Keep The Diva Division As It Is?

Since it is likely the WWE will never be able to get the diva division back to where it was a decade ago, how about looking at some of the ways they can decide to run the division from now on. The old plan no longer seems to be successful. I'll start with talking about the most obvious option. How about trying to maintain the kind of diva division you have now?

First of all, exactly what kind of diva division do you have right now? You have no true centerpiece. The Diva's Championship is still around, but the WWE is not developing good title feuds and is not even featuring the woman holding the title too well. You do have some periphery angles going on. Both female wrestlers and eye-candy divas are getting featured there. Natalya had her angle with The Great Khali. Kaitlyn has an angle going with Cody Rhodes. AJ is aligned with Ziggler. You have various other women acting as valets. You still have things going on for the women.

The pros of this kind of division? I would say periphery angles are often more interesting than title feuds. The centerpiece is frequently getting hyped up to be the best and may seem over-pushed at times. But periphery divas do not need to be pushed that hard and sometimes get more interesting gimmicks or storylines. There is a lot more potential there for entertainment. With the quality of matches deteriorating from what it used to be, that might be even more reason to just go with periphery angles. But when title matters may help a storyline seem more important, the Diva's Championship is there.

The cons? Where do I start? I'll probably end up forgetting something wrong with this division. Let me just say the reason that pretty much kills all that I said was good about this kind of diva division. Yes, the women are getting periphery angles, but development is still poor. Natalya's angle with The Great Khali looks to be over. I don't have too much faith in Kaitlyn's romance angle with Cody Rhodes, since the midcard is such a mess. And even AJ Lee is stuck in mediocrity right now. Moreover, what is the point in having a title when the woman holding it will not even be featured properly? The guys holding the midcard titles may sometimes job for stretches, but they are still wrestling on the major shows. Can't say that for the women.

I don't think the WWE should be settling for just keeping the diva division like this. I don't think they will. You're not developing any women properly to be stars. Even if they can't recreate Trish Stratus, they should be trying to make new stars in the division. Once they are made, you have to feature them to deliver. That is not going on well enough. They will have to get it going soon.