we’re really here to prove we can do stuff as good as the guys, or even better.”
On feuding with her former Team P.C.B. members Charlotte and Becky Lynch:
“It’s cool because I’ve known Becky since I was about 13, she was on the independent circuit too and stayed with my family a lot back in the day. That was crazy because we went from being on the indies together to being on the grandest stage of them all together. And then you’ve got Charlotte, who started in developmental six months after I did, so we’ve really been through it together, which is really nice. We grew up in the WWE together. We are a family, we’re literally like sisters, so it feels great to be working with them.”
On getting more microphone time lately:
“I love being on the microphone and that just makes you better as well, because after you haven’t been on the microphone for a little bit, you get extremely rusty and it gets very hard. They are giving me more time, literally every week they are giving me a promo, and I’m doing it live, which is tough, but I love doing them because it just makes me better.”
On her recent back-and-forth with WWE Hall Of Famer Madusa (Alundra Blayze) and if she’d be willing to work with her:
“Oh absolutely, I mean it’s not something that’s going to happen, but hopefully someday it could, and if it did, I would definitely do it. If she wants a match I will 100% give her a match. I don’t know if she can still go though! She’s probably not been in the ring for about 15 or 20 years… but if she wants to go, let’s go. She’s definitely someone, Alundra Blayze and Bull Nakano were like my heroes, but I don’t know about that now.”
– On the second episode of WWE Breaking Ground, WWE Senior Director Of Talent Development Canyon Ceman played the role of the executive who had to inform aspiring talent that they were being let go. In all actuality, Canyon was just brought in to fill that role on the show, as normally NXT Head Coach Matt Bloom is the guy who does that, according to PWInsider.com.
– Next Monday, November 16th, WWE will kick off “The Undertaker Week” on the WWE Network. WWE will soon be announcing full details on the special programming scheduled for the week long theme, which is expected to be similar to the recent “Brock Lesnar Week.”
– WWE confirmed via the official NXT Twitter account that the new “NXT: Greatest Matches Vol. 1” DVD and Blu-ray is scheduled for a March 8th release. Additionally, it was announced that Seth Rollins vs. Big E. for the NXT Championship will be on that set, and the NXT Women’s Championship match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks will be a Blu-ray exclusive.
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte recently spoke with The Reno Gazette-Journal to promote her Wizard World Reno appearance on November 20th. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On the shadow and legacy of her dad Ric Flair: “If I didn’t acknowledge the fact that my father is Ric Flair, people will ask why. If I do, well, either way someone is going be negative because of what my dad has meant to the industry, and I take that (legacy) very seriously.”
“I feel the pressure to continue to get better to fulfill my own legacy but also continue my dad’s. I want to make an impact in the industry like my father did but in my own way, whether it be refining the (Divas) division or reinventing a major pay per view.”
On her Figure Eight submission: “My coach Sarah (Del Rey) and a couple other people in the ring were like, ‘Oh, you can bridge out of that, that’s cool!’ Then (NXT wrestler) Simon Gotch said, ‘You should call it the Figure 8 because it’s twice as good as your dad’s.'”
WWE Divas champ Charlotte recently took to Twitter to address UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey saying she’s ready to enter the WWE and that there’s “a lot more than can be done” with women in the company. Here’s what Charlotte had to say:
As we reported yesterday, Rousey made the comments in an interview with Rolling Stone. Here’s what she said about possibly joining WWE:
“I’m ready. I’ve seen NXT, I remember Nattie and Charlotte’s match for the title. Nattie was actually training with the original Four Horsewomen to get ready for that fight. I have so many obligations, but I really want to find a way to make it happen. I’m a huge fan wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great.”
“I’m really encouraged by the progress I’ve seen with what they’re doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there’s a lot more than can be done. They’re doing some of it now, too. I’m really excited that they’ve brought up all these great women from NXT, who are all different from the normal mold they would use for the Divas division. I’m not going to take credit for anything, but I definitely want to be part of it as much as I can.”
– WWE Divas Champion Charlotte tweeted the following response to Ronda Rousey’s Rolling Stone interview where she spoke about her interest in joining WWE.
