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Before I get into actually talking about the divas, I want to say a few things since today marks one year since I first started this blog. If you do not care about the unnecessarily long speech that is about to follow, skip to the next paragraph for my thoughts on Bragging Rights. In the course of the year, it has been great to see that I actually picked up some regular readers. The fact that I also lost some does not bother me too much. Many readers may have figured out that I do not really do anything special. I do not have contacts in the WWE. I do not make up fancy rumors to cause controversy and bring more readers to my site. I simply provide analysis and speculation. I put a lot of thought into what I do, but it really is just my thoughts and my reasoning in most of the things I write. I also have tried to explain certain aspects of wrestling that many fans may not put much thought into, such as selling. But my main goal has always been to provide support for the female wrestlers in the WWE. The WWE is often times the enemy, but so are wrestling rumor sites and certain female wrestlers who do not do enough to help themselves. I do not bash these news sites in hopes that I break their credibility and gain more readers that way. That is just stupid. I honestly feel that many of these sites make things harder for the women, and also men, of wrestling through their use of possibly false rumors and biased reporting of certain things. I have a bias myself in many things I do here, but I am not trying to be a trusted wrestling news site, I try to work beyond that bias, and I will openly admit my bias and hidden motives, if I have any, more often than not. I honestly do not want to mislead anyone. I will make mistakes at times with what I say, but I like to think that I tried not to. In addition to thanking all my regular readers, I like to thank anyone who leaves respectful comments. I like replying to fans who put serious thought into it. I once got a comment from someone who basically criticized wrestling fans for taking this stuff so seriously as to write and read blogs about it. Pro wrestling is not real. Yeah, the storylines are as fake as what you may see in a play. The moves are not actually meant to injure anyone, so you can compare it to the ballet, circus, or any other physical performance done to entertain. That is what pro wrestling is. That is real. The injuries suffered outside of storylines, those are real. The effort and talent of these individuals, that is real. The mistreatment some may face, that is real. And just like people dissect movies, books, TV shows, and a lot of other things meant for entertainment, I see no reason to be ashamed of writing this blog. It sounds like I take this too seriously, but regular readers know that I try not to make my writing too bland and serious. I like being sarcastic, I like mocking myself, and I try to write in a style that seems more like a casual dialogue, not a textbook. I put effort into what I do here and hope readers will pick something up, which is also one of the reasons I repeat myself. Taking something seriously, yet also trying to make it somewhat interesting for an audience? Definitely not two different concepts. It is something I see in one of my favorite divas. I think it is a great quality. To wrap it up, and I promise not to give this same speech if this blog lasts for another year, I have been a wrestling fan for 11 years now and I have enjoyed writing long before even that. For someone like me, who can dream of one day being a published writer, it has been a great experience to write this blog. I look forward to continuing it until the day the WWE finally kills my enthusiasm in female wrestling.

Bragging Rights will feature a 6-diva tag match between three Raw faces and three Smackdown heels. Diva’s Champion Melina, Kelly Kelly, and Gail Kim take on Women’s Champion Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya. It is great that a diva match is getting on the card. It is also great that many of the divas who do not see much pay-per-view time are getting a shot. Even the choice of participants does not bother me so much. Almost all are credible wrestlers. Kelly Kelly, the least experienced, got a chance to open some eyes in her match with Gail Kim a few days ago. In that respect, this match seems set.

My main problem is the build for this match. What build? The huge Survivor Series diva match last year got more of a build than this. There has been no storyline tension between the Raw and Smackdown divas really. The Diva Bowl was mainly tension between faces and heels, and that really did not focus on the six women in the Bragging Rights match at all. They had Gail Kim take on Kelly Kelly, but they are on the same team. The only real tension circling this match has been between Mickie James and Michelle McCool over whether Mickie would get on Team Smackdown. There has also been tension between McCool an Beth Phoenix, but that is more over McCool’s title, not what is going on at Bragging Rights. Melina has been busy with Jillian. Natalya has not really been in the picture for this match at all. She is more involved in the tag match featuring the men. The build for the match between Miz and Morrison has definitely been better than for the diva match.

Which team do I think will win? Obviously, it also depends on who wins between Miz/Morrison. The same show will not win both of these matches. That kills some of the anticipation for the big tag match. However, that will mean that either both matches will be won by heels or both by faces. But that is not as out of the question as one show sweeping both matches. This is actually a tricky one to figure out. Both Miz and Morrison are looking good going into their mach, so it is not easy to figure out the winner there and just assume the other show wins the diva match. Raw may seem to have some momentum going in, since Melina defeated Jillian on Raw. Then again, the heels on Smackdown have not really done anything at all since after the diva trade. Just segments that did not really do much for this match. Team Smackdown did not really do much for last year’s Survivor Series match either. They lost. However, I just have a feeling Smackdown may win this match. I am not going to be betting on that.

The last thing I want to mention concerns the fact that it is Raw faces taking on Smackdown heels. I recently wrote about Raw having too many faces and Smackdown having too many heels. Could the WWE plan a turn or two with this match? At least show signs of it? Gail Kim and Kelly Kelly had that match recently. How about furthering some tension between them? Everyone has noticed the title issues between McCool and Beth. Will Beth cost McCool the match, furthering her chances of turning face? I doubt either Natalya or Melina are changing. It would be nice if the WWE did not let this arrangement go to waste.

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