Lacey Evans latest repackaging has begun - Cageside Seats

It’s been an... interesting... twelvemonth for Lacey Evans.

Her instrumentality from much than a twelvemonth disconnected began with a bid of videos chronicling the real-life hardships she’d faced getting to WWE. Those aired connected SmackDown, but past she was moved to Raw. She didn’t enactment immoderate televised matches connected the reddish brand, and erstwhile she showed up unrecorded successful the arena it was as a heel. Eventually, she was back connected Friday nights en way to moving July’s Money successful the Bank.

Long-believed to beryllium a favourite of now-former WWE caput honcho Vince McMahon, she disappeared again aft Triple H took implicit creative. Since then, she’s worked 3 tv matches — 2 of which were multi-person #1 contender affairs wherever it seemed she was conscionable determination to capable retired the line-up.

Then past nighttime (Dec. 2) connected SmackDown, we got this...

Jokes astir however galore times WWE’s changed their minds astir Evans aside, this feels similar they’ve yet landed connected the close gimmick for her. As bully arsenic she was drafting vigor arsenic a “Sassy Southern Belle” (there was ever statement astir whether it was of the “go away” variety, but it got a reaction), it ne'er truly acceptable her existent backstory arsenic a subordinate of the United States Marine Corps. This seems to blend the arrogance of her champion known quality with a morganatic crushed for Lacey to judge she’s amended than her rivals.

It besides recognizes that Evans’ on-screen past volition marque a look tally a pugnacious sell, careless of however moving her existent communicative mightiness be. Referring to the remainder of the women’s roster arsenic “the whiners, and the weak” is beauteous intelligibly a enactment you enactment successful a villain’s video package.

Unless they alteration their minds again arsenic Lacey’s “Back To Basics” rollout continues...