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They say the guest host for Raw on September 14th will be Trish Stratus. The WWE will be in Toronto that night, so why not utilize the famous Canadian diva? Trish will be the first woman to guest host Raw since this whole thing started a few months ago. Interesting how the WWE are still running to her after her absence from Wrestlemania this year did hurt their plans for the divas a bit. Then again, they will do anything to draw the ratings.

The WWE ha signed Trinity McCray. Who? A dancer for the Orlando magic who will be starting her FCW training soon. There is a good coincidence around this all, but I will not be coming out to say that here. What I will say is that I find it sad that the WWE is still looking for dancers and women who look like models. What about the wrestlers? Yeah, they signed one a few weeks ago, so that gives them the right to mix a model back into the mix too? They are not showing negative racism, at least. Time will tell how this new diva works out. What ever happened to Angela Fong?

I recently mentioned the topic of turning Jillian Hall face. She has been in a lot of comedy segments since her return. Even if a diva is not wrestling regularly, she can get segments that are not meant for comedic moments. Then again, Jillian’s character is almost entirely gimmick. Point is, this can all lead to the fans finding her entertaining and giving her good reactions. Once that happens, a face turn may soon follow. Is that what the WWE wants?

Why would the WWE want to turn Jillian face? I am going to talk about one of those subjects I almost never shut up on. There are just too many heels on Raw. There are four healthy ones right now. What happens when Maryse returns? Five. There are only three faces. If a heel turns face, you have a balance. The WWE may be preparing Jillian for a face turn. I do not have to say how glad I would be if someone turns face to balance things out.

Should Jillian Hall turn face? I already said why it would be a good idea for someone to turn, but why Jillian specifically? The WWE may feel it would be easier for Jillian, since it is not too hard to make her gimmick comic to possibly get a good reaction. She has also been around longer than the other Raw heels. She may use something like this to refreshen her character. It may also finally lead to a title shot down the road, which is something her fans are always complaining about. She has the wrestling experience. She is missing a great overness and credibility from being used well. I think it all makes for a good combination to have her be the one to turn.

If Maryse returns in a few months and no one turns face, you are just going to have a horrible imbalance. There was a similar imbalance earlier this year, after Katie Lea went to ECW and Rosa debuted as just a fan, not yet ready to wrestle. You had just Jillian and Beth really. You had four faces. The WWE did a horrible job in alternating them wisely. I do not want to see something like that again. I have nothing against Jillian going face.

The Women’s Champion made her triumphant return to Smackdown last week. She did not do much then. This week, during a 3-minute match between Melina and Layla, which Melina won, Michelle McCool was once again just at ringside. As I said before, there is no way I want the WWE to rush any injured wrestler back into the ring before she has time to heal as she and her doctors see fit. Problem is, this wrestler is holding gold. For respect for the Championship and the division, it would be nice to see the WWE plan something better.

They do seem to be pushing an injury angle now. McCool got some mic time, something divas do not see too often. Is she pretty much good to go, but the WWE wants to capitalize on an injury angle? Even if that should be the case, I do not like the Women’s Championship scene being so dry as they push the angle. I am really getting tired of Melina vs. McCool. Why did I just say that the WWE may want to capitalize on an injury angle? How can that be useful? It is bad that McCoool got injured, but the WWE can use that in an angle to get her more attention and build her character. Both Trish Stratus and Lita, among others, have been injured in their careers. The WWE did capitalize to some degree for these women. Look how Matt Hardy used his injury a few months ago on Raw in an angle. His complaining and illegal actions with his cast helped him develop a unique heel character. Back to McCool, who is lacking character greatly, this injury angle can mark a distinct era in her career. It will help get her heelish attitude out there. Then again, if the fans simply do not care about this woman, the best of plans may just crumble in the WWE’s hands. For the most part, I found what she had to say before the match pretty dry and boring. Not necessarily the words, but the execution. That is not necessarily a bad thing. If she wants to be a heel taken seriously and respected, she should not be acting too psychotically fun. I would love to see her even try that. Her boring character may actually get the fans to hate her more. Is that the type of heat the WWE and McCool want? Would they not want her character to seem more compelling? As I have mentioned in the past, in the end, heat is heat. It may not matter to some in the WWE as to how you get booed, as long as you do get booed. That is, if you are a heel. No matter what happens, I look forward to seeing McCool actually defending that title in televised matches soon.

