SmackDown’s General Manager Nick Aldis speaks very highly of the current Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan. There is no doubt that the rise of Morgan has hit the top of the charts in 2024. Booking aside to some, Morgan has arguably had the best year of her career.
“Liv Morgan, to me, is the MVP of 2024,” Nick Aldis told Chris Van Vliet on Insight. “I’ve told her a couple of times, ‘You are crushing it.’ A good heel has to have some self-awareness. You have to know what impression you give off when you walk in the room. Liv Morgan is a stunningly good-looking girl. That can work against you. She finally realized, ‘I can use that.’ I gave her a piece of advice, she doesn’t need it, but I offered it anyway. I was like, ‘Your heat reminds me of Shawn (Michaels) in 1997.’ Shawn had that swagger. He was so good, you couldn’t be like, ‘You suck.’ No, he did not suck. He was so demonstratively the best performer by a long way in 1997. (Hulk) Hogan was a huge star in WCW, Sting was cooking with Crow Sting, NWO was hot, (Steve) Austin was coming up, Bret (Hart) was Bret, but Shawn was so on his game and you couldn’t take it away. He was so good in the ring. He started using that, ‘What are you going to do about it?’ and he was good-looking. He was calling out, ‘Your girl would leave you for me.’ That’s heat. Liv has that same thing. We’ve got a lot more women in the audience these days, and they’re like, ‘She is really good-looking.’ It’s totally believable that she would steal someone’s boyfriend.” (Fightful)
Morgan is at 179 days and counting in her second reign as a world champion. She will be leading her team in WarGames this year. Unless she drops the title before the year ends, she will be well over 200 days as champion. However, her next challenger is slated to be IYO SKY.
