History YMMV / DanaBrooke

* DorkAge: Getting paired up with Charlotte after Emma got injured was not well-received by most fans, as they felt Dana was too green to be given such a high-profile spot. Not helping matters was Charlotte's own perceived status as a CreatorsPet, and fans were suffering ArcFatigue in her lengthy Women's Championship reign. After Charlotte started feuding with Bayley, Dana appeared less and less and was finally split from Charlotte. The fans were incredibly behind her when she turned on the former champion, so time will tell if she completely breaks out of it.

* DorkAge: Getting paired up with Charlotte after Emma got injured was not well-received by most fans - as they felt Dana was too green to be given such a high-profile spot. Not helping matters was Charlotte's own perceived status as a CreatorsPet, and fans were suffering ArcFatigue in her lengthy Women's Championship reign. After Charlotte started feuding with Bayley, Dana appeared less and less and was finally split from Charlotte. The fans were incredibly behind her when she turned on the former champion, so time will tell if she completely breaks out of it.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Downplayed. She wasn't very well liked when she first debuted due to being seen as simply far too green to deserve a regular spot on the NXT roster. The fact she was almost instantly added to the opening title sequence following her debut (while some big names such as Enzo Amore still were not present and others like Finn Balor took weeks or months to be added to it) put her dangerously close to being a CreatorsPet. Thankfully, between her finding a spot as TheDragon to Emma, her vast improvement both in and out of the ring shown on ''Breaking Ground'', and an incredibly well-received match with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] at ''Takeover: Respect'', she seems to have won over some of the viewers. She still has her share of haters who think she's not ready yet, making her a BaseBreakingCharacter.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Non-romantic example. She and Charlotte abruptly teamed up, with no explanation or reason for it. Especially since they had been enemies on NXT.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: After getting fired by Charlotte, Dana realises she has nothing to lose and unleashes one hell of an attack on her - paying Charlotte back for all the abuse and belittling of the past year. The crowd were solidly behind Dana too.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not she deserved being called up to the main roster so soon; those who support it tend to cite her improvement in the ring as well as her dynamic as Wrestling/{{Emma}}'s sidekick which the call-up was intended to continue, while those who oppose it often say that she's too green and[=/=]or should not have been called up before Wrestling/{{Bayley}}.

* AwesomeMusic: Say what you will about Dana herself, but her entrance music "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J2yT8CYvac Respectful]]" is nothing short of awesome.

* UncannyValley: [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvHJ722c3NpA_thnPKbk-t13bFAnO4pnJnYtNs-VScHtKNGpdZ4HSOpdXk Dana Brooke’s model in the New Gen version of WWE 2K17]], which looks nothing like her and she resembles ''Film/{{Annabelle}}''.

* HollywoodPudgy: She's gained a noticeable amount of weight since her debut, and fans have obviously caught wind of this.

* LoveItOrHateIt: In the NXT arenas there was a period of time where the crowd would literally start a duelling "We love Dana![=/=]No we don't!" chant.

* HollywoodPudgy: She's gained a noticeable amount of weight since her debut, and fans have obviously caught wind of this.

* TheScrappy: Unfortunately she appears to have slid back into scrappy status as of late. Now that she no longer has Emma to cover up her weaknesses, her inexperience shows and many accuse her of being a CreatorsPet and completely undeserving of being on TV. Being paired together with Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} instead has only made this worse given Charlotte's perception as a CreatorsPet herself with an overly long stint as the top ladies' champion laced with dirty finishes galore which was so hated it was the start of ''Wrestling/RicFlair''[='=]s slide into Scrappydom before Dana was even involved.

* NarmCharm: Her pompous promos manage to be silly and still quite endearing.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Downplayed. She wasn't very well liked when she first debuted due to being seen as simply far too green to deserve a regular spot on the NXT roster. The fact she was almost instantly added to the opening title sequence following her debut (while some big names such as Enzo Amore still were not present and others like Finn Balor took weeks or months to be added to it) put her dangerously close to being a CreatorsPet. Thankfully, between her finding a spot as TheDragon to Emma, her vast improvement both in and out of the ring shown on ''Breaking Ground'', and an incredibly well-received match with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] at ''Takeover: Respect'', she seems to have won over some of the viewers. She still has her share of haters who think she's not ready yet, making her a BaseBreaker.

* TheScrappy: Unfortunately she appears to have slid back into scrappy status as of late. Now that she no longer has Emma to cover up her weaknesses, her inexperience shows and many accuse her of being a CreatorsPet and completely undeserving of being on TV.

* TheScrappy: Unfortunately she appears to have slid back into scrappy status as of late, with many considering her to be just as botch-prone as Wrestling/EvaMaire and accusing her of being a CreatorsPet and completely undeserving of being on TV.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not she deserved being called up to the main roster so soon; those who support it tend to cite her improvement in the ring as well as her dynamic as Wrestling/{{Emma}}'s sidekick which the call-up was intended to continue, while those who oppose it often say that she's too green and[=/=]or should not have been called up before Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, whose main roster debut is long overdue.

* FlatCharacter: One of many complaints about her upon her debut is that she didn't have a defined character. One reviewer described it as if she had been "caught in an avalanche of possible ideas". This was eventually subverted.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Downplayed. She wasn't very well liked when she first debuted due to being seen as simply far too green to deserve a regular spot on the NXT roster. The fact she was almost instantly added to the opening title sequence following her debut (while some big names such as Enzo Amore still were not present and others like Finn Balor took weeks or months to be added to it) put her dangerously close to being a CreatorsPet. Thankfully, between her finding a spot as TheDragon to Emma, her vast improvement both in and out of the ring shown on ''Breaking Ground'', and an incredibly well-received match with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] at ''Takeover: Respect'', she seems to have won over some of the viewers. She still has her share of haters who think she's not ready yet, making her a BaseBreaker.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not she deserved being called up to the main roster; those who support it tend to cite her improvement in the ring as well as her dynamic as Wrestling/{{Emma}}'s sidekick which the call-up was intended to continue, while those who oppose it often say that she's too green and[=/=]or should not have been called up before Wrestling/{{Bayley}}.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Downplayed. She wasn't very well liked when she first debuted due to being seen as simply far too green to deserve a regular spot on the NXT roster. The fact she was almost instantly added to the opening title sequence following her debut (while some big names such as Enzo Amore still were not present and others like Finn Balor took weeks or months to be added to it) put her dangerously close to being a CreatorsPet. Thankfully, between her finding a spot as TheDragon to Emma, her vast improvement both in and out of the ring, and an incredibly well-received match with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] at ''Takeover: Respect'', she seems to have won over some of the viewers. She still has her share of haters though, making her a BaseBreaker.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not she deserved being called up to the main roster, with those who oppose it often say that she's too green and[=/=]or should not have been called up before Wrestling/{{Bayley}}.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Downplayed. She was poorly retrieved when she first debuted due to being seen as simply far too green to deserve a regular spot on the roster. The fact she was almost instantly added to the opening title sequence following her debut (while some big names such as Enzo Amore still are not present and others like Finn Balor took weeks or months to be added to it) put her dangerously close to being a CreatorsPet. Thankfully, between her finding a spot as TheDragon to Emma, her vast improvement both in and out of the ring, and an incredibly well-received match with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] at ''Takeover: Respect'', she seems to have won over some of the viewers, though she still has her share of haters, making her a BaseBreaker now.