10 Booking Steps For AJ Lee Vs Stephanie McMahon At WrestleMania 31
8. Stephanie McMahon Takes Credit For Improving Women's Matches On RAW
On the March 2 edition of RAW a Divas Title match was given almost 7 minutes of time (including commercials), which is a huge improvement from the one-move, 30 second match that happened the week prior. Part of this change stems from the #GiveDivasAChance hashtag trending on social media, which itself stems from something AJ Lee said in response to a tweet by Stephanie on gender equality. In sum, its safe to say that AJ Lees actions made a difference. So what better way to build hostility between the two women than for Stephanie take credit for the improvement in Divas matches? WWE doesnt mention tweets that go against their company mantra or that arent directly approved by WWEs filtering mechanism; in fact, AJ mentioning that shes giving Divas a chance was the only reference towards the entire thing. Furthermore, while this might be a big deal for those fans who follow wrestling news online and those who follow WWE Superstars and Divas on social media, the remaining fans might not even know about this whole issue. As such, Stephanie would come out for a promo, lauding the improvements and overall success of the Divas division in recent years. She would go on about how the Divas are social media stars, role models, etc., and then brag that everything that helped the Divas to become stars is her doing. This would of course garner her even more heat, especially from those fans who love AJ Lee and are just as critical of the current state of the Divas Division as she is. AJ, meanwhile, would be watching this from a TV screen somewhere in the backstage area, furious that Stephanie is saying such things when she (and most of the fans) knows that it was AJ herself that started this backlash against the relatively poor treatment of the Divas Division on the main roster. This would set up the next segment, which would be the catalyst in making this feud work
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