CES 2018: Bringing female equality to the WWE's ring

[Sid]

I've heard the name Chyna but when I say watched as a kid I really mean it, there were NO wimmins when I watched.

I think you're probably right about actual mf matchups being unlikely to take off, for the reasons you put forward.

Truth is, for all the political correctness in the world (and a degree of justifiable redress for past injustices) women are not in the same league as men when it comes to strength based activities. Guess the WWE will have to have to resort to VR for any meaningful female equality.

[LZA]

Plus, there is a standard previously set about women being the T&A at a wrestling show, and not true wrestling talent, which truly is a shame.

Mostly men are wrestling fans, and they are chauvinistic in nature. Of course, this is my interpretation from people I've seen (nothing I just said can be proven with statistics or facts).

But even me, for example. Regardless of how I portray myself online, I think I'm pretty fair as far as judging all peoples equally (men, women of all races, etc).

Women have a huge hurdle to jump, which is the status quo... Even me who thinks it would be cool to see women equal to men in wrestling (like mma), when I found myself reading RobertX's assessment of Stephanie McMAhon, I thought to myself "I agree, but who cars what she says, she HOT..." and I know there are those willing to give them less of a chance than me...

That being said, I'm rooting for them. and I heard former UFC champ Rhonda Rousey is in talks with WWE... SOmeone like her can give credibility to the athletic part of it...

[contrail]

Was this just for the company trying to make itself look good or was this an honest change for the participants?

Any ideas would be great since I am a clueless person.

[LZA]

Was this just for the company trying to make itself look good or was this an honest change for the participants?

Any ideas would be great since I am a clueless person.

IMHO the company was trying to adapt to make itself to possibly make more money (not necessarily look better). Steph said in the nterview that this was a result of a Twitter hashtag from fans asking them to give the women a chance.

Honestly, if this didn't happen, ol' Vince would still be parading them on in bikinis as sex symbols and NOT athletes... I'm 99.99999% sure it was not done for the athletes, because, they could have done that before the fans asking... I can be happy they did change for any reason, though.

IF I wanted to watch women shake their tits and ass, I'd watch porn...

[RobertX]

Well, it is a man's world after all!

[killa1986]

"But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl" James Brown.

I've seen plenty of women's wrestling to know the Revolution began outside WWE. Shimmer, Shine, Stardom, GLOW to name a few. Then there are promotions that allow mixed wrestling: PWG and Lucha Underground are what I can think of atm. Sure, WWE had Lita, Trish Stratus, Jacqueline and Chyna could hang with the guys; LayCool and Pinup Strong made for good tag team matches; Alundra Blayze was a mainstay for WWF women's wrestling in the early 90s before it being scrapped altogether ("budget cuts," they said). Whenever women's wrestling got it right, the shot callers up top somehow decided to axe it for stupid and sexist reasons (Mr. McMahon forcing Trish to bark like a dog, lesbians make-out with Stephanie McMahon present, 2-3 minute "toilet break" matches to fill the void). We all wish WWE would do something positive with the Women's Division like they're doing with NXT, but the main roster much like WWE Creative has us feeling empty inside.

Off Topic: Fallon Fox is the first transgender woman in UFC. She's currently featured in a documentary called Game Face about LGBTQ athletes.