{"id":25634,"date":"2017-06-22T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=25634"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T17:13:00","slug":"wills-new-thing-many-feelings-womens-money-bank-wwe-followed-tons-reader-mail-recommended-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/06\/22\/wills-new-thing-many-feelings-womens-money-bank-wwe-followed-tons-reader-mail-recommended-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; So many feelings about Women\u2019s Money in the Bank and how WWE followed up on it, tons of reader mail, recommended reading, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-921507793\" 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>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a ton of feelings to parse through after quite a long few days in professional wrestling. We\u2019re going to stay on-brand for me and keep talking about the Women\u2019s Money in the Bank match and Smackdown\u2019s dealing with the fallout from it. To do so, I need to divide my thoughts into categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Good:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carmella absolutely killed it in Smackdown\u2019s opening segment. She rose to a level in that promo I never expected her to reach. It was stunning. Smackdown\u2019s writing team brought Alexa Bliss to surprising prominence and helped her find her voice. Carmella seemed to get a similar boost here. Kudos to her on an amazing performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becky Lynch also had a standout performance on Tuesday night in her earnest backstage segment with Daniel Bryan. I\u2019m all about Becky having any opportunity to show the sincerity she brings like no one else on the roster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the rematch, we should see a great spot where James Ellsworth gets killed by Becky Lynch.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Bad:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ending from Sunday still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I can\u2019t shake the idea that it has never happened and likely will never happen in a men\u2019s ladder match. It honestly ruined the show and the week in wrestling for me. There is no getting a first time ever back and WWE blew it for no real reason.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carmella giving up the briefcase feels like it may have been her peak. While it was great to see her rise in this way, I worry that she won\u2019t have a chance to do so again. Getting heat on Carmella in this situation and keeping it on her is complicated. Part of me, after watching Tuesday, wanted her to keep the briefcase because she did so well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday\u2019s ending still permanently breaks the concept of the ladder match in WWE. Why wouldn\u2019t 20 people run in and try to interfere? Why wouldn\u2019t everyone run up the ladder at WWE TLC and steal the WWE Championship? It does long lasting damage to WWE\u2019s storytelling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This, and everything in WWE\u2019s <\/span><del><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diva\u2019s<\/span><\/del><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Women\u2019s <\/span><del><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolution<\/span><\/del><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Evolution feels more like corporate branding than it does an actual effort to generate equality. It\u2019s hard to get past it simply being marketplace feminism and more for marketing than anything else. Andi Zeisler writes about this phenomenon in the broader culture in the essential <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Were-Feminists-Once-CoverGirl-Political\/dp\/1610397738\/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Were Feminists Once<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within a very short span of time, feminism has come to occupy perhaps its most complex role ever in American, if not global, culture. It\u2019s a place where most of the problems that have necessitate feminist movements to begin with are still very much in place, but at the same time there\u2019s a mainstream, celebrity, consumer embrace of feminism that positions it as a cool, fun, accessible identity that anyone can adopt.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(There is so much more in this entire book about feminism as marketing as opposed to feminism as a belief and I cannot recommend reading it enough, especially if you desire to understand exactly the tightrope WWE is attempting to walk.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Confusing and Complicated:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no good way out of this situation. Carmella rose to an amazing level on Tuesday night and I believe she deserves a run with the briefcase, if not a run with the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship in the near future. With this said, allowing the decision to stick would be awkward as well. The only real way out of this situation is not to get into it, which WWE should have assured. I worry that handing back the briefcase doomed her character for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rematch happening in the main event of an episode of Smackdown will have more viewers, which is great. It will also not have the prestige of happening on a WWE Network special, something WWE would never do with other marquee matches (like a WrestleMania main event). Does the increase in viewers necessitate the longterm damage to essential storytelling mechanisms?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are most of my feelings coming out of the week. I do like that we\u2019ll see a real conclusion to the match, but I don\u2019t like how WWE is getting there. I wish this whole situation hadn\u2019t occurred and WWE had just had James Ellsworth hold Becky Lynch\u2019s leg while Carmella retrieved the Money in the Bank briefcase. It\u2019s all very unfortunate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the follow-up, I hope we see a continued focus on the complete women\u2019s roster on Smackdown with multiple one-on-one or two-on-two feuds. WWE has done a good job fleshing out this roster with distinct personalities and I would hate to see that fall by the wayside and become like Raw\u2019s abysmal division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s essential viewing:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the purposes of this column, this week will be presented as Thursday-Wednesday.