Goodbye Divas Championship?

[Majour]

It's been high on fans' - and several wrestlers' - wish lists for a while, and according to reports from PWInsider and SEScoops, it's happening.

According to those sites' sources, WWE will do away with the branding of women's wrestling as "Divas", effective next Monday night, April 4, on Raw in Dallas.

Report: WWE scrapping 'Divas', women's championship returns after WrestleMania

 

[CM Punk]

well since the bellas are leaving and they were mainly divas (aside from Eva), this is a good thing.

 

[Stopspot]

Even if the women's title is brought back the term diva will still remain. As long as the men are called Superstars the women will be Divas. As it has been since the late 80s

 

[Majour]

Even if the women's title is brought back the term diva will still remain. As long as the men are called Superstars the women will be Divas. As it has been since the late 80s

As long as that POS butterfly belt is gone.

 

[Prince Bálor]

That's nice, if true.

 

[Stopspot]

As long as that POS butterfly belt is gone.

Well that we can agree on

 

[Neptune]

I hate that Barbie belt. I hope this is true.

 

[The GOAT]

Even if the women's title is brought back the term diva will still remain. As long as the men are called Superstars the women will be Divas. As it has been since the late 80s

The term "Diva" started a lot later than that. I don't even recall women in the AE being referred to as such. I think it was a term they really started marketing as the official term for females around the time the Ruthless Aggression era began.

If they're really serious about treating the female division with the same respect as the men's, then why not just let the term 'Superstar' be a broad description for both the men and women?

 

[Stopspot]

The term "Diva" started a lot later than that. I don't even recall women in the AE being referred to as such. I think it was a term they really started marketing as the official term for females around the time the Ruthless Aggression era began.

If they're really serious about treating the female division with the same respect as the men's, then why not just let the term 'Superstar' be a broad description for both the men and women?

Sunny is considered the first diva by the WWE. Sable was called a diva, Trish was referenced as diva frequently as well. It only got prominent in the RA because the women's division got big and consistent then. Before that WWE has always flip flopped on the size of their womens division or if they even have one.

 

[Red Rain]

So they can go back to that vanilla championship from before? Lol

The butterfly belt is fine. Even though there is likely to be complaints about the new belt too, why not embrace innovation (unless of course they revert to the old and uneventful belt from before)?

The butterfly belt was a great idea. Many, many optimistic women love butterflies. Its the jaded and bitter ones that seem to hate them (this isn't a shot at Majour either... if she has issue she's free to PM me)

I'd wager to suggest most WWE divas are high energy, optimistic types who identified with the butterfly design.

 

[Majour]

So they can go back to that vanilla championship from before? Lol

The butterfly belt is fine. Even though there is likely to be complaints about the new belt too, why not embrace innovation (unless of course they revert to the old and uneventful belt from before)?

The butterfly belt was a great idea. Many, many optimistic women love butterflies. Its the jaded and bitter ones that seem to hate them (this isn't a shot at Majour either... if she has issue she's free to PM me)

I'd wager to suggest most WWE divas are high energy, optimistic types who identified with the butterfly design.

You're too much 2:

 

[Jacob Fox]

Oh I personally find the butterfly title to be somewhat offensive, as I also did with the term Diva. In my view it trivializes women as wrestlers and athletes. The belt seems very girlish and butterflies are dainty. To me it says that women have to be dainty and can't be tough and hard nosed brawling monsters like the men are. Those of us who really like women's wrestling know this is bullcrap. You don't have to look further than Mae Young, Sensational Sherri and Awesome Kong to know the women can be tough a vicious as well.

And to be clear, that's just the impression I get of the belt and I'm not saying that is the intention in any way

 

[Majour]

Oh I personally find the butterfly title to be somewhat offensive, as I also did with the term Diva. In my view it trivializes women as wrestlers and athletes. The belt seems very girlish and butterflies are dainty. To me it says that women have to be dainty and can't be tough and hard nosed brawling monsters like the men are. Those of us who really like women's wrestling know this is bullcrap. You don't have to look further than Mae Young, Sensational Sherri and Awesome Kong to know the women can be tough a vicious as well.

And to be clear, that's just the impression I get of the belt and I'm not saying that is the intention in any way

This is the exact reason I hate that belt.

 

[Snowman1]

Good, as long as the newly-renamed women's division is truly taken seriously. This and a Takeover-quality match on Sunday will be a huge step forward.

 

[Swift]

Just the term alone is offensive, really. When you think "diva" you think "spoiled bitch", you think Paris Hilton. The term is constantly used in a negative fashion. "Oh Terrel Owens is such a diva wide receiver... Fuck that guy".

Anyway, this would be nice to see. Never been a fan of the belt or the stupid term.