10 Wrestling Promos That Were Inadvertently Infamous
2. #GiveAJLeeAChance
AJ Lee's own take on CM Punk's takedown was arguably the true start of a 'revolution' for women's wrestling in WWE. And if it wasn't, her tweet several months later commanding fairer pay definitely was.
WWE's sycophantic coverage of their own breakthroughs in promoting womens wrestling have routinely left the work of Lee out in the cold, but the former longest-reigning Divas Champion was doing the heavy lifting herself when most female matches were still used to notify fans that it was safe to take a p*ss break.
The match that preceded her promo was a perfect example of it. Brie Bella was celebrating a short ill-gotten victory over Natalya in a battle designed to promote E! Network show Total Divas, shortly before the Divas Champion scorched it completely. Thirsty for the quality action they now receive, fans immediately chanted and cheered for AJ as she ripped into the "cheap, interchangeable, expendable women - women who have turned to reality television because they just weren't gifted enough to be actresses".
She was bang right too. Inside the ring still selling, Natalya's eyes secretly shared her sentiment - she knew she was a wrestler amongst models playing at wrestling. Devoid of craic as per usual, The Bellas hollered at AJ to say it all to their faces, as if she wasn't already. They - like WWE itself - had absolutely no comeback for Lee's inconvenient truths.