<\/span><\/i><\/p><div id=\"prowr-497176309\" 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><b>Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles\u2019 exchange at WWE Money in the Bank (June 18, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; If you couldn\u2019t tell from my earlier writing, I was in a bad mood by the time this match rolled around. This was the only thing on this entire show to snap me out of it for a moment. Not only did this match contain the best version of Shinsuke Nakamura we\u2019ve seen on the main roster, but it also gave us a fun preview of Nakamura vs. Styles. I\u2019m all in on this exchange. The rest of Money in the Bank can and should be skipped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns and the return of Braun Strowman from WWE Raw (June 19, 2017)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Not only was Strowman returning a great moment (I\u2019m all about opening ambulance doors and yelling in rage), but Joe and Roman were having a damn good match. This was better than their encounter when Joe debuted on Raw. It was really well done. I\u2019m looking forward to more from these two wrestlers sometime someday soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in wrestling this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>This awesome art with Ms. Marvel meeting Mustafa Ali<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oniwanbashu\/status\/877089736946401281<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What more needs to be said? Both Ms. Marvel\/Kamala Khan and Mustafa Ali are great. Also the artist, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oniwanbashu\">Nadia Ramlan<\/a>, produces a ton of awesome wrestling art, so she&#8217;s totes worth a follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in the world this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat<\/em> from Marvel Comics <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; This week is a little inaccurate, since this awesome series was cancelled by Marvel (Marvel tends to cancel good things rather often). I recently read the first two trades of this and it\u2019s brilliant. There\u2019s a great sense of humor and heart combining to make something special. This series is also delightfully inclusive. Kate Leth made something really special here and y\u2019all should check it out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apparently I\u2019m in a very Marvel comics mood this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Reader mail:<\/b><\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-2879528047\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got something to say\/react to in today\u2019s piece? Write to me at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just let me know whether you\u2019d like your name attached to your statement or not. Alternately, there\u2019s a comment section just below this article, so comment away (preferably not like a garbage human, but I can&#8217;t stop you from being one)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People had a lot of words to say about my piece from Monday morning about the inherent sexism of the Women\u2019s Money in the Bank match. Let\u2019s dive in and read how upset some people get when the word \u201csexism\u201d is used. Please note, the typos in any of these comments are the from the writers of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa had this to say:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Ellsworth might makes sense from a storyline perspective, it simply kills off the very idea of what they advertised. A history-making match! And another milestone for the women no less. That it wasn\u2019t. If anything, it resides comfortably in Santina Marella-territory, where a comedy guy was put over 25 women all at once. I was quite hesitant to buy into the hype about this match, simply because I have lost my passion to a certain degree, especially after Bayley&#8217;s horrendous treatment. But this? As a female viewer, I feel offended. And believe me, I have accepted poor match endings for storyline reasons way too often. But in this case, it was the wrong moment to do it. It sends a message that is not very encouraging. So after 24 years watching, starting at the age of 10, why bother anymore?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa, thank you so much for adding to this conversation. This gets to the heart of the matter, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/06\/20\/lavalles-blog-bayley-first-female-mitb-match-going-womens-wrestling\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as does the excellent blog from Dot Net\u2019s April Lavalle from Tuesday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is reminiscent of the Santina Marella moment at WrestleMania 25. While the followup to this has surely been better than the followup to that, it still feels wrong. It\u2019s hard not to lose faith when you\u2019re getting jerked around so much. I hope they begin to get it right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I know I was asked in the last few days why I still watch wrestling when it gets so many things wrong. There are still those moments of transcendence beyond anything else in entertainment. When the crowd is rallying behind someone and everything clicks, wrestling is magic. I watch for those glimpses of magic.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony is adamant about letting me know:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was a HEEL MANAGER helping their HEEL CLIENT win a match, it\u2019s not the first and it\u2019s not the last.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re not wrong. It was exactly that. It was a heel manager helping a heel client, but why was this the first and only time in about 70 Ladder Matches in WWE history a non-participant in the match took possession of the object to win? Could it be that WWE would never do this with their main event males, but didn\u2019t mind it with women? Why didn\u2019t Maryse ever grab the briefcase for The Miz or Rhyno for Edge and Christian?