I am sure that Mickie is taking it like a veteran, she has been doing this for about a decade now, but it gets to many of her fans. When that happens, they sometimes criticize and blame Mickie, as if it is her own fault she is not in the spotlight. Then that might come back and hit her. It is a tough life.

I will agree to one thing, taking Mickie’s popularity for granted can back fire and reduce it in the long run. This is already happening, I guess, but she is still very popular.

It is their choice and their legal property, but it is a shame to jeupredize the hard work of Mickie for all sorts of reasons. This is, though, part of the risks in this buisness, and it seems that Mickie knows that as well.

I, however, am a comic book fan, “trends” affect me less than the WWE wishes to believe, so for me, Mickie will be for a very long time “The best”, even if all waht she will do is to sing on stage… Hopefully there are enough fans which will stay with Mickie in the times she is not used very much.

Just looking at how they have treated her in the past, I can just find better support to believe the pessimistic view. The second Candice returned from injury in early 2008, Mickie dropped off TV, despite being in the midst of her feud with Beth. She stayed off until Wrestlemania. Candice got hurt again, Ashley took her spot. Mickie was the third choice to win the title from Beth, not even second. Recently, the last real feud she had was when she teamed up with Noble to take on Regal and Layla, only that match never happened. Dropped without a finish. They never even gave Mickie any real promo time for it, just Regal, Noble, and Layla.

I am not expecting Mickie James to always be in the spotlight, but just don’t drop her in the midst of a feud, keep her off TV for long periods of time, and then give her useless segments when she is used. If they take something like Mickie’s popularity for granted, it may not still be there when they are ready to push her again. That is not fair to the woman who worked hard to get over, and stay over. I am liking this Cryme Tyme plot so far, I just saw the segment, and Mickie is able to step out of that “always happy” persona so many people incorrectly say she always has. I just hope it does not get dropped like many other things the WWE gives her.

It is a shame that Victoria leaves, I really like her style. I think she is very interesting wretler which did not get enough chances to shine.

About Mickie James, here is a point to consider regarding the WWE uses of her. I think they might not wish to “bury her popularity”, but instead, they kind of take it for granted. This “plot for cellulars” buisness is obviously something which needs to be pushed, and they may use her for this exact reason: to push the unpopular like Ziggler and this phone buisness (instead of shining in the popular spotlight). If this the case, after few experiments like these, wether they will succeed or not they will return her to do what she knows best.

It is like, they are trying to push other diva, but always tell us “We remember Mickie James, she will be back!” in small ways.

It might be wishful thinking though, but never the less, I hope it is correct.