Let me take a much needed step back and talk about the new diva on ECW. Courtney Taylor (Beverly Mullins) is the new blonde interviewer seen recently. On this week’s ECW, she had a bit of an encounter with Paul and Katie Lea Burchill. Another pretty, blonde face on ECW.

I realize her current role is not to be a wrestler, although the time will come after she has trained enough in the WWE’s eyes, but I am pretty much not interested in this woman. Since I did manage to ignore her for as long as I did, that should be a little obvious. Why another random face on ECW? I have mentioned many times that it would be nice to have another heel on ECW. I can understand the WWE wanting to introduce Courtney as a non-wrestler first, but why just toss her in as a face interviewer? Why not heel? As I said, she will not be wrestling, but she would provide heel-diva interactions with some of the other stars. Let her show some heelish attitude when she does her job. No one should forget that Lena Yada was an interviewer herself on ECW, but she was a heel. For that one huge tag match she had on Raw, she was on the heel team. She was released shortly after, but that is history now. In the end, I simply find Courtney’s look generic, her purpose boring, and can just tell her future will not be that superb in the WWE. She should fit right in with the rest of the divas then.

Looking at the ratio, as if it mattered on ECW, the faces continue to grow. Courtney, Tiffany, and Brie and Nikki Bella are the faces. Katie Lea is your ECW heel. Four to 1. Consider for a moment how many faces are on the other shows. Not counting Lilian Garcia (non-wrestler and out of most angles completely for her entire career, and also leaving soon), there are three faces on Raw. On Smackdown, there are also three faces. The shows where the diva action is regularly found have less faces than ECW. What is the point of all these faces? None of them have both a grand overness and credibility in the ring. If any did, then they could probably bring in more heel divas from FCW and have the credible and over face work with them to give them a good rub. Katie Lea, the only heel, has some credibility in the ring, but she is not used that much to work with the other divas in that respect in televised matches. How could she? One face is a non-wrestler GM. Another just came on as an interviewer. The other two travel together and already beat Katie. There were no real feuds involved between Katie and the Bellas either. There are no mixed-tag matches. Katie gets used as a valet, which is not too bad with Burchill getting used better himself. But what about all these faces? Just wasting away, in my eyes anyway. And the WWE still added one more to the army. Unless the creative team comes up with something interesting, I do not have much faith in this situation. 

It has been a month since Mickie James defeated Maryse for the Divas Championship. Mickie James has not had a feud since. Obviously, Maryse needed time off for health reasons. All Mickie has had since then were random tag matches and one title defense out of nowhere. I do not consider what happened between Mickie James and Gail Kim as an actual feud. There was definitely potential after the little tease of tension the night after Mickie won the title. However, the WWE dropped that fast. They built Gail Kim up a bit. They gave Beth Phoenix a win in a tag match the next week. Both had a little momentum going into a match to see who would face Mickie, which was good in not making the outcome too obvious, and Gail won. Next week, Gail gets her shot. That is all. Random wins, winning the top contendership, and title match. There was no real feud in there. Good feuds will go a long way in adding to the title and making Mickie James and her reign look good. That being said, who should Mickie feud with?

Face vs. face feuds are not too likely, unless someone may be turning heel. I have already said that I doubt anyone will on Raw. Nevertheless, what are the chances of Mickie feuding with Kelly Kelly or Gail Kim again? I do not see Kelly Kelly getting it at all. She does not deserve it or need it right now. Gail Kim? Again? They dropped the ball on developing what could have been a real feud between the two. The WWE could decide to try for better, but it may be better to finally give a heel a shot in the spotlight. Gail can come back into the picture once a heel regains it.

A heel challenging Mickie may actually lead to a real feud. How about Jillian? She has been busy with her singing gimmick since her return. She was not even in the match this week. Rushing her into a feud with Mickie just like that may seem a bit forced. Besides, she would need a huge build up to bring credibility back to her after the WWE has made her look so much as a comedy act. I still also believe that there is a chance she may turn face if things keep up.

Jillian out, that leaves the three heels involved in the tag match this week. Since Mickie took a loss to that team, it would make sense for one of them to pick up that momentum to get a title feud. There is no way it will be Rosa. She has not shown anything great in the ring at all. Keeping her around Beth would just give Beth a negative rub. She could have injured Mickie in the ring on at least one occasion. I have seen very few sane fans give Rosa any praise for what she does in the ring whatsoever.

