History CreatorsPet / ProfessionalWrestling

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero once she became the Smackdown GM on June 29th 2007. She was hated due to her poor acting and mic ability, getting XPacHeat instead of good heel heat as a result. WWE's response? They pushed her angle with Wrestling/{{Edge}} even harder, going as far as to "banish" Wrestling/TheUndertaker of all people, temporarily, and when Undertaker came back (only because SHE decided to punish Edge), it was Edge who was "sent to Hell" while Vickie cheered Undertaker. When Undertaker decided he was going to punish her too, she formed an alliance with Wrestling/BigShow, who Undertaker feuded with and won against, but by that time Vickie had realigned with Edge and Taker seemed to forget about her, allowing Edge and Vickie to resume their awful kayfabe relationship angle as if the last few months didn't happen. Vickie was then promoted to GM of both RAW and Smackdown heading into Wrestlemania, and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] match (a triple threat featuring Wrestling/JohnCena, Edge, and Big Show) was centered around a RomanticPlotTumor with Edge and Show fighting over Vickie, with Cena just there to play the {{face}} and make Vickie jokes. Following Wrestlemania, she chose to just be on RAW, WWE's primary television show, but continued her relationship with Edge, a Smackdown wrestler, who won the WHC back at Wrestling/{{Backlash}}, meaning that after over a year since their "storyline" began there was no sign that they would meet their downfall. Vickie only barely avoided being a KarmaHoudini because she decided to leave in RealLife, which angered Vince [=McMahon=]. As a result, Guerrero got comeuppance on the show for the wrong reasons. Vickie suffered a HumiliationConga and was dumped by Edge. She came back months later, primarily as a manager with a smaller role, and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap became the most popular heel in the company]]. [[BaseBreakingCharacter Or perhaps not]].

* Wrestling/EvaMarie, a woman that WWE seemed desperate and determined to make a star. The only problem was that according to fans she had very little talent- she couldn't wrestle, she couldn't talk, she couldn't act, and she couldn't even sell, meaning she wouldn't even have made a good {{jobber}}. Even when WWE finally put her down in NXT to learn with the most talented women they have, Eva was, at best, a female version of Bo Dallas, and at worst, a talentless HateSink. The fact that WWE still used Eva Marie for promotional material for their main roster shows and [=PPVs=] when she was in NXT put her dangerously close to WolverinePublicity as well. After returning to the main roster following the second Brand Extension, she seemed to have found something that suited her, being repackaged as a heel who comes up with excuses to avoid wrestling and while this had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed her]] in the eyes of some fans, this type of gimmick would become stale very quickly and she'd eventually have to either put up or shut up. (un)Fortunately, she got a Wellness suspension in 2016 and sat out the rest of her contract, which expired in August of 2017. However, at the end of 2020, WWE actually re-signed Eva (although she wouldn't debut until mid-2021) which was immediately greeted with considerable doubt. Unfortunately for her, things went ''nuclear'' when WWE (as part of their semi-regular mass releases of talent for [[MoneyDearBoy "cost-cutting" purposes]]) fired a number of very talented but heavily underused female talents, including legend Wrestling/MickieJames, shortly before Eva was scheduled to redebut, leading to incredulity that WWE couldn't find a use for women like James, Wrestling/BillieKay, Wrestling/PeytonRoyce, or Chelsea Green, but were willing to bring back a woman who'd been one of their biggest busts. The heat only got worse when it became quickly apparent that Eva had barely improved ''at all,'' although at least this time WWE weren't pushing her as hard. They also released her a second time a few months later.

* Wrestling/EvaMarie, a woman that WWE seemed desperate and determined to make a star. The only problem was that according to fans she had very little talent- she couldn't wrestle, she couldn't talk, she couldn't act, and she couldn't even sell, meaning she wouldn't even have made a good {{jobber}}. Even when WWE finally put her down in NXT to learn with the most talented women they have, Eva was, at best, a female version of Bo Dallas, and at worst, a talentless HateSink. The fact that WWE still used Eva Marie for promotional material for their main roster shows and [=PPVs=] when she was in NXT put her dangerously close to WolverinePublicity as well. After returning to the main roster following the second Brand Extension, she seemed to have found something that suited her, being repackaged as a heel who comes up with excuses to avoid wrestling and while this had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed her]] in the eyes of some fans, this type of gimmick would become stale very quickly and she'd eventually have to either put up or shut up. (un)Fortunately, she got a Wellness suspension in 2016 and sat out the rest of her contract, which expired in August of 2017. However, at the end of 2020, WWE actually re-signed Eva (although she wouldn't debut until mid-2021) which was immediately greeted with considerable doubt. Unfortunately for her, things went ''nuclear'' when WWE (as part of their semi-regular mass releases of talent for [[MoneyDearBoy "cost-cutting" purposes]]) fired a number of very talented but heavily underused female talents, including legend Wrestling/MickieJames, shortly before Eva was scheduled to redebut, leading to incredulity that WWE couldn't find a use for women like James, Wrestling/BillieKay, Wrestling/PeytonRoyce, or Chelsea Green, but were willing to bring back a woman who'd been one of their biggest busts. The heat only got worse when it became quickly apparent that Eva had barely improved ''at all,'' although at least this time WWE weren't pushing her as hard.

*** Wrestling/TripleH managed to become an [[UpToEleven even bigger]] Creator's Pet than he was before with his on camera COO position, to the point where the entire roster save for a few face main eventers pulled a FaceHeelTurn (a temporary one in the case of face wrestlers) and voted "No Confidence" on him, to which he responded by saying a broom could do a better job than all of them, and the remaining face wrestlers who stayed behind kissed his ass, including Wrestling/CMPunk, the guy he had been feuding with for months. Even Wrestling/VinceMcMahon himself came back to [[CharacterShilling shill]] his son-in-law/future heir as COO, even as he is stripping him of his duties of running RAW. The entire purpose was just to put over how amazing HHH is as kayfabe COO and will be as Vince's successor in RealLife when Vince steps down/dies.

* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], for much of his first year or so. Green as grass, pushed to the moon, won the IC title, all over TV and the fans ''loathed'' him. "Die Rocky, Die" chants were not uncommon. He was only rescued by his FaceHeelTurn, making the most of fan hatred while letting him grow as a performer. It also helped that he was allowed to drop the squeaky clean face [[TheGimmick gimmick]] and become "Dwayne Johnson, cranked UpToEleven".

** TheBusCameBack: [=McIntyre=] became 1/3 of [[Wrestling/ThreeMB 3MB]] with Wrestling/HeathSlater and Wrestling/JinderMahal, who were essentially ButtMonkey {{Jobber}}s, proving that this part of [=McIntyre=]'s gimmick is now dead. He's also now been [[UpToEleven released from WWE.]]

* Wrestling/AshleyMassaro started her wrestling career right on television with a good deal of popularity among fans. After a year or so, though, she had been exposed as wrestler who was all show and no go, greatly surpassed in popularity by Wrestling/MickieJames and Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez. So she was moved to a different "brand" than they were and was pushed as its top female baby {{face}} over Wrestling/JillianHall, a wrestler of comparable talent to James and Perez who continually proved she could do everything Massaro did, be it dance, valet for Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick, cut promos, show off her body or most importantly wrestle just as well or much better than Massaro. Massaro continued to be booked on pay per view and for promotional music videos, acting spots, magazines shoots and reality show contests outside of pro wrestling as she continued to stink up the ring and her fan base slowly dwindled away. Once she was no longer on television, Massaro gained a reputation for no showing events on the independent circuit and gradually faded away. However, at the few independent shows she did manage to make it to, she managed to win a few fans back over. Just enough to spark debates on what her career would have been like had she been properly trained, which also intensified after her tragic suicide in 2020.

* Wrestling/LexLuger's "Made in the USA" [[TheGimmick gimmick]] in the WWF was pretty much the definition of the Creator's Pet in wrestling. He was over well enough in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a main event heel, and was getting good reactions from his [[TheFightingNarcissist "Narcissist"]] gimmick he was playing in the midcard, before he was quickly given a HeelFaceTurn and pushed to the top after Wrestling/HulkHogan finally "left for good" (well, for 8+ years, anyway), plugged directly into Wrestling/HulkHogan's feud with Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, and given a hugely over-the-top AllAmericanFace gimmick, in hopes to get him massively over. It completely failed on every level possible; the casual fans saw Luger as a poor imitation of the departed Hogan, and the [[SmartMark smarks]] detested Luger's lack of mobility and failure to grasp even basic WrestlingPsychology, to the extent that body slamming the 640 pound Yokozuna still didn't get him over. Tellingly, after he got a title match with Yokozuna, with the stipulation that it would be Luger's only shot at the championship, then won the match by count-out (meaning the title didn't change hands), the fan reaction was less "clamoring for a rematch" and more "[[WhatAnIdiot the idiot blew his one shot]]". Luger would return to WCW shortly after.

* Pick any wrestler who is on the booking team, or better yet, a relative of someone on the booking team. Some American examples: June Byers (daughter-in-law of Billy Wolfe), [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] (son of Wrestling/DustyRhodes), Wrestling/TripleH (son-in-law of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Wrestling/VinceMcMahon), Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (suspected closet-''lover'' of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Wrestling/VinceMcMahon), Wrestling/JeffJarrett (co-owner and son of Jerry Jarrett) in Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Erik Watts (son of Bill Watts), David Sammartino (son of Wrestling/BrunoSammartino, not part of the booking team but pushed in an attempt by them to please his father), David Flair (son of Wrestling/RicFlair, see Sammartino), and Wrestling/KevinNash (booker in 1998-1999) in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Greg Gagne and Larry Zbyszko (son and son-in-law of Verne Gagne, respectively) in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]]. Such wrestlers are usually pushed far beyond their ability levels or to the point where fans become sick of seeing them. Other countries' promotions are not immune to this either.

*** And now Wrestling/TripleH has managed to become an [[UpToEleven even bigger]] Creator's Pet than he was before with the recent COO storyline, to the point where the entire roster save for a few face main eventers pulled a FaceHeelTurn (a temporary one in the case of face wrestlers) and voted "No Confidence" on him, to which he responded by saying a broom could do a better job than all of them, and the remaining face wrestlers who stayed behind kissed his ass, including Wrestling/CMPunk, the guy he had been feuding with for months. Even Wrestling/VinceMcMahon himself came back to [[CharacterShilling shill]] his son-in-law/future heir as COO, even as he is stripping him of his duties of running RAW. The entire purpose was just to put over how amazing HHH is as kayfabe COO and will be as Vince's successor in RealLife when Vince steps down/dies.

* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], for much of his first year or so. Green as grass, pushed to the moon, won the IC title, all over TV and the fans ''loathed'' him. "Die Rocky, Die" chants were not uncommon. He was only rescued by his FaceHeelTurn, making the most of fan hatred while letting him grow as a performer. It also helped that they retooled the character from a squeaky clean face into "Dwayne Johnson, cranked UpToEleven".
* Beaver Cleavage. This gimmick was Chaz Warrington (formerly Headbanger Mosh) and his {{kayfabe}} girlfriend, the late Marianna Komlos, as a hypersexual parody of ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver''. It was Wrestling/VinceRusso's pet gimmick. Russo fought and fought with the rest of the WWF creative team to get Beaver Cleavage on the air, and when he finally did, the fan reaction was as negative as everyone not named Vince Russo expected. Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}} himself vetoed the character a couple of weeks in, nipping his Pet-ness in the bud. Russo was so infuriated by the Beaver Cleavage character getting the axe that it was one of the main reasons behind his decision to jump from WWF to WCW.

** TheBusCameBack: [=McIntyre=] became 1/3 of [[Wrestling/ThreeMB 3MB]] with Wrestling/HeathSlater and Wrestling/JinderMahal, who were essentially ButtMonkey {{Jobber}}s, proving that this part of [=McIntyre=]'s character is now dead. He's also now been [[UpToEleven released from WWE.]]

