AJ/Bryan = Edge/Lita?

[MoizH28]

So I was watching smackdown and I thought of a strange comparison. Do you guys think D Bryan and AJ could become a strong heel couple like Edge and Lita when Edge turned heel?

If WWE is going to build Bryan as a cowardly heel which seems like the path they are currently on, I think both AJ and Bryan could benefit from this. Have AJ help Bryan win a title match or two by then she can be "healed" and also start competing again. This would help Bryan be a cowardly heel and AJ be a relevant diva which WWE really needs right now as well.

So do you guys see AJ and Bryan being something like Lita and Edge in the future? Would you wanna see it?

 

[PlayTheGame]

I don't really see it happening. Lita was believable as a force at Edge's side because of her proven track record. Arguably one of the best diva wrestlers ever, she had numerous accomplishments under her belt, and she was a multi-time Women's Champion. What credibility does AJ have? Besides the fact that she's been BULLDOZED by Big Show, she's really done nothing in the WWE. See the difference? Unless AJ racks up some credibility, she really can't be a Lita-like force for Bryan. I don't think AJ will ever be as good as Lita, nor do I think Bryan will ever be as good as Edge. So it'd be hard to compare the two couples. Plus, I don't really think Bryan and AJ will stay together for a long period of time. It seems like a temporary thing to me. Actually, AJ's career with the WWE in general seems like a temporary thing to me. Zing! But, in all seriousness, I don't see Bryan/AJ even approaching the plateau that Edge & Lita got to together.

 

[gwarren]

That's exactly what I saw, especially after his match with Big Show and they stood on the top of the ramp and he held her hands and stared a her, whilst he called AJ beautiful, etc.

I could see them going a long way, but if it's gonna work there has to be some physical contact between them, not just works, e.g. a less extreme version of "live sex celebrations" or whatever Edge called them.

 

[Raptor93]

It could work, I would especially like if by aj interfering Bryan actually pinned someone or submitted them, It would help him get there and keep him in character

 

[Dom Nom Nom]

I could see them going a long way, but if it's gonna work there has to be some physical contact between them, not just works, e.g. a less extreme version of "live sex celebrations" or whatever Edge called them.

They cuddled. That's like PG sex.

Honestly, I could see them going for a more Macho Man/ Miss Elizabeth angle with this, with D-Bry as the heel champion and AJ as his face valet.

 

[Madeye36]

I have to agree with dom nom on this one. AJ is a tiny, cute diva, Lita was a taller, accomplished diva. If Lita hit you with something it would be a lot more believable than if AJ interferred & hit you with something. I mean seriously, what does she weigh, 90 pounds? What I meant about the cute comment, it would be hard to make that into a heel character.

 

[mrfantastic111]

I like D-Bry, but comparing him and AJ to Lita and Edge is comparing a small cowardly character and his emotional tweeny girlfriend, to the Rated-R Superstar and one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time. It's like comparing Miz to Jericho - you can kind of see it, but just no. No no no.

I think if this were 6 years ago you could make such a comparison because Bryan and AJ would have the same sort of edgy (No pun intended) storyline opportunities as the Rated-R couple. Maybe not the same, but more opportunity.

Other thing you missed is the fact that AJ is a face who just seems really confused and caught up in love, where as Bryan is the heel that doesn't really love her and is using her. They don't seem like a team, but more like an angle. It's not going anywhere long term. There's no question of this, as AJ has never intentionally screwed over any of Bryan's opponents, she's always just kind of stood there and looked scared, giving Bryan a reason to escort her out of the arena so that he doesn't have to compete. That's why Bryan and AJ will never be like Edge and Lita, because Lita was a heel and she alway intentionally screwed over Edge's opponents. She was credible because she screwed over guys like Cena and Kane. AJ on the other hand has only made Big Show cry...

