And I’ll say again that there’s no excuse for someone not improving their skills, especially if you have other people who started out the same way and have made progress. When you can’t even do the basic skills correctly (and no, I’m not talking about Ashley in particular) then you’re better suited for something else, ’nuff said. Those ridiculous breasts aside, if anything, Ashley had a good look. I’ve never hated her or her ilk, but I DO hate what they represent, which is a laziness on the part of the companies to rely on that old standy-by: sex. And for people who go on about/mention TNA only having old WWE talent, they obviously don’t watch the program.

Yes, Ashley can’t wrestle for her life.

But, she’s popular, and I like her alot. ^__^

I think she’d make a great manager/valet.

Besides I doubt TNA will hire her looking like this:
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I dont see where she would fit in, in TNA. They dont seem to know what to do with most of the knockouts they already have.
I expect she would probablly just get into a feud the TBP, which id find very boring as its nohing new.

TNA wrestlers “nobodies”.. I laugh at that ignorance.

@theregoeskitty seriously 7 years?? wow. I wonder why long :P

but anyway, whatever people say about her she was the most popular diva in the wwe throughout her entire run (behind mickie james and maria) (in my opinion). she always got a good crowd reaction. but yes, promos etc are her strong point, not wrestling :)

Im probably gonna get bashed for this but look at Kelly now and Kelly 3 years ago..Given the benefit of the doubt maybe Ashey can imporve if she is given the chance to. I read that she was or is still under going training..so maybe she has already improved just because she doesnt really have the best of track records in WWE dont mean that she will be like this in TNA….

however she seemed to have a natural confidence during promos so she could become another member of the beautiful people, or a manager,

i think it would be interesting to see what she brings to the table,
it’s fairly obvious hogan or bishoff wants more Diva-ish woman, after all there were all those models being used in promos and as managers a few weeks back

And calling Mr.Kennedy a nobody is rather stupid. Yes he was released from the WWE, but he was as or more popular (as a face and as a heel) than Ashley, and he actually knows how to wrestle. The only big popularity Ashley had was on the now extinct lets get the girls naked matches…and because she was on Playboy and gave her phone number on national tv. But that is rather normal, after all most of the wwe audience are guys who really don’t give a damn about the wrestling quality of the fans. Why do you think Maria won the Diva of the year thing? It wasn’t because of her supreme talent in the ring for sure. Why does Kelly Kelly so popular? Because she used to get naked and is a pretty blond.

In fact I’m sure that if Divas with no reaction whatsoever returned to the lets get naked times, they would all be as popular as Ashley. But that is not wrestling. That is a strip show and Im happy things like that ended. Its degrading.

But please enlighten me… were Melina, Mickie James and Trish Stratus beginners as well? You do remember that those three talented women wrestled Ashley several times, right? And those matches were, well, not so pleasant considering that they were shown by the holier than thou WWE (you know… the company where all the “popular” ones are.) I’m sure you can remember those matches since they were not performed by “nobodies.” ;)

@wrestling women Ashely’s talent dosent even compare to a diva now a days. Even maria does better than her. Your comment about Tara her character has not gone stale , she isnt Victoria any more she is the baddest Bitch like she use to b in the wwe. TNA changed her to a different character. If you thik she is stale then u need glasses kid

And what was that, you said? “But seriously people pro-wrestling is just acting, so talent isnt much to brag about.” Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the ability to act considered a talent? And isn’t the acting of pro-wrestling a mixture of both the emotional aspect and the physical since it does not only help to sell stories but also keep things safer? And is it not a fact that ever since the beginning of pro-wrestling, ones talent to perform a physical maneuver (and to sell it) a considered a foundation that must not be negated because that is the very thing that separates it from other forms of entertainment?

But what do I know, right? I’m just someone who’d rather watch “nobodies” who can move well than girls who have no other contribution than to look pretty–a “talent” that doesn’t require as much hard work as in-ring acumen. ;)

I hope this is a lie, because I think TNA already as too many knockouts (and its already hard for them to use them all) and girls like Ashley would ruin even more the good reputation that TNA used to have.

Note: I’ve got nothing against Ashley, I just think she isn’t a good wrestler and her personality in the ring was just blah. Maybe she has been training in her absence from WWE, but I don’t know.