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero once she became the Smackdown GM on June 29th 2007. She was hated due to her poor acting and mic ability, not because of her character, and got XPacHeat as a result. WWE's response? They pushed her storyline with Wrestling/{{Edge}} even harder, going as far as to "banish" Wrestling/TheUndertaker of all people, temporarily, and when Undertaker came back (only because SHE decided to punish Edge), it was Edge who was "sent to Hell" while Vickie cheered Undertaker. When Undertaker decided he was going to punish her too, she formed an alliance with Wrestling/BigShow, who Undertaker feuded with and won against, but by that time Vickie had realigned with Edge and Taker seemed to forget about her, allowing Edge and Vickie to resume their awful kayfabe relationship angle as if the last few months didn't happen. Vickie was then promoted to GM of both RAW and Smackdown heading into Wrestlemania, and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] match (a triple threat featuring Wrestling/JohnCena, Edge, and Big Show) was centered around a RomanticPlotTumor with Edge and Show fighting over Vickie, with Cena just there to play the {{face}} and make Vickie jokes. Following Wrestlemania, she chose to just be on RAW, WWE's primary television show, but continued her relationship with Edge, a Smackdown wrestler, who won the WHC back at Wrestling/{{Backlash}}, meaning that after over a year since their "storyline" began there was no sign that they would meet their downfall. Vickie only barely avoided being a KarmaHoudini because she decided to leave in RealLife, which angered Vince [=McMahon=]. As a result, her "character" got comeuppance for the wrong reasons. Vickie suffered a HumiliationConga and was dumped by Edge. She came back months later, primarily as a manager with a smaller role, and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap became the most popular heel in the company]]. [[BaseBreakingCharacter Or perhaps not]].
* Wrestling/GailKim eventually evolved into this in TNA. She was initially the top face of the Knockouts division and became their first Women's Champion. After her program with Awesome Kong ended, she continued to get pushed as the top face and dominated angles. A May 2008 match furthering a feud between Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople and Roxxi Laveaux had Gail inserted into it and the feud then switched to between her and the Beautiful People. Rather than getting TBP over as heels, Gail prevailed rather easily. It wasn't until she left TNA that another was pushed as the top baby face. When she returned in 2011, she was now pushed as the top heel. Within two weeks she won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team titles without any storyline behind it and within another two weeks, she was the Knockouts Champion as well. Even after she lost the title, she still dominated angles. One involving the title was turned into a '''subplot''' while Gail's rivalry with the referee took centre stage. And she rarely loses cleanly too, despite TNA having no problem getting other tenured Knockouts to put over their opponents when the occasion calls for it. This did get reversed with Gail's HeelFaceTurn as she ended up putting over new Knockout Jessicka Havok and losing a lot of her InvincibleHero schtick.

* The Wrestling/BellaTwins have been constant {{Base Breaking Character}}s with regards to this since their 2010 feud with Wrestling/JillianHall. In 2011 Brie randomly won the Divas' Championship, despite a much more interesting storyline featuring the debuting [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma]] on the way - and Wrestling/KellyKelly being seemingly built up as the next top face to challenge her. Likewise the next year Nikki won the title for no reason and only held it for a week (as their contracts expired). When they returned to WWE in 2013, their appearances on ''Series/TotalDivas'' played this up - attempting to portray them as real-life {{Alpha Bitch}}es. After a HeelFaceTurn, they remained supporting players in the division - until mid-2014 when they feuded with each other. Fans are split down the middle on this - as Brie ''had'' gotten incredibly over during her feud with Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon and Nikki's heel turn was very well received. However the initial segments proved disastrous and {{Narm}}-worthy (to the degree that even Nikki herself [[OldShame complained about them]] on a radio interview). When the feud moved away from longer segments, consensus seems to be that it's a form of this or SoOkayItsAverage.

** He was a Pet in Wrestling/{{TNA}} for a little while after being released from WWE, until he got arrested and was taken off television permanently. Fan reaction was even worse than in WWE, because apart from hardly changing his character, he had proven himself to be quite the unlikable person outside of {{Kayfabe}} as well.

* Wrestling/{{Paige}} is a curious case. While she remains popular with fans in arenas - and she was near-universally popular on NXT - she slipped into divisive status after coming to WWE's main roster in 2014. Paige essentially was at the top of the division and dominated storylines. As this went on, many fans grew increasingly apathetic towards her Anti-Diva character (accusing it of RealWomenNeverWearDresses) and many UnfortunateImplications were noted - particularly in one promo where she claimed that she and her partner Wrestling/AJLee were automatically better than the Wrestling/BellaTwins because they were Tomboys, and that since the Bellas were {{Girly Girl}}s, they weren't "being themselves" and didn't count as "real women". Part of the problem is her popularity with the crowds; the girl herself has said that she's more suited as a heel but gets repeatedly pushed as a face, coming across as a DesignatedHero. What's more is that the rest of the women (including the champion herself) went through the FaceHeelRevolvingDoor each week simply to accommodate Paige's presence. While she continues to get good reactions from crowds, she divides fans on the internet and sparks divisiveness. There seems to be very little middle ground involving her.

** In late 2020, likely due to a number of factors (included increased competition from [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] and [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] making in-roads into America) WWE finally had Reigns [[FaceHeelTurn turn heel]] after 6 years, with his new character essentially embracing his status as a pet, [[ItsAllAboutMe claiming to be the sole person responsible for WWE's success]], saying he's better than every other wrestler on the roster, and generally acting like a self-entitled JerkAss. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap This change has been positively received by wrestling critics]] who claim that Reigns' "Head of the Table" heel character has better storytelling and character than anything from his face run.