In terms of credibility, Beth Phoenix has been Women’s Champion on two occasions. Mickie and Beth have had title feuds before. If Beth did get this feud now, they may hype it as Beth possibly joining the club of divas who have held both the Women’s Championship and Divas Championship. Problem is, Mickie and Beth have feuded so many times already. Will the feud be fresh? What will be the catalyst? Straight title feud? That happens too much. Aside from the title, Beth has no credibility or overness to gain from beating Mickie. Mickie jobbing to her clean so much in the past did not do that much for Beth in regards to the general fans. Since Beth was the leader of the heels on Monday, it still may not be too hard to work her into the feud with Mickie.

Alicia Fox was the one who pinned Mickie on Raw. On the Raw before Night of Champion, Alicia pinned Kelly Kelly in a tag match. I remember speculating if they were building Alicia up to possibly feud with Mickie, should she have won the title. Mickie James did win the title. However, the WWE suddenly started pushing Gail Kim, not Alicia. Alicia was put aside completely once again. For whatever reason, the WWE decided not to go on with a better push for Gail Kim and feud between Mickie and Gail. Now that it is over, will they pick back up the threads to Mickie/Alicia? If Raw this week is any indication, they easily could. It would seem strange to give Alicia a random win on Raw last month, and against two faces that could have easily gotten a random win themselves. Alicia had never pinned anyone before that. The win was definitely meant to put attention on her, not her partner, Rosa. It would be strange booking to not follow up. For weeks, the WWE did not. They may have this week. Alicia gets her second pinfall win, and against the Divas Champion. Last year, the first diva Katie Lea ever pinned on Raw was the Women’s Champion, who just so happened to be Mickie James. Mickie James went on to feud with Katie. Katie Lea was new and needed credibility and time to get over. A feud with Mickie James was meant to do that. Alicia Fox was not getting over as a wrestler by being a valet on ECW. Being the sidekick to McCool on Smackdown was only putting her in another woman’s shadow for a while, although it is not a terrible thing to be at the side of the top heel. I will not even mention the wedding planner gimmick. Unlike Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox has shown a bit more promise in the ring. Many fans do have their eye on her. The only thing she is missing is a good feud with someone who can give her a rub. That someone can be Mickie James. Mickie James is called on to do that a lot. It is not the same thing as being in the doghouse. I believe Alicia Fox deserves the feud. It would be something fresh.

If Maryse is supposed to return by November, as reports first said, that should leave enough time for the WWE to plan two feuds for Mickie. The groundwork to push Alicia is already there. She gained her first pinfall win last month, and now pinned Mickie herself this week. If they have Mickie lose to her again next week, you have something very similar to how Mickie’s feud with Maryse started. By the middle of September, a title match can occur between the two. After that, and assuming they are waiting for a Mickie/Maryse feud, Mickie will still have the title for another feud, possibly against Beth. The title will get some credibility to it from being defended against credible opponents, but Mickie also gets the chance to work with the newer heels to try to give them some credibility. But is that what the WWE has planned?

I recently revisited the topic of whether there should be tag-team titles just for the divas. A few days before that, I looked at whether a diva should ever hold a major World title. Why not combine the two topics a bit? Should a team consisting of a man and a woman ever win the WWE Unified Tag-Team Championships?

Obviously, some of the groundwork has already been done, to some degree anyway. Chyna has teamed regularly with many men, ranging from Kane to Eddie Guerrero. She has been on the winning end of many of these tag matches. Of course, if it needs to be said, her opponents were men as well, not always mixed-tag matches. Even Trish Stratus and The Rock tagged up before in similar circumstances. However, Trish is no Chyna. These matches were created by Vince McMahon as punishment for the two faces. That is how they took on the Dudleys for tag gold once. Trish got the worst of it in that match in the end. Of all the examples I have mentioned and have forgotten, no team consisting of a man and woman has ever won the tag titles.

