8 Problems Nobody Wants To Admit About AEW
6. The Women's Division Has Been An Afterthought
AEW has laid the foundations for some great, forward-thinking progression for the promotion’s women’s division. Even before AEW was officially launched as a weekly wrestling product, the company went hard with its public comments to say how its female roster would have the opportunity for the same financial rewards as AEW’s male roster.
This was ground-breaking, this was revolutionary, and this was something that should have been addressed so many years ago by other wrestling companies.
Despite the prospect of equal pay, AEW has largely managed to make its Women’s Championship feel like an afterthought.
While the recent build to Cody going after Chris Jericho’s AEW World Championship was an engaging story that was fleshed out week after week on AEW Dynamite, AEW Women’s Champion Riho and the women’s title picture was left with minimal buzz.
To date, the only female talent in AEW who has had any real story arc is Brandi Rhodes and her descent to the dark side. And while rankings have been nicely discussed on AEW TV, there’s been no juice whatsoever behind Riho and those desperately scratching and clawing for the opportunity to tangle with the current AEW Women’s Champion.