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* ValuesDissonance: Her pipe-bomb promo and RealWomenDontWearDresses attitude/gimmick are seen as this as time passed and the NotLikeOtherGirls trope started getting scrutiny for sexism and attacking traditional femininity sometime during TheNewTens.
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* ValuesDissonance: Her pipe-bomb promo and RealWomenDontWearDresses attitude/gimmick are seen as this as time passed and the NotLikeOtherGirls trope started getting scrutiny for sexism and attacking traditional femininity sometime later during TheNewTens.TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties.
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* BrokenBase: The Pipe Bombshell promo. Half the base loved it, particularly those who weren't a fan of ''Series/TotalDivas'' (and disliked [[GirlShowGhetto the women's matches in general]]) - and found it cathartic on the part of AJ. Others in the camp that liked it were all for a high profile storyline involving the women - especially resulting in pushes for Natalya and Naomi (and the push for Brie Bella is regarded as a GrowingTheBeard moment for her). The other half disliked it for a multitude of reasons; namely that AJ's comments were going too far - especially with the SlutShaming (extremely hypocritical in light of how AJ the character rose to the top) and branding the aforementioned Natalya and Naomi as "talentless, graceless mannequins" - which might accurately describe say Wrestling/EvaMarie or Wrestling/{{Cameron}} but invalidated the mistreatment they had to put up with in terms of either being DemotedToExtra or given embarrassing gimmicks (something AJ never had to deal with, considering she was already getting a massive push within a year on the main roster). Others felt that it just buried the other women, and the resulting feud did very little to elevate anyone besides AJ - since she went over three people at once in a Fatal 4 Way, defeated every cast member multiple times (the only high profile match that AJ didn't come out on top for was the Wrestling/SurvivorSeries) and even went over the entire roster at once in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational (and Paige winning the title off her the next night essentially rendered the entire storyline pointless).
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** The Pipe Bombshell promo. Half the base loved it, particularly those who weren't a fan of ''Series/TotalDivas'' (and disliked [[GirlShowGhetto the women's matches in general]]) - and found it cathartic on the part of AJ. Others in the camp that liked it were all for a high profile storyline involving the women - especially resulting in pushes for Natalya and Naomi (and the push for Brie Bella is regarded as a GrowingTheBeard moment for her). The other half disliked it for a multitude of reasons; namely that AJ's comments were going too far - especially with the SlutShaming (extremely hypocritical in light of how AJ the character rose to the top) and branding the aforementioned Natalya and Naomi as "talentless, graceless mannequins" - which might accurately describe say Wrestling/EvaMarie or Wrestling/{{Cameron}} but invalidated the mistreatment they had to put up with in terms of either being DemotedToExtra or given embarrassing gimmicks (something AJ never had to deal with, considering she was already getting a massive push within a year on the main roster). Others felt that it just buried the other women, and the resulting feud did very little to elevate anyone besides AJ - since she went over three people at once in a Fatal 4 Way, defeated every cast member multiple times (the only high profile match that AJ didn't come out on top for was the Wrestling/SurvivorSeries) and even went over the entire roster at once in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational (and Paige winning the title off her the next night essentially rendered the entire storylinepointless).pointless).
** There's also her extreme character shift that started in 2012 from wholesome 'Geek Goddess' babyface to GoodGirlGoneBad 'crazy chick', who started out as a WildCard but later turned heel. While even then, some people found her face character too annoying and cutesy, she had just as many who preferred it as an AudienceSurrogate that made her easy to root for against the other Divas. While the 'Crazy Chick' saw her achieving more success in WWE and definitely made more of an impact, as well as AJ playing it very effectively, it also resulted in her being very inconsistent in terms of audience sympathy - coming across as too sympathetic when she was supposed to be a heel, and not sympathetic enough when she was supposed to be a face, and some preferring the 'Geek Goddess' persona as a simpler identity that focused more on wrestling than taunting.
