Bernkastel
Reaper of Miracles
I'll agree that Candice will NEVER "BE" the next Trish Stratus, but thats what she's being 'billed' as. And also, yeah, I fully agree that they should've placed Mickie James, or in my opinion, Victoria.. atop the Women's Division.. but the reason for Candice is probably for two main reasons.
1. Candice is the most "nationally known" diva on their roster, with that Go-Daddy crap...
2. Mickie James & Victoria were similar with psycho gimmicks, that made their career (in my opinion) & have since fizzled out. Mickie sucks as a face. Victoria sucked as a face too, & has never gotten back to the original psycho she once was.. & both are thanks in part to Trish making their characters..
Candice & Melina could have a Trish/Lita type rivalry. I can't see Beth Phoenix (am I even spelling her name right?) being anything great. Sure, she seems to have talent & the wrestling ability. But she seems a lot bigger than most of the other Divas.. & as such, has taken on the role of "glamazon."
I think Beth is sadly in for a Chyna type push in the Women's Division.. which, Chyna, was the only female I truly could NOT stand. She was a hypocrite.. she never wanted to be in the female division, she thought she was better than the rest, & she was partly to blame for that division sucking.. cause she never allowed any other female to look better than her.
True, Candice is well known among the Divas now, but the most well known, Sorry going to have to give that honor to Torrie. She's been in the media and all across the internet FAR longer than anyone else. The only two WWE divas that might be more well known than Torrie would be Trish or Stacy. But it doesn't matter, half the people that know who Torrie is don't realize she's a WWE wrestler, same would go for Candice.
Agree with you on the psycho gimmicks, except Mickie was more of an obsession rather than a psychotic, like Sable vs Tori 2. Victoria needs to return to hers while I think Mickie is fine where she is now, she's doing well as a face.
I see Beth possibly playing the role that Molly Holly had, and thats the role of mentor, teaching the girls that don't know jack shit what their doing a thing or two. As far as her power goes, sure she's strong, ridiculously strong, but so is Victoria, in fact the two are equal in size and strength.
And also If you want to talk about power, WWE has Nattie Niedhart signed and may be bringing her up soon. Now even if Natie has dropped weight, I still wouldn't be surprised if she was as strong as Beth and Victoria. Hell, when Nattie was on the indy circuit I watches her toss Amazing Kong (a 235 lb woman) around with relative ease, so theirs no tell whats she's going to be capable of.