10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Kaitlyn

4. Her Run Was Bogged Down By Romantic Nonsense

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As bad as the current angle between Bayley and Sasha Banks is on Raw today, at least they're feuding with each other and not warring over some dude. In ye olden times, WWE's Divas weren't quite so lucky. Nah, they had to suffer through endless romantic storylines that had them playing damsel in distress or cheating harlot.

Kaitlyn was no different. Her natural role as a strong, independent body-builder who didn't need men to complete her life was constantly undermined by WWE's own over-reliance on lovey-dovey soap opera stories. In just four years on the roster, Kaitlyn was romantically linked with Derrick Bateman, Cody Rhodes (briefly) and Big E.

Exactly none of those relationships helped get her over.

The Big E one, in particular, was the pits. After being suckered in by E's advances as a "secret admirer", only to find out that ex-pal AJ Lee was behind the ruse, Kaitlyn looked like a moron rather than a lovestruck heroine. This is one WWE trope everybody should be glad to see the back of these days.

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