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Today we’ll be going over the latest developments to the Aalyah Mysterio storyline because this
is one story that a lot of fans have mixed reactions about
So let’s go over everything that’s new and explain why some fans aren’t enjoying
this storyline
Aalyah first started making regular appearances on Monday night Raw a little over a month
ago
It was never announced, at least not publicly, if WWE had signed Aalyah to any sort of contract
But telling by the fact that she’s been appearing for just about 6 weeks now and the
fact that shes about to have her own big storyline, it’s safe to assume that Aalyah has some
sort of deal with WWE
It doesn’t seem like she’ll be competing as an in-ring competitor quite yet, but her
character is about to play a key role in a big storyline and she’s gonna have to carry
that story
So let’s breakdown what happened
Seth Rollins comes out and he’s holding some paperwork in his hand
Rollins pointed out that he was looking at the newly released photoshoot of the mysterio
family and he noticed that something wasn’t right
He pointed out how he noticed that Dominik was so much taller than Rey Mysterio, so he
got some tests done to see if Rey really was his father
A couple of flaws to point out here.
Many fans didn’t like this at all because It’s digging up the exact storyline that
we saw over 15 years ago between Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero
That was the same story with that feud.
Eddie didn’t believe that Dominik was Rey’s son and that led to a whole feud over the
custody of Dominik
So for Seth Rollins to come out saying the exact same thing we heard 15 years ago didn’t
sit well with fans
It comes off as repetitive, lazy, and unoriginal
You could’ve came up with something new for Seth Rollins to say, but instead he had
to reuse content from 15 years ago for this segment on Raw
Another flaw here is with Seth Rollins’ character.
Did he just notice that Dominik was taller than Rey Mysterio?
Seth has been feuding with Dominik and Rey for what feels like an eternity, I think he
should’ve noticed that Dominik was taller than Rey Mysterio a long time ago
So for him to go out there and say that he just noticed their difference in height this
week, that seems a bit unrealistic, he should picked up on that right away
But if the Seth Rollins character was being sarcastic, which he very well could’ve been,
then we’ll give it a pass and let it slide
But then we get to the small payoff moment of the segment
Seth then implies that maybe Aalyah isn’t Rey’s daughter
Rey understandably comes to the defense of his daughter and tells seth not to speak to
her, but to speak to him
Rey then says that she’s only 19, she’s naive and doesn’t know much about the world
Aalyah instantly gets offended by what Rey says and has a word with her father before
walking away from the family
Then Seth Rollins apologized to everyone and said he never meant to cause any trouble among
the Rey Mysterio family and that he was sorry
I really loved those closing lines by Seth Rollins.
I thought his deliverance was amazing and his sarcastic tone couldn’t be any more
better, it was a perfect closing moment
That leaves us with this huge aalyah drama.
We had two backstage segments that continued this story so let’s break those moments
down as well
We see the mysterio family backstage and Rey opens it up by saying “I’m sorry, I’m
just trying to protect our family”
In which aalyah responds with “You don’t need to protect me anymore dad.
I’m old enough, I can speak for myself”
Rey explains that he doesn’t want Seth to plant ideas in her head
She explains that she only came here to support Dominik and she doesn’t know what Seth is
capable of doing to her
Aalyah then said “it’s just too much for me, you know.
At the end of the day, I’m just a naive 19 year old aren’t I?”
Aalyah then storms away and Angie holds Rey back to let her go
What was interesting here was the lack of anything being said by Dominik
He just stood over to the side and didn’t say a single world throughout all that
Maybe he was just minding his own business, but this was a serious issue within his family,
I would’ve expected his character to step in and just say anything
Maybe agree with his father that Seth is dangerous and how they have to stay united, but to see
him stand over to the side and not say anything came off as really weird to me
I felt like he had a lot of opportunities to get involved there for the sake of his
sister, but we got nothing from him
We then see Aalyah sitting by herself backstage and she’s approached by Murphy
Murphy explains that the entire thing with Seth Rollins is a mess, but he wanted her
to know that if he ever did anything that hurt her, he apologizes for it
So this is what I mean.
Why is aalyah just sitting by herself backstage with no one from her family trying to make
things better?
Where’s Angie?
This would’ve been a perfect time to get a mother and daughter conversation going there
Where’s Dominik?
Aalyah just said that her only reason for coming to raw was to support her brother,
so why couldn’t Dominik just come over and try to give some advice to his little sister?
I just find the lack of support and interest from the other mysterio family members to
be so surprising
I thought this was supposed to be a close family, why isn’t anyone from the family
going after Aalyah?
But I think what that Murphy moment was supposed to do was to clean the slate between Murphy
and Aalyah
Murphy didn’t apologize about the things he’s done to Rey and Dominik, but he did
apologize directly to Aalyah for anything that he’s done that ended up hurting her
With WWE giving Aalyah this label of being a “naive 19 year old girl”, I think they’ll
keep that naive characteristic for her going by having her accept Murphy’s apologize
A lot of fans didn’t like Aalyah’s reaction to Rey’s comments.
Saw some fans saying that the aalyah character feels “bratty”, “entitled”, and all
these other things, but honestly if they’re going to turn her heel and have her align
with Rollins and Murphy then it’s probably a good thing that her character is already
unlikable
If she’s going to be a heel then that’s exactly what you want, you want her to be
unlikeable, so that’s not an issue
After what I saw on Raw, you can’t really blame Aalyah for showing interest in joining
Seth
Rey Mysterio said what he said, but her mother and her brother had nothing to say at all
to her.
That to me is the biggest flaw here
Reports claim that’s exactly what’s going to happen here.
Aalyah will be manipulated by Seth Rollins and Murphy to turn on her family
It really looks like Aalyah may already be done with her family right now, so we’re
on the fast track for that big moment
Another topic that fans were discussing is if this is too big of a role for Aalyah given
her age and lack of experience
Remember, Aalyah isn’t wrestling, her main role in this story is going to 100 percent
relay on her acting abilities
Can she bring her best performances as an actress to Monday night Raw every single week?
That’s what’s going to be required from her especially if she’s going to be the
main center piece of the story
Some fans are discussing that this may be asking for a lot from a 19 year old with no
real prior acting experience
We even ran a poll over on the Instagram account asking you guys the simple question of “are
you enjoying the aalyah mysterio storyline and direction?”
67% of you voted yes, you are enjoying the story
But 33% percent of you voted no, that you’re not enjoying the direction of it right now
33% is a large portion of fans that don’t like the story.
So it’s clear that the majority still enjoys the story, but there’s a large amount that’s
not really digging the story right now
Understandably so.
If Aalyah turns her back on her family just because of Rey’s comments, I do feel like
that’s pretty weak
Rey’s comments was a good start, but now we need to throw even more things in there
that will really push Aalyah over the edge and want nothing to do with her family
Similar to Dominik when first he first started appearing, everyone is being critical with
aalyah and her acting
I’m saying let’s just give some time for the story to develop.
Aalyah honestly wasn’t given much to work with this week on Raw, she probably had like
two lines for the entire show
So let’s give her time to find herself, find her motive, and hopefully they give her
some more lines to really work with and dive into
But what are your thoughts on these Aalyah Mysterio storyline right now?
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