A diva means either a celebrated woman singer or a prima donna. Which one of those is WWE going for when they call the women they employ divas? Since you dont hear them singing any songs (give or take a Jillian Hall), you can only assume that theyre meant to be obnoxious, and full of themselves. How about just calling the women wrestlers who compete in the company women or "wrestlers" or...god forbid "sports entertainers." The term is still better than Divas. Is that so much to ask? If they need to come up with a catchy marketing catchphrase, they need to try again. TNA branded their women Knockouts which sounds cool and isnt demeaning. But WWE centers their division around a bad reality show where the women act like horrible, stuck up people. And the name of the show is Total Divas! WWE has taken some heat lately from their fans by continuing to feature the women wrestlers in short, forgettable matches with terrible storylines to accompany them. In NXT, its a different world. Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Charlotte often steal the show. They put on hard-hitting, athletic matches that the crowd can get behind. Theyre also not referred to as divas. Ditching the sexist and degrading divas name (along with that butterfly belt) would be a simple solution to immediately make their shows less annoying.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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