Yes, that would have been a very good step! Or at the least they could make her more annoying (like Angelina Love was…LOL).

I doubt Maryse will get booed until WWE has her do something a little more evil than using hairspray and the head of a turkey costume as weapons. Although, WWE clearly likes her as is, so I doubt much will change, which kinda sucks. It’s too bad Melina was too hurt to lose the title in the ring because having Maryse “injure” her and brag out how she “ended Melina’s career’ could have been a good angle, especially upon Melina’s return.

The fact that she’s an arrogant, conceited character who has done bad things to two of the more over face characters (Mickie and Melina) and still can’t garner the appropriate reaction makes her nearly as bad as Laycool, IMO. At least Michelle can make up for the lack of charisma with decent wrestling. Maryse is still struggling in-ring wise. The WWE needs to stick her as the Miz’s manager and work on building up the legitimate heels they have in Jillian and Katie Lea. As it is, I shudder to think of the job Gail’s going to have to do, carrying her in this finals match.

So, since Michelle gets no reaction nearly all of the time instead of 100% of the time, it’s wrong to say she isn’t over ?

Goodness, it isn’t Michelle I feel sorry for. Given such strict criteria, it’s Maryse. ;)

Yep, they chanted “You suck” for about 5 seconds, then went right back to being silent, no one cared about her at the Rumble, and now her presence can turn Vickie’s boos into silence. Oh, well, at least it’s kind of amusing.

Shifting focus back to RAW…the WWE really needs to incorporate a “damage control” mindset. The damage mostly being done by Melina’s injury. The focus needs to be on passable in-ring action featuring the best workers in the division. I’d say that certainly makes Gail the best woman for the Divas title at this time, while Maryse needs to sit her ass on the bench for now, soaking up crucial knowledge from the veteran divas.

Rrelentlessly humiliating and insulting the most popular woman in the company for months. You’d think after all of that, people would care.

Instead, Michelle came out at the Rumble for the big match to no reaction and cut a promo where what sounded like 20 people out of 16,000 booed softly for a couple seconds before going silent like everyone else while, according to people in attendence, a good portion of the audience left for either the restroom or the concession stand. That’s the same reaction a random Divas match with no angle or build up whatsoever gets.

Then, last week, Vickie Guerrero was getting booed out of the arena while speaking. The moment Michelle’s music hit, the boos stopped completely, replaced by total silence. It was hilarious to hear, though, so I’m not too bothered by that one.

Michelle actually did get heat at TLC. But the real funny thing is, even if she didn’t, she was actually able to do her job as a heel and rally the fans behind the babyface. The same babyface that wrestled in front of a dead crowd when she defeated Maryse. That is very telling. As for the celebration, Laycool clearly received “you suck” chants by the conclusion of the segment, and mild heat throughout.

Michelle and Layla should be getting booed out of every arena, every week at this point. There’s no excuse for them not to be at this point, yet not only are they not hugely over, they’re not over at all.

“However I’ve actually seen Michelle, Layla, and Beth get the crowd involved. Part of that is more favorable booking, which is why I criticized RAW’s writers. But hell, Mickie/Michelle at TLC had more crowd energy behind it than any match I’ve seen involving Maryse. And that includes her own match with Ms. James. The same goes for the now classic “good-bye celebration”. Laycool garnered quality heat.”

The only crowd reaction at TLC was for Mickie showing a burst of offense. Whenever Michelle was in control, there was no heat. Even worse, after the big angle on the 1/22 Smackdown where Mickie had the cake dumped on her, Michelle and Layla have been getting as little response as ever. How is it not a complete failure to put in all of this effort and recieve the same apathy you’d get with no storyline at all?

I’m hating the Maryse show at the moment, yes I do criticise her a lot on here. I don’t hate her, I just think she’s force fed to us way too often. Even if there’s no Diva action, there’s always room for Maryse- it irritates me. I think Gail’s moment in the sun, set on her first match- after she won that title. As soon as she lost it, she pretty much lost it all with WWE. I only wish something would happen that would shake things up on the road of predictability.

On saying that the match was good? as short as it was. Can only hope were going to get a little more build up next week?? Or am I just clinging to straws at this stage….

