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Developmental Diva Names

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> Hey Scott--
>
> Please take a look at the following name changes:
>
> Britney Fetkin has been renamed Devin Taylor. 
> Erika Hammond has been renamed Veronica Lane. 
> Lexi Kaufman has been renamed Alexa Bliss. 
> CJ Perry is now LANA
>
> Is it just me, or has WWE decided to give up the pretense and go full-on porn star with these names?
>
> --J

The truth hurts.

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  1. mchuskyAugust 28, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    LANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Danger zone.

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  2. kbjoneAugust 28, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    Now, do any of them actually look like porn stars?... Do remember that Johnny Ace isn't hiring them anymore.

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  3. Eric GriffithAugust 28, 2013 at 1:28 PM

    Get out now, Nattie. And to think they're wasting Death Ray on training these (presumably) talentless hacks. Please, just drop the "divas" division entirely if you're not going to take it seriously. One more time: get out now, Nattie. You're better than this.

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  4. PrinceyAugust 28, 2013 at 1:53 PM

    At least 3 out of the 4 have last names

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  5. jvc113August 28, 2013 at 2:28 PM

    What should she do? Go to TNA until their out of business, then work Japan? She'll be fine. AJ is not a terrible worker and there are others. Trish Stratus was basically homegrown by WWF/E and she turned out okay.

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  6. nppyinzerAugust 28, 2013 at 2:38 PM

    Today's not over yet.

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  7. Biscuit!August 28, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    Nah, she can go to upstate NY and hang out with Beth again. Then they can turn on the shower and GOD DAMMIT WHY DOES IT ALWAYS GO THIS WAY?!!!

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  8. jdg9August 28, 2013 at 3:32 PM

    Calling them talentless hacks based solely on the names WWE forced upon them is a little extreme... Watch at least one of their matches before you call them talentless.

    As jvc113 said - there's really nowhere else for Nattie to go. Sure she could go to a promotion like SHIMMER (are they still in business?), if she wanted to make a fraction of the money she's making now.

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  9. jobber123August 28, 2013 at 3:32 PM

    If you run two world title matches on every show you've gotta slap a piss break match between them.

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  10. JeremyAugust 28, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    If LANA is actually spelled LANA, then I'm cool with it. The rest could be worse.

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  11. Syed H.August 28, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Porn stars come in a variety of shapes and sizes. All of the newer Divas mentioned here could pass for porn stars.

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  12. ScottyflamingoAugust 28, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    Hey at least most of them get to at least have last names!

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  13. Stan FordAugust 28, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    You're clearly not familiar with the current NXT diva crop, huh?

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  14. Stephen JonesAugust 28, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    Especially if her finisher is called the Danger Zone

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  15. fd2blk78August 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    Your new divas champion, Veronica Cumsalot!

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  16. Josh NazarioAugust 28, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    Lana...Lana...Lana...LAAANNAAAA?!

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  17. jdg9August 28, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    Any last name will get dropped once they get called up :p

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  18. Eric GriffithAugust 28, 2013 at 9:55 PM

    Go ANYWHERE that will give her something other than a farting gimmick and/or "you're the fat one" gimmick. But, you're also right, there's not really anywhere else to go if she wants to stay in the spotlight and be regularly seen in Canada/USA.

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  19. Eric GriffithAugust 28, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    To be fair, no, I haven't. Are they actually good?

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  20. Eric GriffithAugust 28, 2013 at 9:57 PM

    You're right, I shouldn't have directed it at those particular individuals. My complaint is more about WWE recruiting and spotlighting women who are more or less talentless as wrestlers on a wrestling show (e.g. the Funkadactyls). Maybe I'm wrong and this new crop will be awesome.

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  21. Eric GriffithAugust 28, 2013 at 10:18 PM

    Also, if WWE wants us to assume that they're anything but eye candy (which is how they have consistently treated most of the divas/women's division since Sable) then they shouldn't give them names like "Alexa Bliss."

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  22. Stan FordAugust 29, 2013 at 6:48 PM

    The current crop of incoming divas is probably the best it's been since... I can't even recall when, really.


    That's not to say every match is a ****+ affair, all the women are totally ready for prime time and that they've all got the pedigree to become legends.


    They DO, however, all/mostly have wrestling experience coming in and are interested in the business for the sake of the business, not to use it as a springboard to C+ level fame on reality TV and the tabloid circuit. They're being trained by one of the best pure female wrestlers there is and the best diva trainer they've had since Finlay was doing it and their development is being overseen by a guy who is on the record as saying he'd rather the WWE have a divas division of 8-10 women who can go in the ring than 2 that can go, 4 that can manage not to humiliate themselves and 12 who are just there because they look good in lycra.


    Divas wrestling isn't for everyone, but the future of the division looks better now than it has since the halcyon days of Trish/Lita.

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  23. Eric GriffithAugust 29, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    Awesome. Maybe HHH will make women's WRESTLING more of priority than Vince did and we can actually get some good matches that last longer than 3.5 minutes.

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