10 Things We Learned From WWE 24: Empowered
4. Re-re-reframing The Narrative
Depending on how many more of these WWE intend to make, the history of Women's wrestling may yet again change as per the whims of Vince McMahon or whomever keeps such asinine company mandates on such a tight leash.
In the last Women-centric '24' special, the company rather abandoned the period between Trish Stratus and Lita bidding adieu and the famed NXT-inspired 'revolution' in 2015.
Not here.
With Beth Phoenix, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly and several other major figures from admittedly the darkest days of the Divas division, the period was now a celebrated transition rather than the black eye it was once considered.
The company are having their cake and eating it yet again, though hopefully that sort of angle won't feature in the fat-shaming WrestleMania programme between Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax. Quite enough went on between McCool and evergreen returnee Mickie James in the aforementioned abysmal years to last a lifetime.
Bizarrely enough, not a single 'Piggie James' skit aired over this entire hour, despite two thirds of the original SmackDown storyline physically reuniting for the first time under WWE's bright lights. Such a shame to waste such vintage creative inspiration.