8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 13th)

6. Who Nominates These People?

Remember the old Sesame Street game of €œOne of these things is not like the other?€ Let€™s play it real quick: Ronda Rousey, Serena Williams, Danica Patrick, the U.S. Women€™s Soccer Team and the Bella Twins. Let€™s ignore the poor storylines that have plagued the Divas division. Not to denigrate the Bellas, who perform athletically at a level that the majority of the population can€™t, but the other women who have been nominated for a Teen Choice award for Female Athlete are world-class athletes. All of them are the best in their sports (UFC, tennis, racing, soccer). The Bellas aren€™t the best athletes (or performers) in WWE. Natalya and Paige are probably the best in-ring performers on the Divas roster, while Naomi is probably the most athletic, and Tamina and Natalya are the strongest. Again, this is not to say that the Bellas aren€™t good athletes, but they aren€™t the best in their industry, yet they land themselves next to Ronda Rousey and the U.S. Women€™s Soccer Team. Good for them, but it just looks really out of place.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.