{"id":21033,"date":"2017-03-08T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=21033"},"modified":"2017-03-08T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T19:59:07","slug":"pruetts-pause-wwe-smackdown-live-celebrating-international-womens-day-looking-smackdowns-womens-championship-match-wrestlemania-history-women-wres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/03\/08\/pruetts-pause-wwe-smackdown-live-celebrating-international-womens-day-looking-smackdowns-womens-championship-match-wrestlemania-history-women-wres\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett&#8217;s Pause: WWE SmackDown Live &#8211; Celebrating International Women\u2019s Day by looking at Smackdown\u2019s Women\u2019s Championship match at WrestleMania and the history of women at WrestleMania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3796182493\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10722\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?resize=299%2C168\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?resize=139%2C78&amp;ssl=1 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honor of International Women\u2019s Day, today I\u2019m focusing solely on the women of the Smackdown show.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexa Bliss vs. all the other women on Smackdown was announced on this show as the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship Match at WrestleMania. This is a difficult proposition for me to get behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s start by stating that WWE, in the last year, has done a lot to further the cause of equality for women\u2019s wrestling. They moved the outpouring of support for solid women\u2019s wrestling from their minor league to the majors with WrestleMania 32\u2019s statement of radical equality. This was a watershed moment for WWE and one I\u2019m not going to dismiss. In the time since WrestleMania, women have main evented the two major television shows, a pay-per-view, and (mostly) been presented as tellers of important stories. This is huge. I cannot understate what WWE has done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, WWE makes their biggest and most important statements of the year at WrestleMania. This is the show where WWE proudly proclaims who they are and what they do. Last year\u2019s WrestleMania was highlighted by a major women\u2019s match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I decided to look back at WrestleMania history and see how women have been featured at WrestleMania throughout time (note: this does not include pre-shows, which are not actually WrestleMania). Here are some notable finds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been 24 total matches involving women as participants at WrestleMania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of those 24, three have been mixed tag matches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been 11 one-on-one women\u2019s matches at WrestleMania events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last one-on-one women\u2019s match at a WrestleMania was Melina vs. Ashley Massaro at WrestleMania 23. This, however, was a Lumberjack match with the rest of the women\u2019s roster at ringside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last one-on-one women\u2019s match not to involve other women was Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James at WrestleMania 22.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of the 21 matches that were supposed to solely feature women (example &#8211; not mixed tags), one was won by a man (Santino Marella at WrestleMania 25).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a women\u2019s match at every WrestleMania since WrestleMania 14, with the exception of WrestleMania 29.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most matches with women as participants ever held at a single WrestleMania is two. WrestleManias 20 and 22 are tied for this record.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an average of 3\/4ths of a women\u2019s match at every WrestleMania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The longest women\u2019s match at WrestleMania occurred last year at WrestleMania 32. It was over 16 minutes long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next longest match is the WrestleMania 14 mixed tag with Sable and Marc Mero taking on The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust and Luna. It was just over nine minutes long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The longest WrestleMania women\u2019s match (before 2016) not involving male participants was Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James at WrestleMania 22. It was eight minutes, 48 seconds long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shortest WrestleMania women\u2019s match was at WrestleMania 2. Fabulous Moolah vs. Velvet McIntyre was one minute, 25 seconds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At WrestleMania 25\u2019s 25-woman Battle Royal the match time divided by participant was 17.8 seconds\/person.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should paint a picture for you. Even as WWE has improved, history shows their treatment of women at WrestleMania has been less than spectacular. They may say their women are main event stars today, but what are they showing us on the biggest show of the year?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This WrestleMania looks set to break the record for most women-involved matches on a WrestleMania show with three. Those three are a mixed tag, a triple threat, and a full female roster jamboree. There is not a one-on-one match to be found. In fact, if this holds and WWE doesn\u2019t change a match or add a one-on-one match, it will have been a full decade since women had a one-on-one match at WrestleMania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about the epic WrestleMania matches and moments throughout history. Most of them have come from one-on-one encounters. Most WrestleMania main events have been singles matches. We remember the biggest matches from the biggest shows and they tend to be singles matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE, while I have to congratulate them for progress, repeated one of their biggest (and most frequent) mistakes with the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship match. Instead of focusing on a feud and allowing two women a chance to shine, they are focusing on everyone and allowing this match to fade to the background.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-1282028990\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE knows better than this. WWE knows how to present stars like Mickie James, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Natalya, and (possibly) Naomi like individual major characters. They also know how to cram all of them into one match making sure no one receives the opportunity to stand out. This is an intentional choice. This is a lack of prioritization of women\u2019s wrestling. This is WWE doing what they\u2019ve done for the last 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After WrestleMania last year, I was optimistic. I saw the potential for more great matches and more great feuds. I saw the most talented women\u2019s roster in WWE history poised to shine. I dared to speculate that one day maybe a full half of WrestleMania would be women\u2019s matches and WWE would embrace the idea of gender equality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, as I look at WrestleMania\u2019s plans for WWE\u2019s immensely talented roster, I see progress and signs for optimism, but I also see that it is not enough. WWE must take the idea of equality they have allowed to permeate their programming over the past year and embrace it further. It is WWE\u2019s own documentaries and interviews that speculate about women one day main eventing WrestleMania. WWE has to work towards this goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got thoughts on this show or my review of it? Hit me up with them! 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