I don’t understand singling out the Raw Divas for being heatless, as if the crowd doesn’t go completely silent when Michelle, Layla, or Beth show up. Raw doesn’t have a storyline, Smackdown does, but the reaction is the same: apathy.

This division can be salvaged, but the effort just isn’t there.

That being said, even as it stands now, with barely a fraction of the effort put into it, I mean Gail gets one minute matches and Maryse gets 30 second promos each week, I will still be stunned if they don’t get a better or at least equal crowd reaction than all the Michelle-Mickie stuff got even with all the build behind it. If that does end up being the case, it’s saying a lot, either about their writing or the people they choose to push…

Why should she be jeered? For being hot? For being pretty amusing with her over-the-top act? For never showing hostility towards the fans? For not doing anything that bad to babyfaces? I would agree if you were making this point about Laycool, as WWE has given the fans every reason in the world to hate them yet the crowd is still silent. With Maryse, the fans have no real reason to hate her.

And that’s my point. We’ve got a heel that can’t even get jeered. LOL! And the only reason she gets any sort of babyface reaction seems to come from her “sexy act”. I guarantee if Gail or Eve were to come out the same way they’d get the catcalls too. That’s why the fans stop caring after the entrance and posing is done.

Maryse’s promo had no chance of getting a reaction. The first part of the promo was Maryse acting totally out of character, then the second part wasn’t in English. Judging by all of the “Wait, Maryse is a babyface now?” comments I’ve seen online since Raw, it seems like a lot of people didn’t get it at all.

Maryse has gotten babyface pops for her entrance, but no one said she gets huge heel heat. Why would she? She’s pretty, doesn’t say anything bad about the fans, can be pretty funny, and WWE hasn’t had her do anything all that bad to babyfaces. Not much reason to boo a character like that.

Yeah, but she got zip when she was speaking English too. Not to mention the crickets, when she made her way from the announce table to the ring. It’s obvious that the only people who care about Maryse and her character are online fans. I’m still waiting for someone to point me in the direction of these massive heel pops of hers. LOL! Youtube maybe?

And I agree about the language thing. Unfortunately, there are too many Americans (not absolutely all, but still) who don’t have so much as an interest in other languages, so I think the situation would be similiar to what flytoadream said. One might assume that she’s saying something nasty (it’s an old gag) but for those who don’t really care it may be like previously described.

And @Jamal – Agreed.

Crowd not understanding what is happening = silence. Same thing happens when Beth Phoenix attacks faces and heels in the same segment.

And, usually when someone speaks to me in a language I can’t understand, it doesn’t mean good things. I’m waiting for Gail to pick up on this. She’s suspicious so she’s not totally oblivious, maybe next week if Maryse repeats the act she’ll give her the old “What’s up wit dat?”

I also hope there isnt a Champ vs Champ match at wrestlemania pl I dont wanna see Mickie vs Maryse again. I wanna see a real match where I know both divas willl be serious and not just one. Mickie vs Michelle vs Beth should take wrestlemania or Natalya vs Mickie , Michelle vs Beth , Beth vs Natalya vs Mickie vs Michelle. Typically SD matches where we know there willl be story progression

Maryse’s character has taken an interesting twist. She isn’t going all bug eyed and crazy lookin’ when talking French. I think if they keep her wrestling matches in the same format, which is smart btw, at the PPV.. Job well done.

I don’t get Diva fans. They mark out of that stupid Michelle/Layla dumb act and call it “genius!” Despite Michelle and Layla killing the crowd dead everytime. Yet, a heel with real personality and a match style that will get the crowd into it if the face does their moves right is deemed “useless”.

Pro wrestling isn’t just about doing moves because you can do them. That is why a lot of Diva matches don’t go over well. It is just a bunch of moves.

I’m still gonna root for Gail to win,though.I would love to see Maryse spaz out,and the shock factor would be awesome…for some,anyways.

I actually hope Gail wins….Maryse is all talk, nothing to back herself up with whereas Gail one the other hand hardly says anything but has the ability to get far.

“I know you don’t believe me but I just want to tell you that you smell garbage at a 100-feet around…I look at you and all I can see is a little girl who makes pity, you are nothing gail, nothing”

I would be down for a divas champion vs. womens champion match but I don’t wanna see Maryse vs. Mickie again

(sigh) WWE never does what the fans wants