State Of The WWE Diva Division: February 2013

The WWE managed to squeeze in a diva match into last night's PPV card. Kaitlyn retained against Tamina. Nothing shocking. This feud had not gotten proper development in a while. Online segments and this new App crap they have isn't anything major. Major developments in storylines and star development happen on the televised shows. If nothing else, they hype these online segments and news hard for those stars they want you to care about on the televised shows. This diva feud did not get that development. To put it simply, this was a filler feud.

I had a feeling that the WWE would be without anyone they would be willing to develop to replace Eve after she left. I don't see anyone being developed to be the new centerpiece. Some can argue that the WWE is busy with Wrestlemania matters right now. They can't fit in developing new diva stars. Problem is, going back to last year around this time of year, the WWE was developing both Eve and AJ Lee. AJ Lee is still a periphery diva and Eve went on to be pushed as a centerpiece. Eve left before she could do too much as centerpiece. Nevertheless, if the WWE did want to develop a new centerpiece, they could attempt something. It all comes down to the decisions they make. The first step is picking that woman they want to develop. After that, they start planning and executing that plan. I would say the hardest part for the WWE is actually picking the diva, not developing the plan. They don't pick just anybody.

I do notice that the WWE has been doing slightly more with the periphery divas and credible jobbers. You just saw Tamina get a title shot. Natalya is still teamed with Khali and Hornswoggle. They could do more with that group. Naomi and Cameron are getting featured more. Rosa is getting a little more relevance. AJ Lee is still with Dolph Ziggler. That's pretty much it, but it would be good if the WWE also at least tried to find real angles for divas like Layla and Aksana. Maybe not with all the Wrestlemania storylines being pushed, but after.

And through it all, you still have a very messy women's division. Right now, I just want them to find themselves an eye-candy diva to be centerpiece and start using female wrestlers like they did a decade ago. You may call me a hypocrite for that. I used to say that I wanted to see female wrestlers to get opportunities to become the centerpiece. This current diva division is such a mess, I think you first have to get it back to where it was when it was solid before you can worry about treating female wrestlers better. Trying to change everything from where they are now would probably require a huge overhaul. It would be easier to just go one problem at a time. What's the first problem the WWE should tackle with their diva division? To them, it's probably finding that next star to be the centerpiece. To me, it's getting more female wrestlers to help the division at least look respectable again and have that solid base. Until either of those two things happen, the WWE will just coast along.