* Wrestling/JinderMahal in mid-2017. After ''[=WrestleMania=] 33'', Mahal was moved to ''[=SmackDown=]'' during the Superstar Shake-up between the brands, upon which he [[FromNobodyToNightmare suddenly upset then-WWE Champion Randy Orton at Backlash in May to obtain the belt]], which he held onto for ''nearly six months'' despite being average at best in the ring and shifting his character to a tired [[ForeignWrestlingHeel foreign heel]] straight out of TheEighties who couldn't even beat lowercard stars without interference from The Singh Brothers. His reign caused WWE's TV ratings and ticket sales to plummet even further than they already were. It didn't help that he regularly scored victories over beloved wrestlers such as Wrestling/SamiZayn and Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, almost halting their pushes in the process. The main reasons for Jinder's push were because WWE wanted to appeal to the Indian market (where the WWE Network had recently launched, and were stated to go on tour after Backlash) and likely because Jinder had buffed up considerably since his first run (which many suspect is due to steroid use due to his extreme leanness and vascularity, gynecomastia and back acne). The reveal that Vince [=McMahon=] was personally writing a lot of Mahal's promos and material received unfavorable comparison with Roman Reigns, making a lot of fans perceive Mahal as being an overpushed pet project of Vince's, once again being forced down the throats of fans.

** After losing her title a few days later to Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Charlotte took some time off for breast implant surgery before returning in July and reclaiming the title from Carmella at Summerslam 2018, tying with Wrestling/TrishStratus for most WWE Women's Championships held on the main roster (Trish took 6 years to do so while Charlotte only took 3). This victory also had her breaking Trish's record for most PPV victories by a woman. Her instant return to the title picture was the moment when a majority of the fans turned against her, as it very nearly derailed [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] (a long time fan favorite who was widely expected to win back the championship) momentum over the last 2 months. In fact, the fans were firmly behind Becky when she turned on Charlotte, so much so that WWE had to pull a hasty rewrite on the storyline and portray it as BothSidesHaveAPoint instead of Becky being the pure heel and Charlotte being the face as they had originally intended. Despite dropping the title to Becky, she was still heavily focused to the point of replacing Becky Lynch to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series -- a match that had been anticipated since Ronda's debut -- after Becky suffered a legitimate nose injury, despite Asuka receiving louder cheers.

* Despite Wrestling/NiaJax being unfavorably compared to some of the worse [[TheGiant giants]] mentioned on this page from TheNineties, she was fast-tracked to the main roster less than a year after her NXT debut thanks to her family ties to Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. On the main roster, she showed exactly why she wasn't ready as she frequently botched maneuvers and failed to create a compelling character. While she did eventually find her footing by early 2018, it quickly faded away once she won her first women's championship. The storylines she was put in severely damaged her character, as she seemed to turn on a whim (going back and forth from a WrestlingMonster to a helpless bullying victim back to a WrestlingMonster within the months of March to May, for instance). Her XPacHeat came to a head in late 2018, where during a brawl to close an episode of Raw, she legitimately punched Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the face, causing Lynch to be sidelined with a concussion and depriving Wrestling/SurvivorSeries of the highly anticipated match between Lynch and Creator/RondaRousey. Despite fan outcry and growing evidence of Jax being a legitimately dangerous competitor, she didn't receive any punishment from the company and it was even used to further her push as a monster heel.

* Wrestling/NiaJax was unfavorably compared to some of the worse [[TheGiant giants]] mentioned on this page from TheNineties, but despite the NXT crowd unilaterally rejecting her she was fast-tracked to the main roster thanks to her family ties to Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. On the main roster, she showed exactly why she wasn't ready, frequently botching. For a time in early 2018, Jax shook off the criticism and became a minor EnsembleDarkHorse but it faded away once she won her first women's championship. The storylines she was put in severely damaged her character, as she seemed to turn on a whim (going back and forth from a WrestlingMonster to a helpless bullying victim back to a WrestlingMonster within the months of March to May, for instance). Her XPacHeat came to a head in late 2018, where during a brawl to close an episode of Raw, she legitimately punched Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the face, causing Lynch to be sidelined with a concussion and depriving Wrestling/SurvivorSeries of the anticipated match between Lynch and Creator/RondaRousey. Despite fan outcry and evidence the attack may have not been accidental, she didn't receive any punishment from the company and it was even used to further her push as a monster heel.

* Wrestling/EvaMarie, a woman that WWE seemed desperate and determined to make a star. The only problem was that according to fans she had very little talent- she couldn't wrestle, she couldn't talk, she couldn't act, and she couldn't even sell, meaning she wouldn't even have made a good {{jobber}}. Even when WWE finally put her down in NXT to learn with the most talented women they have, Eva was, at best, a female version of Bo Dallas, and at worst, a talentless HateSink. The fact that WWE still used Eva Marie for promotional material for their main roster shows and [=PPVs=] when she was in NXT put her dangerously close to WolverinePublicity as well. After returning to the main roster following the second Brand Extension, she seemed to have found something that suited her, being repackaged as a MarySue heel who comes up with excuses to avoid wrestling and while this had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed her]] in the eyes of some fans, this type of gimmick would become stale very quickly and she'd eventually have to either put up or shut up. (un)Fortunately, she got a Wellness suspension in 2016 and sat out the rest of her contract, which expired in August of 2017. However, at the end of 2020, WWE actually re-signed Eva (although she wouldn't debut until mid-2021) which was immediately greeted with considerable doubt. Unfortunately for her, things went ''nuclear'' when WWE (as part of their semi-regular mass releases of talent for [[MoneyDearBoy "cost-cutting" purposes]]) fired a number of very talented but heavily underused female talents, including legend Wrestling/MickieJames, shortly before Eva was scheduled to redebut, leading to incredulity that WWE couldn't find a use for women like James, Wrestling/BillieKay, Wrestling/PeytonRoyce, or Chelsea Green, but were willing to bring back a woman who'd been one of their biggest busts. The heat only got worse when it became quickly apparent that Eva had barely improved ''at all,'' although at least this time WWE weren't pushing her as hard.

