AEW Rampage To Focus More On Women's Roster?

Kenny Omega wants to see more women's wrestling when AEW Rampage premieres next month.

by Andrew Pollard
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With AEW set to debut their second weekly television offering in just a matter of weeks, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has talked about how he wants this AEW Rampage show to shine more of a spotlight on the company's women's roster.

Speaking during an appearance on Wrestling Observer Radio (as per Wrestling News), the Best Bout Machine explained:

"I feel like the content I think we're lacking in is our women's division. I would love to see Rampage be home to more women's wrestling, and I want people to see and appreciate and enjoy some of the talent that we have to offer, and I hope that we can get out and show some of these matches that are perhaps aren't seen by enough people. We've got a lot of great talent on Dark, and people maybe don't want to watch our YouTube channel. Maybe they just want to watch Dynamite and they wanna see a television product, and I get that. I think the extra hour of Rampage, I feel that rather than just give them more Chris Jericho, more Kenny Omega, more MJF, I'd rather give them all of the extremely talented individuals that maybe you can't see that week. And especially, for me, I feel that we got incredibly gifted female wrestlers that have been working really hard fighting for a spot. Maybe it's time for them to get some more."

One of the main criticisms that some have thrown AEW's way during the promotion's relatively short lifespan, is that the women's division has often been somewhat of an afterthought - particularly during the company's first few months.

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AEW clearly has some talented female stars under its banner, yet the past two weeks of Fyter Fest specials only served up two matches between them; those being Yuka Sakazaki defeating Penelope Ford, and AEW Women's Champion Britt Baker retaining the gold against Nyla Rose.

In addition to Baker, Rose, Sakazaki and Ford, AEW also has the likes of Hikaru Shida, Thunder Rosa, Serena Deeb Leyla Hirsch, Anna Jay, Tay Conti, Kris Statlander, Red Velvet, Abadon, Jade Cargill, Riho, Big Swole and the Bunny that it can call upon - and if Omega gets his way, it looks like some of these will be getting more TV opportunities when AEW Rampage premieres on 13 August.

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