AJ Lee's Rocking Pipe Bomb

So did you catch RAW last night?  I didn't yet, but after hearing about it all over Twitter and every wrestling website that I read, I made sure to catch AJ Lee's pipe bomb, or as CM Punk dubbed it on Twitter, a "pipebombshell".  When's the last time you've got to hear the words "Diva" and "Pipe Bomb" together?  Never I think is the word...At least nothing since the Lita/Trish Era.

Here's how this whole thing went down.  We started this off with a match between Natalya and Brie Bella.  It was basically at Total Divas Rematch from Summerslam, with Naomi and Cameron in Natalya's corner while Nikki and Eva Marie accompanied Brie.  I also feel really bad for Jojo who was regulated to ring announcer.  She seems to be fading into obscurity, Jojo just needs a boost.

The match was alright, it was a carbon copy of their previous bout, but the real fireworks came after as the Bellas' theme cut off by the oh too familiar, "Light it up!"  The Divas Champion skips out with a mic and it's looks like we're going to be treated to a rare Divas promo.

Everyone wonders what AJ could possibly come out of AJ's twisted little mind and then she decides to let it rip.  AJ says she saw the previous night's episode of Total Divas and begins to take it right to every Diva on the show.  Saying the Bellas are showing their obvious Daddy issues, the Funkadactyls are breaking up and then getting back together, Natalya has a fiance that's not quite a man, and the other two were also there.  (The last bit was my personal favorite)  She goes on to say that they are all a bunch of useless, talentless, interchangeable women.  The Black Widow clad diva then finishes it off saying that she's watching them walk around in stupid designer heels and they're not even fit to lace up her Chuck Taylors.  That gets a big pop from the crowd.  She adds a wink at the end saying that none of them can touch her, and that's a reality.  She tosses the mic to the ground and skips off.  Boom!

That is one of the best things I've seen in a while when it comes to the Divas Division.  AJ Lee has definately come a long way and has risen, grabbing that brass ring of the division.  The next step from here I believe is a feud between AJ and one of the Total Divas babyfaces.  I think it may be Natalya, but it a feud between her and Naomi would be really great, the matches between those two are always fantastic.  I see it going like this, AJ fights some of the other faces, Cameron, maybe even Jojo, and lays waste to them.  After that she beats either Naomi or Natalya and sets up a feud/title match with the other.  I just hope to God they don't make her face The Bellas...I just really don't enjoy seeing The Bellas near a ring unless they're valets.  

I've got my fingers crossed for next week's RAW, and I'm about to catch the entire episode on Hulu, heard it's great.  Keep it up WWE!  And light it up AJ!

Why Total Divas Works For Me

Here it goes everyone: So I'm officially addicted to Total Divas.  If you don't know about the show, it's basically the same reality show format as Keeping Up With The Kardashians, but it's stars the WWE Divas.  WWE Divas are of course the hard-hitting women of the WWE. 

Now it's not weird to be obsessed with a reality television show in this day and age.  Let's all be honest here, we all have a reality show we watch, even if it's just videos on Youtube.  The thing that is driving me crazy is that I'm infatuated with this one.  Now I'm no stranger to reality TV, I've been addicted to American Idol, Kitchen Nightmares, Ace of Cakes, and Chopped, not all at the same time, but I've had my runs with all of them.  But this type of reality show has never been my thing.  I call the the E! and MTV format reality shows, cause if you actually look at them, they're the same thing with different people. 

Now I'm asking myself, "Why Am I Addicted To This One!?"

Anyone that knows me knows that I'm addicted to professional wrestling and I'm a WWE Fan.  I'm even currently training to be a professional wrestler.  So the show does spark my interest there and I feel it does the same with many wrestling fans.  There's just one thing, what makes me care about the lives of these women and the men they're dating outside of the ring?  I think it has to deal with one thing: they are actually doing something!

If you look at Keeping Up With The Kardashians or any of the Real Housewives these are people that are basically famous for being rich and a lot of them were just born/married into their wealth, the did nothing to earn it.  I really don't care about the lives of rich lazy people.  If I wanted to watch women blow their money and make catty remarks at each other, I'd just go sit in a Nordstrom for an hour.

The thing that sets Total Divas apart from the rest is that these women are actually working to make something of themselves, they are wrestlers.  You get to see the backstage antics and stuff, it's kind of like a weekly DVD commentary or behind the scenes.  This is what makes this fun to watch, they actually have interesting lives.  I'm not sitting around watching them debate on which bag to purchase their doggie to they can tote him on the plane, I'm watching them figure out matches and set up their careers.

I mean this is what makes me tune in.  I'm actually getting to see people with extremely interesting careers and how it shapes their lives.  I think that is the reason for the rise in popularity of Duck Dynasty as well, we like interesting people.  I think America is finally tired of watching smug, rich celebrites...well for the most part.  We're finally getting back to the point of wanting to see entertaining people and I"m all for it!

Come Sunday though, one way or another, I'll be glued to my TV, ready to catch some more Total Divas.  

Where's Naomi?

Ok WWE, I've got one big question about this Divas division...well besides the fact that it's never paid attention to and I'm sick of this whole, "Beth and Natalya making people cry" storyline.  Seriously?

Where's Naomi?

(See she's even wondering what's up)

This girl has got the tools to make every Diva on this roster look bad.  (Or good depending on how you see it) Just take a look at a these matches :

Why has WWE waited this long to bring Naomi up?  All the NXT Season 3 Divas are on the roster some way but Naomi is still chilling in FCW.

I've heard rumors that she's traveling with them and there was a pic Zack Ryder posted on Twitter that saw a pic of Naomi in the official WWE Program :

Hopefully she can debut soon and actually breathe life back in this division but honestly I'm not sure if that's possible.  Here's hoping!