Also, Edge and Lita made wrestling seem 'cool'. They were badasses in an era slowly turning pg. They even had a friggen live sex celebration! Together they had an image. You picture one and you also picture the other being with them. People still talk about their power couple today, and Edge even mentioned her in one of his farewell speeches last year. I can't see us really talking about Bryan and AJ in 6 years time. I always loved Edge's 'Rude, Crude & Tattooed' t-shirts, and ALOT of adult fans bought them at shows. I can't recall ever seeing a D-Bry shirt being worn in a crowd by anyone.

As PlayTheGame said in the second comment on this thread, this couple seems like a temporary angle. It kind of reminds me of how Vince and Trish were together until Vince had his match with Shane at Mania, where she slapped him and finally helped the demise of Vince due to all the mistreatment of Trish. I see D-Bry and AJ going in the same direction - maybe not concluding at WM28, but maybe in the weeks leading up to or afterwards.

 

[Mustang Sally]

The screen presence of the two women involved is so markedly different that I doubt Daniel/A.J. will ever measure up to Edge/Lita. For one thing, Lita was an accomplished wrestler in her own right before starting her program with Edge. She put aside her wrestling career for awhile in order to become Edge's consort, but we were well aware who Lita was beforehand. On the other hand, A.J. is nobody, even though she appears the most adorable little thing you've ever seen. I loved the way she talked back to Michael Cole, yet cast doubt on exactly how she feels about what happened to her, by claiming she didn't blame Big Show for the accident......only Daniel Bryan was doing the accusing. A.J. is there to be terrified of Big Show; and she's doing it well.

But Edge/Lita smacked of realism while Daniel/A.J. is strictly an act. The spill A.J. took didn't even look especially damaging; it's not as if Show dropped her from the top rope to the floor outside the ring. While Edge/Lita/Matt Hardy was a real-life triangle, Daniel/A.J./Big Show uses the girl only as window dressing.....she isn't going to really figure as the catalyst in this whole affair. She's just there to insure that Daniel and Show stay at each others throats until their program is finished.

I like the program and I like A.J., but to compare her role to Lita's is too big a stretch.

 

[JVel]

This will probably go, as someone stated above, more of the Macho Man/Miss Elizabeth route. Heel being accompanied by his cute/pretty face valet. Sets up some struggles between the two down the line.

 

[OutsiderDX]

The potential is there for a Liz/Savage comparison.

One of the great things about Savage and Liz was they were a team from almost the very beginning, and not just for one hot-shotted angle. The fans truely believed they were together. Their relationship only gave Macho Man COUNTLESS angles to runs off of.

If the WWE would committ to Bryan and AJ working long time, careers can be made by something like that.

But as we know, writers have short-term memories and short-term planning.

I actually look forward to a day, when another Macho/Liz relationship is played out in wrestling.

 

[IHW]

I called this in a thread the week AJ got hit by Show.

I said this
" AJ and D.Bryan can be the next Edge and Lita. Lita was hot, AJ is hot. Lita could wrestle, AJ can wrestle. Edge could wrestle, DBD can wrestle. All the comparisons are there, now make it happen! "

So i say yes to this idea because i would think it would be very interesting.

 

[enviousdominous]

Lita went from being one of the Godfather's hos, to Essa Rios' friend/sister, to Matt Hardy's on and off screen gf until finally becomming Edge's on and off screen fuck buddy.

I have a real hard time seeing her as being the same type of character as AJ.

Edge and DB are comparable in terms of work ethic.

 

[dimice76]

It could and I say could happen with a few things falling into place. They are in the right place as far as her character to turn her. She is being used as Bryan's way out so to speak, which makes her seem like she will wake up to his "dasterdly" ways. However things dont always go as plan. Im sure between now and EC or WM, Bryan will face show again, and just when it seems that AJ has finally seen the light she can turn on Show and help Bryan retain vs Show. I would lean more towards this happening against Show on SD rather than Sheamus at WM, but the same turn with Sheamus instead of Show could work as well. As Im typing it, I think if it were to happen at WM, it could really help set them up better for some major heat. There will be heat for AJ to get the brogue kick or rko'd in the future and draw some non veggan heat on Bryan as well.

