8 Misconceptions About TNA You Probably Believe
7. Women Were Always Treated Like Stars
No wrestling promotion has ever wholly done good by its female employees. It is moronic to believe so because professional wrestling, as in real life, is a deeply sexist environment. A recent study revealed that 73% of online abuse towards wrestlers is directed at women, a statistic that is more unsurprising than it is horrid.
You would like to believe that TNA is the exception to the rule, given how well-presented and highly-lauded its Knockouts division has been - but that is wrong.
Televised evidence which testifies TNA's historical mistreatment of its female talent includes Angelina Love and Madison Rayne taking turns to flash referee Brian Stiffler, a segment which holds the most views on TNA's YouTube channel, the first all-women's match in TNA history being a lingerie Battle Royal to crown Miss TNA, a crown whose second owner was Bruce, a male, because, remember, he's gay(!), and Goldy Locks, the original backstage interviewer for TNA, being subjected to a dwarf beating his meat within touching distance of her, complete with grimacing facial expressions.
That, somehow, was not the worst: the late Shannon 'Daffney' Spruill being subjected to an enforced striptease was. Having drawn the short straw out of four keys, Daffney was marched to the ring and ordered to strip. It was horrendous.
Throwing together a few Knockouts for an Ultimate X match doesn't erase the past.