8 Ups & 13 Downs For WWE In 2021
9. Nikki A.S.H
Almost no talent has any autonomy in WWE anymore, so as usual most of this is criticism of a control-obsessed company than a talent trying to get over within it, but Nikki A.S.H was a doomed load of b*llocks and they were all a*seholes for telling you otherwise.
Nikki Cross had for too long been overlooked, she reasoned, when she aped the Captain Snowball aesthetic to get the creative attention she craved and deserved. Striking while the iron was medium temp, WWE agreed and delivered a shock women's title change as a memorable moment for the first Raw in front of live crowds. It was altogether perfectly nice.
But the one thing WWE isn't, is nice. The gimmick was robbed of any depth before some could be established, A.S.H lost the belt back to Charlotte Flair after just 33 days, a jokey persona became a straight up joke, and we're ending 2021 with the gimmick already being buried by complete strangers in backstage vignettes.
No more heroes anymore. Speaking of which...