Paige was Michael Cole’s guest for this week’s WWE.com sit down interview. Cole began by saying that he’s known Paige for a long time and asked her flat out, what happened? Paige said she wasn’t sure what Cole was referring to, so he clarified that he wants to know what happened to her. Paige said nothing has changed and she’s still the woman who became the youngest Divas Champion in history last year.
Cole said that Paige hasn’t given him the time of day over the past few weeks and she said she’s just been busy keeping the Divas Revolution alive. Cole questioned her about why she stabbed her Team PCB partners Charlotte and Becky Lynch in the back on Monday’s RAW. Paige said the success of the Divas Revolution got to their heads and she needed to bring them down to earth. Paige said she is the Divas Revolution and they need to show her some respect.
Cole finds it all hard to believe, since Charlotte and Becky Lynch are respectful people and Charlotte has told him personally that she admires Paige’s accomplishments. Paige said nobody else has seen the real Charlotte and she dropped her former partners to keep them humble and hungry.
Cole said he doesn’t think Paige is responsible for the Divas Revolution. He referenced Natalya and Nikki Bella as being more influential than Paige. Cole asked her if she is the person who attacked Natalya several weeks ago. Paige vehemently denied it and said she’s got bigger and better things to worry about.
Paige and Natalya will face off this Thursday on SmackDown.
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte has issued an open challenge to UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.
Rousey spoke to FoxSports.com this week and revealed that when her days in the Octagon are done, she’s open to moving on to the Olympics, professional boxing and even WWE. “I’d love to have the chance to be the Divas world champion and just be the best of everything at one point,” she said. “I think it’s just a matter of prioritizing and timing and figuring out when I can do which, when. I’m figuring it out. I’d love to, but it’s a process.”
WWE COO Triple H responded on Twitter saying she’s always welcomed in WWE and he’ll leave a light on at the WWE Performance Center for her.
On Wednesday night, Charlotte told Rousey to come and get it – any time, anywhere.
– Tonight’s WWE Main Event and SmackDown tapings take place from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Talent advertised for tonight’s show include Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt. No matches have been announced but SmackDown will have a Halloween theme.
– In this RAW Fallout video, WWE Tag-Team Champions The New Day react to their two losses on RAW.
After weeks of dissension with her PCB partners, Paige finally snapped on Monday’s RAW and turned on Charlotte and Becky Lunch.
PCB lost to Team Bella in a six-Divas tag-team match and Paige snapped. She delivered the RamPaige to both Charlotte and Becky, leaving them laying in the ring.
– On this week’s edition of NXT TV it was announced that on next Wednesday’s show on the WWE Network, Samoa Joe and Tyler Breeze will compete against each other in one-on-one competition.
– WWE Divas Champion Charlotte was recently given a Rolex watch to match the pair of watches that both Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels have. Charlotte wrote the following about receiving the watch on Instagram, along with the photo below.
“Family Tradition: When Shawn Michaels wrestled my Dad at WrestleMania 24 he surprised him after with a matching Rolex….. It was his “Retirement” match & Hall of Fame Induction weekend. My Dad says this match was a highlight & one of the most special moments in his career…. HBK said he grew up idolizing him…. Last night, I was given a matching one ?? to carry on the tradition. By no means is my career ending anytime soon but to carry on the tradition in our family for my first WWE Divas Championship!”
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte’s divorce from (suspended) TNA star Bram is almost finalized and we’ve got some interesting details regarding their settlement agreement, courtesy of ProWrestlingSheet.com.
Both Charlotte and Bram agreed that money earned from their respective wrestling careers is ‘off limits’ from the other party. Additionally, Charlotte forfeited any rights to proceeds from Bram’s acting career:
Each party waves any right, title or interest in the wrestling career of the other party, including but not limited to, all entertainment, promotions, movies, advertising, etc. now and in the future. The Wife specifically waives all right title and interest in the known movies of the Husband, including but not limited to, “Best Buds”, “Blind Tag”, “Of Mice and Men, the Musical”, “The Adventures of William Strickland: Chick Magnet”, “Dragons of Camelot”, and “Crazy Lake”.
The settlement agreement also states Charlotte will be keeping the home they lived in, which she owned before they were married, as well as a 2013 Mini Cooper. Bram will keep his 2000 Ford Mustang.
The former couple have another court date later this month to finalized the divorce.
