*MAYBE* The Divas Revolution Is About To Kick Into Another Gear

[Jack-Hammer]

After seeing Paige failing to beat Sasha Banks last week to secure the #1 contendership, failing to beat Sasha last night and certain comments being made on commentary, I'm thinking that Paige may well turn on Team PCB next Monday during Charlotte's title match against Nikki Bella.

On commentary, they made a point last night about selling Paige's frustration from last week's failed attempt to become #1 contender and her failed attempt to get some revenge last night against Sasha. Maybe I'm simply reading into things too much, it's some subtleties that've caught my eyes & ears, such as commentary and Paige's visible frustration. It hasn't reached a level where there looks to be any tension between Team PCB, Paige hasn't been snapping at her teammates or shoving them away while trying to console her, but I just see some sort of surprise betrayal coming about as part of next wee's "season premiere" of Raw.

 

[Kodo Sawaki]

Keep thinking the same thing. Dont think direction of keeping record on Nikki si going to change but perhaps something big is going to happen. Either next week Paige screws Charlotte or Charlotte loses on interference of Brie or Alicia interfere and Charlotte gets rematch at NoC and then Paige interferes(because big moments tend to happen more at PPV). Eitherway it would be step forward from what we see because cant see PCB together in few months forward nore can see Sasha Banks with the likes of Naomi and Tamina. Ideally they get Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch(and maybe Bailey) together and do what was maybe original plan, have NXT dominate Divas Division and beat Paige, Nikki and others who are there just to fill space.

 

[Mudlup50]

I definitely could see the WWE doing that, because both the last two weeks they've stressed how upset Charlotte's teammates must be now. I also find it interesting they've moved the title match to Raw, yet at Night Of Champions we still need a Diva's title match? Maybe I'm reading too much into this but I'm thinking Nikki might lose the belt.

Think about this, next week the match dissolves into anarchy with team PCB and team Bella in the ring brawling it out(Maybe the ref gets bumped or they just aren't hitting Charlotte and Nikki) Alicia accidentally hits Nikki. Storyline wise you could make it a feud between them, Fox was jealous of Nikki for beating her reigns with the belt...back to the point. Charlotte capitalizes and wins the belt. Then during the celebration Paige hits a Rampaige on her. You'd establish Charlotte by giving her 2 former divas champs to beat within 7 days and you'd have 2 feuds involving the divas! That'd be so crazy, 2 feuds that are better than a lot of the other feuds right now on the product!!

But I could see Paige snapping and costing Charlotte the match, that way she still looks strong and Nikki can break the record and maybe lose it at Night Of Champions or somewhere down the line to another one of the Diva's revolution participants.

 

[vampirek]

It would make zero sense for Paige costing Charlotte the title. The whole revolution plot was based on Paige removing Nikki as champion and to end the Bellas reign on top. If anything it would further the idea that this whole thing has been a huge mess.

It does however make more sense for Paige to turn on Charlotte during her celebration and setting up a triple threat as NoC, as Nikki would have rematch clause. With the title off Nikki, Paige can now go back to being the outcast lonely wanting to be number 1 and feud with her former team mates. Further it will dissolve the other groups in the process and revert back to an actual division rather than 3 groups of 3. Which will benefit Sasha Banks hugely.

I do wonder if the move of the title match could come down to what has happened to Jimmy Snuka and WWE have pulled the plug on these groups as to write Tamina out of tv (because it is bound to happen).

Overall though, I do see change coming to the division and going back to what it should have done in the first place. Paige calling for a revolution, no one on the main roster helping and a NxT talent comes through and takes the title much to the annoyance of Paige. Paige then becomes a heel who claims that the champion is only that because of her and her revolution.

 

[Mustang Sally]

It does however make more sense for Paige to turn on Charlotte during her celebration and setting up a triple threat as NoC, as Nikki would have rematch clause.

Agreed, because as things stand, there's no personal conflict in the diva division; it's simply each 3-woman team not liking the other teams, for obvious reasons; they're fighting for victory and the other team is in their way.....which is the same motive as any wrestling match, women or men. The divas need personal issues to hate each other; whether they are derived within a team or with single members of another team.

