I actually feel kind of bad for Brooke, though Vixxen didn’t actually say anything that wasn’t true. Here’s Brooke, who feels like she’s finally beginning to go places with her vain heel gimmick and her illusions are cut down. The simple fact is that the path to the top is unpredictable. Some people seem to get a fast track… they catch the boss’ eye, or they hit it off with the fans in some way (face or heel, what matters is that the fans love you or hate you as opposed to being indifferent or having X-Pac heat). Sometimes a fast track can be cut out from under a person — Vince McMahon is notorious for that. And sometimes it takes a while — I remember when Edge was an undercard tag guy, playing second fiddle to Gangrel. His rise was slow, but when he had to retire? Multi-time world champion, one of the best heels to come along in years, and nobody questioned his right to be a main eventer.
Brooke has had a slow start. She’s got a fair amount of baggage and bad habits she needs to overcome. Hopefully this will be a catalyst for her to up her game. She’s got the beginning of something good, but she needs polish and to show that she can do more than barely overcome a wrestler half her size who she’s beaten before.
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