* Wrestling/EvaMarie, a woman that WWE seemed desperate and determined to make a star. The only problem was that according to fans she had very little talent- she couldn't wrestle, she couldn't talk, she couldn't act, and she couldn't even sell, meaning she wouldn't even have made a good {{jobber}}. Even when WWE finally put her down in NXT to learn with the most talented women they have, Eva was, at best, a female version of Bo Dallas, and at worst, a talentless HateSink. The fact that WWE still used Eva Marie for promotional material for their main roster shows and [=PPVs=] when she was in NXT put her dangerously close to WolverinePublicity as well. After returning to the main roster following the second Brand Extension, she seemed to have found something that suited her, being repackaged as a MarySue heel who comes up with excuses to avoid wrestling and while this had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed her]] in the eyes of some fans, this type of gimmick would become stale very quickly and she'd eventually have to either put up or shut up. (un)Fortunately, she got a Wellness suspension in 2016 and sat out the rest of her contract, which expired in August of 2017. However, at the end of 2020, WWE actually re-signed Eva (although she wouldn't debut until mid-2021) which was immediately greeted with considerably doubt. Unfortunately for her, things went ''nuclear'' when WWE (as part of their semi-regular mass releases of talent for [[MoneyDearBoy "cost-cutting" purposes]]) fired a number of very talented but heavily underused female talents, including legend Wrestling/MickieJames shortly before Eva was scheduled to redebut, leading to incredulity that WWE couldn't find a use for women like James, Wrestling/BillieKay, Wrestling/PeytonRoyce, or Chelsea Green, but were willing to bring back a woman who'd been one of their biggest busts. The heat only got worse when it became quickly apparent that Eva had barely improved ''at all,'' although at least this time WWE weren't pushing her as hard.

* Wrestling/EvaMarie, a woman that WWE seemed desperate and determined to make a star. The only problem was that according to fans she had very little talent--she couldn't wrestle, she couldn't talk, she couldn't act, and she couldn't even sell, meaning she wouldn't even have made a good {{jobber}}. Even when WWE finally put her down in NXT to learn with the most talented women they have, Eva was, at best, a female version of Bo Dallas, and at worst, a talentless HateSink. The fact that WWE still used Eva Marie for promotional material for their main roster shows and [=PPVs=] when she was in NXT put her dangerously close to WolverinePublicity as well. After returning to the main roster following the second Brand Extension, she seemed to have found something that suited her, being repackaged as a MarySue heel who comes up with excuses to avoid wrestling and while this had [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed her]] in the eyes of some fans, this type of gimmick would become stale very quickly and she'd eventually have to either put up or shut up. (un)Fortunately, she got a Wellness suspension in 2016 and sat out the rest of her contract, which expired in August of 2017.

** In late 2020, likely due to a number of factors (included increased competition from [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] and [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] making in-roads into America) WWE finally had Reigns [[FaceHeelTurn turn heel]] after 6 years, with his new character essentially embracing his status as a pet, [[ItsAllAboutMe claiming to be the sole person responsible for WWE's success]], saying he's better than every other wrestler on the roster, and generally acting like a self-entitled JerkAss. [[TropesAreNotBad This change has been positively received by wrestling critics]] who claim that Reigns' "Head of the Table" heel character has better storytelling and character than anything from his face run.

* Wrestling/HulkHogan himself was and is beloved in WWE, but in Wrestling/{{WCW}} he was, for the most part, a Creator's Pet. When he first arrived, fans [[AmericansHateTingle hated]] his InvincibleHero schtick. Hogan's solution was that [[CompletelyMissingThePoint he wasn't invincible enough]], and so he set about burying all the other top drawing wrestlers in the booking. Things got so bad that WCW had to take anti-Hogan signs from fans before letting them into the arenas, and free Hogan merchandise given to the fans in the front row was thrown back. Of course, Hogan was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap when the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder formed. A few years later the [=nWo=] had run its course and Hogan [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] again, and went right back into Pet-ness, where he remained until a falling out with booker Wrestling/VinceRusso had him removed from television until WCW's demise.

* Wrestling/AshleyMassaro started her wrestling career right on television with a good deal of popularity among fans. After a year or so, though, she had been exposed as wrestler who was all show and no go, greatly surpassed in popularity by Wrestling/MickieJames and Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez. So she was moved to a different "brand" than they were and was pushed as its top female baby {{face}} over Wrestling/JillianHall, a wrestler of comparable talent to James and Perez who continually proved she could do everything Massaro did, be it dance, valet for Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick, cut promos, show off her body or most importantly wrestle just as well or much better than Massaro. Massaro continued to be booked on pay per view and for promotional music videos, acting spots, magazines shoots and reality show contests outside of pro wrestling as she continued to stink up the ring and her fan base slowly dwindled away. Once she was no longer on television, Massaro gained a reputation for no showing events on the independent circuit and gradually faded away. However, at the few independent shows she did manage to make it to, she managed to win a few fans back over. Just enough to spark debates on what her career would have been like had she been properly trained.

* Beaver Cleavage. This gimmick was Chaz Warrington (formerly Headbanger Mosh) and his {{kayfabe}} girlfriend, the late Marianna Komlos, as a hypersexual parody of ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABktaBh8chQ This]] was his fist hype vignette. It was Wrestling/VinceRusso's pet gimmick. Russo fought and fought with the rest of the WWF creative team to get Beaver Cleavage on the air, and when he finally did, the fan reaction was as negative as everyone not named Wrestling/VinceRusso expected. Vince [=McMahon=] himself vetoed the character a couple of weeks in, nipping his Pet-ness in the bud. The incident, however, was one of Russo's main reasons for leaving WWF for WCW. As for Chaz and Marianna, after being allowed to work under their real names without gimmicks for about 2 weeks, they got stuck in a domestic abuse angle.

