8 Ways AJ Lee Had A Huge Impact On WWE Divas Division

3. Cool To Be Geek

Aj Lee Turtle AJ€™s original incarnation was as the Geek Goddess, with WWE playing up her nerdy tendencies €“ her love of video games and comic books €“ and incorporating that into her character. She wasn€™t portrayed as a super-sexy Diva, but more as the girl you dream of meeting at a comic book convention. It was a departure from the vast majority of Diva characters in recent years. Similar to being an anti-Diva, AJ€™s geeky character paved the way for female characters like Bayley and Emma, who don€™t fit the mold either and qualify as €œgeeky€ characters. Bayley especially resembles AJ€™s early days, which the Black Widow herself has recognized. In her last WWE appearance on Raw, AJ sported a Bayley €œI€™m a hugger€ T-shirt for her match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qu3uHsaJ_w One can only hope that WWE recognizes that having women show this side of their personality is actually a good thing.
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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.