** The Pipe Bombshell promo. Half the base loved it, particularly those who weren't a fan of ''Series/TotalDivas'' (and disliked [[GirlShowGhetto the women's matches in general]]) - and found it cathartic on the part of AJ. Others in the camp that liked it were all for a high profile storyline involving the women - especially resulting in pushes for Natalya and Naomi (and the push for Brie Bella is regarded as a GrowingTheBeard moment for her). The other half disliked it for a multitude of reasons; namely that AJ's comments were going too far - especially with the SlutShaming (extremely hypocritical in light of how AJ the character rose to the top) and branding the aforementioned Natalya and Naomi as "talentless, graceless mannequins" - which might accurately describe say Wrestling/EvaMarie or Wrestling/{{Cameron}} but invalidated the mistreatment they had to put up with in terms of either being DemotedToExtra or given embarrassing gimmicks (something AJ never had to deal with, considering she was already getting a massive push within a year on the main roster). Others felt that it just buried the other women, and the resulting feud did very little to elevate anyone besides AJ - since she went over three people at once in a Fatal 4 Way, defeated every cast member multiple times (the only high profile match that AJ didn't come out on top for was the Wrestling/SurvivorSeries) and even went over the entire roster at once in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational (and Paige winning the title off her the next night essentially rendered the entire storyline
** There's also her extreme character shift that started in 2012 from wholesome 'Geek Goddess' babyface to GoodGirlGoneBad 'crazy chick', who started out as a WildCard but later turned heel. While even then, some people found her face character too annoying and cutesy, she had just as many who preferred it as an AudienceSurrogate that made her easy to root for against the other Divas. While the 'Crazy Chick' saw her achieving more success in WWE and definitely made more of an impact, as well as AJ playing it very effectively, it also resulted in her being very inconsistent in terms of audience sympathy - coming across as too sympathetic when she was supposed to be a heel, and not sympathetic enough when she was supposed to be a face, and some preferring the 'Geek Goddess' persona as a simpler identity that focused more on wrestling than taunting.
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** With Kaitlyn, to preposterous degrees (witness the 3/29/13 mixed tag match).
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her bodyguard).
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her bodyguard).
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** With Kaitlyn, to preposterous degrees (witness the 3/29/13 mixed tag match).
match). After wrestling their final match together, AJ even gave her a KissOfDistraction.
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her bodyguard). Not to mention that, in a battle royal before Tamina became her bodyguard, AJ jumped into her arms the same way she had for Kane before she famously kissed him.
** When she swung by NXT, she actually hit it off with Bayley, and didn't seem to mind the latter saying she followed her from her car. In fact, things only soured between them when Bayley said the word "[[BerserkButton crazy"]].
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her bodyguard). Not to mention that, in a battle royal before Tamina became her bodyguard, AJ jumped into her arms the same way she had for Kane before she famously kissed him.
** When she swung by NXT, she actually hit it off with Bayley, and didn't seem to mind the latter saying she followed her from her car. In fact, things only soured between them when Bayley said the word "[[BerserkButton crazy"]].
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* TheWoobie: During the Vickie Guerrero/John Cena arc. Vickie accused AJ of fraternising with Cena and kept throwing (probably fake) evidence at her, even though Vickie had openly done the same with Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and the Big Show in the past, and AJ and Cena continually denied it. Eventually, Vickie managed to get AJ sacked from a job she absolutely loved- and what makes it worse was that one got the feeling that Vickie wasn't just doing it because she wanted the job, she was doing it to punish AJ as much as she could for daring to accept a job offer.
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* ValuesDissonance: Her pipe-bomb promo and RealWomenDontWearDresses attitude/gimmick are seen as this as time passed and the NotLikeOtherGirls trope started getting scrutiny for sexism and attacking traditional femininity sometime during TheNewTens.
