I want to come up with a different analogy using the quarterback position. If you think about it, the quarterback is really a facilitator. He normally will not get all the yards and score all the touchdowns himself. He will get the ball in the hands of those players that will get yards and score. Yeah, he could run the ball, but it is rare to see a system where the quarterback is running most of the time and not mostly passing or handing it off to the running back.
Who are the facilitators in the diva division? Who are the ones that really help the division to move and make it possible for the WWE to have their stars and feature them? Those would be the credible jobbers. Those would be the ones with wrestling credibility used to put over the centerpiece and used as filler when the centerpiece is not around. Yes, they will get pushed, win titles, and get their moments here and there, but they are not pushed the way the WWE pushes stars. They are not pushed to get over. They are not pushed to "score" for the WWE. They just help to keep the division going and put over the centerpiece. They facilitate.
Of course, this is an era where the facilitators are shining more than ever since the diva division started. The WWE has failed to maintain the diva division they like to feature for a decade. A recent Internet uproar last year has put more emphasis on these women with wrestling ability. It also helps that there is no healthy centerpiece around. If the quarterback is the star of the football team, it might even make more sense to see these women with wrestling credibility as the stars of the women's division. There is no one female wrestler pushed as a true centerpiece, but fans seem content with them just being used like facilitators. The WWE can rotate them around like they usually do and fans will probably remain content. Just give them proper match and segment time.
Let me go back to what I said about the quarterback not usually being the one gaining most of the yards and scoring himself through rushing. It does sometimes happen where a quarterback might be the leading rusher. You might even see a system here and there where they like the quarterback running more than passing. But it's rare. Usually, a quarterback really is just looking to get the ball to someone else. As I have said before, they are facilitating.
What is an example of this in the WWE diva division? What is an example of a facilitator bringing the results of those actually being pushed to score in connecting with the fans? Obviously, you have the current era, which I already brought up. But you also have to take things with a grain of salt, since you cannot tell just how over these female wrestlers are. All you know is that a lot of vocal fans want them pushed more and they are getting it.
As far as individuals go, how about Mickie James? She came into that diva division back when they were running the regular system. She was a facilitator. She was a credible jobber. She was there to keep things moving and put over whom they wanted over. It is to be expected that a credible jobber will pick up some fans, just like the average quarterback will pick up at least some rushing yards once in a while. But Mickie James became the most over diva on the roster, connecting with wrestling fans and the more general audience. And the WWE was never really able to get the women they were pushing to be stars to actually work out. What Mickie James did during her run in the WWE is as rare as that quarterback that does the majority of the work himself. The receivers and other running backs on the team will still get some plays, but the majority of the offense rests on this quarterback. In the case of the diva division, other women were getting some fans. It isn't that no one else was connecting with the fans. But the woman succeeding the most was a woman doing it from a position that never leads to that kind of success.
What does the future of the diva division hold? With the recent attention to the women traditionally pushed as facilitators, it could motivate the WWE to push some of them the way they push stars. Or they could just rotate them around. As I said before, wrestling fans would probably be content. The WWE has no healthy centerpiece being pushed. There is also speculation that Nikki Bella, the woman they were pushing as the centerpiece, might be done. Of course, there is Lana. She has the look and is learning to wrestle. If the WWE does want her as the new centerpiece, there are a lot of credible jobbers to facilitate her rise to the top. In terms of overness, Lana has already scored in getting over as an eye-candy diva. The credible jobbers around her could help her look even better.
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