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte recently appeared on Busted Open Radio. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
Being Divas Champion:
“It’s been two weeks since the pay-per-view. I’m actually looking forward to all of the duties because I want to empower women,” Charlotte said. I want and I know, collectively, all the girls want to say we’re just not Divas. We are athletic, strong, intelligent. Yeah, we’re divas, but we’re also WWE superstars.”
Women On The Main Roster Headlining PPV’s:
“We have the capability to main-event just like Sasha and Bayley are in NXT this week. They deserve to main event. That will be a match of the year candidate. Sasha and I main evented (Philadelphia), then them main eventing a special, me being Divas Champion up here. I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that I have lofty goals and that I just want to open the doors for women as it pertains to main eventing on a bigger scale, the main roster, and what we’ve been able to do at NXT and gain the respect like we did at NXT on the main roster as well.”
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte recently talked to Busted Open Radio about her life in wrestling and being the Divas champ. Here are the highlights.
Charlotte on being Ric Flair’s daughter in the wrestling business:
I’m going to be honest – mixed blessing. First of all, having my dad there, following in his footsteps, winning the Divas Championship, him saying that this was probably the biggest thing that’s ever happened in his wrestling career knowing everything that he’s accomplished, knowing what we’ve been through as a family the last three years and winning – oh, I’m getting teary-eyed now. So it was a really big deal for us as a family and a huge moment for me that I will absolutely never forget. But I think too, it’s hard – mixed blessing, when I say that – is just because it’s like, dang, my Dad’s always around. So you kind of feel that, you feel the whole ‘Ric Flair’s daughter’ thing a lot. That’s what I mean by a mixed blessing. But in terms of ‘Seriously, I wish someone would pinch me and be like is this real?’ because I seriously can remember my first day in Tampa at FCW and when I stepped in the ring with Norman Smiley, I was legitimately shaking. I was so nervous. I thought my heart was going to come out of my chest. So I was like, ‘Oh my god, what did I decide to do?’ and then being Divas Champion three years later, I’m so blessed.
On being part of the NXT movement:
Honestly, it’s – I don’t know. I want to say destiny because, honestly, I never grew up wanting to be a wrestler. Watching both my brothers struggle in the wrestling business, being Flair’s kid. It wasn’t something that I ever was like, ‘I want to be the next Trish Stratus or I want to be the next Lita’. Triple H started NXT and then me being a part of it and then being there. A couple months later, Sasha [Banks] comes in and then Bayley comes in and then Becky Lynch and then the Four Horsewomen. It’s just something that must’ve been part of my plan, my bigger picture, but being able to see the growth of NXT and being able to look back in ten years and say, yeah, I was a part of – Paige was the first, I was the second, and then debuting and being on the first live event outside of Florida. Then, being on – I didn’t necessarily wrestle on that first special where it was Paige and Emma. But I had a backstage segment leading up to – I was going to feud with Paige, but then she became dual champion and then vacating the NXT title. I’m honored to be a part of that process and to watch it. Actually, I told someone the other day, I’m kind of jealous that NXT gets to go overseas and I’m not on NXT anymore. But being the Divas Champion, nothing tops that. I am beyond proud of what NXT has accomplished. It’s amazing.
Being the Divas Champion:
It’s been two weeks now since the pay-per-view. I’m actually looking forward to all of the duties because I want to empower women. I want and I know, collectively, all the girls want to say we’re just not Divas. We are athletic, strong, intelligent athletes. Yeah, we’re Divas, but we’re also WWE Superstars and that we have the capability to main-event just like Sasha and Bayley are in NXT this week. They deserve to main-event. That will be a match of the year candidate. To be able to be on the main roster now as Divas Champion, I know when I was in NXT watching us slowly – Sasha and I Main Evented Philly, then them Main Eventing a special, me being Divas Champion up here. I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I have lofty goals and that I just want to open the doors for women in terms of Main Eventing on a bigger scale, the main roster, and what we’ve been able to do at NXT and gain the respect like we did at NXT on the main roster.
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– Ring Of Honor performer Cheeseburger was backstage at the WWE live event in Trenton, New Jersey on Friday evening. According to PWInsider.com, Cheeseburger was at the show to hang out, particularly with Chris Jericho, who has been praising him on social media as of late.
