Many talented wrestling legends since its beginning has adorned the Women’s division in WWE. From Fabulous Moolah, through the likes of Miceli, Chyna, and Sable, Lita, Trish Stratus, and Nikki Bella to the 21st century with the Four Horsewomen, Bianca Belair, Michelle McCool, Ronda Rousey, and all the other phenomenal superstars, WWE began its path towards development.
But as WWE did not develop from the misogynistic mindset in the old era. Also, many of them did not get enough credit they deserved. And of course, each one of these women can not be honored enough. Recently, WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus talked about one particular superstar who always supported the women in WWE. It is a delight to know that it was The Undertaker.
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Trish Stratus On How The Undertaker Was Supportive of Women
‘The Deadman’ has surely been the most intimidating character of WWE. He crushed his opponents with his impeccable in-ring talent and the most distinctive persona. But, in real life, Mark Calaway is very sensible and nice person. While speaking on the latest edition of WWE’s The Bump, ‘The Stratusphere’ reflected on how Taker stuck up for WWE Women’s division.
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“It’s just that he has always been a good friend, a good support. He would take the time to watch the girls as we are kind of coming up and starting to do stuff in the ring and give us feedback and be like keep doing it. We used to feel like being under the radar a little bit. The girls were like, we’re gonna try and put a match together and set a slapping and do a cat fight. And suddenly we started having matches that people cared about and he was always there to sort of tell us,”yeah, keep doing it”. He was always very supportive of the girls,” said one of the G.O.A.Ts in WWE.
Stratus and All The Other Women Never Had It Easy!
Trish Stratus and Lita started their career in an era where women were forced to be ‘Divas’. WWE presented women as just mere eye-candies with sex-appeal. Also, the storylines made them do the despicable ‘Bra& Panties’ catfights and flaunting each other. With her illustrious career, she paved a path for the female legends to prosper in the profession.
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It was only in 2016, WWE finally started acknowledging women as ‘Superstars’ instead of ‘Divas’. Now, with all the revolution with Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and every female icon, WWE is on a better path. Additionally, as we celebrate the Hall of Fame induction of ‘The Phenom’, it should also be mentioned that he had sensible and good values too.
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