Confronting the face of the WWE in your debut (Kevin Owens) is one thing, but defeating the face of the Divas division for a title in your debut is on a different level. In one fell swoop, the reigning NXT Womens Champion walked into WWE, was thurst into a Divas title match against AJ Lee (the longest-reigning Divas champ in WWE history) and came out a double champion and the top of the Divas division. Paige spent most of 2014 feuding with the Black Widow and trading the title, establishing herself as one of the best performers on the roster. Unfortunately, the writers mishandled her character woefully, booking her in some weird limbo as a crazy girl who was frenemies with AJ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzV60cUH9I Despite all that, Paige still is highly regarded by fans she consistently gets a loud reaction, regardless of whether shes a face or heel and is still viewed as a big part of the Divas divisions future. Thats a testament to how good she is and how strongly she was brought into WWE.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
