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Just ranking the women on SmackDown, via promo ability, you probably have to put Nikki Bella at the top, Carmella next, then Becky, Alexa, Natalya and Naomi -- in that order. In terms of ring skill, it'd go Natalya, Becky, Nikki, Naomi and then either Alexa or Carmella. I don't see where this "Alexa is so great" thing comes from objectively. Do people really think she is better than even Naomi or Nikki? Do people really rank her as an honest-to-god promo?
It's because she's hot and dresses like Harley Quinn. That's it. She doesn't even have a good gait, unless she's posing for a photo in a backstage segment. She has a "bitch walk" where she rolls her eyes at the crowd as she walks past, but when she stands in the ring she looks like a normal person and tiny for that matter, too. Nikki Bella's "look at me" stance is weird after she's just tried to sell being furious at Carmella, but at least she doesn't mouse away. Carmella at least has that New York swagger thing, which I find annoying, but at least makes her stand out.
I dunno, the Alexa love just REALLY weirds me out, because as soon as you stack her up against the other women on her own show, she's got to be objectively be bottom-half. She's charismatic and good looking, I'll give her that, so I could give her higher priority over, say, Naomi and Carmella -- but that's about it. Being the magazine cover girl should only be able to get you so far in the current environment. Oh, and I haven't even considered Eva Marie in there. Her heat alone puts her probably higher than Bliss, even though the ring work probably brings her back down. But let's put her behind Bliss for the lack of ring work.
Alexa Bliss is still 4/7. She's not even top half on SmackDown. You then want to compare her to Charlotte, Sasha, Bayley, Alicia Fox, Emma and Nia Jax. If Paige mends her ways with the WWE, she is also much better in-ring and generally has a better presence (when she's presented right). Summer Rae is probably comparable in the ring and does a similar bitch thing -- people forget that she was better in NXT than Bliss was in NXT. Lana is also a better talker and has better poise, although I'm not sure how her charisma will translate to the ring. There's also Maryse who could be paid to get back into the ring at any moment and could do bitch better than Alexa.
Bliss is FINE. She's already got more overall value than a lot of girls who have been around for years (I'm looking at Naomi and probably Summer Rae and Alicia Fox at this point, sadly). She will get better and better, and her hard work will eventually turn her into a great three-dimensional character. But how can anyone objectively say she deserves one of two champion spots, or even in the best five women in the company when she barely makes the best five on SmackDown? She should talk shit then get punched in the mouth for the pop. She can work longer on house shows and use her hotness to get over a heel team. Dress her up as a cop and put her with Fandango & Breeze. Dress her in tattered rags and put her with The Wyatt Family. I GUARANTEE it will be more over than her wrestling at this point in her extremely short career and still very young life. This is like pushing a worse at talking 2000 Trish Stratus to the Women's Title, instead of post-Finlay Trish Stratus. It's insanity, because once Bliss gets exposed at a top level and it becomes obvious to people, her stock will drop. If you love her so much, let her learn and grow.
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