Megabutts Championship.

Fatal 4-Way Diva’s Match.

Tables/Ladders/Chairs.

Part 3

DJ as Trish Stratus cause he likes red pants.

Kasey as AJ Lee. Who has some unfortunate audience issues.

Joey as Natalya because Canada.

Mike as Lita from the 90’s because he thinks he remembered her.

We still just dick around and aren’t actually reviewing the game. We’re good at this.

If I had to credit TNA for doing one thing better than the WWE, it’s their women’s division. Sure they also have a very cringe-worthy title for it but whatever you call them, Knockouts or Divas, TNA’s just get more time to actually wrestle. It’s not perfect but it’s better.

Last night’s lackluster Hell In A Cell PPV didn’t leave me with much to talk about, however it did highlight something for me that I’ve been thinking about for a long time. What does WWE need to do differently so that women’s wrestling can be taken more seriously? And the best I could come up with? They need their own show.

For a long time the Divas match on a Pay-Per-View has been seen as the “go get a beer” match. It’s understandable to a certain level. Rarely has there been much of a build up to these matches and quite often the competitors are of low standards so interest will always struggle.

Last night was a triple threat match with a decent angle. Eve is a sneaky champion defending against the woman she beat to win the title (Layla) and the woman she screwed over to get her title shot (Kaitlyn). You can’t ask for much more than that in a title match! The girls put on a good match too. Kaitlyn is a wrestler I’m continually impressed by and Layla has been a reliable wrestler since her return from injury. And Eve was there too. But the crowd? Couldn’t care less.

This has happened a few times now, especially during Beth Phoenix‘s run. Decent matches at PPVs but no time before or afterwards on TV to work. It’s clear the creative team either has no faith in the girls or feels like nobody cares. But here’s my issue with that last point, they only don’t care because you haven’t made them care. Case in point: AJ Lee.

Without a doubt one of the biggest surprises of the year has been AJ’s rise to the top of the heap. She’s a Diva who actually gets a crowd reaction and has been at the centre of a lot of what WWE has been doing this year. The crowd give a damn and it’s because Creative have given her something to do.

I understand show time is precious. Despite RAW’s now questionable 3 hour length run-time every week there is still not enough time for the likes of Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd, and other deserving future superstars. How do you make the decision to leave out a Kofi Kingston for a Diva’s match? I get it. Although, with WWE’s Network still(?) on the horizon and a new show on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings, I don’t think it’s too much to ask to give the Divas a one hour show each week. You pay them, why not use them?

Then maybe you can give them more than a 2 minute match on Smackdown. Or actually allow them to use a microphone. Or maybe, just maybe, you might find a new audience of young women who will both enjoy the show and see a role model on the screen rather than a plot device in a man’s storyline. Maybe it could inspire some young girls to someday grow up and want to wrestle themselves. As of right now, WWE isn’t really doing that.

I’d like to leave it on this note: Here is a short video from back in the WWF days of Lita signing copies of her new video. Both men and women sign up for the privilege but one little girl bursts into tears upon meeting her idol. Her emotions and how much it means to her is plain to see. WWE has an opportunity to possitely influence young girls like this all over the world. Take advantage of it.

Oh and who is that little girl in the video? AJ Lee.

The 1000th episode of RAW was aired this past week, and as per usual Vince turned it into equal parts car crash and joyous entertainment. I won’t go into a full break down of the episode but I would like to talk about the moments that stuck out for me. Overall, it was a decent show, nothing more, but it was a “kitchen sink” sort of broadcast with so many crazy parts that it deserves some mention.

As always when reviewing a show like this, if you haven’t seen it yet, there be spoilers a-hoy-hoy:

The DX Reunion

The sad state of Sean Waltman’s physical and psychological appearance aside, I was super happy to see the team back on screen. I have a huge soft spot in my heart for Billy Gunn, he was one of my favourite wrestlers growing up. Road Dogg is a guy who has turned a corner in his life and seems to be on the straight and narrow now, which is wonderful, and appears to still have a lot of skill on the mic even though he didn’t get a huge opportunity to show it off that night.

You could really tell the guys were having a lot of fun. With HHH’s wise-crack about everyone’s hairline to the butt-joke skit afterwards, it was definitely a party atmosphere when they were around. And with X-Pac’s madness aside, you could see how much it meant to the New Age Outlaws to be in a WWE ring again. And damn it, it meant a lot to me too, to see them there.

The Sonic advertisement.

I hope the King was sufficiently embarrassed.

Mae Young’s Hand-son.

Genuinely, I think this was a stroke of comedic genius. And if you’re too young to remember what this is in reference to, then you’re too young for me to explain it. But don’t worry, you don’t want to know. I wish I could forget.

This almost made the therapy worth it. Almost.

Dude Love’s entrance was longer than Brodus Clay’s match

That is all.

I’m really getting tired of squash matches. 

Lita… Wow. Yay APA.

In the words of Farooq “…damn!”. Lita still has it. All of it. And I like it. Yup.

I’ve kind of made a promise to myself not to make misogynistic comments online. So I’ll stop talking about Lita except to say that it’s a shame she is no longer with the WWE as she was a good talent in the ring and could genuinely wrestle.

I got a thrill seeing the APA back on TV too. That clothesline-from-hell still looks as crazy as it always did. God damn, that always looks like it hurts.

The Punk Heel Turn.

You know, there was rumours of Cena doing it which I dismissed off the bat. When the Rock challenged “the champion” to a match at the Royal Rumble, I figured it meant Cena would win the belt that night, which did nothing as a theory but make me sad, however it seemed logical that they would set up a Cena/Rock rematch. I was also convinced that Cena would win this one because to make him the first Money In The Back winner to not became champion, ON TOP OF making Cena lose on this big show… well I’m just shocked that this all happened. So well played WWE, well played.

So if a heel turn means Punk is still the champion… I’ll take it. I look forward to see what he comes up with.

Oh and before I forget…

…I, for one, welcome our new overlord.