Vince McMahon goes by his own theory when it comes to delivering the contents on TV. Despite what the fans want to see, it’s him who calls all the shots on what would be seen on WWE programming. It appears that he was the one who was behind this professional wrestling world being a male territory, all the way.
Kevin Eck used to work as a former writer in the WWE who recently spoke about his time with the company during the ROH Strong podcast. He revealed that it was Vince McMahon who said that “nobody wants to see the girls fight over the guys.” So, back in the days, nobody even dared to push the women’s division as it would have been a “losing battle.”
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Things went very confusing when Vince McMahon hired Sara Del Rey, not as a talent but as a coach, instead. The strict instructions were to use her, backstage and not even make a pitch to get her on TV that appeared to be very confusing knowing how good as a talent she was. Here are the comments made by Eck regarding that situation in the last in the WWE locker room.
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“Me and some of the other writers were trying to get the women’s division of being a little more than just two minutes. We had Natalya and Beth Phoenix. Vince said nobody wants to see the girls fight over the guys, so it was a losing battle. I remember one of the SmackDown head writers came in and he goes, ‘Sara Del Rey has been signed. Not as a talent, as a coach. We’re not using her as a talent at all. Don’t even go there.’ It was like, ‘Do not, under any circumstances, pitch her being on TV.’ I couldn’t get over it.” (Quotes courtesy Fightful)
Years later, Vince McMahon himself put a bigger spotlight on the Women’s Division and also decided to give them a spotlight in the main event scene. But even nowadays the men generally capture the majority of a card of any weekly or PPV shows. But the good news is that things have gotten better thanks to the WWE Women’s Revolution.
Almost six years ago in February, a trend began on Twitter following a match between Paige and The Bella Twins about how these females should get more opportunities on TV. Vince McMahon noticed it and responded saying that a step was coming ahead. Then Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were put in charge of making things better for the female performers.