One thing I sometimes see a lot of fans talking about is how great it would be for a certain male wrestler and diva to team up. Of course, I doubt most of these fans actually mean as far as to actually compete for, and possibly win, tag titles. They probably mean some arrangement like how Lita was paired with Matt and Jeff. They probably see a male/female team vs. another male/female team. Why am I taking the further leap to include the tag titles? Other than it has been teased before in the past? I did say that I doubt a diva would win a major World title. The tag titles, with all due respect, are not as vital as the World titles in the WWE’s eyes. Just like they will keep the other titles on people and never have them defend the title in televised matches for a long time, which has happened to the Intercontinental Championship in the past, the WWE may feel it has more room to “play” with these other titles. For crying out loud, they had Hornswoggle challenging for these titles, why not work an angle for a diva? Back to my question, why look at whether a male/female team should ever win the titles? Because it seems like a better possibility than a major World title going to a woman.

There are two ways it can happen. You can have a “Chyna” diva who can go toe-to-toe with the guys. I do not believe Beth Phoenix and Natalya are the only two current divas who can fall in this option. If the WWE allows it, this can be a great opportunity for some of the other credible female wrestlers to really show their fortitude. There may not be a lot of names out there, but I will not be narrow-minded to keep the list too exclusive. In the other option, which really is more inclusive, you can basically have a joke or controversial team challenge and win the titles, much like The Rock and Trish Stratus. Trish could not hold her own against the Dudleys. The only way a team like that can win the titles is in some joke or controversial fashion. Such a move itself may also add a certain aura to the titles of being a joke or adding some controversy. Controversy is sometimes good. Treating your titles as a joke, not good. There is a thin line between the two sometimes, but it is there. If the man does all the work and wins the title, having the woman there may be seen as a bit of a joke. She is pretty useless in terms of action and will only be played as a liability to the team. That is how you have a joke team forming, in my eyes. Of course, for the serious wrestling fans, it would be best for the “Chyna” diva to get such a push. For the audience the WWE seems to be seeking these days, even Mae Young may randomly return to win the tag titles with Festus. In my opinion, I obviously think the option that treats the woman as a serious competitor is best.

I looked at the groundwork in place, why I feel there is a better chance of a diva making this piece of history than becoming World Champion, and the two ways it can happen. Now, what are the odds that it will actually happen? Right now, it will probably not happen. With only one set of tag titles currently, some of that room to play may be gone. The WWE looks like they truly are trying to bring a bit of credibility back to the titles. Now may not be the right time to do something as controversial as this. What happens when Cryme Tyme go back to being nothing but jobbers and hosts of web shows? What happens when Jericho and Big Show split to once again get singles pushes? What happens when Legacy and The Hart Dynasty are the only credible teams left? Is this when the WWE loses interest in the tag titles again? When that happens, and if there is a diva credible enough and high in esteem, a male/female pair may get in the picture.

It may not be hard for Natalya and one of the Canadians besides her to go after the tag titles. Just have the odd man out go after the Intercontinental Championship. Obviously, the answer to the question I posed in the title is, in my opinion, yes. I believe it could happen. I believe it would be a nice honor to give a diva who deserves it. Bringing some controversy to the women’s division like this may be good. Of course this also raises the question of whether there should be mixed-tag titles. Teams consisting of a man and a woman compete against similar teams. Then there is the issue of whether an all-woman team should ever win the tag titles. A lot of possibilities out there. Maybe I will explore some of them on another day. Until then, as I mentioned before, let the tag division get built back up without diva controversy getting mixed into it. Let the WWE work harder with fresh ideas in the women’s division. Do not let the two meet too much too soon.

Every diva got used on Raw tonight. The match featured six of them in boxing attire. I am still surprised they did not have the women wrestle in basketball attire when Shaq hosted. More on the match soon.

Jillian was once again used in a comedy segment. She was screeching in the ear of Vince McMahon this time. If this continues much longer, I honestly think she will go face. They are treating her as a pure comic character. Remember when they did that for Santino? If a heel starts getting too entertaining, they usually go face sooner or later. Is that the WWE’s plan, or do they not realize the possible repercussions of their actions? I may say more on this another day.

