The WWE PC division has been busy today as just a couple of hours ago, it was announced publicly that they’ve changed the NXT Women’s Championship’s name to a gender neutral NXT Championship.
Per Ringsidenews.com, PWInsider said:
“WWE has issued an internal decree that going forward, the WWE NXT Women’s Championship will be referred to and described as simply the “NXT Championship”, PWInsider.com has confirmed. The decision was made to make the remove the gender-specific designation of the championship.”
Opening a can of worms
This opens plenty of questions like are they going to change the men’s championship’s name to avoid confusion, or merge the two?
And how long before they adopt this practice for the main brands, or is this just a trial run to see how it’s accepted?
Some fans have already reacted and it’s been varied as I’m sure we’d expect.
Another question about it is since the championship is now gender neutral, does that mean men can wrestle for it, too?
Chyna held the Intercontinental Championship, and with Tessa Blanchard winning the Impact World Championship from Sami Callihan a couple of weeks back, so what’s fair for one group is fair for another, right?
Women are wrestlers too
There’s no denying that women wrestlers are just as dedicated and talented, and more so in some ways, than the men. They’ve been railing against the label “women” or “female” wrestler for a while now, and they have a point. They want to be known as wrestlers just like the men, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
They’ve earned the right and this is a step toward that goal.
NXT’s women’s division has been responsible for developing some of the best wrestling talent in the WWE. We got to watch superstars like Paige, Charlotte Flair, Asuka, and others grow and develop in front of our eyes for years now.
They’ve built up a solid reputation and legacy that rivals the best of Raw and Smackdown brands. They’re the past, present, and future of WWE’s women’s division.
More than that, they’re an inspiration for girls and young women wanting to get into professional wrestling. We all need our idols to give us an idea of where we should be and what we need to do to reach our goals.
There’s more change needed
The thing is, there’s more needed than changing a name. A name change is symbolic, but often an empty promise or appeasement of things to come. This could be a simple gesture by Triple H and McMahon following Triple H’s joke about Paige backfiring last week.
I still say the women’s division should have their own brand and pay-per-views, but it’s doubtful we’ll see that any time soon. To me, doing this will show the WWE is serious about pushing their women’s division to equal the men’s.
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