* TheWoobie: During the Vickie Guerrero/John Cena arc. Vickie accused AJ offraternising fraternizing with Cena and kept throwing (probably fake) evidence at her, even though Vickie had openly done the same with Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and the Big Show in the past, and AJ and Cena continually denied it. Eventually, Vickie managed to get AJ sacked from a job she absolutely loved- and what makes it worse was that one got the feeling that Vickie wasn't just doing it because she wanted the job, she was doing it to punish AJ as much as she could for daring to accept a job offer.
* TheWoobie: During the Vickie Guerrero/John Cena arc. Vickie accused AJ of
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* {{Adorkable}}: On NXT Season 3, she was a shameless wrestling fan girl with a dorky energy that made her endearing.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: While near-universally liked from her appearances on NXT Season 3, Redemption and time in the Chick Busters, her 'crazy chick' character and subsequent mega push caused her to become quite polarizing among wrestling fans (although her Divas' Championship reign in 2013 was mostly well-received). Some loved her for being an indie wrestler at the top of the division in a time when WWE were favouring Divas who had come up through developmental, as well as the fact that she had a defined character who was consistently on television. Others found her overrated, her character one-note and too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad compared to other women who weren't being used at all, especially when she was absent for much of 2014 and yet still got two additional Divas' Championship reigns, as well as prominent matches at ''[=SummerSlam=]'' and ''[=WrestleMania=]''.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Her SlutShaming Paige. At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
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** Her SlutShaming Paige. At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
** Her SlutShaming Paige. At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
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* UnfortunateImplications: These were underlying the AJ, Paige, Bella Twins feud for a while - but their in-ring promo the Smackdown before ''Wrestlemania 31'' brought [[http://www.diva-dirt.com/108871/smackdown-redux-march-26th-2015-a-war-of-words/ these to the forefront]]. The elements of RealWomenDontWearDresses and SlutShaming did not go unnoticed.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: AJ's definitely got ''something'', but exactly what is hard to pinpoint. Given her wide range of symptoms, though, it's likely that she has more than one disorder, most commonly speculated to be a mood disorder and/or a personality disorder.
** AJ fits most of the criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and more than a few of the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
** In her book "Crazy Is My Superpower", she reveals that the character was inspired by her real life bipolar disorder.
** AJ fits most of the criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and more than a few of the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
** In her book "Crazy Is My Superpower", she reveals that the character was inspired by her real life bipolar disorder.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: AJ's definitely got ''something'', but exactly what is hard to pinpoint. Given her wide range of symptoms, though, it's likely that she has more than one disorder, most commonly speculated to be a mood disorder and/or a personality disorder.
** AJ fits most of the criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and more than a few of the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
** In her book "Crazy Is My Superpower", she reveals that the character was inspired by her real life bipolar disorder.
** AJ fits most of the criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and more than a few of the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
** In her book "Crazy Is My Superpower", she reveals that the character was inspired by her real life bipolar disorder.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Her SlutShaming Paige. At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: Her face run in 2014, which had her being portrayed as an AntiHero when she did nothing heroic at all, winning the Divas' Championship back twice for a feud with Paige that was considered a massive disappointment, and a noted regression in her ring skills (this at least was brought on by an injury she was working through). She managed to regain some good graces with her 2015 return shortly before retirement - but still caught some criticism for unsympathetic promos and notably not doing very much at ''[=WrestleMania=] 31''.
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* DorkAge: Her face run in 2014, which had her being portrayed as an AntiHero when she did nothing heroic at all, winning the Divas' Championship back twice for a feud with Paige that was considered a massive disappointment, and a noted regression in her ring skills (this at least was brought on by an injury she was working through). She managed to regain some good graces with her 2015 return shortly before retirement - but still caught some criticism for unsympathetic promos and notably not doing very much at ''[=WrestleMania=] 31''.
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* FanNickname: AJ's promo on the ''Series/TotalDivas'' cast was nicknamed the 'Pipe Bombshell' after CM Punk's 'Pipe Bomb' promo in 2011.