The match featured Mickie James, Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly taking on Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, and Rosa Mendes. As I said, all wore boxing attire. It was still a wrestling match, but a few exchanges of punches were used to tease the boxing element. Beyond that, nothing too extraordinary to note in terms of match performance. The women did their usual stuff and had their turn in the ring. The faces dominated much of it, which is never a good sign if you actually hope they will win. It came down to Mickie James and Alicia Fox. Mickie did indeed dominate for most of the action. After a brief exchange with all the women, Alicia sent Mickie into the ring-post. She then used a kick to pin her. This ending was very familiar to the last time Mickie was pinned in a tag match last month. Looks like they are finally going to push Alicia Fox again. They had given her a random tag win last month, but nothing came of that. They pushed Gail Kim instead. No, I do not believe Mickie got pinned just as a punishment based on that rumor I discussed previously. Mickie James has been pinned clean before. Many faces have. Mickie’s whole feud with Katie Lea last year was built on the fact that Katie had pinned Mickie a few times before the title match. Mickie was not in trouble then, just being used to get the newer talent over. I have a feeling the WWE is doing that again with Alicia. Alicia Fox is the next Katie Lea? An interesting topic to explore. I will probably give more speculation on the Raw title scene sometime this week, there are definitely many options for Mickie’s next feud. I do not want to mix up too much here. I have a hard time stopping myself from ranting on here, don’t I? Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, and Rosa Mendes defeat Mickie James, Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly.

The WWE tossed all their women together for a dark match battle royal at Summerslam. I hate the overuse of battle royals. Of the 15 divas, Beth Phoenix was reported to have won. Beth Phoenix has never lost at Summerslam, even in dark matches. And how does this make the rumors look about her not being so high in the WWE’s graces anymore? Why do these people even bother jumping to stupid conclusions like that? I already explained why she was not used for the few weeks that Maryse finished her feud with Mickie. Once that ended, Beth returned. She even pinned Gail Kim once since that time. But for Gail Kim to get the clean match the WWE was hoping for her and Mickie on Raw last week, Beth Phoenix could not be lurking at ringside. It is not wrong for the WWE to try to get other heels time or simply other women the spotlight now and then. Beth Phoenix has definitely not been forgotten yet.

The Knockout division on TNA is moving up in the world. Tag titles? Yes, it is a great way to show their many women added respect. But do not overrate what this means. The WWE, or an earlier version of it, did have tag titles for women as well a very long time ago. It did not have a long list of women who held it, but some respectable women did hold it. I have written a long time ago about whether the WWE should get tag titles for the divas. Link to that article can be found here. It is a little ironic. I looked back at that article when I decided to mention the TNA titles tonight. I said in that article, “It will probably be only a matter of time before TNA tries something like this [tag titles].” No, I did not just go back and add that in to look good. I lose the ability the edit old articles after a while. Even though the WWE did have a similar idea long ago, I still believe it would be really refreshing for them to try it now, with so many more divas around, divas now representing a more vital role to some degree, and with the WWE more large than it was decades ago. But TNA has a large number of women as well. They frequently give them more segments on pay-per-views than the WWE does. I am sure TNA will treat the titles with respect. However, I have a feeling TNA better know its limit soon. I do not want to have to write about TNA pushing their women too hard and not doing enough for the men. When the time comes, I hope to write more about these new titles.

This is probably the driest pay-per-view for the divas this year. No Way Out did not have a divas match, but at least the match between Shane McMahon and Randy Orton indirectly involved Stephanie McMahon. Backlash did not have a true divas match either, but the segment with Khali and Santina broke down into Beth Phoenix getting taken out by Khali and pinned by Santina. Not a real divas match, can only be considered a joke, but it is still a segment involving a diva.  A lot of events after that also featured Santino segments, not true diva matches. Summerslam does not have anything planned at all. Maria may do something with Ziggler. Could there have been a match?

On Smackdown, even if McCool did not get injured, the only diva credible enough to give her a big-time match for Summerslam would have been Melina. For the third time in a row? Does not seem likely in my book.

On Raw, they made Gail Kim the top contender two weeks ago. They gave her the shot this week on Raw. Why would they give her a rematch off a planned clean finish? And there was no Beth Phoenix in the picture to work some kind of triple-threat match. I see a lot of rumors going around that the bad ending caused the WWE do drop the divas match they had planned for Summerslam. What planned match? I just basically pointed out that there was no way they could work something credible into the event that fast.

