10 WrestleMania 33 Mistakes WWE Can’t Repeat At 34

2. Treating Women Like An Afterthought

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This year's female line-up looks promising.

Depending on what happens at Elimination Chamber, WWE will either present a one-on-one Raw Women's Title shot for Asuka or a Triple Threat also involving Nia Jax at 'Mania 34. Elsewhere, there's likely to be a SmackDown Women's Title match, probably another Sasha Banks vs. Bayley showdown and a marquee clash starring Ronda Rousey.

That's quite the contrast to last year. In Orlando, WWE let the female ranks down by putting on two multi-woman matches for each brand's respective title and giving them a combined total of 17 minutes to work with. 12 of those went to the Raw crew, meaning SmackDown's ladies only worked around five.

It could be argued that Nikki Bella and Maryse took centre stage in a mixed tag, but that was vehicle designed to push Nikki's news-making engagement to John Cena, not a strong in-ring statement WWE could use to shout from the rooftops about a - sigh - Women's Revolution.

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