5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (May 11)
4. Talking The Talk
It's been a strange few weeks for the WWE Women's Division. The entire crew were apparently paid off for being left off a hugely controversial card in Saudi Arabia, with cries that WWE's involvement would eventually drive cultural change pushed back by an ugly forced apology from the country's Sports Authority after roster members appeared in a Backlash commercial.
The dual-brand pay-per-view was intended to right those wrongs in the ring, with two talked-about title matches afforded ample time to tell very different stories. It couldn't have gone worse.
Whilst Carmella and Charlotte dramatically under-delivered on relatively low expectations, Nia Jax not only failed to solidify her Women's Title reign bell-to-bell against Alexa Bliss but was also lumbered with a nonsensical post-match PSA.
In it, she attempted to close the loop on the angle with her former best friend (as well as a prejudicial stance against her own gender from the company's Saudi sugar daddies), before literally namedropping WWE's own financially-motivated cause as part of the monologue, then responding to her oppressors with a...threat...of...physical...violence.
"Be a star. And remember, in the end, a bully always get their *ss kicked", she yelled, as Michael Cole neatly wrapped it up by reminding audiences how the company push "tolerance and respect" above all else. The summation felt right out of the mouth of Vince McMahon himself - violence as a response to violence, all under the banner of a company marketing campaign.