 

[AndThat'sTheBottomLine]

I can see where the idea for the comparison came from. But i dont really see the comparison itself being legible. Lita was already an accomplished talent with multiple womens title runs when she got together with edge. AJ has done absolutely nothing. Shes not half the competitor Lita was and DB isnt half the star edge was. So no i dont see any similarities between the two couples.

 

[DJ Kyo]

Good god. This thread should be moved down to the spam section for daring to post such stupid drivel.

I cannot even believe anyone would dare try to compare #1 AJ to Lita. and #2 Daniel Bryan to Edge.

Bryan Danielson is no where even close to what Adam Copeland is as an actor in the wrestling world. There's not even a sliver of comparison outside of reaching down into a dark well and pulling up the muck you find down inside. Be it in mic talent, wrestling ability, and overall agility in the ring period, there aren't many out there that can dare touch what Adam Copeland accomplished in that ring and if anyone does it, it sure as hell won't be Danielson.

and AJ? Little April Jeanette Mendez? Amy Dumas would squash her in a heartbeat. You're comparing again, another HUGE personality that can take and make any of the current diva roster look bad just by walking into the room and saying hello. Again, we're talking wrestling ability, mic talent, and agility as a wrestler far beyond what we see from the girls in there today. You can't even begin to play any contrast to ability unless maybe you're talking about Elizabeth Carolan (Beth Phoenix) and even that is questionable in any comparison.

I'm sorry, but Bryan Danielson isn't a bad guy and will have a good future in the WWE, but this comparison here really is out of line and out right insulting to anyones intelligence who's been watching wrestling for more than 5 years.

 

[D-Man]

Good god. This thread should be moved down to the spam section for daring to post such stupid drivel.

I cannot even believe anyone would dare try to compare #1 AJ to Lita. and #2 Daniel Bryan to Edge.

Bryan Danielson is no where even close to what Adam Copeland is as an actor in the wrestling world. There's not even a sliver of comparison outside of reaching down into a dark well and pulling up the muck you find down inside. Be it in mic talent, wrestling ability, and overall agility in the ring period, there aren't many out there that can dare touch what Adam Copeland accomplished in that ring and if anyone does it, it sure as hell won't be Danielson.

and AJ? Little April Jeanette Mendez? Amy Dumas would squash her in a heartbeat. You're comparing again, another HUGE personality that can take and make any of the current diva roster look bad just by walking into the room and saying hello. Again, we're talking wrestling ability, mic talent, and agility as a wrestler far beyond what we see from the girls in there today. You can't even begin to play any contrast to ability unless maybe you're talking about Elizabeth Carolan (Beth Phoenix) and even that is questionable in any comparison.

I'm sorry, but Bryan Danielson isn't a bad guy and will have a good future in the WWE, but this comparison here really is out of line and out right insulting to anyones intelligence who's been watching wrestling for more than 5 years.

Somebody give this poster a cookie. They said, more or less, what I want to say.

Seriously... these stupid comparisons to gimmicks, wrestlers, and angles of the past are completely preposterous. How can you compare Bryan and AJ to Edge and Lita? They are two TOTALLY different couples, characters, angles, personalities, looks... need I go on?

Oh, that's right... I get it. Because they're two couples, man and woman, who have an angle based on the fact that they're in a relationship, then we MUST compare them to Edge and Lita, right? Holy LULZ.

Come on, guys... give me a break.

 

[Trill Co$by]

Good god. This thread should be moved down to the spam section for daring to post such stupid drivel.

I cannot even believe anyone would dare try to compare #1 AJ to Lita. and #2 Daniel Bryan to Edge.

