Paige, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks-Charlotte and More from Hell in a Mailbag

Remember Paige? The youngest Divas champion in history? The youngest NXT women's champion in history?

Her rare combination of youth and experience—she started wrestling at age 13—made her an ideal candidate as the future of WWE's now-budding women's division. Remember when she won the Divas Championship on her first night?

That all seems like so long ago.

Paige Turning?

Paige and WWE seem to be at odds. In response to her most recent suspension, Paige implied that different rules apply to different WWE Superstars based on pecking order. This is correct.

Part-time WWE Superstars—often brought in for high-profile main event matches—are not subject to drug testing, per TMZ, as was learned in light of Brock Lesnar's USADA violation.

Paige's relationship with Alberto Del Rio, who once again left WWE on rocky terms after opting out of his contract early, per Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Wrestling Inc), doesn't help matters, either. It was peculiar how both were suspended at the same time in August, and after publicly doubling down on her innocence, Paige now finds herself suspended for 60 days.

Transparency isn't a strength of WWE's wellness policy, so it'll be difficult to tell which side is in the wrong. Paige insists she was suspended for prescription painkillers, while WWE contests she was popped for a banned substance, according to Ryan Lazo of the New York Post.

Either way, things are not headed in a positive direction for a WWE Superstar who, just one year ago, seemed poised to lead women's wrestling into the groundbreaking territory that it has already entered.

Underdogged?

B/R writer and friend of the mailbag Erik Beaston brings up an interesting point with this question. Sami Zayn simply doesn't stand out, given the construction of today's WWE roster. 

WWE's roster is filled with the same indy veterans who would have stood out like sore thumbs five years ago. Standing out made them even bigger darlings for hardcore wrestling fans.

In 2011, Sami Zayn would have been a people's champion. But now, he has to split the hardcore demographic with Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Neville, Seth Rollins, T.J. Perkins, Cedric Alexander, Finn Balor, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and Rich Swann. And that's just on Raw. 

Zayn is at the bottom of the totem pole among a group of wrestlers who already have niche appeal. The reason James Ellsworth has worked so well is that WWE has redefined what it means to be an underdog. Having an indy pedigree no longer establishes one as an outsider. That's par for the course in WWE. Indy veterans are no longer special.

Now, the underdog who stands out the most is the jobber. Nobody on the WWE roster looks like Ellsworth. His brand of lovable loser has replaced impassioned protests and nerd rage with ironic cheers and sympathy. This is both a blessing and a curse, given the low ceiling of somebody like Ellsworth.

Cellmates?

Sasha Banks and Charlotte have had good matches in the past, but they were also dangerous ones.

Suicide dives and high-risk maneuvers have both lived up to their names when it comes to these two. It seems that, every time Banks and Charlotte wrestle, they're trying to fit the next 20 years of history into one match. Now the stakes are even higher inside Hell in a Cell.

I'll be nervous watching this match, hoping they don't try too hard to outdo themselves. As seen in NXT, Banks and Charlotte can have great matches on their own merit without the need of unnecessary risks. Here's to a safe yet memorable match at Hell in a Cell.

Alfred Konuwa is a Featured Columnist and on-air host for Bleacher Report and Forbes. Like him on Facebook.