Diva/Women's Unification

One of the last points I made back when I wrote a diva blog was that there would be another movement of divas before the 2011 Draft. My rationale for this was that things would simply get stale on either brand after a while.

I was right and wrong. Things did get stale, especially for Smackdown. In the case of Smackdown, divas have been dropping like flies since the 2010 Draft. Beth Phoenix was injured. Tiffany was suspended. Kelly Kelly is left as the only face on the show, and she almost got seriously injured herself at a house show. The WWE released Serena, but she was not directly involved in main title issues anyway, and I doubt they were going to push her in that direction well as long as a certain someone else was top heel on Smackdown. Rosa is a joke. Everything revolves around LayCool. Even if you split them up, Michelle McCool is still the constant. Over on Raw, they keep things fresh by passing the title between women with very little credibility and no good build. The title was meant to give Eve and Alicia that credibility. The matches were nothing to be too proud of. Alicia got screwed with the return of Melina. It was not a strong division at all.

I was wrong in thinking that the answer to this staleness would be a diva trade. How could I have predicted Beth getting injured and the stuff I just mentioned? A trade would just look awkward. Smackdown loses Rosa Mendes and gains 4 or 5 women in her place? And who do they send back to Smackdown? All the main players have been there already. There is nothing fresh left in the whole division at all. Judging by how the WWE treated Eve and Alicia, they are on a path of failing to build divas properly. The answer to the problem? Title unification.

The obvious choice to win, if you want what is right for the division, would be Melina. The Unified Women's Champion will surely be able to work both shows, just like the tag titles can supposedly be defended on either show. Even though there is diva movement in that, I do not count that as an actual trade of any sort. Have Melina show up on Smackdown to add more options to matches. Make tag matches again. If Tiffany ever shows up, you may even have 6-diva tags for a while. When those NXT divas are ready to go to the main brands, then you could hand the title back to McCool. Just send many of the women to Smackdown. Then again, we are dealing with Michelle McCool here. The type of match it is also makes me wonder, as well as the fact that Melina has been built too well so far.

In a related issue, when those title do combine, how do you treat women who have held the defunct title? Just like both World titles are combined when you say Triple H is a 13-time World Champion, the two diva division titles can combine the same way. Why bring that up? That would make Melina a 5-time Champion. McCool is a 4-time Champion. Mickie James is a 6-time Champion. I believe that ties into a certain belief I hold. I would be interested to see how the WWE starts pushing Melina after her 6th reign.