Carmella & Ellsworth

I have been saying for a while that the WWE needs to make better use of periphery angles with the women. They can talk about a revolution and empowering women all they want, but they just cannot sustain a proper women's division without going beyond just wrestling, especially with the brand split. But this angle with Carmella and James Ellsworth is not what I had in mind.

Let's make it clear from the start, this is more for Ellsworth, not Carmella. Carmella would have something to do no matter what. Even if she wasn't involved with Nikki Bella for a while now, with the poor depth in the division, Carmella would still be used somewhere, whether it be in tag matches or being used to put over someone else that is being pushed.

What does Ellsworth have to do? AJ Styles knocked him off a few weeks ago and has moved on to John Cena. Dean Ambrose has also moved on from Ellsworth, recently even winning the Intercontinental Championship. Ellsworth is the one that really had no long-term creative direction. It might make you wonder if the WWE should have bothered signing this guy.

Why not continue his angle with Dean Ambrose? Did they feel it might make Ambrose look like a heel to continue to target Ellsworth, although Ellsworth did screw him? Did they not want Ellsworth to turn heel? Whatever it is, the WWE pretty much booked themselves into a corner. I don't think the angle between Ambrose and Ellsworth got a proper finish.

What about Ambrose moving on to beating Miz for the Intercontinental Championship? Ambrose did not need another title reign so soon. A year ago, most people might have said that Ambrose was treated the worst of The Shield members. He had not yet won a World Championship. He was used to put over Lesnar. Since then, he has done pretty well for himself. They could have continued his angle with Ellsworth. The Royal Rumble is coming up. This is a time of year where a lot of feuds mix. You have 30 guys that will be facing each other for a title shot at Wrestlemania. What is wrong for various guys in the match to interact? If they wanted him to feud with Miz for a few weeks during this time, okay, but no title change was needed. And if you are going to put the title on someone else, how about someone who was not a former World Champion? Ambrose held a World Championship before. Miz did. Ziggler did. How about building the midcard with the midcard title? I see a lot of fans loving that the Intercontinental Championship has grown in importance. Problem is, the WWE is treating it like it is too important for common midcarders to have.

Back to Ellsworth, what I really dislike is that there are other guys on the roster that lack an angle. A periphery angle like this can help increase the interest in a worker. Does Ellsworth really deserve it? This time last year, he was on no one's radar. Now, he is being treated as a priority just because of his awkwardness. And I just get the feeling that the writers do not even know what to do with him. I pointed out that the angle between Ambrose and Ellsworth did not really get a proper finish. His angle with AJ Styles was also tossed aside rather easily. Carmella really doesn't need him. How seriously can you push a guy like him? What do you do with a guy like him? Meanwhile, other guys are not getting what he has gotten. I just don't like it.