What happened in Milwaukee?
Believe it or not, that's the question on a lot of fans minds after Aiden English debuted his expose video of Lana coming to his hotel room and one has to wonder where exactly WWE is going with this. Furthermore, what does this storyline mean for the superstars that are involved in this very attitude era type storyline?
Interestingly enough, this isn't even the first time that WWE has portrayed Lana as promiscuous and sleeping around and it probably won't even be the last time either. Of course, WWE could always have a change of heart as time goes on and it at least seems like the duo are ok with this, but why does it keep happening to them?
While its impossible to answer that question, especially without knowing what WWE thinks of the power couple, it is possible to show a pattern of WWE repeatedly doing this. In fact, WWE has done this so many times with Lana that they should be utterly ashamed of themselves
Here are five controversial Lana segments that WWE should be most ashamed of.
#5 Lana lures Enzo to her hotel room
Remember that time Lana lured Enzo Amore into a beatdown?
Not only was it one of those rare times in today's WWE that the company decided to do something edgy and unique, it was also that rare moment when a women superstar was being portrayed as promiscuous. Unfortunately for Enzo Amore, Lana's seduction was only a ruse and Amore ended up getting his ass kicked by Rusev moments into the segment.
With that being said, WWE was in the midst of its Women's revolution at this point, which makes the segment all the more bizarre. Add in the fact that Lana bent over for him in a short robe, sucked on a cherry inches from his mouth and told him to take off his pants and you have one of the biggest examples of women getting no respect in even today's WWE.
In the end, it was pretty bizarre, but it was also in the realm of possibilities considering that both Rusev and Lana were heels. It also made sense that Lana would lure Amore to her hotel room since Rusev and Enzo Amore were in a feud at the time, but maybe this wasn't the right direction for WWE to go in.
#4 Enzo Amore appears naked in front of Lana
Enzo Amore walking around naked backstage was a very rare moment in WWE programming. In fact, it is one of those rare moments during that time that the company decided to do something edgy and while it resonated with fans quite well, it was all done at Lana's expense.
Think about it! This segment would have never happened with any other female superstar on the current WWE roster. Furthermore, with the women's revolution really catching on at this point in time, it also didn't look good.
Let's be honest here. The segment didn't do anything besides embarrass Lana, make WWE look bad and make Amore look like a complete ass. They also crammed in as many sex jokes as they could during the segment, which were pretty funny, but hard to laugh since it was at someone else's expense.
#3 Lana starts dating Dolph Ziggler
Another weird point in WWE programming was when they decided to have Rusev fire Lana as his manager and kick her out of his life. Not only was it insanely unbelievable due to the fact that they were in a relationship at the time, but it also blossomed into an affair storyline between Lana and Dolph Ziggler.
Of course, the storyline was eventually nixed after leaked photos of Lana's engagement to Rusev emerged on TMZ. In fact, it was one of the first times WWE choose to portray Lana this way on television, which really hurt her character overall and just made things uncomfortable.
In the end, it was a low hanging fruit idea and it didn't make much sense, to begin with. Maybe it would have been a little bit easier to believe if it was back when pro wrestling was portrayed as real, but in today's WWE it just seems like a punishment. Furthermore, it was a very bad way to portray Lana's character.
#2 One night in Milwaukee
The Women's revolution might have started years ago, but WWE still has no idea to book Lana as anything else other than a distraction. That's the only conceivable reason why they would put her in an affair storyline with Aiden English only a week after Rusev was attacked by his former best friend.
Unfortunately for Lana, WWE has portrayed her in this promiscuous fashion in the past and probably won't hesitate the do the same again. In fact, while some argue that English stopping the tape is an intentional way to create innuendo and suspense, but why would the company take that road when they could just do something similar with Lana again?
With that being said, it should come as no surprise when Lana and Aiden English are eventually caught in some kind of compromising act It should also come as no surprise that WWE is going to milk this for all its worth and once again damage Lana's character beyond any reasonable repair.
#1 The Rock and Lana segment
This one literally had everything.
It started out with The Rock interrupting The Miz's backstage interview, calling him a flying nun and asking him to park his truck. The Rock then went on to talk to The Big Show and had an interesting few moments with him as well. Finally, the rock turned his attention to Lana and all hell broke loose.
Not only did The Rock claim that Lana came to his hotel room the last time they met and said she didn't want to be with Rusev anymore, but he also detailed the supposed sexual exploits that the two had. Rusev finally stepped in after a couple of minutes to ask The Rock what he was doing, which prompted Lana to admit that Rusev and Lana were engaged to be married.
The Rock responded by saying congratulations and that Lana was a good woman because she's very flexible. In the end, they didn't even try to be coy with this one. They basically made Lana out to be promiscuous and a cheater on national television.