The woman’s division as it stands right now has the potential to be great but for what ever reason to the WWE all they see it as is filler material. I think all one has to do is listen to the pop Mickie James got at Wrestlemania 22 to see that they are missing out on something. Mickie by far got the loudest ovation of the night and she was easily getting louder reactions then anyone else on the show. Mickie James easily could be the new Trish Stratus for the WWE, but for what ever reason they refuse to get behind her. Maybe it’s because of her nude fetish career before wrestling maybe it’s because she was popular outside the WWE. Who knows...all I know is a Mickie James Playboy would be a lot better then an Ashley Massaro Playboy.
But as I said the woman’s division has the potential to be great. It only has the potential if the WWE at least adds some more women who can actually wrestle into the mix.
Now where the WWE always fails, TNA manages to win or at least try to. There are plenty of rumors that TNA will be starting a woman’s division in the near future. As it stands right now their division is Gail Kim, Jacqueline (Miss
Christy for some unknown reason decided to carry the torch of feminism in TNA (there has to be irony in that combination of words). She took on Kip James at the last PPV. She went on to defend Chyna and asked why VKM don’t put her over since she was as important to DX as they were and Kip trying to be cool did the old women are only good for two things line and told her to go back to the strip club. Despite TNA’s shall we say questionable booking with this angle (mainly making Kip James act like a 20 year old frat boy…doesn’t work when he’s 43), it shows a lot of promise. Mainly because we will finally get to see women’s wrestling in TNA again. They had some good matches back in the weekly PPV days with Trinity and Alexis Laree and right now they are building a heated feud with Gail Kim and Miss
Normally I’m not fond of women fighting men just for the simple fact that a man is inherently stronger then a woman and in the end it’s really no match. But when there is good story telling in the angle and match it makes up for what ever believability there is with a man fighting a woman. James Storm comes off basically as an abusive prick and the way he handled Gail Kim last week proves that. When Chris Harris comes back to save her the heats gonna be off the charts and it will be a good starting point for the women’s division.
As I said the TNA Women’s division currently has Christy, Traci, Gail, and Jacqueline. Rumor has it TNA is seriously going to try and bring in Amy Dumas a.k.a. Lita to be the centerpiece of this division. If Amy can wrestle like she used to a few years ago with out killing herself or her opponent then it’s gonna be great if they manage to snag her. Trish Stratus is also a name talked about but it’s doubtful she would go considering her loyalty to the WWE.
But there are plenty of women out there who would be perfect for this division. So right now here is my shortlist of women I want to see in TNA as part of this division once it gets up and running full blast.
April Hunter (I know she was there in the beginning, but those days don’t really count)
Sumie
And last but not least
Daffney She’s the current NWA Alabama Light Heavyweight Champion and she’s Rob Fuller’s Million Dollar Baby…plus she’s a proven ratings winner.
REUNITE DAFFNEY, CROWBAR, AND DAVID FLAIR DAMN IT
Well maybe just Daffney and Crowbar.
Point is any of those women in the TNA Women’s division would be great. I know I didn’t name many other women that deserve to be mentioned, but I was just going from people off the top of my head. Besides odds are any women TNA uses will be approached by the WWE if they aren’t under a long term deal. While working for the WWE might sound nice since it’s better money and all, unless your in need of getting breast implants I’d stay with TNA.
I should also point out that knowing how TNA gets anyone who was in the WWE instead of getting one of the throw away diva’s I suggest bringing in Lisa Moretti and Nora Greenwald (Ivory and Molly Holly). I mean if your going to bring anyone in you might as well bring in women who know how to work.
Women’s wrestling in
Back in the old days of wrestling, women’s wrestling used to be a major draw for the card. I highly suggest anyone reading this should watch Lipstick and Dynamite. Granted a lot of it is in kayfabe (mostly Moolah tooting her own horn, but I love the line from I want to say Gladys Gillem about Diamond Lil being the worlds largest dildo), but that aside it shows what women’s wrestling was and it shows what it could be again.
Of course if you ask Moolah, a lot of the girls today can’t work. But then again most of the girls today aren’t going to be 60 when they finally have their big break. I mean lets face it, Moolah was Women’s champion for 28 years simply because she controlled the belt…not because she was the best women’s wrestler. It’s questionable as to how much money Moolah really drew compared to other women of her era, but I would think any number of women today could easily be as big of a draw as any of the old timers.
Back then it was about girls who were tough. Today the women can still be tough but they also have to be sexy and to pull off being tough and sexy is quite an accomplishment. In the end those are the kind of women who will draw and if the WWE wants to boost ratings they are sadly mistaken as I said before if they think for a minute bikini models are the solution to their problems.
I mean the last thing we need is more Kelly Kelly’s on television. If women’s wrestling is going to have a chance at the very least it needs women with character and charisma and just because Johnny Ace spanks one off to pics in the Victoria Secret catalogue does not mean these women will have either.
Well on that note I am done with this epic column. You have no idea how much time and energy I put into this column compared to my usual ones. I have a respect for women’s wrestling and it pains me to see talented women used simple as eye candy and filler material. I mean we’ll never see women’s wrestling on the scale that it is in
It’s a simple matter of who has the better product and the first one to realize this will be on their way to the next upswing in pro wrestling.
Hopefully if all goes well I will be back next week with a post Rumble thought’s piece. Worse comes to worse I might just start doing columns on stuff that’s on WWE 24/7 now that I have it. I find it funny how shows 20 years ago are eons better then shows today.
So until next time take care and remember someone has to give you this information and it DAMN well has got to be me.
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