Being a female in the biggest wrestling company of the world has never been easy. From being essentially sexual objects to now main eventing; women in WWE past, present and future have done huge things in WWE. Many hate the Diva Era, I myself don’t like some of the Divas but still they had a part of making the Women’s Division what it is today.
Yes the Women’s Revolution was fantastic, there is no denying that. The RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championship are definitely an improvement on the Divas Championship but that doesn’t mean the women who held that Championship aren’t important. Charlotte, is a 7 time (combined from RAW and SmackDown) and she was the last woman to hold the Divas Championship so TECHNICALLY she was classed as a Diva. Same with Paige, Sasha and Becky yet everyone adores them. Don’t forget Beth Phoenix was a Divas Champion along with Nattie and they’re both wildly loved and were Divas.
Diva is used as some sort of filthy word, like just because there was one time the women in WWE were seen as just sexy doesn’t mean they’re not as important. Trish Stratus started off as Vince McMahon’s lap dog (I mean he had her barking like a dog for fuck sake) but she shook all that off to become huge beyond belief.
Take The Bella Twins. They started off as Divas but they moved forward with WWE towards the Women’s Revolution yet people still constantly shit on what they do. Both women could have left WWE at any point, Brie only temporarily retired to have a baby, but both women whether people like it or not love wrestling and want to do it to they’re physically unable too, which almost happened for Nikki in 2015.
Each woman who laced up their boots (or trainers), did so for a reason, because they wanted a chance of excellence and many did. Evolution is going to be a fantastic chance for women of past to take on women of today and for the women of the future to show what they can do. The Diva Era was a period in WWE’s history, a period that happened and can never be unwritten or removed. It is something that should be embraced, never forget AJ Lee was classed as a Diva, many absolutely loved her and even though she hated the term, she still was.
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