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** Her use of SlutShaming against other Divas also becomes this after her book revealed that the reason she was eliminated from NXT was, as WWE executives apparently told her to her face, "nobody wants to fuck you", which would be enough to give any woman a chip on her shoulder.
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** The whole "crazy chick" character feels ''really'' awkward now that AJ has revealed she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder...
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* BrokenBase: The Pipe Bombshell promo. Half the base loved it, particularly those who weren't a fan of ''Series/TotalDivas'' (and disliked [[GirlShowGhetto the women's matches in general]]) - and found it cathartic on the part of AJ. Others in the camp that liked it were all for a high profile storyline involving the women - especially resulting in pushes for Natalya and Naomi (and the push for Brie Bella is regarded as a GrowingTheBeard moment for her). The other half disliked it for a multitude of reasons; namely that AJ's comments were going too far - especially with the SlutShaming (extremely hypocritical in light of how AJ the character rose to the top) and branding the aforementioned Natalya and Naomi as "talentless, graceless mannequins" - which might accurately describe say Wrestling/EvaMarie or Wrestling/{{Cameron}} but invalidated the mistreatment they had to put up with in terms of either being DemotedToExtra or given embarrassing gimmicks (something AJ never had to deal with, considering she was already getting a massive push within a year on the main roster). Others felt that it just buried the other women, and the resulting feud did very little to elevate anyone besides AJ - since she went over three people at once in a Fatal 4 Way, defeated every cast member multiple times (the only high profile match that AJ didn't come out on top for was the Wrestling/SurvivorSeries) and even went over the entire roster at once in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational (and Paige winning the title off her the next night essentially rendered the entire storyline pointless).
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* FandomRivalry: If Twitter is a reliable source, AJ Lee fans and Bella Twins fans absolutely despise each other, especially since Nikki was booked to surpass AJ as the longest reigning Divas' Champion.
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* DorkAge: Her face run in 2014, which had her being portrayed as an AntiHero when she did nothing heroic at all, winning the Divas' Championship back twice for a feud with Paige that was considered a massive disappointment, and a noted regression in her ring skills (this at least was brought on by an injury she was working through). She managed to regain some good graces with her 2015 return shortly before retirement - but still caught some criticism for unsympathetic promos and notably not doing very much at ''[=WrestleMania=] 31''.
* FandomRivalry: If Twitter is a reliable source, AJ Lee fans and Bella Twins fans absolutely despise each other, especially since Nikki was booked to surpass AJ as the longest reigning Divas' Champion. This even continued years after both had left WWE, with both sets of autobiographies touching on real life backstage heat between them (never mind that both also were still able to work together, and have praised the other's accomplishments).
* FandomRivalry: If Twitter is a reliable source, AJ Lee fans and Bella Twins fans absolutely despise each other, especially since Nikki was booked to surpass AJ as the longest reigning Divas' Champion. This even continued years after both had left WWE, with both sets of autobiographies touching on real life backstage heat between them (never mind that both also were still able to work together, and have praised the other's accomplishments).
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* HarsherInHindsight: The whole "crazy chick" character feels ''really'' awkward now that AJ has revealed she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder...
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** The whole "crazy chick" character feels ''really'' awkward now that AJ has revealed she was diagnosed with bipolardisorder...disorder...
** Her Pipe Bombshell promo had some standard Diva heel SlutShaming and a TakeThat to the Bellas' "daddy issues" that just seemed like CheapHeat to enhance the WorkedShoot nature of it. The Bella Twins' book ''Incomparable'' revealed that the backstage heat between them was because the promo was unscripted - and the "daddy issues" comment hit a sore spot because the Bellas' father was an abusive addict who drove Nikki to run away from home and she in fact had to force her parents to divorce before she'd return home. The SlutShaming in that promo and that AJ would continue to do in feuds with the Bellas (now with her being presented as the face) take on a harsher light as of Nikki detailing two experiences where she was date raped as a teenager.
