The Women's Revolution was brilliant on its own terms, but it was a miracle considering just how much work needed to be done to chase away the ghosts of divisions past.
When matches and angles weren't designed as p*ss breaks or box-ticking filler, they were toxic in the extreme. Women fought over the title one at time, or men, or how Jerry Lawler's belief that "all women secretly hate each other", or Playboy magazine covers, or whatever a bunch of old white men thought young women cared about.
Natalya got the farts, Nikki Bella wished Brie had died in the womb and Alicia Fox was perpetually cast as crazy because all women were. Decent matches were forgotten whilst well-trained wrestlers and hard-working ex-models alike were all undermined.
Bullsh*t, and eventually (tacitly) called as much.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