– WWE has signed a new licensing agreement with Chalk Link to produce new WWE Legends “Fanimation” jackets for “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Ultimate Warrior, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair and “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase.
– The following RAW Fallout video features Becky Lynch talking to Eden backstage at the show. Lynch comments on Paige losing to Natalya on RAW and Charlotte defending her WWE Divas Championship against Nikki Bella at WWE Hell In A Cell.
WWE has confirmed that Charlotte will defend the Divas Championship against Nikki Bella at Hell in a Cell.
The match preview at WWE.com teases, “With her first title defense looming, could Team PCB’s recent turmoil distract Charlotte from holding on to her title? Or can she prevent Nikki Bella from reclaiming the title she held for 301 days?”
As recently as this morning, there had been speculation that Charlotte would be defending her gold in a 3-way or 4-way match that would have also included Paige and Sasha Banks. We’ll see if anybody else gets added to this match as we get closer to the PPV, but Nikki Bella has secured her shot at redemption later this month.
WWE Hell in a Cell takes place on Sunday, October 25th from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Originally, WWE’s plan for the October 25th WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view was to have Charlotte defend the WWE Divas Championship against Paige and Nikki Bella in a triple-threat match.
There has been speculation as of late, however, that Banks may be added in with Paige and Bella, making Charlotte’s defense a fatal four way.
It looks like the angle may play out on tonight’s WWE RAW. WWE posted the following teaser for tonight’s show:
Paige’s streak of stealing the spotlight ceased at Madison Square Garden on Saturday when Charlotte and Becky Lynch turned the tables on her by abandoning her during their match against Team Bella. However, while that situation continues to develop, the members of Team B.A.D. are stealthily positioning themselves as a serious threat to Charlotte’s Divas Championship reign. In SmackDown’s Six-Diva Tag Team Match, Team B.A.D. defeated Team Bella when Sasha Banks made Nikki Bella — the longest-reigning Divas Champion of all time — tap out to the Bank Statement.
As the Divas division continues to implode, will Team B.A.D. continue to capitalize on the chaos this week?
– Divas Champion Charlotte and WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler were seen recreating a very popular scene from the movie “Mean Girls” last night, which WWE posted:
– Here’s the latest Ringside Or Riot with Noelle Foley:
– During Ringside Fest in New York City yesterday Mattel revealed several action figures including Umaga, Kevin Owens, Sasha Banks, and Bayley. On the WWE website you can currently see an in-depth photo gallery at this link
– The KMart in Louisville, Kentucky was an interesting scene for any shoppers on Saturday as the WWE NXT crew went in the store to purchase boots for the mud that was taking over the “Louder Than Life” festival. As you will notice in the photo below, tweeted by NXT host Greg Hamilton, the WWE NXT crew took a camera crew in with them:
Paige spoke to Channel Guide Magazineabout her recent “Pipe Bomb” promo where she ran down the Divas Revolution and revealed that she was actually given a fair amount of freedom with what she was allowed to say.
“I felt like the whole ‘Divas Revolution’ thing started to get stale,” she said. “I thought it definitely needed a kick in the ass a little bit. Vince [McMahon] and our writers were so cool with the promo. They definitely gave me the freedom to say what I wanted. I kept it as tame as possible. I wanted to go a little bit harder, but I thought, ‘Nah, I’ll save it.’
“It was definitely an adrenaline rush. I wanted to be the bad guy and am happy to be the bad guy. I don’t mind being hated. But the crowd was so receptive to it and great. They were cheering most of it. I was like, ‘No, that’s not the way it was supposed to be.’ It was great. I was very nervous before doing it. I just wanted to get out there and kick some butt and light a fire under the ‘Divas Revolution’ again.”
“I feel like that a ‘Pipe Bomb,’ or ‘Paige Bomb’ as I call it, is what was needed. Now a team has split up and everyone is going for everyone, which is great. I’m looking forward to seeing where everyone else goes.”
Paige also explained why she felt it was time to speak her mind – and what went wrong with the Divas Revolution.
“It was cool the first couple of nights with the NXT girls coming up,” she said. “It was something new and fresh. Then we kind of went back to this stale state of having tag matches. We weren’t telling a story. Where was this going? With the whole Charlotte and Nikki [Bella] story, it was similar to me and Nikki. People were complaining about that.”