A movement was born 10 years ago on this date.
On Feb. 23 in the year 2015, a match, if you can call it that, took place on Raw. Two teams, The Bella Twins and Paige & Emma took to the ring for a match. A match that lasted a pathetic 30 seconds and angered Diva wrestling fans more than ever. From this, the hashtag #GiveDivasAChance swept social media. It trended on Twitter for nearly two days, thus getting WWEs attention.
From this momentum, the Divas moniker was changed to WWE Superstars to he equal with their male counterparts. The Divas Championship would be retired and birthed the WWE Womens Championship (which quickly became the WWE Raw Womens Championship when SmackDown obtained their own). Since then, a womens revolution turned into an evolution. WWE held two Mae Young Classic tournaments, the womens own pay-per-view in 2018, and many firsts for the women. Such matches as the Royal Rumble, Hell in a Cell, Money in the Bank, Last Woman Standing, Ironwoman, and the Elimination Chamber were for the women as well.
In addition to more match types, the women have seen longer matches took place and the women main eventing has become more of the norm. The 10 year anniversary of this redirection in womens wrestling has come at the right time. Despite the current womens division in WWE being far better than it was before 2015, the lack of booking and effort put into the womens division continues to lack focus.
WWE has introduced more womens championships over the past couple months. These include the Womens United States Title along with the Womens Intercontinental Title. More opportunities are there, but the product isnt reflecting the possibilities.
There are officially 35 women on the Main Roster not including Nikki Bella and Trish Stratus. NXT has 30 women and Evolve will have 16 women.
Will the frustrations of both fans and the WWE womens locker room be heard?
#WWEWomenDeserveBetter