* Wrestling/NiaJax was unfavorably compared to some of the worse [[WrestlingMonster giants]] mentioned on this page from TheNineties, but despite the NXT crowd unilaterally rejecting her she was fast-tracked to the main roster thanks to her family ties to Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. On the main roster, she showed exactly why she wasn't ready, frequently botching. For a time in early 2018, Jax shook off the criticism and became a minor EnsembleDarkHorse but it faded away once she won her first women's championship. The storylines she was put in severely damaged her character, as she seemed to turn on a whim (going back and forth from a WrestlingMonster to a helpless bullying victim back to a WrestlingMonster within the months of March to May, for instance). Her XPacHeat came to a head in late 2018, where during a brawl to close an episode of Raw, she legitimately punched Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the face, causing Lynch to be sidelined with a concussion and depriving Wrestling/SurvivorSeries of the anticipated match between Lynch and Creator/RondaRousey. Despite fan outcry and evidence the attack may have not been accidental, she didn't receive any punishment from the company and it was even used to further her push as a monster heel.

** Already held the Women's Championship a record 10-times in 2019, entered the main event of [=WrestleMania=] 35 in controversial fashion and defeating Trish Stratus, all in the span of a year, WWE continued to extend Charlotte's already long list of accomplishments by making her winning the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble. Said match also had Charlotte breaking the record of most eliminations by a women and putting herself over another NXT WrestlingMonster in the form of Shayna Baszler. In addition to this, Charlotte's victory also means that ''[=WrestleMania=]'' 36 will be Charlotte's sixth ''[=WrestleMania=]'' in a row she is in a championship match, more than any other women. Her controversial victory has been compared to her {{DistaffCounterpart}}'s own Royal Rumble victory five years prior.

** Already held the Women's Championship a record 10-times in 2019, entered the main event of [=WrestleMania=] 35 in controversial fashion and defeating , WWE continued to extend Charlotte's already long list of accomplishments by making her winning the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble. Said match also had Charlotte breaking the record of most eliminations by a women and putting herself over another NXT WrestlingMonster in the form of Shayna Baszler. In addition to this, Charlotte's victory also means that ''[=WrestleMania=]'' 36 will be Charlotte's sixth ''[=WrestleMania=]'' in a row she is in a championship match, more than any other women. Her controversial victory has been compared to her {{DistaffCounterpart}}'s own Royal Rumble victory five years prior.

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair had been compared by fans as the DistaffCounterpart to Roman Reigns despite her talents. Throughout her career, Charlotte was constantly given title opportunities and rarely needed to win a number one contender match first and in the last three months of 2018, she had four [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship matches. In fact, in almost all the pay-per-views Charlotte was in, she was either the defending champion or the challenger.

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero once she became the Smackdown GM on June 29th 2007. She was hated due to her poor acting and mic ability, not because of her character, and got XPacHeat as a result. WWE's response? They pushed her storyline with Wrestling/{{Edge}} even harder, going as far as to "banish" Wrestling/TheUndertaker of all people, temporarily, and when Undertaker came back (only because SHE decided to punish Edge), it was Edge who was "sent to Hell" while Vickie cheered Undertaker. When Undertaker decided he was going to punish her too, she formed an alliance with Wrestling/TheBigShow, who Undertaker feuded with and won against, but by that time Vickie had realigned with Edge and Taker seemed to forget about her, allowing Edge and Vickie to resume their awful kayfabe relationship angle as if the last few months didn't happen. Vickie was then promoted to GM of both RAW and Smackdown heading into Wrestlemania, and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] match (a triple threat featuring Wrestling/JohnCena, Edge, and Big Show) was centered around a RomanticPlotTumor with Edge and Show fighting over Vickie, with Cena just there to play the {{face}} and make Vickie jokes. Following Wrestlemania, she chose to just be on RAW, WWE's primary television show, but continued her relationship with Edge, a Smackdown wrestler, who won the WHC back at Wrestling/{{Backlash}}, meaning that after over a year since their "storyline" began there was no sign that they would meet their downfall. Vickie only barely avoided being a KarmaHoudini because she decided to leave in RealLife, which angered Vince [=McMahon=]. As a result, her "character" got comeuppance for the wrong reasons. Vickie suffered a HumiliationConga and was dumped by Edge. She came back months later, primarily as a manager with a smaller role, and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap became the most popular heel in the company]]. [[BaseBreakingCharacter Or perhaps not]].

* Wrestling/TheBigShow is an example of a [[TheScrappy scrappy]] getting rescued from the heap and then becoming this. Even in his early 40s, he continued to be pushed into the main event simply because Vince [=McMahon=] likes big men.

** Vince [=McMahon=]'s favoritism towards Charlotte became more apparent in 2019, when he suspended Becky (who had won the Wrestling/RoyalRumble in January) for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte as Ronda Rousey's opponent at [=WrestleMania=]. Even though Lynch got put back in the match (which nobody doubted she would, as she's one of WWE's biggest draws), Charlotte wasn't planned to be removed, which meant she wormed her way into a hotly-anticipated match ''that no one wanted to see her be a part of''. And then it got worse ''again'' when she defeated Asuka twice for the [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship two weeks before ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'', sacrificing her title reign for the sake of the "Winner Takes All" unification stipulation match. Fortunately, she never actually won at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'', as Becky defeated both her and Creator/RondaRousey. That said, Charlotte still continues to be put into Championship matches, completely pushing other the other women aside and putting them into unmeaningful feuds or for the Women's Tag Team Championship.

