History YMMV / MickieJames

** Fans also can never agree on whether the angle was making fun of Mickie's weight, or a TakeThatCritics (she had lost and gained weight during her TNA run so there had been calling her fat for years before the angle even started. On the other hand, the booking of James up until her win at the Royal Rumble actively made her look worse than necessary, [[HanlonsRazor which itself may or may not have been malicious]], booking in general being weak around the time and rarely WWE's strong suit anyway).

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the few women in wrestling that is both attractive and almost universally liked by both casual fans and smart marks. So much so that when she was released, there were "We want Mickie!" chants audible on TV. Several fans also threatened to riot over the matter.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: TNA haters like to poke fun at her "Hardcore Country" days despite the fact that the only thing that has changed about her is her attire and entrance music.

** Fans also can never agree on whether the angle was making fun of Mickie's weight, or a TakeThatCritics (as a number of people had been calling her fat for months before the angle even started).

** Fans also can never agree on whether the angle was making fun of Mickie's weight, or a TakeThatCritics (as a vast majority of smarks had been calling her fat for months before the angle even started).

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the few women in wrestling that is both insanely gorgeous and almost universally liked by both casual fans and smart marks. So much so that when she was released, there were "We want Mickie!" chants audible on TV. Several fans also threatened to riot over the matter.

* SmurfetteBreakout: She has had a lot more success than Julio Dinero, her partner from the Gathering. Mickie became one of the top female wrestlers of the 2000s while Dinero faded into obscurity after leaving TNA. Whether or not she is a bigger star than group leader Raven is up for debate (but he was already well-established at the time), she comes nowhere near the level of success that CM Punk has achieved.

* TestosteroneBrigade: She got over big time with male fans due to her [[PsychoLesbian lesbian stalker gimmick]] for [[GirlOnGirlIsHot obvious reasons.]] Even after abandoning those characteristics, she still remains popular due to her sex appeal, GirlNextDoor nature and the fact that she can actually wrestle.

* SmurfetteBreakout: She has had a lot more success than Julio Dinero, her partner from the Gathering. Mickie became one of the top female wrestlers of the 2000s while Dinero faded into obscurity after leaving TNA. However, she comes nowhere near the level of success that CM Punk has achieved.

* HollywoodPudgy: The stigma had been on message boards thanks to some fans of her first TNA run, who claimed Alexis Laree had gotten out of shape since leaving even though she had lost more muscle than fat during that run and had gone back to the way she had looked the majority of her career (and majority of that very run) by the time she was in OVW. Still WWE were treated like the worst of villains for using this for an angle, even though they had the other faces mention multiple times Mickie was not fat at all.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the few women in wrestling that is almost universally liked by both casual fans and smart marks. So much so that when she was released, there were "We want Mickie!" chants audible on TV. Several fans also threatened to riot over the matter.

* SmurfetteBreakout: She has had a lot more success than Julio Dinero, her partner from the Gathering. Mickie became one of the top female wrestlers of the 2000s while Dinero faded into obscurity after leaving TNA. However, she comes nowhere near the level of success that CM Punk has achieved.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: So much so that when she was released, there were "We want Mickie!" chants audible on TV. Several fans also threatened to riot over the matter.

