The day after Banks almost seriously injured herself in match against Asuka with a suicide dive she tweeted, “If you only knew”. Banks was heavily criticized for performing that dangerous move and responded with that tweet. Russo wonders what Banks meant by that tweet, suspecting that WWE’s women may be told to take these unnecessary risks.
Gilbertti adds that the women’s revolution is having the opposite effect of what the company was hoping for. The women’s in-ring work is not as good as the men’s, and he feels that the women should be using their sexiness to become bigger stars which would make them more money. WWE’s female competitors have a competitive advantage over the men in the sense that most male viewers will be attracted to them, and Gilbertti feels that the women need to take advantage of this..
As of right now, Gilbertti feels the women’s revolution is bringing the women down to the men’s level – a level where in-ring work is the only thing that matters – and they’ll never be able to compete with the men in that area. He adds that the women can’t have it both ways; if they want to be sexy the should embrace it all the way, and if they do that, they can’t get mad when people talk about it.
That sums up today’s episode of Vince Russo’s The Brand. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
