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I agree. WWE women's wrestling has been shit for years now. Too many throwaway 30 second bouts where there's like 5 moves and a pin between... well any number of Divas, actually.
TNA on the other hand was really doing women's wrestling a service, letting the Knockouts go out and actually wrestle. They got ring time, mic time, and storylines. They were proving they could be a draw (even if not the primary draw, although they did main event shows on occasion), and should have a meaningful place on the shows. Then, suddenly, a number of their Knockouts including -- arguably -- some of the most influential women in the company just walked out.
Seems to me like Women's Wrestling is KIA. I don't think one or two new women will matter. Like so much else in what we see of the business, it comes down to booking. They can be booked to matter, or they can be booked to fill space. It doesn't matter if you're fuckin' Katrina Angle, an Olympic caliber women's grappler, have the Charisma of The Rock, and look like Maryse or Velvet Sky. Until someone in a position of authority decides to give a shit, women's wrestling will just -- at best -- fill space.
Sad really. The Knockouts were one of the few reasons I ever watched TNA.
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