* IronWoobie: Mickie was the most emotional diva but after reconciling with Trish, Alicia Fox was the closest she had to a recurring opponent she ''just'' wrestled. Lita had one sided stipulations, Melina was made worse by Victoria and Beth Phoenix, Katie Lea spread rumors of an affair and thrashed Mickie while she hugged her dad (then went on to feud with her again in TNA as Winter). Beth gave Mickie almost the exact same thrashing the very next week and her rematch clause for Jillian's title was immediately nullified. Beth competed with Wrestling/{{Natalya| Neidhart}} over beating Mickie then while Laycool broke into her locker and destroyed her clothes. Till Melina's change of heart, her allies were only good for [[WouldntHitAGirl fighting men]] or [[TheLoad failing]] and [[PutOnABus Melina went to another brand]]. [[SympathyForTheHero Finally Beth eased up]] but Mickie left soon after.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While the matches hold up, it's a little difficult for later viewers to understand her popularity(nor her contemporary's) if they didn't know how much more rarely fans in the USA got to see women wrestling good matches from 1995-2002. Internet streaming hadn't caught on yet, the most mainstream female promotion (Women Of Wrestling) was a train wreck that wouldn't be back for another decade, the WCW women's divisions were confined to Japan, the WWF's flat out stopped existing at some point, WWF's was frequently centered around minimally trained wrestlers often portrayed in the most cowardly ways possible in gimmick matches that just barely resembled pro wrestling, there was nothing providing as many cards WSU since it wasn't a women's promotion yet...it was a good time for "the big three" but not for anyone else and if the big three weren't featuring something, well it lead to people driving miles to see Alexis Laree vs Simply Luscious and such, a fan base she retained in some form or another for over two decades.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While the matches hold up, it's a little difficult for later viewers to understand her popularity(nor her contemporary's) if they didn't know how much more rarely fans in the USA got to see women wrestling good matches from 1995-2002. Internet streaming hadn't caught on yet, Women Of Wrestling was a train wreck that wouldn't be back for another decade, the WCW women's divisions were confined to Japan, the WWF's flat out stopped existing at some point not to mention it was frequently centered around minimally trained wrestlers in gimmick matches that just barely resembled pro wrestling, there was nothing providing as many cards WSU since it wasn't a women's promotion yet...it was a good time for "the big three" but not for anyone else and if the big three weren't featuring something, well it lead to people driving miles to see Alexis Laree vs Simply Luscious, a fan base she's retained in some form or another for over two decades.

* IronWoobie: Mickie was the most emotional diva but after reconciling with Trish, Alicia Fox was the closest she had to a recurring opponent she ''just'' wrestled. Lita had one sided stipulations, Melina was made worse by Victoria and Beth Phoenix, Katie Lea spread rumors of an affair and thrashed Mickie while she hugged her dad. Beth gave Mickie almost the exact same thrashing the very next week and her rematch clause for Jillian's title was immediately nullified. Beth competed with Wrestling/{{Natalya| Neidhart}} over beating Mickie then while Laycool broke into her locker and destroyed her clothes. Till Melina's change of heart, her allies were only good for [[WouldntHitAGirl fighting men]] or [[TheLoad failing]] and [[PutOnABus Melina went to another brand]]. [[SympathyForTheHero Finally Beth eased up]] but Mickie left soon after.

* IronWoobie: Mickie was the most emotional diva but after reconciling with Trish, Alicia Fox was the closest she had to a recurring opponent she ''just'' wrestled. Lita had one sided stipulations, Melina was made worse by Victoria and Beth Phoenix, Katie Lea spread rumors of an affair and thrashed Mickie while she hugged her dad. Beth gave Mickie almost the exact same thrashing the very next week and her rematch clause for Jillian's title was immediately nullified. Beth competed with Wrestling/{{Natalya| Neidhart}} over beating Mickie then while Laycool broke into her locker and destroyed her clothes. Till Melina's change of heart, her allies were only good for [[WouldntHitAGirl fighting men]] or [[TheLoad failing]] and [[PutOneABus Melina soon on another brand]]. [[SympathyForTheHero Finally Beth eased up]] but Mickie left soon after.

* IronWoobie: Mickie was the most emotional diva but after reconciling with Trish, Alicia Fox was the closest she had to a recurring opponent she ''just'' wrestled. Lita had one sided stipulations, Melina was made worse by Victoria and Beth Phoenix, Katie Lea spread rumors of an affair and thrashed Mickie while she hugged her dad. Beth gave Mickie almost the exact same thrashing the very next week and her rematch clause for Jillian's title was immediately nullified. Beth competed with Wrestling/{{Natalya| Neidhart}} over beating Mickie then while Laycool broke into her locker and destroyed her clothes. Till Melina's change of heart, her allies were only good for [[WouldntHitAGirlonly fighting men]] or [[TheLoad failing]] and [[PutOneABus Melina soon on another brand]]. [[SympathyForTheHero Finally Beth eased up]] but Mickie left soon after.

* HollywoodPudgy: The stigma had been on message boards thanks to some fans of her first TNA run, who claimed Alexis Laree had gotten out of shape since leaving even though she had lost more muscle than fat during that run and had gone back to the way she had looked the majority of her career by the time she was in OVW. Still WWE were treated like villains for using this for an angle, even though they had the other faces mention multiple times Mickie was not fat at all.

* MemeticMutation: "Oh Mickie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey, Mickie!"

MemeticMutation: "Oh Mickie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey, Mickie!"