Should the legit athlete be the underdog against the girl who shakes her ass?
There’s got to be an art to chopping silicone.
Figure-four, figure-eight, tap. It ends exactly as it should. A real smash-and-grab job after selling the whole match.
Part of me wanted to see Charlotte throw down the “Divas” belt, and declare herself the WWE women’s champion. But while WWE is willing to Xerox the past, they’re probably not going to ever mimic Shane Douglas.
Ric Flair cries. Me, too. I remember the champ when she was a little girl. Now she could kick the ***t out of me. A great moment between father and daughter.
OK, where’s it go from here? Here’s what should happen:
*Break up the factions. It’s not a team sport.
*Move the Bellas and their ilk to the periphery. Old news. “Total Divas” is their territory. Keep ‘em out of the ring. The Bellas aren’t stars. (Look at the ratings. Right now, no one in WWE is a star.)
*Make the women’s division like NXT: Clear-cut babyfaces and heels. Wins and championships mean something. Charlotte vs. Sasha. Bayley as the kids hero. Becky Lynch, Natalya and Paige in the mix.
Will any of this happen?
Probably not. I don’t trust WWE to do the right thing with the women. Not for one second. Vince McMahon doesn’t believe in the Divas Revolution, and with ratings in the toilet, he’s going to need a scapegoat. Then there’s the Cena factor.
Your winner…and NEW DIVAS CHAMPION…EVA MARIE! Bark like a dog for me, baby.
UPDATE: Flair also used the figure-four to beat Hulk Hogan for the WCW title at the 1999 Uncensored PPV. It was a first-blood cage match, and Flair bled first, but ref Charles Robinson ignored it. Flair hit Hogan with a tire iron, applied the figure-four, and Hogan was pinned (via fast count, because Hogan could never really lose). I wouldn’t exactly call that using the figure-four to win, but who cares? I think Flair used the figure-four to beat Dusty Rhodes for the NWA title in 1986, too. No video, no evidence.
UPDATE #2: There is video from ’86! Dusty passes out in the figure-four at St. Louis, his leg previously injured by Tully Blanchard’s attack at a preceding show in Kansas City.
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