** The whole "crazy chick" character feels ''really'' awkward now that AJ has revealed she was diagnosed with bipolar
** Her Pipe Bombshell promo had some standard Diva heel SlutShaming and a TakeThat to the Bellas' "daddy issues" that just seemed like CheapHeat to enhance the WorkedShoot nature of it. The Bella Twins' book ''Incomparable'' revealed that the backstage heat between them was because the promo was unscripted - and the "daddy issues" comment hit a sore spot because the Bellas' father was an abusive addict who drove Nikki to run away from home and she in fact had to force her parents to divorce before she'd return home. The SlutShaming in that promo and that AJ would continue to do in feuds with the Bellas (now with her being presented as the face) take on a harsher light as of Nikki detailing two experiences where she was date raped as a teenager.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: AJ and Naomi's budding 2014 feud could have touched on the fact that both were on NXT Season 3, and lost out on winning it in favor of Kaitlyn. There was ripe material to be made from the fact that AJ got the star treatment rather quickly, while Naomi had to languish in developmental for years. But then Naomi's eye injury resulted in the entire storyline being ended after ''[=WrestleMania=] 30'' - which could have continued it, considering the match ended with AJ making Naomi's hand tap.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Her SlutShaming Paige. (See GettingCrapPastTheRadar on the main page). At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Her SlutShaming Paige. (See GettingCrapPastTheRadar on the main page). At the time, it was typical wrestling TrashTalk, meant to belittle the opposition. Then some pictures came out...
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*** How about the whole love trapezoid thing with her, Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}? The whole thing started to get legs when Punk says that he dug 'crazy chicks.' Fast forward to a couple of years later, and not only are she and Punk married in RealLife, but her on-screen character has basically become [[DistaffCounterpart Female!]][[Wrestling/CMPunk Punk]].
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*** How about the whole love trapezoid thing with her, Wrestling/CMPunk, Punk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}? The whole thing started to get legs when Punk says that he dug 'crazy chicks.' Fast forward to a couple of years later, and not only are she and Punk married in RealLife, but her on-screen character has basically become [[DistaffCounterpart Female!]][[Wrestling/CMPunk Punk]].Female!Punk]].
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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: With Kaitlyn, to preposterous degrees (witness the 3/29/13 mixed tag match). Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her bodyguard), Eve, Layla, and Natalya. Most everybody.
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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: LesYay:
** With Kaitlyn, to preposterous degrees (witness the 3/29/13 mixed tagmatch). match).
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became herbodyguard), Eve, Layla, and Natalya. Most everybody. bodyguard).
** With Kaitlyn, to preposterous degrees (witness the 3/29/13 mixed tag
** Also with Tamina (especially once Tamina became her
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** Then there was the time Brie Bella kissed her in her championship match at Survivor Series as a distraction for Nikki to win the title.[[note]]This was also an {{Ironic|Echo}} CallBack to [=WrestleMania 28=], when Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} took advantage of AJ's good-luck kiss to Brie's now-husband [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] to Brogue Kick him out of a world title in seconds.[[/note]]
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** Then there was the time Brie Bella kissed her in her championship match at Survivor Series as a distraction for Nikki to win the title.[[note]]This was also an {{Ironic|Echo}} CallBack to [=WrestleMania 28=], ''[=WrestleMania=]'' 28, when Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} took advantage of AJ's good-luck kiss to Brie's now-husband [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] to Brogue Kick him out of a world title in seconds.[[/note]]
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** The incident where Wrestling/TheBigShow ran into her. Because of WWE's PG restrictions there's a limit on violence against women so Big Show was clearly holding back. He lightly collides with her but she bumps as if he had ran at her full force. The fact that she ends up getting taken away in a stretcher and is left out of action for weeks - and when she returns is wearing a neck brace - makes it ridiculous. Even the crowd chanting "she's okay!" ruined any drama it may have had. Not to mention the Big Show's over-the-top tears. What's more is that WWE really sold this angle and AJ stayed off Twitter for weeks, which normally wouldn't have been a huge deal, but for [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness someone like AJ...]]
