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On the latest episode of Fightful’s The Hump, Sean Ross Sapp said he’s heard from many women in WWE who are frustrated with the current booking of their division. This includes rejecting creative ideas for WrestleMania.
“Yes, I have spoken with plenty of women in WWE who are frustrated about the booking of the women. This is not a new thing. It’s nowhere near Royal Rumble 2022 level…Royal Rumble 2022 was so bad that I developed sources because of how bad it was booked. This is nowhere near that.
But, there has been a situation where a women’s WWE performer has reached out to me and said, ‘Dude, can you find out if I’m listed internally as a heel or a babyface?’ And I’m like, ‘Damn, okay.’
I know there have been some [WrestleMania] pitches that have been rejected because people are like, token tag matches aren’t something that they want to do.
ADThey want things put on a more even plane in the women’s division. They want, okay well, the contracts are going up, the viewership is adjusted accordingly for when women are on screen. It’s not the side show or anything like that. It a part of the show. You’re adding more titles, add more matches, all that stuff.”
“…There’s not that element of where, a lot of the men not only have one thing going on, they got a lot of different things going on. And that’s just not the way that it’s been for the women. And I don’t know if that’s a Triple H thing or what.”
WWE’s booking of its women’s division was under scrutiny last week when new women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria and United States Champion Chelsea Green both lost clean in Elimination Chamber qualifying matches. That’s the kind of bad booking that tells the entire division this new shiny cool thing they have doesn’t really matter all that much.
I don’t expect there will be any big names walking out of WWE like in 2022 when Vince McMahon was ruining things. However, the current unequal booking between the men and women’s division does stand out, particularly when compared to the way things are done in NXT.
Is there enough mounting frustration backstage for Triple H’s team to change its approach, or will these concerns be dismissed as much ado about nothing? WWE business is booming these days, so my best guess is the higher ups don’t think this is an important problem that requires a better solution.
Do you agree that WWE needs to create a more even playing field between the men and women’s divisions? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.
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