How WWE Can Finally Kill The Post-WrestleMania Curse

Adam Pearce Becky Lynch Bayley
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The Bloodline saga can only be described as a masterful win for The Game and all involved.

But that expertly crafted tale of Honorary Uces, brotherly conflict, and the taking down of the king only made the sheer indifference sent the way of everything from the United States Championship to the main roster Women's Division as a whole so damn glaring.

The same mind who was once quite rightly classed as the greatest booker of women's wrestling in American history can now also claim to being behind the absolute masterpiece that has been Becky Lynch and Bayley's never-ending war of dullness.

The Man and The Role Model. Two of the biggest things to happen to women's wrestling over the last five years, reduced to outdated Karen one-liners and acting as shells of their former selves as they cling on to the star power of returning icons heading into this year's Mania.

The division being in a pretty dreadful position heading out of a Show of Shows and proceeding to be a fairly tough watch in the months that follow is unfortunately nothing new. A widespread women's reset of sorts on April 3 has honestly never felt more necessary, though.

Split the failed experiment that is Damage CTRL; it's done.

Have whoever walks out of Mania 39 as your champs, most likely Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley, let's be honest, tested in a meaningful rivalry with perhaps a battle over who is the real undisputed EST of WWE with Charlotte Flair and a re-babyfaced Bayley going full Ding Dong, Hello!, respectively.

Or possibly go really bold and - whisper it - maybe even try to build a few new legit top of the card contenders in Raquel Rodriguez and the likes of IYO SKY and Dakota Kai.

All the talent is there. Trips and co. just need to remember how to bloody use it and tell the simplest of engaging stories away from their precious Bloodline project. If they don't, well, they risk permanently damaging some of their biggest and most promising names with yet another ill-fated WrestleMania follow-up period.

And while they're at it...

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