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** The incident where Wrestling/TheBigShow the Wrestling/BigShow ran into her. Because of WWE's PG restrictions there's a limit on violence against women so Big Show was clearly holding back. He lightly collides with her but she bumps as if he had ran at her full force. The fact that she ends up getting taken away in a stretcher and is left out of action for weeks - and when she returns is wearing a neck brace - makes it ridiculous. Even the crowd chanting "she's okay!" ruined any drama it may have had. Not to mention the Big Show's over-the-top tears. What's more is that WWE really sold this angle and AJ stayed off Twitter for weeks, which normally wouldn't have been a huge deal, but for [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness someone like AJ...]]
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* NightmareFuel: At one point after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKcf24UYKs a match]] between (among others) Bryan and Punk, she gets in a fight with Vickie Guerrero that ends with her getting injured. Out of nowhere, Kane walks in, picks her up and starts carrying her out (and as the announcers point out, there's no way to tell whether he was carrying her to safety [[FridgeHorror or if he had other intentions]]), when Punk suddenly attacks Kane. Kane puts AJ down and proceeds to beat the crap out of Punk and Bryan. AJ watches, and then proceeds to drop to her knees and starts swaying and laughing like she's genuinely having a mental breakdown. The incoming backdrop of Kane's evil music, red lighting, and fiery stage graphic during this last part only adds to the eerieness.
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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
** At one point after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKcf24UYKs a match]] between (among others) Bryan and Punk, she gets in a fight with Vickie Guerrero that ends with her getting injured. Out of nowhere, Kane walks in, picks her up and starts carrying her out (and as the announcers point out, there's no way to tell whether he was carrying her to safety [[FridgeHorror or if he had other intentions]]), when Punk suddenly attacks Kane. Kane puts AJ down and proceeds to beat the crap out of Punk and Bryan. AJ watches, and then proceeds to drop to her knees and starts swaying and laughing like she's genuinely having a mental breakdown. The incoming backdrop of Kane's evil music, red lighting, and fiery stage graphic during this last part only adds to the eerieness.
** At one point after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKcf24UYKs a match]] between (among others) Bryan and Punk, she gets in a fight with Vickie Guerrero that ends with her getting injured. Out of nowhere, Kane walks in, picks her up and starts carrying her out (and as the announcers point out, there's no way to tell whether he was carrying her to safety [[FridgeHorror or if he had other intentions]]), when Punk suddenly attacks Kane. Kane puts AJ down and proceeds to beat the crap out of Punk and Bryan. AJ watches, and then proceeds to drop to her knees and starts swaying and laughing like she's genuinely having a mental breakdown. The incoming backdrop of Kane's evil music, red lighting, and fiery stage graphic during this last part only adds to the eerieness.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Her infamous speech to the cast of ''Series/TotalDivas'' was meant to portray her as a bitchy heel and GreenEyedMonster (and now you know why the commentary team kept trying to insinuate she was jealous of them) but as far as most of the fans were concerned, she was ''right'' about them being {{Attention Whore}}s who, whatever about how beautiful they were, had poor wrestling skills and no distinguishing personality traits besides differing levels of MsFanservice costumes and techniques.[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink And her criticisms weren't exactly new, either]] -- Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart (Oh the {{Irony}}) had gone through this exact same situation during their Divas of Doom phase in 2011, and even then they were just saying things many professional critics and fans had been saying for years about WWE's women's division.[[/note]] So much so, in fact, that WWE decided not to try to disprove her claims and just let AJ have the final say on the subject.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Her infamous speech promo to the cast of ''Series/TotalDivas'' was meant to portray her as a bitchy heel and GreenEyedMonster (and now you know why the commentary team kept trying to insinuate she was jealous of them) but as far as most of the fans were concerned, she was ''right'' about them being {{Attention Whore}}s who, whatever about how beautiful they were, had poor wrestling skills and no distinguishing personality traits besides differing levels of MsFanservice costumes and techniques.[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink And her criticisms weren't exactly new, either]] -- Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart (Oh the {{Irony}}) (which is {{iron|y}}ic, considering that Natalya was later reported to have been legitimely offended by AJ's promo) had gone through this exact same situation during their Divas of Doom phase in 2011, and even then they were just saying things many professional critics and fans had been saying for years about WWE's women's division.[[/note]] So much so, in fact, that WWE decided not to try to disprove her claims and just let AJ have the final say on the subject.
