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horrorfan_1986 · 07-09-2008, 06:09 PM

The main problem with women wrestling is that there's never been any serious heroes in the WWE who has went on to World Wide Fame. If you look at Japanese women wrestling, they had some of those figures in The Crush Girls. Who did America really have that transcended wrestling into the mainstream like Andre or Jesse Ventura did?

All American wrestling is influenced by the WWE. If they project women wrestling as a worthy thing, then other companies will follow. However, when has the WWE ever did that? The closest they really ever came was with Wendy Ritcher in the mid 80's. Ritcher was able to get some national exposure with Cindi Lauper. However, before the end of 1985, she was gone and women wrestling was just another random match in the WWF. By the the turn of the decade, the WWF just decided to do away with the women division all together. Time passes and women still aren't able to prove their importance. Finally, in 1994, the WWE signs Madusa to bring back the women division. She has a couple of good feuds against Bull Nakano and the very beginning of the Aja Kong feud. However, her main feud was against Bertha Faye. That just made the women division look like a gimmick division. Once Madusa leaves for WCW, the WWF once again goes without the division. In between 1995 and 1998 when the title was brought back, the divas were created. With the likes of Sunny, Marlena and Sable, no longer are women seen as anything other than T&A. To no surprise, once the division is brought back, it's pretty much a T&A title.

In one boom period, you had a solid and respectable main woman in Wendy Ritcher. Suddenly, in the Attitude era, the main women are just T&A. The only woman who was somewhat of a role model was Lita. She was energetic, young, and flashy. She could entertain you in other ways than just showing her tits like Trish, BB, Terri or others. The problem though, is that Lita's biggest feature was showing her thong and she never really branched off into the mainstream like The Rock did. So week in and week out, fans are being told that the only thing women are good for is being half naked. You actually had a commentator keep talking about their breasts with a catchy name as Puppies. Screw the quality of matches, the only thing The King made seem important was the Puppies. How can ANY women match be taken serious?

That was the last boom in wrestling. Until the next boom happens, fans will continue to think of women as nothing more than good for their T&A. So now, when you put on a quality womens match, you either get people changing the channel or showing zero interest. On the flip side, if you hold a bikini contest, fans will tune in. I believe it was the Melina/Beth match that scored less than the following week's bikini contest a month or so ago. That right there shows you how little womens wrestling is thought of.

You may have companies like SHIMMER, trying to bring back the art of women wrestling, but until you can change the minds of the WWE fans, women wrestling in the US will always be nothing more than a bathroom break.

The Attitude Era has been over for 7 years. Yet, Vince's choices in that era about women wrestling still has an effect today.

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horrorfan_1986 Role Model Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 9,674 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 317 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Women in Pro Wrestling The main problem with women wrestling is that there's never been any serious heroes in the WWE who has went on to World Wide Fame. If you look at Japanese women wrestling, they had some of those figures in The Crush Girls. Who did America really have that transcended wrestling into the mainstream like Andre or Jesse Ventura did? All American wrestling is influenced by the WWE. If they project women wrestling as a worthy thing, then other companies will follow. However, when has the WWE ever did that? The closest they really ever came was with Wendy Ritcher in the mid 80's. Ritcher was able to get some national exposure with Cindi Lauper. However, before the end of 1985, she was gone and women wrestling was just another random match in the WWF. By the the turn of the decade, the WWF just decided to do away with the women division all together. Time passes and women still aren't able to prove their importance. Finally, in 1994, the WWE signs Madusa to bring back the women division. She has a couple of good feuds against Bull Nakano and the very beginning of the Aja Kong feud. However, her main feud was against Bertha Faye. That just made the women division look like a gimmick division. Once Madusa leaves for WCW, the WWF once again goes without the division. In between 1995 and 1998 when the title was brought back, the divas were created. With the likes of Sunny, Marlena and Sable, no longer are women seen as anything other than T&A. To no surprise, once the division is brought back, it's pretty much a T&A title. In one boom period, you had a solid and respectable main woman in Wendy Ritcher. Suddenly, in the Attitude era, the main women are just T&A. The only woman who was somewhat of a role model was Lita. She was energetic, young, and flashy. She could entertain you in other ways than just showing her tits like Trish, BB, Terri or others. The problem though, is that Lita's biggest feature was showing her thong and she never really branched off into the mainstream like The Rock did. So week in and week out, fans are being told that the only thing women are good for is being half naked. You actually had a commentator keep talking about their breasts with a catchy name as Puppies. Screw the quality of matches, the only thing The King made seem important was the Puppies. How can ANY women match be taken serious? That was the last boom in wrestling. Until the next boom happens, fans will continue to think of women as nothing more than good for their T&A. So now, when you put on a quality womens match, you either get people changing the channel or showing zero interest. On the flip side, if you hold a bikini contest, fans will tune in. I believe it was the Melina/Beth match that scored less than the following week's bikini contest a month or so ago. That right there shows you how little womens wrestling is thought of. You may have companies like SHIMMER, trying to bring back the art of women wrestling, but until you can change the minds of the WWE fans, women wrestling in the US will always be nothing more than a bathroom break. The Attitude Era has been over for 7 years. Yet, Vince's choices in that era about women wrestling still has an effect today.