Hamin doesn’t understand why Bliss would mess with perfection because she was one of the hottest women on the roster anyways. In his opinion, this is just another step back for the women’s revolution because this is the type of thing that happened during the Divas era consistently. He believes it undercuts the work WWE has done to present women’s wrestling in a better light. He doubts WWE would make Nia Jax get weight loss surgery to have her fit their image, so why would they have these other girls get breast enhancement surgery?
Lane points out that WWE has received some criticism for running the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia, given the country’s controversial laws against women and the LGBT community. Gilbertti says, “when in Rome you do what the Romans do”. Saudi Arabia is not america, and they’re unbelievably rich. They overpay for everything, and that’s why all those businesses do business with them.
Russo just wishes WWE would say that if that’s their reason for going, but Gilbertti doesn’t think the majority of fans care what Triple H says. He notes that Triple H is a wrestler after all, and wrestlers work their fans.
Gilbertti adds that WWE is a global company that’s looking to make money. It’s not like Vince McMahon is running for President and needs to worry about this stuff. Hamin points out that the LGBT community has disposable income and WWE took a short term payoff here instead of thinking long term. He also thinks WWE would have been respected in North America for saying no to Saudi Arabia’s money and this could have potentially drawn back some casual fans.
