10 WWE Things That Are Impossible To Believe In

7. The Women's Evolution

The Miz And Maryse
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WWE does not care about women's wrestling. It cares about the PR perception pretending to care about it affords them.

This is fine, obviously; all fiction is to an extent manipulative, especially the great work that is pro wrestling. The problem is that WWE left the women's rosters at home as they flew away to the Saudi Arabian desert to propagandise a regime change in which women are still treated as second-class citizens, and homosexuals are still brutally executed if they twice engage in consensual same-sex activity flaunted outside of the private home. This is less fine, obviously. WWE's more genuine commitment - to the Saudi reform drive - earns considerably more money than progressivist points.

Prior to this, it was almost possible to believe in WWE's commitment, despite the off-putting desperation with which it was put over. Though WWE told us relentlessly about the Women's Evolution, they did just enough to show it, in parallel, to stave off rejection. Tellingly, the word "first" hasn't been completely drilled into our skulls since WWE pocketed the money, but give it a few months. We still have the "first ever" Women's TLC match to look forward to, the "first ever" time women headline WrestleMania.

This will feel as empty as the soul screeching those words.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!