So today we’ll be taking a look at the private conversation that Bayley and AJ Lee had that
was just revealed by Bayley.
We’ll also take a look at the massive fight and drama behind the “moment of bliss”
segment
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So let’s start things off with these big new reports coming out about the opening segment
of Raw this week
We broke down the moment of bliss segment from a storyline point of view yesterday,
but the segment is back in the news for what led up to the segment and the overall poor
writing of the segment
Alexa Bliss and Bray Wyatt are no doubt some of Raw’s biggest attractions
There’s some fans out there that watch raw just to see what’s new with Alexa and Bray,
that’s how popular they are
So WWE announced that the moment of Bliss segment was opening up raw this week and some
fans were excited, that seemed like a good way to open up raw, with Alexa Bliss, one
of Raw’s biggest attractions
However, like we discussed even in the storyline breakdown, something about this entire segment
just felt off and really weird
Especially the end was very weird and out of character for almost everyone involved
in the segment, it really was some strange writing compared to what we’ve been seeing
for Alexa and Bray
And there’s a clear indication why it came off so poorly, reports claim that Vince McMahon
played a major role in the moment of bliss segment and it was done in his vision
Reports claim that the segment’s direction caused a massive fight and argument to break
out backstage between Vince McMahon, the WWE writers, and other WWE personalities
Apparently the other individuals around Vince McMahon was informing him that the segment
had to be changed and how it was a weak opener for Raw
It’s reported that they argued with him back and forth, trying to change the direction
of the segment because of how poor it was overall
But of course Vince McMahon has the last say and there’s isn’t anyone that’s going
to get in the way of his vision and what he wants
So Vince McMahon obviously won this backstage fight and argument and they went forward with
his idea for the segment
Obviously, it seems like the other individuals were correct because Vince McMahon’s version
of moment of bliss was met with a lot of mixed reactions from fans
It made Orton look weird, Alexa was weird, and of course The Fiend was the one that was
the most out of character here
It’s crazy because The Undertaker was just talking about this just a few weeks ago
Undertaker talked about how The Fiend was the strongest character and how Bray Wyatt
has to stand up to the writers when he feels like something they’re planning would hurt
The Fiend’s overall character
But strangely enough, it seems like the other writers were aware of how poor this segment
was and how it will hurt all of their characters, but if it’s Vince McMahon you’re going
up against then you’re obviously wasting your breath, you’re going to easily lose
that battle.
There’s no correcting him or changing his idea, his word is final
So maybe Bray Wyatt just figured that there was no point in challenging Vince McMahon
for this segment
Looking back at the segment now from a logical point of view and with the context of these
reports, it really did hurt all the characters involved
Randy Orton discovered that Alexa Bliss was the weakness, so why didn’t he either take
Alexa or do something to her, why just hand her back so easily?
That was where it made no sense for Orton
The Fiend, we talked about this before, it was a really weird moment for him that made
him look basically human.
We thought he was a straight-up monster with no emotions, but apparently not?
It hurt Alexa Bliss too because what was she doing just sitting in Randy Orton’s arms
like that?
We just saw Alexa Bliss fully take out John Morrison all by herself just a few weeks ago,
but now the character just rolls up into a ball in Orton’s arms?
It made her look just as bad as The Fiend looked
At least Orton exits the segment knowing that he discovered the weakness
But The Fiend and Alexa Bliss left the segment looking so soft and weird
That was everyone’s real take on this segment and now we know why.
This wasn’t the original writers behind this segment, this moment was created in Vince
McMahon’s vision and he wasn’t listening to any suggestions or changes
This is quite scary and disturbing for Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss.
They need Vince McMahon as far away from their storyline as possible because if he hangs
around and continues to create segments for them, he’s really gonna set them back miles
in terms of overall character development
Don’t like how The Fiend and Alexa Bliss came out looking from that opening moment
of Raw and you can understand why so many people fought Vince McMahon on the segment’s
direction
Hopefully Vince McMahon focuses his attention on something else and let’s the original
writers try to undo the massive character damage that he has just caused from this segment,
we’ll see how that continues to play out and if there’s any updates to that story
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Bayley and AJ Lee are extremely close friends and have remain in contact with each other
even after AJ’s WWE departure
But Bayley recently revealed a personal story and private conversation with AJ Lee that
she believes really helped her in her own career
Bayley had this to say about that story on the “Feel the power” podcast:
“In that first month too, AJ [Lee] and Dolph [Ziggler] were on one of our shows.
She pulled me aside and gave me this long talk about being myself, meeting the company
halfway, and somewhere in the middle you're going to find who you are and how it's going
to work.
So, that's when I had the whole epiphany of letting me just be me, figure out the best
that I can, and wrestle.
That was kind of how the transition went [for me]”
“It took a long while for me to feel comfortable with being there and not trying to put on
a show.
Now when I look back, I just wish that I was me from the beginning, because it took a long
time.
I don't know.
I would just say it's been a long trial and error of me just being-- just be yourself
and you're going to be okay.
If you're not, at least you had fun being you instead of being under pressure and feeling
weird this whole time”
So some pretty deep advice there from AJ that came back to help Bayley all these years later
During that private conversation that Bayley revealed, AJ was the vet and Bayley was literally
just starting off and felt very uncomfortable about finding her way and her character
AJ’s long talk came in handy to Bayley during Bayley’s heel turn and for the majority
of 2020, where Bayley stopped trying to force things and decided to just be herself through
her character, and that has really worked for her
Some can argue that Bayley had the most success this year from a statistical point of view
and from a overall character point of view as well
This natural, cocky heel Bayley is very entertaining and more fun compared to who she was for the
first few years of her character, so the character has come quite a long way and it all relates
back to that private conversation with AJ Lee
Usually if you’re not the women’s champion, then you don’t really have much going on
storyline wise, but thankfully that’s not the case for Bayley
Despite no longer being the champion, Bayley is still involved with a storyline
Bayley and Bianca Belair are kicking off a feud which will be amazing for the both of
them
Bayley obviously needs something to do now that she’s no longer the champion and Bianca
Belair is finally getting the time and attention she deserves as well
So with Bayley being her first big feud on the main roster, that’s going to be really
big for Bianca as well
As far as Who comes out of this feud on top, I’ll have to go with Bianca Belair
Picking up a few wins over Bayley will do a lot for Bianca and possibly even elevate
her to the title scene, so that’s one non-title feud to keep your eyes on over on Smackdown
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with the big backstage fight and argument
with Vince McMahon as well as Bayley’s private conversation with AJ Lee?
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