Okay, Charlotte is fighting Nikki for the championship. So what? They have no particular reason to feud; Charlotte wants what Nikki has and Nikki wants to keep it. There's nothing personal about it.

Meanwhile, Paige is the diva I figured was going to benefit more than any other from this Diva Revolution, yet all we've seen her do so far is be the one who's pinned in both individual and team matches. I can't believe this is all WWE Creative has in mind for her. Jealousy among Paige and her teammates is a good place to begin.....give us a reason to start talking about their personal conflicts.

So far, we're getting a lot of 6-diva matches.....and since there are no titles to shoot for, the only thing we've got to get excited about is the ring wrestling which, admittedly, is quite good. Now, we need more.

They've given us the kittens. Now let's see the claws.

 

[Wald]

It would make zero sense for Paige costing Charlotte the title. The whole revolution plot was based on Paige removing Nikki as champion and to end the Bellas reign on top. If anything it would further the idea that this whole thing has been a huge mess..

Not necessarily. You could easily play it out that what Paige actually wanted was for her to be the one to stop Nikki Bella and that she never expected the rookies from NXT to overtake her. That gives Paige a reason for turning heel whilst not aligning herself with Team Bella and sets her vs Charlotte up as a non-title feud with meaning (which is what the women's division truly needs) whilst leaving Nikki open for Becky or Sascha to take on for the title.

 

[ajdb]

I think Charlotte wins the belt next week (why else would WWE create the Bellatron)
Rematch at NoC where Charlotte wins
Next night on RAW, PCB comes out to celebrate and Paige lays out Charlotte

I'm not sure how Becky fits in. It'd be cool to see Paige and Becky as a pair since they'd been friends for a while. Maybe Paige becomes like this unstable loner character.

 

[OYDK]

I would love for WWE to work the smarks and have Charlotte take the title from Nikki before she breaks the record. I'm a fan of Nikki Bella but this scenario would be worth it to finally stop the "Nikki only has the belt so she can break AJ's record" bitching that's been going on the past few months. I don't know how they can book Charlotte to lose unless she somehow gets screwed by either Becky or Paige; I don't see her losing clean to Nikki...

Surely something has to happen next week to give this revolution some momentum. They can't keep going forward with this Diva faction thing as its clearly not working, and nobody is being spotlighted (except maybe Sasha). Time to start moving forward with a few 1-on-1 programs between groups.

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

In kayfabe, the Diva's Revolution started because Paige wanted to overthrow the Bella Empire and take Nikki's championship.

So why would Paige stop Charlotte from winning the title if that's been her goal this whole time?

If Paige wanted to win the title herself, then why would she call-up the other divas in the first place?

That would be a nice swerve but it 1) keeps the title on Nikki longer and 2) makes no sense.

 

[Rykerzane]

Chris Jericho said it best recently when he said that they tried to push 9 girls at once. And I know some of you say well actually it's only 3 but if you understand the whole premise of REVOLUTIONIZING the Divas Division it's to give ALL Divas a chance for actual storylines, feuds, good matches (not determined by the length), etc.

Like them or not, but before the sister feud took a bizarre ending of the Bella Twins reuniting as lovable sisters, that feud involving Stephanie McMahon was actually a good storyline. Punishing one girl because of the hatred of her husband, good girl vs bad authority figure...it's classic. And even the turning of Nikki was shocking and made for an intriguing line. But that went downhill fast lol.

If you want to Revolutionize the Divas (Women's) Division, just give them storylines or good matches. Three teams against each other isn't a storyline. The focus got taken off Toppling the Bellas. It got put on three teams against each other. I think it's sad that all of us on here could write better feuds than the people that actually do it as their job.

Focus on the individual's strengths and personalities and play up to that.

 

[NSL]

I've long said that they need to treat the Divas as a division, and do more than just a title storyline. They could easily come out of NoC with Charlotte as the champ, still feuding with Team Bella, and then Paige turns on Becky to start the feud for the new contender.