Another part of the rumors flying around is that Mickie got in trouble for the way she acted after the match. I already pointed out one reason I doubt the whole rumor. Even if it is true, how is Mickie honestly supposed to act after a match like that? All smiles, like nothing happened? Act like she does not care about the quality of the match? If her reaction pointed to anything, it is that she did care. She also did care about Gail’s well-being. I already pointed that out when I gave my revised look at the match ending. Even if Mickie James did let her emotions get to her right after the pin, do not forget that she did go over to Gail and shook her hand. She did hold her hand as she got up. She did raise her arm into the air. That is professionalism. Backing up, I did say that Mickie James may have let her emotions get to her right after the match, but what did she do that was so evil? As I said, you cannot expect her to be all smiles as if she does not care about the match or nothing happened. Fans would have criticized her for that too. Professionalism would mean trying to continue the show, not crying over Gail like the whole thing was the greatest disaster ever. That would have been overreacting. Just standing there and soaking in the cheers the fans were still giving her would have been reacting horribly in the other direction, somewhat snobbish for a face. Mickie James did get cheered, but the expression on her face was definitely not one of joy. She was upset, possibly even questioning if she deserved those cheers. Considering everything, keeping in mind that Mickie James is human, and realizing that most any option Mickie took probably would have been criticized by someone for something, she did nothing that bad really. I doubt the whole rumor. If someone has some kind of scenario that would have been more professional for Mickie to do, kept the show going on, and would not garner any criticism, PLEASE tell me. It is not an easy thing. Even with all these days to think about it, you may come up with a wise answer that I cannot deny, but never forget that Mickie James was right in the fire. She had to show some emotion, whether the match ended right or not. If you have an answer, PLEASE tell me.

Speaking of rumors I highly doubt, there is one finally flying around about Beth Phoenix no longer being in high graces with the WWE. I said months ago to not be too surprised if Beth got depushed. She was not getting over well. I am not saying I believe the rumor, but just like the rumor I just discussed, I will analyze for the sake of discussion. Someone like Maryse more easily fits the type of woman the WWE likes to push. She is gone now, so I will not be surprised for Beth to step back in the title picture again very soon until her return. The rumor mentions the WWE ending the pairing between Beth and Rosa as if it is a punishment for Beth. As I have mentioned at least once, it may have just been a smart move. They were treating Rosa as Beth’s student. Rosa is still not showing that much greatness in the ring. She may just start embarrassing Beth sooner or later. The rumor mentions Beth getting the win this week against Kelly Kelly, which may negate the supposed disinterest in her. As I said, I do still believe they are keeping her ready to bring back in the title picture. But I will repeat what I have said before, if something does not start happening soon with Beth to get her over, do not be surprised if things really do get worse for her.

She has only been gone a few weeks due to injury, but it is still worth mentioning Michelle McCool’s return to Smackdown this week. After all, she is still the Women’s Champion. She did not actually compete on the show. She was doing commentary during the diva tag match. Obviously, no time to build a good match for her and anyone else at Summerslam. The WWE probably wants to give her a bit more time to get back in condition. I would hate to see her return too soon and have the injury impact her performance.

Aside from the great disaster of the Women’s Champion getting injured, at least the show went on for the divas. Natalya actually got to be in the match on Smackdown. They could not keep her as the valet of the Hart Dynasty forever. I have said that it would be only a matter of time before she gets some time as the top heel diva on the brand. Obviously, she is not there yet. It is still good to get her some time away from her two guys. Mix her up in some diva matters now and then. On the other hand, they have to be sure not to turn Smackdown into the “Natalya Show” by having her involved in too much each week. If you have ever played EWR, you know the fans may get tired of her.

And Layla remains the jobber of the group? I just cannot picture her getting a serious title push. Nevertheless, the options are so scary if you think about the future. There are only two credible heels. One, even when injured, seems like she will never get out of the spotlight completely. The other already has a solid position as a valet. After a face regains the title, what other heel steps up? Turn a face heel? The credible faces that can possibly turn are scarce and may have already been in the title picture regularly for a long time, for selected cases. I mentioned this problem as it pertains to the Raw divas as well. There are just not enough credible and fresh options out there. When new divas debut, they may first be pushed into an angle to get over and gain credibility in the ring. A title may not be in the picture. Even if the new divas are credible wrestlers, do they deserve the title pushed on them that fast? They will not be getting it because they earned it, but as a tool to get them over. Is that right? Too broad a topic for right now. Being a solid wrestler is still key before the women get title shots, however. It has to be. Back to Layla, she has definitely developed well, but she needs to pick it up a lot more if a title will be in her future. Until then, she still has a necessary role.

McCool’s last televised title defense was at Night of Champions, almost a month ago. When will she defend it again? Against who? Will Melina just get a random shot? I have not forgotten how the WWE kept the Diva’s Championship on Maryse while she was unable to defend it for quite a while due to an injury. What will happen this time around?