Vince, pay attention to women's wrestling!!!!!! *new content*

**~Maz~** · 09-10-2009, 08:24 AM

~I love watching WWE (and playing it on my wii lol) but i am one of them viewers who turns off when it's the turn of the women to wrestle! NOT because i don't like to see 2 women going at it in the ring but because i can't watch what it has become TODAY!! I loved the skill of Lita with the Hardy Boys and Chyna being able to stand up against the men but to see this bitch slapping contest where the clothes get ripped off these girly girls is like soft porn for the lil boys who are WWE fans rather than a entertainment show for all WWE fans!! After all the 'good' fights to see that stuff just makes me cringe, it's just not what it was before!!!~

~BRING BAD BITCHES BACK WHO KNOW HOW TO LAY THE SMACK DOWN!!~

**~gymdiva~** · 10-15-2010, 02:09 PM

thank you so much to diva-dirt.com for posting about this article! here's their take and then the article itself:

Posted by Melanie on October 15th, 2010
Categories: The News Desk

The Miami Herald has a lengthy new article discussing the position of women in wrestling today and judging by the title, “Women Can Wrestle, If Given Chance,” it’s a must read for all fans of this section of wrestling.
The article features comments from Afa the Wild Samoan who runs annual Elite 8 tournaments for women, as well as TNA’s Sarita. Check out some quotes from Sarita below:

“As a TNA Knockout, I can speak from my time there that the women are in a great place. We have all been given opportunities to prove ourselves in matches, interviews and backstage segments.
“When I first joined TNA, I was impressed by the diversity of the girls in terms of look and wrestling style, and I think this is something that helped make the Knockouts division stand out as one of the best women’s divisions in the world.
“Sometimes women’s wrestling is not taken seriously, which is unfortunate for those of us that have invested so much energy and effort into it. Image is so important to succeed in wrestling and has tended to have more importance than talent, skill and connection with the public.
“To really be lifted up, women’s wrestling needs to keep focusing on diversity to develop girls with true star power. Your typical `beautiful’ girl is not always the girl that will stand out or interest more people in women’s wrestling.”

Thoughts: It’s really exciting to see a mainstream outlet like the Miami Herald dedicate such a long article, especially such a positive one, to women’s wrestling. This is highly encouraging for us as fans who continue to want to see women’s wrestling be taken more seriously and for the women in the sport to break down more barriers. Even this site is trying to give these women that much more exposure & that much more encouragement to do what they do. I’m really happy to see a major outlet take notice of what’s going on in women’s wrestling and highlight it. That can only be good for the rest of us.

ARTICLE

**~gymdiva~** · 10-15-2010, 02:14 PM

I highly encourage people to email the writer, Jim Varsallone ( [email protected] ) and the Miami Herald ( [email protected] -to the editor) in support of articles like this...this is the kind of positive press the women need

**JohnnyStyles** · 10-15-2010, 02:49 PM

NOw this is an awesome match

**Sandpig** · 10-15-2010, 03:09 PM

Man, I miss Chyna.
The old Chyna, before all the plastic surgery.

**~gymdiva~** · 10-15-2010, 03:24 PM

I liked her after the first round of surgery....jawline was softer....boobs were proportional....then she took it too far....and now....it's lil kim too far but it's getting there...

**x100696** · 10-18-2010, 08:56 PM

Yeah the WWE women pretty much suck! You can only watch women with crappy talent rip each others clothes off so many times before you stop caring! I miss the old school days when you could actually tell they didn't come straight from a modeling run-way and get a contract just because of their looks

**Femphysiquefan** · 11-17-2010, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by ~gymdiva~

thank you so much to diva-dirt.com for posting about this article! here's their take and then the article itself:

Posted by Melanie on October 15th, 2010
Categories: The News Desk

The Miami Herald has a lengthy new article discussing the position of women in wrestling today and judging by the title, “Women Can Wrestle, If Given Chance,” it’s a must read for all fans of this section of wrestling.
The article features comments from Afa the Wild Samoan who runs annual Elite 8 tournaments for women, as well as TNA’s Sarita. Check out some quotes from Sarita below:

“As a TNA Knockout, I can speak from my time there that the women are in a great place. We have all been given opportunities to prove ourselves in matches, interviews and backstage segments.
“When I first joined TNA, I was impressed by the diversity of the girls in terms of look and wrestling style, and I think this is something that helped make the Knockouts division stand out as one of the best women’s divisions in the world.
“Sometimes women’s wrestling is not taken seriously, which is unfortunate for those of us that have invested so much energy and effort into it. Image is so important to succeed in wrestling and has tended to have more importance than talent, skill and connection with the public.
“To really be lifted up, women’s wrestling needs to keep focusing on diversity to develop girls with true star power. Your typical `beautiful’ girl is not always the girl that will stand out or interest more people in women’s wrestling.”

Thoughts: It’s really exciting to see a mainstream outlet like the Miami Herald dedicate such a long article, especially such a positive one, to women’s wrestling. This is highly encouraging for us as fans who continue to want to see women’s wrestling be taken more seriously and for the women in the sport to break down more barriers. Even this site is trying to give these women that much more exposure & that much more encouragement to do what they do. I’m really happy to see a major outlet take notice of what’s going on in women’s wrestling and highlight it. That can only be good for the rest of us.

ARTICLE

Amen and amen, Gymdiva!!! I have to say that I've been fairly disgusted with WWE and the direction it's taken women's wrestling. The latest NXT show is a prime example. I mean seriously, what on Earth does a "contest" involving who can carry a midget in a wheelbarrow around
the ring have ANYTHING to do with wrestling?? Not all of it on WWE is bad, though: I'm really glad that Natalya (one of the ladies that can REALLY WRESTLE in WWE) is FINALLY getting some of the in-ring recognition she deserves. However, compare this to that STELLAR 6-woman streetfight they had over on TNA, and it's clear in my book which company is REALLY trying to forward women's wrestling and which one isn't. I say make it official, and merge Shimmer entirely with the TNA Knockout division. So many of the Knockouts come from there anyway, they might as well!!