Before I get into what I really want to talk about, there is one thing I would like to add about what I talked about last time. CM Punk has been depushed. Whether fans will find his current storyline more entertaining than what is going on with Cena and Del Rio or not, Punk is no longer working directly against the centerpiece and no longer in the direct title hunt. He has started to change direction away from that. What I would like to add is something I have brought up many times, yet it is one of the most important things to remember. What if this was going on in the diva division? What if a centerpiece lost to a credible jobber twice at PPVs, then beat that jobber on Raw/Smackdown, and the two went there separate ways, with the centerpiece staying in the title hunt? I left one thing out. The centerpiece goes after the title, but where does the jobber, who had been built up well, go after the feud? Look at the history of the diva division. In the vast majority of cases, the person who was being used to put over the centerpiece gets a depush even worse than what CM Punk is now getting. That is an understatement. They are really getting dehyped. One clear exception was when Lita and Trish feuded back in 2004. Trish went on to be the regular in title matters, thus making her the centerpiece, but Lita faded out of that, but still had an awesome position through storylines with the guys. In other words, she fell back on what the WWE typically had her do even before 2004. Lita was always treated differently from most women. She was a periphery diva, not a jobber. Most women do not have that to fall back on. Why? Because the WWE just cannot treat all the women that well. They also need jobbers and sidekicks. If the diva division was not a closed division, and that is my whole point of bringing this up, they could still be given a fair chance to get proper hype and interest invested into them, much like CM Punk is still benefiting from now. I have seen people ponder why the WWE ended the psycho gimmick Mickie James had. For one thing, where was she supposed to do it? Where on the card? There are rarely two or more true diva storylines going on at the same time on one show, and one usually ends up getting the shorter end of the stick sooner or later and the jobbers involved will always get what little attention they were given taken away from them. The difference between CM Punk's current gimmick and Mickie's psycho gimmick? There is still plenty of space on the card and major players for CM Punk to run with his gimmick. Back in 2006, the need for a face credible jobber led to Mickie losing the gimmick and turning. There was no space for her gimmick to be a priority. As time went on, and despite her overness, it was also obvious that there was no space for a jobber like her to stay as long as she wanted. Closed division. That is why CM Punk can still be treated well and the diva division is the way it is.
Speaking of diva division, NXT has a little diva feud going on. AJ Lee is feuding with Maxine. Keep one very important thing in mind. Before Maryse needed to take time off, this was her storyline on NXT. Not that NXT matters, but it is where they can treat unimportant people like royalty. Keep something else in mind. Before Layla got injured herself and needed time off, it looked like she would have been centerpiece of Smackdown. AJ debuted soon after Layla left. In other words, it is taking injuries for the WWE to call some of these women up. Moreover, I will not expect the WWE to treat either of these two women very well. Being pushed well only on NXT and debuting right after other women need time off are not two good signs to me. I will give WWE some credit. It is a storyline. Women are being given time to work. Coming back down to Earth now. On NXT? I just can't get over that element of it.
Assuming the hurricane does not wipe me out when it comes to New York, hope to be back Monday.
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