5 Controversial Moments Of The Women's Revolution

The Women's Revolution used to mean something.

A time when women's wrestling could be the main event of Monday Night Raw, Smackdown Live or even a big four pay per view if the storyline was exciting enough to showcase it.

Unfortunately for The Women's revolution, it has taken a dark turn over the past couple of months or so and is now a shell of its former self. Of course, there are a variety of reasons why that is and they will all be discussed on this list, but it's obvious that WWE is the reason that this movement is stalling so badly.

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With that being said, here are the top five controversial moments

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#5 Dana Brooke character.

Is Dana Brooke wasting her time with Titus Worldwide?

While most of the things on this list will have to do with a storyline or a moment in a storyline, this one is going to focus on a character instead. With that being said, Dana Brooke's role as the statistician for Titus O'Neil is unoriginal and is pretty much just a Stacy Keibler knockoff minus the focus on her legs.

Of course, WWE had to do something with her after the protege of Charlotte storyline came to an end, but putting her in such an eye candy and sexist role in the midst of the women's revolution is an awful idea. It also doesn't inspire much for her in the future either, which is sad since WWE is supposed to be giving women a chance right now.

#4 Mentioning Charlotte Flair's brother.

Remember when Paige mentioned Charlotte Flair's brother?

In what can only be described as a poorly thought out attempt to put heat on Page and inspire sympathy for Charlotte, WWE decided to go ahead and have Paige mention the fact that Charlotte's brother had committed suicide. Paige followed that up by saying her brother didn't have much fight left in him.

The two superstars were facing off for The Women's title and while it was obvious that it was an attempt to add some gravity to the women's division, it arguably was in the worst way possible. WWE even did it during a contract signing for the title match of all things, which only made the line look more out of place.

Not only was it a crude moment for everyone involved, especially with WWE in a PG friendly era, it was also too personal for fans to really latch on to. Sure, fans wanted to root for Charlotte in this situation, but it made Paige look like an absolute psycho and like she had no soul at all.

In the end, its one thing to try to get heat, but when you are invoking personal incidents in order to do that, its a little less appealing and counterproductive. In fact, it's easy to say that fans probably never saw Paige in the same way again after that line and they never really saw the company the same way as well.

#3 First ever Money in The Bank ladder match.

WWE might have made a mistake in how they had Carmella win the briefcase.

WWE really messed up with this one.

Of course, everything would have been fine if the ending wasn't a convoluted mess meant to gain cheap heel heat. Unfortunately for The WWE Universe, James Ellsworth climbed the ladder and retrieved the briefcase. He then dropped it down to Carmella, which forced WWE officials to declare her the winner.

Not only was the ending a huge let done after how much promotion WWE put behind this one match, but also by how much they used it to tout the future of the women's division. With that being said, it was a disaster from every single angle and WWE was forced to hold a rematch two weeks later, which Carmella also won.

In the end, there were so many better ways to end that match.Ways that would have put women on a higher playing field than ever before and could really have been the start of something special. Of course, the ending of the match marred all that from happening and is one of the biggest missteps in company history.

#2 Being kept off The Greatest Royal Rumble pay per view

How WWE can tout a women's revolution after this decision is beyond comprehension

Believe it or not, WWE actually did the impossible and didn't catch too much flack for leaving women off of The Greatest Royal Rumble pay per view. The move was said to be due to Saudi Arabia's policy on women in public, but it was still a pretty hard step back for a company that supposed to be in the midst of a revolution.

In fact, a lot of fans felt like WWE should have shown support to their women superstars and refused the deal with The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia outright. WWE even announced Evolution, an all women's pay per view set to take place in October, that is supposedly supposed to make up for what happened at GRR.

In the end, it's sad that WWE would even put themselves in a situation like this. What's even worse is WWE pretending that they are revolutionizing women's wrestling when other companies have done all women pay per views in the past. If nothing else, its all hypocritical and just for the purpose of maintaining a good public image.

Ronda Rousey's appearance at The Royal Rumble was the start of a downfall for WWE's women's division.

#1 Ronda Rousey's appearance at The Royal Rumble

Asuka

Want to make a win completely meaningless?

WWE accomplished this during the 2018 Royal Rumble when Ronda Rousey interrupted Asuka's big title decision and put the spotlight on herself. Not only was that a horrible thing to do after talking up the importance of the match for so long, it also really succeeded in overshadowing the win with Rousey's appearance.

Another thing that hurt the moment was the fact that Rousey wasn't even in first ever Women's Royal Rumble match and just walked out to the ring and demanded a match. Maybe if WWE would have put her in The Royal Rumble match the move would have been excusable, but not if she hadn't even competed yet.

In the end, it was just a huge blow to the women that had been working hard for so long to get equal opportunities on the main roster. It also represented changed in WWE's booking, which would focus more on the publicity a superstar was reviving, instead of how long they worked at the company or how much talent they actually had.