10 Best WWE Network Shows Of 2019 (So Far)
5. Chronicle: Paige
An unflinching look at a performer on the edge emotionally and physically, Paige's Chronicle is a paradoxical triumph, claiming success as a documentary by capturing the claiming of a young professional's career.
Making the most of the dramatic irony afforded to them, the tension as the days tick by is palpable as the Brit speaks warmly of her intent to get back to best on the main roster after returning at the end of 2017.
Then brought back as the leader of Absolution alongside Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose, Paige had emerged from a troubling year and a half out of action triggered by a neck injury but defined by a problematic private life alongside then-real life partner Alberto El Patron as well as an appalling privacy leak that would have reduced other public figures to a life of hermitage.
This was to be the comeback story until it came to a screeching, devastating halt within weeks. The piece then focuses on failed attempts at recovery before a tear-soaked speech calls time after months of futile wishing and waiting.
Chronicle: Paige's stock-in-trade is devastation, but the overlying message is of optimism, hope, and the importance of moving forward even through the darkest times. To this end, it succeeds beyond even the best possible brief.