Kharma And Karma

Outside of anything related to wrestling, I hope Kharma has a beautiful and healthy baby. I am happy for her.

Now, moving back into wrestling matters, Kharma announced on Raw that she was pregnant. That was the reason for the emotional breakdown the week before. She is being written off. I am not really going to debate whether or not the WWE handled it the right way or not. Assuming she still wants to be a part of the WWE in a year and the WWE wants her too, the WWE can always find some impactful way to have her return. I do not believe that is a big problem.

As for the current state of the diva division, the big angle is lost. Kharma was supposed to bring a lot of interest back into things. Moreover, her angle was tied in somehow with the push Kelly Kelly was getting. All is not lost for Kelly Kelly. Her feud for the butterfly title isn't over yet. Only now, it is a basic title feud featuring eye-candy diva vs. eye-candy diva, with her twin sister. The twin aspect may sound good on paper, but Kelly Kelly has already beaten and lost to Brie. How can they liven things up now? Honestly, I am not angry at Kharma at all. She really couldn't save the division in any long-term way anyway. How long can being a bully to the models last? What do you do with her after? The WWE would have definitely have reverted to the typical crap sooner or later. With the Kharma angle on hold, the typical crap comes sooner.

When was the last time the real female wrestlers of Raw had a match on Raw? I am talking about Beth Phoenix, Gail Kim, and Melina. If I am forgetting anyone, I'm sorry. Last week's "match" doesn't count. It turned into a glorified segment to start the end of Kharma's character and the real female wrestlers still didn't really wrestle. When was the last time these women actually wrestled on Raw? Some people can argue that these divas were put on hold so Kharma could look more intimidating against the weaker eye-candy divas. Problem is, the real wrestlers were getting the shorter end of the stick for weeks before Kharma debuted. The last time I can remember a match featuring a real female wrestler actually wrestling was Eve going over Natalya in a title match. If there was one after that, it slipped my mind. How can it be that ALL these women are in the "doghouse" for so long? They didn't do anything wrong. You are just seeing their importance. When the WWE has a use for them, they will be used. With Kharma gone, I would hope that use comes soon.

What is karma? Not the person, the idea. Without getting into religion too much, karma is this idea that your past actions will determine your future fate. If you are an Alicia Keys fan, what goes around comes around. I am not a very superstitious person. However, it is interesting to map the luck the diva division has been having in just the last year. Recently, Kharma got pregnant and the elaborate diva angle got killed off abruptly. A short while before that, Layla, who was being treated as the sole centerpiece of Smackdown, gets taken out with an injury. AJ has been called up to be filler. In other words, nothing interesting going on for Smackdown right now. Before that, Michelle McCool, pushed as centerpiece for over a year and flopped through it all, leaves the WWE. After everything the WWE did to make her look great, I always doubted the investment would pay off. I cannot say whether her leaving is a good thing in that respect or bad, but all that work, even more work than they put in with Kharma, just goes up in smoke. Before that, Smackdown suffered a series of unfortunate events last year. Beth Phoenix got injured and had to lose the title, Tiffany got suspended and released, and Kelly Kelly almost suffered a serious injury at a house show. Had that injury been more serious, who would have been pushed as top face there? Rosa Mendes? Over on Raw during this time, the WWE finally gave up on pushing Maryse as centerpiece and slowly phased her out. After that angle she had with DiBiase, she has done pretty much nothing meaningful. What happened right before all this? The WWE released Mickie James. You can say Mickie suffered her own bad luck with her knee infection, but she bounced back from that faster than many expected and showed her dedication to the WWE, which they rewarded with her eventual release. I have pointed out many times that the WWE did not want to treat Mickie James as a performer with that kind of overness deserved, but she was always an option there for years. Isn't it funny that this whole series of unfortunate events should follow her release? Raw is left with a flopped centerpiece and no proper replacement, faces over on Smackdown are dropping like flies, Michelle McCool leaves without ever paying off what the WWE invested in her by becoming properly over, her sidekick and centerpiece replacement, Layla, gets injured and written off for a while before she can really put herself out there to get over, and now Kharma is gone for the rest of the year? Any bad luck that has seemingly happened to Mickie James has usually worked out in her favor. Her working through and bouncing back from injuries has shown her real toughness and dedication. Her release from the WWE has allowed her to make history in the wrestling business, to work for a company that is booking her a little bit better than WWE, and more honors will come her way in coming months. If she was in the WWE right now, she may be where Beth Phoenix, Gail Kim, and Melina are right now. Where? On the shelf for no good reason. Point is, the WWE's poor treatment of Mickie James has been followed by poor luck for the women they have tried to push as centerpieces and for major angles they have attempted to revitalize the division. They had gold and treated it like crap. And now, karma is taking it out on the diva division. Is Kelly Kelly next?