Lance Storm Criticizes The Divas Revolution, Explains Why Brooklyn Turned On Divas Tag Match
Wrestling legend Lance Storm recently updated his Q&A over at StormWrestling.com, with thoughts on the current WWE "Divas Revolution", women's wrestling in general, his legacy in pro wrestling and more. Below are a few highlights from the column, which can check out in full at the link above.
The Divas Revolution:
"...let me first state that I am a big fan and supporter of women's wrestling and have a great deal of respect for many of the women involved in the "Divas revolution". For the most part I think the Divas Revolution is being screwed and unless they change the way it is being presented it will fail, or at least not succeed to the level it could or more importantly should."
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"In NXT they are women wrestlers, they are competing for the NXT Women's Championship; a title belt that looks credible (actually better than the Men's Title in my opinion) and therefore can be respected. We were never told that the women were going to be taken seriously or that they were going to have good matches and be respected. They were just presented on the show in a respectable light, allowed to focus on competing to be a champion, and given enough time to do a good job if they were able. The women worked hard, had good matches, were given good angles, and fans started to care, and they got over. It was in a sense Organic."
The RAW Brooklyn crowd turning on the Divas tag team match:
"When the crowd on RAW in Brooklyn turned on the women's match it wasn't the fault of the crowd nor the fault of the women, it was the way it was presented. In the promo to set up the match Nikki Bella actually said that wins and losses didn't matter and that these muti-diva matches are pointless. She said the only thing that mattered was the Diva's Title and how she will soon be the longest reigning Diva's Champ of all time. How can anyone be surprised or angry that the crowd gave up on the match that followed when they were flat out told before it started that it didn't matter?"
Check out StormWrestling.com for more Q&A with former WCW, ECW and WWE wrestler and legendary trainer Lance Storm.