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I'd probably respect Natalya at #1 more than I respect AJ Lee at #57. Wish I'd nominated her now.

But yeah for me AJ Lee's problem has always been one of not playing to her strengths. I really think she needed someone to say "no you can't do this well so I don't care if you want to do this try something else"

Like, I thought she did a lot of submission holds pretty convincingly, and could sell well. I thought she played a generic cocky heel character in a way that came off pretty naturally.

But then you've got her fanboying out and trying to do CM Punk style strikes and they look like total garbage because she weighs 90 lbs and simply doesn't have the power to throw believable looking strikes, and because she's imitating CM Punk the technique isn't really there either. You've got her attempting to drop pipe bombs when she doesn't have the material, build, nor delivery to drop them in a way that anyone could possibly care. You've got her trying to play a crazy person because she likes Harley Quinn or something, when she's really just not very good at character acting so she's basically just a cocky heel who makes crazy eyes ala current Big Cass and it's cringe status to watch. Also didn't help that her moveset greatly clashed with that intended character as well.

And I'm pretty sure all these decisions were driven by her. These seem like character concepts she holds in high regard, rather than something that were chosen for her to do. Because why on earth would you.

I think AJ Lee who was guided better would actually be a good member of the women's division. Keep her to a flying technician type, and make her play the cocky heel because it's a role she can play believably.

AJ Lee who actually has a sense for the business is close to Alexa Bliss level. Which, I mean, not my favorite wrestler or anything and the limitations of her size, skill, and repertoire are still there, but I at least like Alexa Bliss because she's very good at playing her character and showing her character in the ring which is enough to overlook a lot. I detest AJ Lee. Definitely in the running for one of the worst women's (or really, worst period) wrestlers ever for me.
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