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* TheWoobie: During the Vickie Guerrero/John Cena arc. Vickie accused AJ of fraternising with Cena and kept throwing (probably fake) evidence at her, even though she and Cena continually denied it. Eventually, Vickie managed to get AJ sacked from a job she absolutely loved- and what makes it worse was that one got the feeling that Vickie wasn't just doing it because she wanted the job, she was doing it to punish AJ as much as she could for daring to accept a job offer.
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* TheWoobie: During the Vickie Guerrero/John Cena arc. Vickie accused AJ of fraternising with Cena and kept throwing (probably fake) evidence at her, even though she Vickie had openly done the same with Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and the Big Show in the past, and AJ and Cena continually denied it. Eventually, Vickie managed to get AJ sacked from a job she absolutely loved- and what makes it worse was that one got the feeling that Vickie wasn't just doing it because she wanted the job, she was doing it to punish AJ as much as she could for daring to accept a job offer.
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** Her infamous pipe bombshell, a couple weeks earlier she was seen with at a baseball game with Wrestling/CMPunk.
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* FandomRivalry: If Twitter is a reliable source, AJ Lee fans and Nikki Bella fans absolutely despise each other, especially since, the way booking is right now it is highly likely that Nikki will surpass AJ as the longest reigning Divas' Champion.
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* FandomRivalry: If Twitter is a reliable source, AJ Lee fans and Nikki Bella Twins fans absolutely despise each other, especially since, the way booking is right now it is highly likely that since Nikki will was booked to surpass AJ as the longest reigning Divas' Champion.
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* HollywoodHomely: On NXT Season 3, she was presented as someone who said "I know I'm not a supermodel", "I'm the one who didn't go to prom" and Cody Rhodes said she'd likely never kissed a boy before. This is apparently due to her thinner frame and being more open about her nerdy interests. What makes it odd is that Kaitlyn claims all the tomboyish Divas were pressured into being more glamorous - so they could have achieved this by letting AJ wear her own clothes (she was forbidden from wearing Chuck Taylors). Instead they have AJ talk about how unattractive she is while still dolled up with perfect hair and make-up, and a flattering minidress.
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* ShockingElimination: She was one of the favourites to win [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] [[Wrestling/{{NXT3}} Season 3]], but Kaitlyn won instead.
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* ShockingElimination: She was one of the favourites to win [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] [[Wrestling/{{NXT3}} Season 3]], but Kaitlyn won instead. In her autobiography, she claims it was ExecutiveMeddling from people who thought she wasn't attractive enough.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There are a few fans who preferred the 'Geek Goddess' and Wrestling/ChickBusters persona to the darker heel she ended up playing as she rose to prominence.
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* SacredCow: AJ Lee's fandom considers her the only bright spot in women's division during her tenure, to the point of downplaying the other women (at best) or SlutShaming them (at worst) whenever Lee is discussed. Any criticism of Lee, no matter how valid or well argued, is likely to get you mobbed and dismissed by many of them.
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* SacredCow: AJ Lee's fandom considers her the only bright spot in the women's division during her tenure, to the point of downplaying the other women (at best) or SlutShaming them (at worst) whenever Lee is discussed. Any criticism of Lee, no matter how valid or well argued, is likely to get you mobbed and dismissed by many of them.
