10 Times WWE Completely Misunderstood Sexuality

10. AJ Lee & Paige

The ultra-talented folk at OSWReview.com coined the phenomenon 'lesbian pollen' to succinctly describe wrestling's weird obsession with women catching feelings for other women out of thin air as a normalised trope.

A notable second case will feature elsewhere in this list, but the most laborious case of instant affection occured in the summer of 2014 as Paige and AJ Lee tried in vain to reboot the main roster's Women's Division in the same image as NXT's burgeoning scene.

Migrating from the developmental brand the night after WrestleMania, Paige was expected to refine some of the skills shown in her run as the maiden NXT Women's Champion within WWE's barren Divas division, but her feud with one of the only other credible competitors got sucked into the company's substandard sinkhole.

Under the catch-all excuse of 'mind games' (more on that later), the two kissed wrists, longingly stared and tenderly embraced during their largely dull trades of the fading Divas Title.

Not only did it hamper Paige's initial progress right out of the gate, but it grossly devalued the work Lee was doing to reestablish the league nearly a full year before the company-mandated 'Revolution'. The 'feelings' went nowhere, and the pair were a team in time for a 2015 WrestleMania 31 victory over The Bella Twins.