Women's division vs Women as WWE Champs

Shak Williams — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:14:13 -0500

For one, I never looked at Chyna as a female. I always saw her as just a strong wrestler. But, I look at Beth as a female. Look at who Chyna has pushed over! She beat HHH and Taker in a triple threat match. Beth lost to Kelly Kelly.

Chyna never once said: "I'm a woman and I'm proud," during her run. She always said that she was a strong, fit wrestler. Look at Alundra Blayze. She was always working to pave the way for women, instead of just viewing herself as a hard-working wrestler. She was awesome by the way.

Beth is too girly, from what I can see on TV. She doesn't have that star power that Chyna had. Chyna was up there with Rock and Austin. She was one of the reasons why wrestling was so entertaining. I could see her coming back and being pushed into the mix with the men—maybe not like before. But, you can't go from pinning HHH three times to losing to Maria.

Trish was a great flag ship diva, but was promoted more as a bombshell-turned-wrestler. Plus, females are forced to undergo so much surgery that fighting a guy would prove very dangerous. What the WWE should do is worry about making an awesome women's division—complete with a women's championship title and tag title.

Women don't have to hold the WWE title to be taken serious. The women's title could be just as serious. Yet, WWE has always allowed bimbos to hold it.

Beth is strong, but it's no secret that Chyna would have squashed her. Beth is a bland character and is obviously there to erase Chyna's legacy.

However, those of us who are fans from the attitude era know that it's impossible to erase Chyna—a female wrestler who participated in two Royal Rumbles, KOTR tournaments, defeated some of the greatest names in wrestling (including HHH and Taker), and was a No. 1 contender for the WWF world title for two weeks.

Additionally, she did fairly well as the only female on the New Japan Professional Wrestling (NJPW) roster and she made female contenders, like Molly, Trish, and Lita, who whipped Beth, look like wimps.

Chyna is the prime candidate for a female world champ.

Beth shouldn't be placed over the other women in the division. Instead, she should help make her division second to the main event participants.

Today's divas won't be able to put on a great match with men. Even if they did, they would still seem unbelievable. Yeah, Maryse pinning Kane.

In addition to appearing unbelievable, many of the girls can't seem to get it together like they did in 2001-2004. They're like a bunch of Sables backstage. By the way, Sable is a prime example of a female who can effectively compete against women and get as much attention as the men in the process.

During her prime, she had the highest rating—second to Austin. Plus, she occasionally power-bombed men (Marc Mero).

So, in conclusion, a female world champion would be amazing, but today's society seems to be too simple-minded to handle the idea. Chyna was never really a female wrestler. She was a woman who happened to be a wrestler.

The women's division could be just as serious as the main event participants—if given the chance. However, with the lack of discipline and the egos of some of the current ladies in the locker room, that likely will not happen any time soon—sad, but true.

Problems In The World Of Wrestling

Shak Williams — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:01:48 -0400

Wrestling was good from late 1997 to mid 2001. When Goldberg came it got good again, but they started to destroy his character. Three people always stuck out to me in wrestling: Chyna, Rock, and Austin.

After Chyna was released I knew that something was happening. I knew that when they shoved her into the women's division all of a sudden. In 2004 the WWE completely destroyed their women's division and replaced the wrestlers with models and actresses with no experience; that only knew how to get naked.

The men's division was destroyed again in 2005. John Cena was portrayed as Superman and lost very little of his matches. Every time the opportunity to have a good story arrived, they destroyed it. I remember back in 2005 when they hadn't had a females match for about three months.

They finally had a bikini contest in which Christy Hemme won and after the match the face Victoria turned heel and dominated every other person in the ring, including king. The fans were on their feet applauding and cheering. The next week Victoria was the biggest jobber in the WWE.

WWE sux now, TNA was getting good, but they lack something. WWE kept the focus on the same people for too long and they threw new guys in all at once. After the main attractions leave, soon, so will the fans. Their new younger superstars all came in at the same time. They can wrestle, but don't have the spark that the wrestlers had in the late 90s.

There use to be stables everywhere. The original DX, The Nation, The Corporation, The Ministry, The corporate ministry. The DX comebacks recently were just for the kids who know nothing about the group. It only included HHH and HBK which was obviously a mistake since their were four other unforgettable members.

However, HHH screwed every last one of then out of their jobs. Ex: HHH is the reason for Chyna's departure.

Wrestling is on a slow train to oblivion. The stories happen and end to fast or the stories exist long after they should have ended. I'm 18 and I've been a fan since 97. WWE isn't ever going to get back their hardcore audience. Too much has changed.

The people that we grew up with have either retired or quit on bad terms. You can give these new guys as many chances as possible, but they just can't deliver. Great wrestlers, bad characters. The gimmicks are less than horrible meaning they aren't getting anywhere.

WWE has a problem with this new "underdog" win. The great wrestlers with years of experience and potential have to job to the WWE made superheroes with no technicality what so ever. Ever noticed that every heel female wrestler is a trained wrestler as opposed to the face female wrestlers.

John Cena and Batista are strong, but lack character. In time they will be forgotten. It's like rap music. Some of the artists in the 90s will never leave our memories, but these new guys will exit are memories after about a month.

Cena's gimmick is long passed due. Apparently, only children and 15 year-old girls are taking him seriously. Batista lacks mic skills, which Jonh Cena has. Powerhouses aren't the only types of wrestlers, there are many other styles that need to be taken seriously.

TNA had the chance, but they aren't living up to the expectations that I have had. WWE needs to fire their writers, remove Steph McMahon, and hire new writers with new and fresh and non stereotypical ideas.

Change gimmicks, create stables, stop hiring would be celebrities in an attempt to get ratings. Stop labeling your females as athletes when they can't land one great move and stop having your female wrestlers pose for playboy when they can't even put on a decent match.

Don't throw in new characters at the same time in hopes that the fans will connect. The fans will eventually become confused and will ultimately lose interest (like myself).

Stop focusing the attention on the same people for months on end and stop beginning and ending stories to quickly. Stop throwing the same people into matches every week. Stop rushing into feuds.

Stop making the fan favorites champs. Stop having all of the great potential wrestlers turn heel and job.

Stop having the same people hold the belts. Start creating new stables. Stop having "legends" make the same comebacks and embarrassing themselves to give the audience a laugh. Be creative, be fresh, stop using old material. Start hiring people who've spent their lives training and crating their skills.

Stop hiring men and women who know nothing about the business. Be serious again! Stop delivering the same old things. With no new concepts, you'll get no new fans and, ultimately, your current fans will begin to disappear as well.

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Women's division vs Women as WWE Champs

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