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair had been compared by fans as the DistaffCounterpart to Roman Reigns despite her talents. Throughout her career, Charlotte was constantly given title opportunities and rarely needed to win a number one contender match first and in the last three months of 2018, she had four [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship matches. In fact, in almost all the pay-per-views Charlotte was in, she was either the defending champion or the challenger. Following her debut to the main roster in 2015 (coincidentally the year Roman was heavily pushed in), Charlotte was immediately pushed to be the top female superstar in the company, winning the Divas Championship 3 months after her debut, holding it for six months, and when the title was dropped in favor of the new Women's Championship, she immediately claimed the title as well. Along with an undefeated streak in PPV, she went the whole 2016 as a champion, occasionally dropping the title to Sasha Banks before reclaiming it a few weeks later, killing any potential Banks had and becoming a four time Raw Women's Champion before the title was even a year old. After ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIII'', Charlotte was drafted to [=SmackDown=] and her momentum seem to have died down but by the end of the year, she won the [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion, making her the only woman to hold all titles exclusive to the women's division (except the original Women's Championship). Her presence in fact kills off any momentum for other women on the roster despite [=SmackDown=] is being known as "the land of opportunity". She then went on to end [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka's]] undefeated streak at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV''. After losing her title a few days later to Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Charlotte took some time off for breast implant surgery before returning in July and reclaiming the title from Carmella in Summerslam 2018, tying with Wrestling/TrishStratus for most WWE Women's Championships held on the main roster (Trish took 6 years to do so while Charlotte only took 3). This victory also has her breaking Trish's record for most PPV victories by a woman. Her instant return to the title picture was the moment when a majority of the fans turned against her as it very nearly derailed [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] (a long time fan favorite who was widely expected to win back the championship) momentum over the last 2 months. In fact, the fans were firmly behind Becky when she turned on Charlotte, so much so that WWE had to pull a hasty rewrite on the storyline and portray it as BothSidesHaveAPoint instead of Becky being the pure heel and Charlotte being the face as they had originally intended. Despite dropping the title to Becky, she is still heavily focused to the point of replacing Becky Lynch to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series, a match that had been anticipated since Ronda's debut, after Becky suffered a legitimate nose injury, despite Asuka receiving louder cheers. Vince [=McMahon=]'s favoritism towards Charlotte becomes more apparent in 2019, when he suspends Becky (who had won the Royal Rumble in January) for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte as Ronda Rousey's opponent at [=WrestleMania=]. Even if Lynch gets put back in the match (which obviously she will, as she's one of WWE's biggest draws), Charlotte isn't likely to be removed, which means she wormed her way into a hotly-anticipated match ''that no one wanted to see her be a part of''. And then it got worse again when she defeated Asuka twice for the [=SmackDown=] Women's Title two weeks before ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'' which they sacrificed her title reign for the sake of the "Winner Takes All" unification stipulation match. Fortunately, she never actually won at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'', as Becky defeated both her and Creator/RondaRousey. That said, Charlotte is continue to be put into Championship matches, completely pushing other the other women aside and putting them into unmeaningful feuds or for the Women's Tag Team Championship.

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair had been compared by fans as the DistaffCounterpart to Roman Reigns despite her talents. Throughout her career, Charlotte was constantly given title opportunities and rarely needed to win a number one contender match first and in the last three months of 2018, she had four [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship matches. In fact, in almost all the pay-per-views Charlotte was in, she was either the defending champion or the challenger. Following her debut to the main roster in 2015 (coincidentally the year Roman was heavily pushed in), Charlotte was immediately pushed to be the top female superstar in the company, winning the Divas Championship 3 months after her debut, holding it for six months, and when the title was dropped in favor of the new Women's Championship, she immediately claimed the title as well. Along with an undefeated streak in PPV, she went the whole 2016 as a champion, occasionally dropping the title to Sasha Banks before reclaiming it a few weeks later, killing any potential Banks had and becoming a four time Raw Women's Champion before the title was even a year old. After ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIII'', Charlotte was drafted to [=SmackDown=] and her momentum seem to have died down but by the end of the year, she won the [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion, making her the only woman to hold all titles exclusive to the women's division (except the original Women's Championship). Her presence in fact kills off any momentum for other women on the roster despite [=SmackDown=] is being known as "the land of opportunity". She then went on to end [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka's]] undefeated streak at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV''. After losing her title a few days later to Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Charlotte took some time off for breast implant surgery before returning in July and reclaiming the title from Carmella in Summerslam 2018, tying with Wrestling/TrishStratus for most WWE Women's Championships held on the main roster (Trish took 6 years to do so while Charlotte only took 3). This victory also has her breaking Trish's record for most PPV victories by a woman. Her instant return to the title picture was the moment when a majority of the fans turned against her as it very nearly derailed [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] (a long time fan favorite who was widely expected to win back the championship) momentum over the last 2 months. In fact, the fans were firmly behind Becky when she turned on Charlotte, so much so that WWE had to pull a hasty rewrite on the storyline and portray it as BothSidesHaveAPoint instead of Becky being the pure heel and Charlotte being the face as they had originally intended. Despite dropping the title to Becky, she is still heavily focused to the point of replacing Becky Lynch to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series, a match that had been anticipated since Ronda's debut, after Becky suffered a legitimate nose injury, despite Asuka receiving louder cheers. Vince [=McMahon=]'s favoritism towards Charlotte becomes more apparent in 2019, when he suspends Becky (who had won the Royal Rumble in January) for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte as Ronda Rousey's opponent at [=WrestleMania=]. Even if Lynch gets put back in the match (which obviously she will, as she's one of WWE's biggest draws), Charlotte isn't likely to be removed, which means she wormed her way into a hotly-anticipated match ''that no one wanted to see her be a part of''. And then it got worse again when she defeated Asuka twice for the [=SmackDown=] Women's Title two weeks before ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'' which they sacrificed her title reign for the sake of the "Winner Takes All" unification stipulation match. Fortunately, she never actually won at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'', as Becky defeated both her and Creator/RondaRousey.

* Wrestling/BaronCorbin fall this as being after being drafted to Monday Night RAW in 2018 when he decided to shave his hair and replaced his ring gear to shirt and slacks as Stephanie [=McMahon=]'s corporate accountant where he was placed with meaningless feud with [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Balor]] with repetitive matches and later usurped Wrestling/KurtAngle as the RAW General Manager for the rest of late 2018 and despite being removed as GM he's still have screentime on the midcard paired with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and Wrestling/BobbyLashley in with no explanation and later was the opponent of Kurt Angle's Farewell match which was match fans did not even want him as the guy who will do to job rather than the highly requested Wrestling/JohnCena at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 35'' which he defeated him for cheap heel heat reasons since Vince [=McMahon=] and management still have a hard on him because he see him as future world champion despite he's getting [[XPacHeat Go Away Heat]].

