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Originally Posted by Destor
Women are absolutely in direct competition with men. The matches aremt real. What they compete for is screen time and its far more difficult for a woman to get it than a man.
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They aren't in DIRECT competition. They are in competition for camera time and the amount of camera time they get. But there's always going to be the need for sex appeal, and when you have someone like Trish Stratus, then you add what she brought in the ring after she learned, and who was her competition there?
You had Lita as the alternative, but not directly competing for Trish's spot.
You could say Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson were competition in the sex appeal department, but the were wretched when it came to anything else.
Jacqueline is no match in the sex appeal, and she is kind of in the Lita territory of alternative.
Sable matched in the sex appeal, but was awful in the ring.
Sunny set the bar for diva's and sex appeal, but she didn't/couldn't wrestle.
Ivory was pretty hot and probably better in the ring, but now let's add in that casual/mainstream crowd appeal and who wins? Trish by a mile.
Victoria was pretty decent in the ring (although I feel she's overrated, Trish was better.) She was okay to look at, but the creepy vibe sent her to the alternative side.
It wasn't really until Mickie James debuted and feuded/dated Trish that Trish had any real competition on all sides of the fence for her spot as top diva, and by that point Trish's legacy had already been cemented.
So really; until Mickie James, Trish's competition was Stacy Keibler, Torrie Wilson, Ivory, and you could probably say that Sable and Sunny were former competitors/managers that Trish strived to be better than.
Trish by a mile there.
No men really competed with Trish for her spot. Trish was around at a time where tits and ass were mandatory to be shown on screen, and no one's were better than hers, and no male is gonna take that spot. I'd say you could say the male wrestlers competed with the other women for a spot on tv, but one spot is already set, it's up to the women to get up there and take that spot.