The Status Quo Of The Diva Division: Introduction

A special time of year is coming up. My nephew is graduating from kindergarten and my mother celebrates a birthday on the same day. Oh, and we're approaching the 2-year anniversary of CM Punk starting that big summer storyline about how bad the status quo was and ranting about ice cream. For the 1-year anniversary, I looked at whether the WWE "botched" CM Punk's big push. This year, I want to talk about the status quo of the WWE diva division. I have spoken about the diva division dozens of times, but never through a discussion of the status quo, specifically. There are a lot of ideas connected to the status quo. Hopefully, I'll end up saying something with worth. Because there is so much to talk about, I will break it into four parts.

First of all, what is the status quo? It is the state in which something is. What does that even mean? It is the way things are. So vague, isn't it? It is general. People can say that the status quo is pretty much anything. Some people can say that the status quo of the government is this agenda that they are always pushing. You might say that the status quo when it comes to fashion is this pattern of always wearing certain things. Agendas and patterns.

Let me start talking about some things that the status quo is not. The status quo is not one person. You can say that the status quo is decided mainly by one certain individual or that one certain individual is the chief benefactor of the status quo, but the status quo is more than just that one person. The reason I bring that up is because I have seen some people say that John Cena was the status quo back when CM Punk was talking about the term. Okay, what about Cena? The fact that he held the title so much? As 2012 proved, Cena doesn't need the title to be pushed hard. And if it really needs to be said, the status quo is not simply what one person says it is, including CM Punk.

You should not confuse an opinion of how things are with how things actually are. The status quo is not your opinion on whether things are great or not. Think about how things are for you in whatever city you live in. Are you happy with the way things are, upset, or completely indifferent? Do you think things are the way they are just so you can be happy, upset, or indifferent? Think about how a neighbor of yours might feel about the way things are in your city. If he has a different opinion of the status quo, does that mean the status quo is really different? I don't think so. I would say that the status quo just impacts different people differently. Imagine if people suddenly just started warming up to John Cena and his hate diminished. The WWE doesn't change how they are pushing him, but fans just start getting used to him and accepting him. The status quo of the WWE wouldn't have changed, but fans' attitude towards the status quo of the WWE would have. I will definitely bring this idea of not confusing an opinion of the status quo as the actual status quo back up when I talk more specifically about the diva division.

Last thing I want to mention, some people seem to have this attitude that the status quo can just change easily. They thought that CM Punk beating Cena for the title meant that real change would immediately come. When CM Punk lost the title, turned heel, or some other thing like that happened, they acted like the same old status quo was returning. Unless you are in a volatile environment, a place where big, sudden changes seem to be the norm, you cannot act like every single event means that things might be going in a new direction. You will drive yourself crazy. You have to understand what the norm is if you are going to appreciate what the status quo of whatever you are talking about really is.