Bryan Danielson is no where even close to what Adam Copeland is as an actor in the wrestling world. There's not even a sliver of comparison outside of reaching down into a dark well and pulling up the muck you find down inside. Be it in mic talent, wrestling ability, and overall agility in the ring period, there aren't many out there that can dare touch what Adam Copeland accomplished in that ring and if anyone does it, it sure as hell won't be Danielson.

and AJ? Little April Jeanette Mendez? Amy Dumas would squash her in a heartbeat. You're comparing again, another HUGE personality that can take and make any of the current diva roster look bad just by walking into the room and saying hello. Again, we're talking wrestling ability, mic talent, and agility as a wrestler far beyond what we see from the girls in there today. You can't even begin to play any contrast to ability unless maybe you're talking about Elizabeth Carolan (Beth Phoenix) and even that is questionable in any comparison.

I'm sorry, but Bryan Danielson isn't a bad guy and will have a good future in the WWE, but this comparison here really is out of line and out right insulting to anyones intelligence who's been watching wrestling for more than 5 years.

Oh look, an Attitude Era junky still living in the "good ol' days"...

First off, Daniel Bryan is far more enjoyable in the ring than Edge... and I'm a die hard Edgehead. Edge is great at being an entertainer, and even gets great reactions from the crowd because of it... But to say he's better than Daniel Bryan in the ring is far more than laughable. Let's not forget that in his first WWE match, Bryan was put up against Chris Jericho where he did a hell of a good job. Yes, Edge may have Bryan on the mic, but if you're going to spout off false facts like Edge being better than Bryan in the ring, then you might want to back it up... Anybody can entertain a crowd with Tables, Ladders, and Chairs... but it takes a special person to entertain a crowd with submission wrestling.


As for your little "Lita's better than the entire Divas Roster" tidbit, I welcome you to take a look at the likes of Naomi, Tamina, AJ, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya... Sure, Lita may have brought a new light to the ways of Diva's wrestling, but just like you're saying about AJ and the rest, there was a time when people were saying "Lita's not as great as Madusa"... and she proved them wrong when given the chance. Beth Phoenix is a wrestling fan's wrestler, as is Natalya... they know how to keep the entertainment factor there and could do so if not for the WWE.

 

[XXJJ]

I dont think it is even close. AJ interview with Cole was horrible imo. Do you guys find Daniel Bryan vegan preaching entertaining? Right now Daniel Bryan is a cross between Christian and Punk but not nearly as entertaining.

AJ is a good wrestler but Lita was better. Most of Edge's memorable matches have all been gimmick matches. I guess you can knock him for that.

But overall Daniel Bryan and AJ are not coming close to what Edge & Lita were.

 

[Dagger Dias]

They aren't anywhere near Edge & Lita right now, but the potential is there. Once AJ is healed from her kayfabe'd injury she could start helping Bryan win matches. He could help her win the Divas Championship, and then the two could always be in each other's corner just like Edge and Lita. They have a LONG way to go in order to catch up to Edge/Lita, but it could happen and I would like to see it happen because it would be good for both of them. AJ would get more over if she fully turned heel to help Bryan, and the addition of AJ in his corner in all of his matches would make it even tougher for his opponents to win.

Normally I'm not interested in the onscreen "relationships", but this one I like. I'm rather curious as to seeing how it will go. It's making Bryan's angle against Big Show better and it will surely lead to a nice push for AJ too, with her being one of the few divas deserving of one right now. This may be WWE's last shot at a legit power couple who can actually wrestle in quite some time, so they should take advantage of that opportunity and make both of them champions before they (kayfabe) split up. I hope they remain together onscreen for a long time like Edge and Lita did. The longer this lasts, the better, in my opinion. There's really no reason for WWE to not give it a try.

 

[Bad Booking]

Surprisingly, I see this angle more like Savage/Liz than Edge/Lita.

AJ has been a sympathetic figure, while DBD has been playing the mega-ego ass. AJ's simple facial expressions and body language sell a story I quite frankly haven't seen from a woman in a long time.

Unless WWE goes off the PG track, I don't see AJ sadly in skimpy outfits and having sex celebrations. Actually, AJ is adorable the way she is.

 

[db_teamextreme]

I think they could, but it would take a lot of development