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Someone who comments as \u201cReality\u201d had this gem to add to the conversation:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its so pathetic that this site has a couple of guys who insist on being self-righteous and politically correct. Its WRESTLING. Not \u201creal life\u201d. Jesus. Get off your liberal high hors and remind yourself of that. Or, maybe in the future the WWE can have \u201csafe zones\u201d in the arena\u2019s for powderpuffs like his guy.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, thank you for making me think of The Powerpuff Girls. They rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.tenor.com\/images\/c0c41308c743cea7d98cdaad3312c9f0\/tenor.gif?resize=498%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"498\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, how is it pathetic for a wrestling site to present different points of view? Please explain to me how awful it is for someone to want wrestling to be better than it is. I know it must be hard for you to think of how wrestling might affect others with all the \u201cReality\u201d (and typos) you\u2019re bringing, but maybe you should give it a shot. This is the last time your asinine comments will be mentioned in this section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assassin V, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestling.net\/amember\/signup.php\">Dot Net Member\u2019s ad free website<\/a> (it&#8217;s a great way to experience this site, y&#8217;all) commented:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agree 100% and nothing brought it home to me in how upset my girlfriend was after it. Here is someone who is a very casual fan and they have ruined something she was looking forward to experience.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only other part I would add is this clusterf&#8212; feels to have the fingerprints of Vince all over it. Something this heinous going through and not getting fixed could only have been green lit from the top with no one having the balls to stop it.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do not think even a public apology would even suffice because in some parts they do not even suspect they did anything wrong. It will take a lot to come back from this grievous error of judgment.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know I was excited about this, but I was surprised by my wife\u2019s eagerness to see these five women fight in a ladder match. She was into it, right up until Ellsworth pulled down the briefcase. Then she was mad. She was really mad. She doesn\u2019t care about professional wrestling in the same way I do and she doesn\u2019t hold it to the standards I try to. She was just as mad about this as I was. There\u2019s no way to fix this. That anger directly translates to not wanting to watch anymore, not excitement about a rematch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max opened his comment with this:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think playing the sexist card is stupid honestly. Get back to me when they have a few more and they all end in the same manner.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s the thing, Max. They have had one. It ended this way. Another women\u2019s ladder match hasn\u2019t happened in WWE (I know one is on Tuesday). I purposefully called this sexism because that\u2019s what it is. It\u2019s sexism when men can have over 70 of these matches and nothing like this happens, but when women have one, it does. The strong reaction from people trying to say &#8220;it was dumb, but not sexist&#8221; has been obnoxious. Why do people feel like calling WWE, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAJMendez\/status\/570390665726693377\">a company with a history of sexism and sexist treatment of female wrestlers<\/a>, sexist is wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlie felt the need to add his response to a cavalcade of stupidity saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go cry about snowflake.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words are hard, Charlie. Better luck next time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are plenty of other ignorant comments and vows to never read prowrestling.net again, but I\u2019ll stop now. I&#8217;m all out of f&#8212;&#8216;s to give.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/33.media.tumblr.com\/9b39a40e15485a1c2e0ab895abbbf67d\/tumblr_mpvwzqICbp1rhzg46o1_250.gif?resize=220%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>This week\u2019s wrestling reading: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From time to time, I want to highlight some of the best wrestling reading I\u2019ve found over the past week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/wwe-still-suffers-from-the-curse-of-the-attitude-e.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE Still Suffers From the Curse of the Attitude Era by Stephen T. Wright<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deadshirt.net\/2017\/06\/20\/money-in-the-bank-2017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WWE Women\u2019s Revolution: Just Add Men! by Ashly Nagrant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/lets-not-be-angry-about-the-womens-money-in-the-ba.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s Not Be Angry About the Women&#8217;s Money in the Bank Match by Kate Foray<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamTheBlampied\/status\/877132300059803648\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Thread which not only features women&#8217;s actual MITB responses and how those women are treated by men online<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had a lot to say this week. I know this approach to wrestling isn\u2019t for everyone. I know some people would rather wrestling wasn\u2019t examined on a deeper level. I\u2019m not about that life though. Any entertainment worth enjoying is worth examining. I&#8217;ll leave you with another gem from Andi Zeisler&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Were-Feminists-Once-CoverGirl-Political\/dp\/1610397738\/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=\"><em>We Were Feminists Once<\/em><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As someone who honestly believes that pop culture is a force that can, and has, changed the world, I want to at least entertain the thought that a culture half-changed by feminism can harness that power and finally go the whole nine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have the best week, everyone!<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. 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