When the Control-Maniac WWE meets the Free-spirited, UK's Wild Child Paige!
We will go through all of the gossips and will try to analyze the situation, on our own. REMEMBER: This is our private opinion and how we see it. It's not a news or officially confirmed. Only WWE and Paige know what is happening, between them.
1. SICK OF BEING SCHEDULED AND CONTROLLED
Since the beginning of her career in WWE, Paige shows strong spirit and will for freedom. Her character is based on her nontraditional look and behavior.
Paige is a young, wild girl with desire to live her life and reams. WWE is part of her dream. There is no doubt that it is the right place for her to be, because she is one of the most unique female competitors.
If you look how the indies are booked, then look at WWE, there is no way to miss how hard and exhausting is WWE's regimen. To be #1 demands a lot of sacrifices - logical and not so logical. Paige loves wrestling, eventually she loves to travel as many of the girls at her age. There was a whole reality-documentary show about todays young ladies in UK and you can see that Paige is obliviously, not that kind of romantic, dramatic little girls from the English fiction.
She is emotional. That is a thing that can't be hidden. Sometimes her emotions overwhelmed her and instead of being the quiet, obedient little girl, like many before her, she reacts on her way. Makes the things her way. She is respectful. But all of this controlling and schedules, are exhausting and kind of destructive for a young woman, who came from different culture and was free to wrestle whenever she want, all of her life.
She desperately tried to fit her lifestyle with WWE's demanding. But sometimes it's too much. You can see how the company is doing some unnecessary things with it's talents, how sometimes the creatives can't find inspiration and leave the talents in a stand-by mode for months, or even worst - to lose their job. Paige is not Kelly Kelly! She didn't grow in Florida, or wherever you can imagine in USA. She's a young girl, who grew in a British small town, training all her life, without losing herself.
Now WWE started to control her, to demand, to take away things from her in the name of her well deserved place on the top. This girl dedicated a lot to this company. She needs to regroup her inner space and to work it out. She has a lot of responsibilities and taking control on them will make her strong. WWE needs to allow a little bit more freedom to its talents.Discipline is needed, but not in a range of cruelty!
2. NXT WAS SORT OF SUCCESSFUL FOR HER AND EMMA!
If you ask Paige, Emma and Summer, they will tell you that they were dreaming about WWE's main roster.
Of course they were dreaming about it!
But, what happened in the end.
Summer Rae debuted as a dancer, become valet of many Superstars and now she is on hiatus.
Emma debuted as a clumsy counterpart of Summer, lose her magic and was send back to NXT for regrouping and reforging. Return as a vicious heel and... injury!
Paige. Paige is far more successful than her two fellow former NXT women. She had the opportunity to work with AJ Lee, The Bellas and many more. But when the Revolution angle started, she was pushed aside. Something went wrong with her career in WWE. Private matters, creative issues. Who knows?
Paige's career in NXT was great. Her matches against Sofia Cortez, Emma, Sasha Banks, Summer Rae - it was a great time. Maybe now she needs a short run with the developmental territory, like Emma. Her place in RAW is secured, so she can go down to NXT for some action, against the new girls, Asuka and Ember Moon. If WWE creatives can't find a storyline for her, they can send her for a while. She will make a strong impact on the current NXT's division. Paige has no reason to refuse. It will be some change for her and a lot of new challenges. A lot of fresh air. Then she can surprisingly returns to RAW and get what she deserves - RAW Women's Championship.
It's just about regrouping!
3. SO MUCH EXPECTATIONS
WWE has expectations...
The fans have expectations...
It looks like this young woman is teared apart between everyone's expectations. At the end of the day she must be tired of all of this pressure. It's normal. She's young and with different state of mind.
To care all of this is hard and exhausting.
It's important for her and everyone in the WWE's brand, to have some time out, far away from all of this stress. As long as I can see she deals with all of the expectation, stress and problems, almost well. But things like this can harm you without even realize it.
4. HER LOVE FOR WRESTLING WAS CORRUPTED AND SHE LOST HER WAY INTO "TOTAL DIVAS"
There is one huge plus in AJ Lee's career and that is the fact she never lose her goal to be number one in WWE, at the time for appearance in a gossip-reality show. Maybe one season was enough for Paige.
That show is not a serious deal. Yes, it brings curiosity, about the former-Divas, current Superstars life, but it was sort of disappointing. It revealed so much flaws in these amazing competitors, ruined Eva Marie's career and almost bring down the sink Paige's career.
Paige doesn't need that. She is a top fighter. Her emotional life is her private matter. In one moment you can see her crying about her first WrestleMania moment and on the next she is doing something stupid, to bring some attention. She doesn't need that! Paige is well schooled, trained wrestler and she is more than a reality star. In the whole TV thing, her famous love for wrestling is pushed backward.
I don't need to know her private things. They are her private things. They are things that she needs to fix by her own, not in front of the whole world. I want to see her working with love and desire, as she did , back there in NXT and her first days. I want to see her to compete next to Sasaha Banks, Charlotte, Bayley and Emma. To turn back to he anti-Diva mode. To the rebellious, talented and powerful girl, that she is. I need to know that she is healthy and happy to do the thing she loves, most of the time. And I don't need reality show, to see when it happens.
That's not all we can think about as possible obstacles between Paige and WWE. Most importantly, they fix the things for now. There were a rumor that she was ready to leave, two weeks ago, but this time WWE sit down with her (thing that they were able to do with another famous girl, but they don't) and clear the situation with her. I lost many favorite women competitors, who I enjoy watching in WWE, because they fit well in there, due to a bad decisions. I am so glad that this time WWE shows some maturity instead of personal affection and did what was good for everyone. I am so glad that Paige is showing maturity on her own, strength and courage, to not let the emotions ruined it all.
We can only imagine what was happening! Actually, we are happy that it is over and the things are getting back to normal.
