Mickie James - Heel

[waylonmercy]

She has been a face for a while now and I am wondering if its time for her to go heel. When she was the crazed fan of Trish Stratus she was INCREDIBLE. I so loved their storyline and their WM match was probably the best women's match overall in WWE history (except for the botched finished).

I think if Mickie James wants to eventually top Trish Stratus as WWE's #1 Diva she will have to solidify herself with a good long heel run.

Does anyone agree?

 

[shafe_41]

No. That would make zero viable face contenders on Raw for whichever women's title happens to be on the show at the time. That leaves Gail Kim... who can't even buy a reaction from the crowd.

 

[Toscah]

I agree with Shafe, the only one who's even got the talent to fill her roll is Gail, and like he said everyone barely knows who she is. Which is a shame because she's ridiculously talented in the ring and has to tone down her match to meet the worthless jobbers she has to deal with now.
GJ though Gail, I hope that liiiiitle extra money you're making now was worth the 0 air time you get anymore.

 

[Black318]

this would be interesting this could be used to further mickie james as a character and a way to put gail kim over since nobody seems to know who she is which is a shame since she can really wrestle. i feel that mickie is the only diva that could put on a match with gail the calibur that she had in tna

 

[Saritafan]

I doubt it will happen, mickie is the only diva that can get a crowd reaction, turning her heel will make all the kids hate her and then the divas will be basically useless. Mickie is like the john cena of the womens division, she gets the best crowd reaction but only knows 4 moves and she does them is the same order like cena also

why would mickie turn heel??? She has the divas title, trish is gone, so theres no point on turning her. If it's just for the sack of turning her, you gotta remember, WWE doesn't care about there womens division to give them that much thought

 

[travistragic]

Honestly, who really cares that much. If you're interested in watching women's wrestling you should stick with TNA.

That being said, I don't see much point turning her heel. She had a match with Gail Kim on RAW in Canada a while back and it was ATROCIOUS, since I know Gail is generally a pretty decent wrestler and Mickie James doesn't suck as bad as most of the divas (not intended as a compliment), I guess it just boils down to a lack of chemistry and communication between the two, meaning no one for James to feud with unless they were going to turn Phoenix or Maryse face or try pushing Kelly Kelly again. No solid solutions there. Honestly, they should have never made two women's titles to begin with and that's the real problem: two titles when there are only a handful of half-capable divas between the two shows

 

[LUMPYSULLIVAN]

I agree with Shafe in that there is no one to replace Mickie James. With the cookie-cutter blonds they are churning out I can barely tell the difference who is who. Pushing Beth to the back burner seems dumb. What about Melina, she is becoming Lex Luger face this week, heel the next. What about bringing in Salina from TNA.

Speaking of TNA other than the Beautiful people each one has a distinct look and character. WWE is totally lacking in that area and it seems to be showing. The women in WWE did well under the tutelage of David "Fit" Finlay. Perhaps its time to give him a raise, get him out of the ring and work this division back to respectaibility.

Just my opinion.

Lumpy

 

[mindgame218]

What about bringing in Salina from TNA.

i agree w/ everyone on here honestly, although lumpy, no dissrespect, but if you remember, Salinas was released once from WWE sometime within the last couple years because of an altercation w/ Batista. She wouldn't have a chance of getting back w/ WWE right now if she wanted to unless he was gone.

now, onto Gail Kim. she's a helluva talent that is definitely underutilized for sure. in TNA, she at least had mic time. her fued w/ Kong was great! if WWE would let Gail talk, in order to maybe help psych fans up a bit, maybe everyone that watches WWE would start to find her more exciting. let's face it, WWE is about half talking and half wrestling these days. maybe WWE should drop the middle W for wrestling and just find a way to call themselves World Entertainment...

 

[Viola Moonlight]

Well, this has come up many times during her face run. At the moment, a Mickie James heel turn would be great to give her something fresh to do & actually have something for the audience to care about concerning the Diva's division. She is going off crowd reactions from her past & her wrestling ability that will soon dwindle slowly as she remains a pretty face. She mas the ability to pull off anything & is much better suited to the heel role, but her in-ring work suggests her to be the face. Much like the same with Rob Van Dam when he entered through the alliance.

However, if Mickie were to change status... there wouldn't be anyone else to take her place who can achieve as great as success as Mickie. Kelly has the crowd reactions, the beauty & can make the people turn heads, but her wrestling skills aren't good enough for being a face. Beth Phoenix is the total package, but her gimmick would better suit her as a heel & another Phoenix/Mickie feud would not do too good these days. That leaves Gail Kim, who cannot get any crowd reactions & is still serving her time as being a TNA outcast in the WWE universe.

Mickie is the face of the division much like Cena. You can't switch her fan alignment though it would be nice to see & can be easily pulled off. Oh, and for those like Saritafan who have no idea about movesets that say Cena/Mickie only know four moves & pander to the crowd to get over... you might want to watch one of their matches one time to find out they know more than four. Cena has the AA, stf, five knuckle shuffle, leg drop, spin-out powerbomb (thats five), throw back (thats six), bulldog (thats seven) & the fisherman's suplex (thats eight)... these are the ones he uses regularly. Mickie has the DDT, spinning back kick, the Long Kiss Goodnight kick, neckbreaker, lou thesz press (thats five), flying forearm (thats six), Mickicanranna (thats seven), dropkick (thats eight)...

I could keep going, but this isn't the time for this. The bottom line is that a Mickie heel turn would benefit audience interest in the division, but not the division itself.

 

[matassi]

i agree, i think she was great as a heel when she debuted her and trish stratus had one of the best diva matches ever at wrestlemania and the crowd was loving it. thats the most ive ever seen i crowd pop in a divas match before. the only problem with turning her heel is that there really is no one to face her because gail kim get to reaction at all from the crowd. but i do think she is better as a heel and i would like to see or maryse paired up with the miz

 

[ManOfSteel]

Mickie is so over as a face that there would be a lot of upset fans.....however, I will agree to a heel Mickie James if Beth Phoenix is turned face.

 

[Tastycles]

There's no point in turning Mickie James heel. While its obviously not on the same level as Cena, she is basically the Cena of the divas, and is the only diva who has consistently been cheered loudly for the past few years. There are already plenty of divas that are heel who get booed, but there are no faces to replace her. Mickie's ability to remain over as a face both while being pushed and not being pushed is pretty much unrivalled in the diva's division.