5 Things That Need To Change For A True Divas Revolution
The Divas Revolution has hit something of a wall. What needs to change for a true revolution?
revolution (noun) - the forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.
When word of a 'Divas Revolution' spread, many in the WWE Universe rejoiced. For too long the female characters on World Wrestling Entertainment TV had been treated as objects, eye-candy for the drooling obsession of its predominantly male audience. Sure, they wrestle, but 99% of the time it was in either a two-minute nothing match or a multi-woman tag match where nothing really made sense.
Then NXT happened, and all of a sudden the view of women in WWE began to ripple with potential change. A group of absorbing characters became one of the most important parts of the show, their gender irrelevant. When three of these characters showed up on the main roster, whispers became shouts and many were excited that a true revolution was upon us.
Was it too good to be true? Was change upon us?
Unfortunately, it was too good to be true, and instead of change we've got a slightly more palatable version of what we had before. This could have been one of WWE's great success stories of recent time, but instead it has all the revolutionary impact of a used teabag.
What needs to happen for a true revolution? Nothing particularly life-changing, just taking points from known places and putting them into place on the biggest stage professional wrestling has to offer.
5. Stop Telling Us It's A Revolution
If there's one thing that WWE truly enjoys, it is taking a hashtag and ramming it down the throats of everyone until the phrase itself makes one instantly nauseous. It happened with 'Suplex City' and it's happening now with the 'Diva's Revolution'.
It does more damage than good, and it always will. Just because you say something is happening does not make it true, just like if you claim to be or know something doesn't do the same. As the old saying goes, knowing about courage doesn't make one courageous, knowing about flight doesn't make one an eagle.
The reason the NXT development of its female performers happened was because it was allowed to happen organically. Its characters weren't told they were part of a revolution, they were merely told to do what they signed up to do; wrestle. Characters and performers developed, the crowd got behind it and et voila; you have yourself a real change.
WWE needs to allow this to happen with its main roster. Don't tell the audience it is a revolution, allow us to decide that for ourselves.