Would you be for or against the return of WWE Divas Search?

[The Rick Jericho]

It seems, we could head back in that direction. I remember reading that Big Johnny was a fan of this. Not sure why. And it's another "reality" show I guess the WWE can tout. So with Vince, Khan, Bruce, Johnny and Kevin running the show, would you be for or against the return of this novel concept?

To be fair, there was some talent they found from this search over the years.

Complete history here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Diva_Search

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

in 2021, something like this just feels like a huge step back for women's wrestling

[Totorob101]

Hated it then and would despise it now, women wrestlers are some of the finest wrestlers in the world and deserve to showcase it on the biggest stage.

[thehottag]

I'd pass on this harder than a bout of the clap

[sportatorium]

There are enough women on the indies and other companies now that can actually wrestle. They don't need to ever revisit this sort of thing.

[Bo Rida]

As something I'd want to watch? Hell no.
As a potential car crash getting WWE bad publicity and opening up stories from the last time they tried? Hell yeah.

[The Rick Jericho]

Aug 8, 2021 14:34:12 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

As something I'd want to watch? Hell no.
As a potential car crash getting WWE bad publicity and opening up stories from the last time they tried? Hell yeah.

And I think honestly that's what they want. Bringing in established talent from Japan who just wrestle and bring nothing in terms of mainstream attention?

GONE.

Diva searches who sit on pies and do other things that get mainstream press?

[Cyno]

It took decades for women's wrestling in WWE to be seen as a anything but a joke. Bringing back the Divas Search would pretty much erase all the progress they made in one fell swoop.

Even with Casting Couch Johnny back in the fold, I don't think WWE would be so tone deaf as to bring this back.

[chrom]

Aug 8, 2021 14:44:28 GMT -5 Cyno said:

It took decades for women's wrestling in WWE to be seen as a anything but a joke. Bringing back the Divas Search would pretty much erase all the progress they made in one fell swoop.

Even with Casting Couch Johnny back in the fold, I don't think WWE would be so tone deaf as to bring this back.

Goodwill takes years to build up and only one day to squander

[Deleted]

It would be the absoloute easiest and quickest way to drive all the women who can and want to be taken as seriously athletes out of the company.

[The Rick Jericho]

Aug 8, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

It would be the absoloute easiest and quickest way to drive all the women who can and want to be taken as seriously athletes out of the company.

Hopefully talent like Io have only months left in their contracts. Please, for the sake of humanity, DO NOT put her in a swimsuit. PLEASE NO............

This is just a terrible terrible time now for female talent in WWE.

[4real]

Take the tasteless aspect of it out and it just isn’t good TV that I want to see. The women have come a long way in the last 10 or so years and I want to see people like Sasha, Bayley, Bianca etc get over on personality and in ring skill. Not getting the ‘Puppies’ out.

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

Absolutely not, but Christy Hemme should come back and deliver that promo about her ass being hungry and then promptly disappear off TV again as if nothing ever happened.

[BlackoutCreature]

I mean, I suppose it could work in modern WWE if the competition is more focused on finding amateur female athletes looking to learn to actually be wrestlers and not so much just hunting for bikini models to look hot on TV.

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Aug 8, 2021 14:57:51 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

Aug 8, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

It would be the absoloute easiest and quickest way to drive all the women who can and want to be taken as seriously athletes out of the company.

Hopefully talent like Io have only months left in their contracts. Please, for the sake of humanity, DO NOT put her in a swimsuit. PLEASE NO............

This is just a terrible terrible time now for female talent in WWE.

Im guessing you havent seen some of the photobook that joshi wrestler do.

[Hypnosis]

Aug 8, 2021 14:57:51 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

Aug 8, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

It would be the absoloute easiest and quickest way to drive all the women who can and want to be taken as seriously athletes out of the company.

Hopefully talent like Io have only months left in their contracts. Please, for the sake of humanity, DO NOT put her in a swimsuit. PLEASE NO............

This is just a terrible terrible time now for female talent in WWE.

Too late.

[The Rick Jericho]

Aug 8, 2021 21:17:05 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Aug 8, 2021 14:57:51 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

Hopefully talent like Io have only months left in their contracts. Please, for the sake of humanity, DO NOT put her in a swimsuit. PLEASE NO............

This is just a terrible terrible time now for female talent in WWE.

Too late.

Wonder's what the heel version of this photo would be like.....

[kidkamikaze10]

Absolutely against. The only reason I would even be close to okay with this is because it’ll give other feds an opportunity to make their women’s divisions great. Because I doubt the 4HW will stay for that.

[r.]

Full-heartedly against.

[bob]