First, Alicia Fox was injured while working with Charlotte on Raw. She suffered a concussion. Two things to talk about with that. First, these NXT divas are obviously not flawless. Botches and miscommunications will happen. There is no need to condemn anyone, yet. If serious botches continue to be an issue, then the WWE might have a good reason to hold these women back a little. I do not think it will come to that.
The other thing to talk about with this injury to Alicia Fox is whether or not she should be replaced in Team Bella. I have already seen some fans writing her off and discussing which diva should replace her. I don't think the WWE should jump to doing that. Just have her not wrestle for a while. There are plenty of women already involved in this feud. However, just for the sake of discussion, I would replace her with Emma. All the other teams have at least one NXT star. Emma could use something meaningful to do on the main roster. It isn't like this would be a huge push, anyway. Alicia Fox is essentially at the bottom of Team Bella. Emma taking her spot would not be huge, but it is still putting her in a meaningful angle.
Second issue, there was a match advertised for Smackdown this week. Nikki Bella would face Becky Lynch. Smackdown was taped already. No diva match. This is not the first time the WWE has advertised a match and not followed through, but this isn't the kind of thing you should do when you are trying to promote your diva division as something respectable. This is not even the first time since the diva revolution started that there has been a show without a diva match. I have seen some fans happy because they were afraid Becky Lynch would job to Nikki Bella. She's going to job eventually. The WWE should not go the route of making themselves look like they will make false promises. They have already done things to make people question how trustworthy they are. And after you betray someone's trust to their limit, you have to earn it all over again. The WWE isn't exactly doing that with things like this.
Last thing I want to bring up, yes, it is nice that the WWE is promoting diva matches. They are making Stephanie McMahon look like some kind of hero for the diva division. Problem is, these are pretty much filler matches. These NXT divas may be getting a chance to introduce themselves to the general audience, but what is the overall point of this feud? I never liked the 3 vs. 3 vs. 3 thing, but if they are going to do it, they have to do more to make it more interesting. What is the point of advertising these diva matches when nothing is on the line? The WWE cannot be fooled by those people complaining on Twitter. They want to see fresh talent and great wrestling. But there are a lot of other fans that weren't saying anything at all on Twitter about giving divas a chance. The WWE has to actually add more intrigue into this storyline to talk to those fans. As I have said before, you pretty much only have a juggling act going on. Sasha Banks will look good here. Charlotte will look good there. Paige will look like the leader of her group, then tap out to Sasha. Nikki Bella is holding the title and closing in on breaking AJ Lee's record. Proper focus isn't on one diva. And even if some divas look protected now, it will not last long. You see singles matches. You see tag matches. Will we see the obvious 3 vs. 3 vs. 3 match? In the end, what's the point?
What would I do? TNA used to do the Bound For Glory Series. It was a tournament where the winner got a title shot. Why doesn't the WWE do something like that for these 9 divas they are putting focus on? There are even other divas they could bring into this tournament already on the roster. Whichever diva scores the pinfall/submission gets a certain number of points. Whichever diva has the most points by Summerslam, Night of Champions, Survivor Series, or whenever, gets a title shot. Another way of doing it, whichever group gets the most points gets to "run" the diva division, however you want to interpret that. Part of the story has been The Bellas pushing their weight around and acting like they run the division. Make it seem like one of these factions can run the division for a certain amount of time. It would make all these filler matches seem more important. Even if you think my idea sounds stupid, which it might, the WWE should do more to make things more intriguing than just having these women wrestle. Make the matches worth more.
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