Showing posts with label Professional Wrestling. Show all posts
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Monday, October 29, 2018

The WWE Is Ruining... Alicia Fox

As a pro wrestling fan, it is a part of our identity to always know how to utilize wrestlers better than the WWE. If WWE would just give me, random WWE fan, a job a the company, ratings would immediately rise to the levels of the Monday Night Wars, despite how television ratings have changed as a whole over the last 20 years. But until that happens, WWE will continue ruining our favorite wrestlers, and that is why it is time to point out the error in their ways. Because of WWE's incompetence, I am literally going to pick a wrestler at random and point out how they could be better utilized, because WWE is ruining everyone in one way or another.

Today, we look at a woman with one of the longest tenures in the WWE, Alicia Fox.

I wouldn't say I am a huge Alicia Fox fan. But I am far from an Alicia Fox hater. I would say that she was one of the more entertaining wrestlers in the Divas division. Unfortunately, the WWE then transitioned to a women's division, and Alicia Fox stayed just as good where all of the talent around her got better. She's still fine in the ring, and on the positive side, she is someone who can believably show emotion, although they have really only given her a chance to show the "emotion" of crazy.

Currently, instead of giving her any direction, her entire character seems to be, "wears funky clothing." She's ostensibly a heel because she occasionally hangs out with Alexa Bliss and Mickie James, but maybe she's just a supportive friend. It's not like there are a lot of honorable characters to hang out with in the women's division, and shit, it can get pretty lonely on the road, so you make friends with what's available.

So what to do with Alicia Fox? My personal preference is a reunion with Noam Dar, just so I can hear Alicia Faaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggggssssssssssss again. But I'm not sure if that idea has legs for an audience outside of me and...yeah, it actually might just be me. So for a serious idea is at least let her be a character. Make her over the top but keep it consistent for more than three weeks so it can actually get some legs underneath it. I'm not saying she should ever even be fighting for a title, hell, I don't care if she ever wins a match, but she can still be outrageous.

Here's a fun angle that will make no sense but will make her super enjoyable. Have her be the daughter of Norman Smiley. Smiley becomes her manager, she starts doing the big wiggle during matches, she could start up a women's hardcore title where she can be in full pads, hell, let her inexplicably develop a British accent...oh shit, I actually love this idea. Good God, WWE, this idea has legs. Make this happen immediately.

I'm pretty sure I just made Alicia Fox my favorite wrestler. So to me, I say thank you, and you're welcome.

Other Wrestlers WWE Is Ruining
Bobby Lashley

Charlotte Flair
Dana Brooke
Dash Wilder
Kane
Kofi Kingston

Mickie James
Nia Jax
Peyton Royce

Randy Orton
Scott Dawson
Tyler Breeze