* Wrestling/BaronCorbin fall this as being after being drafted to Monday Night RAW in 2018 when he decided to shave his hair and replaced his ring gear to slacks as Stephanie [=McMahon=]'s accountant where he was placed with meaningless feud with [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Balor]] with repetitive matches and later usurped Wrestling/KurtAngle as the RAW General Manager for the rest of late 2018 and despite being removed as GM he's still have screentime on the midcard paired with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and Wrestling/BobbyLashley in with no explanation and later was the opponent of Kurt Angle's Farewell match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 35'' which he defeated him for cheap heel heat reasons since Vince [=McMahon=] still have a hard on him because he see him as future world champion despite he's getting [[XPacHeat Go Away Heat]].

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair had been compared by fans as the DistaffCounterpart to Roman Reigns despite her talents. Throughout her career, Charlotte was constantly given title opportunities and rarely needed to win a number one contender match first and in the last three months of 2018, she had four [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship matches. In fact, in almost all the pay-per-views Charlotte was in, she was either the defending champion or the challenger. Following her debut to the main roster in 2015 (coincidentally the year Roman was heavily pushed in), Charlotte was immediately pushed to be the top female superstar in the company, winning the Divas Championship 3 months after her debut, holding it for six months, and when the title was dropped in favor of the new Women's Championship, she immediately claimed the title as well. Along with an undefeated streak in PPV, she went the whole 2016 as a champion, occasionally dropping the title to Sasha Banks before reclaiming it a few weeks later, killing any potential Banks had and becoming a four time Raw Women's Champion before the title was even a year old. After ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIII'', Charlotte was drafted to [=SmackDown=] and her momentum seem to have died down but by the end of the year, she won the [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion, making her the only woman to hold all titles exclusive to the women's division (except the original Women's Championship). Her presence in fact kills off any momentum for other women on the roster despite [=SmackDown=] is being known as "the land of opportunity". She then went on to end [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka's]] undefeated streak at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV''. After losing her title a few days later to Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Charlotte took some time off for breast implant surgery before returning in July and reclaiming the title from Carmella in Summerslam 2018, tying with Wrestling/TrishStratus for most WWE Women's Championships held on the main roster (Trish took 6 years to do so while Charlotte only took 3). This victory also has her breaking Trish's record for most PPV victories by a woman. Her instant return to the title picture was the moment when a majority of the fans turned against her as it very nearly derailed [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] (a long time fan favorite who was widely expected to win back the championship) momentum over the last 2 months. In fact, the fans were firmly behind Becky when she turned on Charlotte, so much so that WWE had to pull a hasty rewrite on the storyline and portray it as BothSidesHaveAPoint instead of Becky being the pure heel and Charlotte being the face as they had originally intended. Despite dropping the title to Becky, she is still heavily focused to the point of replacing Becky Lynch to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series, a match that had been anticipated since Ronda's debut, after Becky suffered a legitimate nose injury, despite Asuka receiving louder cheers. Vince [=McMahon=]'s favoritism towards Charlotte becomes more apparent in 2019, when he suspends Becky (who had won the Royal Rumble in January) for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte as Ronda Rousey's opponent at [=WrestleMania=]. Even if Lynch gets put back in the match (which obviously she will, as she's one of WWE's biggest draws), Charlotte isn't likely to be removed, which means she wormed her way into a hotly-anticipated match ''that no one wanted to see her be a part of''. And then it got worse again when she defeated Asuka twice for the [=SmackDown=] Women's Title two weeks before ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'' which they sacrificed her title reign for the sake of the "Winner Takes All" unification stipulation match.

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair had been compared by fans as the DistaffCounterpart to Roman Reigns despite her talents. Throughout her career, Charlotte was constantly given title opportunities and rarely needed to win a number one contender match first and in the last three months of 2018, she had four [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship matches. In fact, in almost all the pay-per-views Charlotte was in, she was either the defending champion or the challenger. Following her debut to the main roster in 2015 (coincidentally the year Roman was heavily pushed in), Charlotte was immediately pushed to be the top female superstar in the company, winning the Divas Championship 3 months after her debut, holding it for six months, and when the title was dropped in favor of the new Women's Championship, she immediately claimed the title as well. Along with an undefeated streak in PPV, she went the whole 2016 as a champion, occasionally dropping the title to Sasha Banks before reclaiming it a few weeks later, killing any potential Banks had and becoming a four time Raw Women's Champion before the title was even a year old. After ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIII'', Charlotte was drafted to [=SmackDown=] and her momentum seem to have died down but by the end of the year, she won the [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion, making her the only woman to hold all titles exclusive to the women's division (except the original Women's Championship). Her presence in fact kills off any momentum for other women on the roster despite [=SmackDown=] is being known as "the land of opportunity". She then went on to end [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka's]] undefeated streak at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV''. After losing her title a few days later to Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Charlotte took some time off for breast implant surgery before returning in July and reclaiming the title from Carmella in Summerslam 2018, tying with Wrestling/TrishStratus for most WWE Women's Championships held on the main roster (Trish took 6 years to do so while Charlotte only took 3). This victory also has her breaking Trish's record for most PPV victories by a woman. Her instant return to the title picture was the moment when a majority of the fans turned against her as it very nearly derailed [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] (a long time fan favorite who was widely expected to win back the championship) momentum over the last 2 months. In fact, the fans were firmly behind Becky when she turned on Charlotte, so much so that WWE had to pull a hasty rewrite on the storyline and portray it as BothSidesHaveAPoint instead of Becky being the pure heel and Charlotte being the face as they had originally intended. Despite dropping the title to Becky, she is still heavily focused to the point of replacing Becky Lynch to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series, a match that had been anticipated since Ronda's debut, after Becky suffered a legitimate nose injury, despite Asuka receiving louder cheers. Vince [=McMahon=]'s favoritism towards Charlotte becomes more apparent in 2019, when he suspends Becky (who had won the Royal Rumble in January) for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte as Ronda Rousey's opponent at [=WrestleMania=]. Even if Lynch gets put back in the match (which obviously she will, as she's one of WWE's biggest draws), Charlotte isn't likely to be removed, which means she wormed her way into a hotly-anticipated match ''that no one wanted to see her be a part of''.