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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 19, 2022 9:14:32 GMT -5
Yes but it annoys me how the history of women's wrestling in WWE is presented in such a linear way. They had solid periods after the late 90s era where women were allowed to wrestle but they still couldn't help themselves and kept falling back to objectifying them. It's not a simple story at all. I don’t think they really present the history in that manner. They’ve mentioned those that were carrying the division back at various periods, whether it be Trish, Molly, Victoria, Beth, Mickie, McCool, Nikki, Jazz, etc. It is true though that even when they had these “solid” periods, it was really still nowhere near how it is now, being all over the show, having long matches near-weekly and featured in main events on a consistent basis. Back then it was more like how AEW is now, good workers doing good work but not really being featured to their full potential.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 19, 2022 9:33:37 GMT -5
It absolutely is. It even was when Vince and his f***boys were slowly rolling it back, because however bad things are now they were worse six or seven years ago. In relative terms, yeah it was a success
In properly undeniable terms, the women's division has legit stars, main eventers, storylines, multiple active individual talents with distinct gimmicks.
As a PR move, though? One of their biggest ever successes
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Post by schma on Aug 19, 2022 9:41:46 GMT -5
Yes, it was a success. Not as successful as I'd like, but a success nonetheless. The women have been showing for much longer than acknowledged that when given the ball they will run with it. We have seen incredible things this past 10 years. Evolution was one of the best PPVs that year. Some of the women are among the top stars regardless of gender. Them being featured prominently or main eventing isn't insane and as was mentioned, when was the last bra and panties match? There's still a ways to go but I'd say yes, successful for sure.
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Post by theironyuppie on Aug 19, 2022 10:43:19 GMT -5
A stat that captures just how successful it was is that there was only three years between the end of the butterfly belt and the first women's Mania main event.
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