Or, Paige turns on Charlotte after she wins, a la HHH and Orton, and they push the Bellas away from the title completely, but that's just nonsense, isn't it?

 

[Slash-LN]

I could totally see it setting up like this.

They have the Bellatron counting down as the match is going.

They time it to where Charlotte gets Nikki in the figure 8 and there's that moment of is Nikki going to tap before the time expires and she beats the record.

Paige and Becky would of course be out there cheering Charlotte on and making sure Alicia and Brie don't interfere.

With like two or three seconds left Paige gets in the ring and stomps or Charlotte causing Nikki to lose by DQ but retain the title and take the new record.

Paige explains her actions the following week which all in all comes out sounding like jealousy.

The "rookie" was getting more attention than her. She lost her Beat the Clock challenge because of outside interference. Charlotte is only popular because of who her dad is. And on and on.

 

[Dagger Dias]

I don't see Paige turning on PCB. If any of these three factions are staying together, it's PCB. Sure Paige might in-character be frustrated, but her goal was to gain allies to help dethrone Nikki. Charlotte succeeding in doing just that would still accomplish Paige's goal. PCB remains together unless the plan is to disband all of the groups in favor of The Four Horsewomen forming. Bayley is still on NXT. If she loses that belt to get promoted to Raw, then maybe. I just cannot see PCB splitting for any other reason. If Paige did turn, I wouldn't see that as the divas revolution "kicking into another gear", it would be a mistake. She's a very popular diva so turning her heel is a stupid idea.

 

[NSL]

I don't see Paige turning on PCB. If any of these three factions are staying together, it's PCB. Sure Paige might in-character be frustrated, but her goal was to gain allies to help dethrone Nikki. Charlotte succeeding in doing just that would still accomplish Paige's goal. PCB remains together unless the plan is to disband all of the groups in favor of The Four Horsewomen forming. Bayley is still on NXT. If she loses that belt to get promoted to Raw, then maybe. I just cannot see PCB splitting for any other reason. If Paige did turn, I wouldn't see that as the divas revolution "kicking into another gear", it would be a mistake. She's a very popular diva so turning her heel is a stupid idea.

I think PCB is the one that would be best served by breaking up. Those three are in the top 4 of the women wrestlers, so why would they keep them together as a stable, which would only hold them back? See: The Beautiful People. Angelina Love got most of the face time, and it stopped Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne from really doing anything. And Paige and Becky are better than those two.

Also, you mentioned the Four Horsewomen. Why not do that? The Four Horsemen have been "gone" long enough that it's a semi-fresh idea, and it automatically stirs the pot in the division. They can keep Team Bella together, and have them go with the story that they're the real top dogs. Paige doesn't even need to turn, if you turn the other 4 by having them essentially "dump" her and replace her with Sasha and Bayley. And that moves Naomi and Tamina to the cellar, because they'll need jobbers.

If they don't want to move Bayley up, they can replace her with Natalya then, since she hasn't been seen in ages.

 

[Messiah]

Paige could cost Charlotte the Divas Title next week on RAW, but i much prefer Brie and Alicia get involved to cause a DQ and Charlotte has her rematch at Night of Champions, possibly throwing another diva in the mix to make it a triple threat. Paige will turn eventually but there's no telling when, she's been losing way too much lately.

 

[L@RISANO]

In kayfabe, the Diva's Revolution started because Paige wanted to overthrow the Bella Empire and take Nikki's championship.

So why would Paige stop Charlotte from winning the title if that's been her goal this whole time?

If Paige wanted to win the title herself, then why would she call-up the other divas in the first place?

That would be a nice swerve but it 1) keeps the title on Nikki longer and 2) makes no sense.

A Heel turn is basically someone doing something that makes them 'hated'. Paige turning on her teammate after being the one who wanted to initiate a "revolution" would thus be a perfect heel and make perfect sense.


It would be the perfect to end the Team BS that has plagued the revolution(lMO) since it began and would also boost a clearly floundering Paige who has been taking pins quite regularly. Ntm, it would allow the NXT trio to show more individuality than they have thus far.