Emma Injured

Emma suffered an injury recently while the WWE was on their international tour. It still remains to be seen how serious it is and how long she will be out, if she will miss time at all. Just for the sake of discussion, let's talk about what happens if she does miss extended time.

This is not the first time Emma has suffered an injury. She suffered a serious one last year. The "Emmalina" angle then followed this year. That got dropped and she returned with the same character she had before her previous injury. She was getting a storyline with Dana Brooke, her former partner. It didn't look like it would be that great of a storyline, but it was still something to do.

It is bad luck for her. I am not going to put her in the same category as Naomi. For one thing, Emma has never been getting a serious push that got ruined because of injury issues. If she is out for a long time, she should be allowed to come back and get another angle. Just like I said with Naomi, however, the WWE should not be planning to rush any titles on her. She needs to stay healthy. First things first, I think it is more important to just get her over. I don't think most fans, beyond the smarks, have gotten to know her that well. With all the injuries, going back to NXT, and whatever other issues, she has never really gotten a chance to really get fans to know her on the main roster.

I would say that she should reinvent herself again. I know that will not be easy to do. A lot of fans who watch NXT fell in love with the heel character she developed there. Problem is, assuming she is out for a while, that character is now a couple years old. It has never gotten anywhere, although you can't blame Emma for that. I am not saying she come back as Emmalina, but this heel character just seems like it lost any freshness it had left.

Is the depth of the Raw women's division hurt? Raw still has a lot of women. You saw them all last week. Even with Emma out, they can just use Alicia Fox more, if they really need to.

Aside from roster depth, you have to think about creative depth. As I mentioned, Emma was getting a storyline going with Dana Brooke. Assuming Emma is out for a while, that storyline is now ruined and the only storyline going on right now is the one revolving around Alexa Bliss. It is always good to have multiple angles going. It gives multiple people something meaningful to do and gives fans more to talk about.

I would start a storyline with Dana Brooke, Mickie James, and Nia Jax. Dana Brooke isn't good enough to push as a serious in-ring worker. But she is there and she has character potential. Nia Jax is a heel that is arguably just under Alexa Bliss in Raw's women's division. The WWE would probably want to give her something. And Mickie James needs help with her character. She had a bad heel character on Smackdown and a poor face turn. Some people were still unsure whether she was face or heel until last week, when she teamed with the other faces. For the many fans that do not know who Mickie James is, it is time to give them a reason to care. I would have Dana Brooke vs. Nia Jax. Nia wins and continues to bully Dana. Mickie James comes out for the save. And just take things from there. Should Emma return before this feud ends, she can team with Nia Jax against Mickie James and Dana Brooke. That way, multiple women get something meaningful to do.