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* SacredCow: AJ Lee's fans act like she was the only bright spot in the women's division during her tenure, to the point of downplaying the other women (at best) or SlutShaming them (at worst) whenever Lee is discussed. Any criticism of Lee, no matter how valid or well argued, is just as likely to get you mobbed and dismissed by these rabid fans.
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* SacredCow: AJ Lee's fans act like she was fandom considers her the only bright spot in the women's division during her tenure, to the point of downplaying the other women (at best) or SlutShaming them (at worst) whenever Lee is discussed. Any criticism of Lee, no matter how valid or well argued, is just as likely to get you mobbed and dismissed by these rabid fans.many of them.
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* SacredCow: AJ Lee's fans act like she was the only bright spot in the women's division during her tenure, to the point of downplaying the other women (at best) or SlutShaming them (at worst) whenever Lee is discussed. Any criticism of Lee, no matter how valid or well argued, is just as likely to get you mobbed and dismissed by these rabid fans.
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* ArcFatigue: The feud between her and Paige, which started off strong and full of mind games. The first match was disappointing but the build-up was good with some intense segments to hype up their next one. Then Paige won the title too soon and then AJ won it back. The feud underwent {{Flanderisation}} and was reduced to nothing but LesYay skits and forgettable matches. Adding to the fatigue was AJ supposedly being the face, but behaving just as nastily as Paige - see DesignatedHero and UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.
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* ArcFatigue: The feud between her and Paige, which started off strong and full of mind games. The first match was disappointing but the build-up was good with some intense segments to hype up their next one. Then Paige won the title too soon and then AJ won it back. The feud underwent {{Flanderisation}} {{Flanderization}} and was reduced to nothing but LesYay skits and forgettable matches. Adding to the fatigue was AJ supposedly being the face, but behaving just as nastily as Paige - see DesignatedHero and UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.
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*** AJ became an {{Promoted Fan|boy}}girl of Lita.... and then proceeded to marry CM Punk, who Lita had dated for around 2 years...
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** Then there was the time Brie Bella kissed her in her championship match at Survivor Series as a distraction for Nikki to win the title.[[note]]This was also an [[IronicEcho Ironic]] CallBack to [=WrestleMania 28=], when Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} took advantage of AJ's good-luck kiss to Brie's now-husband [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] to Brogue Kick him out of a world title in seconds.[[/note]]
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** Then there was the time Brie Bella kissed her in her championship match at Survivor Series as a distraction for Nikki to win the title.[[note]]This was also an [[IronicEcho Ironic]] {{Ironic|Echo}} CallBack to [=WrestleMania 28=], when Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} took advantage of AJ's good-luck kiss to Brie's now-husband [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] to Brogue Kick him out of a world title in seconds.[[/note]]
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** AJ appearing dressed as [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kitana]] for the ''Divas Halloween Battle Royale 2011''. Along came Creator/NetherrealmStudios's [[WWEVideoGames WWE Immortals]] a pair of years later.
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** AJ appearing dressed as [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kitana]] for the ''Divas Halloween Battle Royale 2011''. Along came Creator/NetherrealmStudios's [[WWEVideoGames [[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE Immortals]] a pair of years later.
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* EvilIsCool[=/=]EnsembleDarkhorse[=/=]DesignatedVillain[=/=]RootingForTheEmpire: Despite nominally being a heel during her feud with Kaitlyn, where she setup Kaitlyn to get her heart broken through AJ's secret admirer plot, AJ got a bigger crowd pop on her entrance to their title match than Kaitlyn did and then AJ got a big pop on winning the title.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite nominally being a heel during her feud with Kaitlyn, where she setup Kaitlyn to get her heart broken through AJ's secret admirer plot, AJ got a bigger crowd pop on her entrance to their title match than Kaitlyn did and then got a big pop on winning the title.
