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WHY NATALYA BEATING CHARLOTTE WAS THE WRONG MOVE, DOES WWE WANT FAN STORYLINE IDEAS, A BULLY RAY WWE RETURN AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-12-17 09:59:00

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I'm curious. What has happened to Paige and where has she been? She hasn't been on RAW or Smackdown in over a month except in quick backstage segments. I heard only about a month and a half ago the company was very high on her. What's happened?

She is there, she is just victim to the “you are not in the main plans right now so you don’t matter” philosophy that affects the Divas all the time.

Has WWE ever considered setting up a portal to allow fans to submit story ideas.  It seems crowdsourcing the creative could produce some interesting stories, especially for underutilized wrestlers.

Vince McMahon largely answered that on the Steve Austin podcast and no, they really don’t want them nor would they really consider them.

Just wanted to ask if you'd provide clarification on your comments about Charlotte losing on RAW?? I didn't see it as a big deal at all. She was clearly showcased, and as Natalya mentioned on social media, they are now tied 1-1 in their matchups. So if Charlotte wins or loses against Sasha, there's clearly a ready made storyline for her when she comes to the main roster with Natalya

About four million people saw Charlotte lose in a few minutes to a mid card Diva that hasn’t sniffed the top of the roster in a long time. Maybe a quarter of that amount saw Charlotte beat her in NXT. It doesn’t matter what is said on Social Media. It matters what happens on the company’s flagship show. On a week they were trying to get people that didn’t already have a Network subscription to buy it and watch the young talent on NXT, they had the top Diva in the company lose quickly to someone who hardly wins at all on Raw. I see that as a huge deal and we define being showcased much differently I guess. I thought she was buried. Remember Paige? She came in for a run with the Divas champ, not a mid-carder.

Following up my question regarding Luke Harper... Before he can become a truly big star, does his character need to... evolve in a way so to speak? Personally, I do really like him, he can certainly deliver for a big man his size. And the company certainly have something in him. I sincerely hope they don't drop the ball on him.

I agree. In order for him to move up the card and be more than a secondary player he needs to do some good promos. His work is great, but we don’t know anything about him. He needs to give us his story and bring us in.

With the RoyalRumble being in Philadelphia this year, any chance we see Bully Ray return to WWE as a surprise entrant and possibly turn that appearance into a nice singles push?

You never say never. He’s available and I think his work in TNA on top was great. If it were me, I would bring him, to work with young talent if nothing else. So sure, there is a chance, I just can’t tell you how good it is.

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