The biggest party of the summer is just around the corner and has plenty of matches stacked up for the event. SummerSlam is arguably the second biggest event in WWE’s calendar after WrestleMania. However, despite being such an important event, this year’s PLE missed out on a certain important fact, and Triple H might be in trouble.
Although, being such an important event, this year’s PLE missed out on several important women’s matches. Rhea Ripley is again going without a title defense, while Becky Lynch versus Trish Stratus could have been an ideal PLE match but will now take place on an episode of RAW. With the lack of women’s matches on the card, fans finally held their ground and started speaking out.
What revolution did fans begin as a way of protesting against WWE’s discrimination against women’s matches?
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Social Media is a popular way of getting people’s attention. And with WWE being extremely active on social media, fans took the route of Twitter/X to showcase their anger against the lack of women’s matches at SummerSlam 2023.
With both Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch missing out on opportunities at the event, fans believed they had enough of WWE. Although, Bianca Belair, Asuka, and Charlotte Flair would be fighting for the Women’s championship, and Ronda Rousey will battle Shayna Baszler in an MMA-Rules fight, there was an opportunity to add more marquee women’s matches on the card.
Rhea Ripley won her World title at WrestleMania 39 from Charlotte Flair. However, her title run is yet to find proper momentum. She hardly has had any title defenses and is mostly seen protecting the lot of The Judgment Day.
A fan took to social media to start a new hashtag campaign, “#WEWANTEQUALITY” as another acronym for WWE, and also as a pose for standing up for women superstars. No sooner did the campaign begin, several others joined to showcase their support.
If we're gonna get #WWE to pay attention to the #WeWantEquality (& #WWEWomenDeserveBetter) movement, every women's fandom needs to come together, so I've made some graphics to share across social platforms.
A thread 🧵 (message me if I miss anyone) pic.twitter.com/x8dXNd0IVr
— Shirleigh (@ShirleighShirlz) August 3, 2023
As the unfair booking became more prominent, fans started calling out Triple H for this decision.
Fans join hands to revolt against WWE’s biased decisions against the women of the company
The match-card for WWE SummerSlam is filled with eight matches, with only two of them being women’s matches. This did not sit well with the fans, and the WWE Universe, and they recently came together to show their support for the women.
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Twitter got filled with the hashtag, and their campaign together. Here are some of the reactions from the hashtag campaign:
#WWEWomenDeserveBetter It’s time for @WWE to treat their womens division with respect and equality. It’s not fair having this kind of treatment weekly on every single show. @TripleH book your division fairly! #WeWantEquality 🩷 https://t.co/JzMy9ekioZ
— Marck Mñz (@MarckMz1) August 4, 2023
The women deserve to be on the #SummerSlam card. Put Becky and Trish on the show, figure out a way for Rhea to defend the title instead of just acting as backup for Dom. https://t.co/8pWrLjdGqg
— I'm not a snack, I'm Emil (@Sassy_Wino_) August 4, 2023
Same with aew too #AEWWomendeservebetter https://t.co/kMp2TBgTbQ
— justin (@Jdemon2424) August 4, 2023
Bruh I with this movement but let be honest rhea women title reign has been bad that shit not even mid now I do agree Trish vs Becky should be on the card https://t.co/BaT1ndSawI
— Jhalil Green (@jlgreen0820) August 4, 2023
Good thread https://t.co/DweDrbRqj9
— Kalind (rate limit sucks) (@NYCKNP) August 4, 2023
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While the WWE Universe is hardly together, they decided it was enough. The entire wrestling community came together in support of the women and started showing their support. This is something akin to the #givedivasachance movement years ago that led to the women stars in WWE getting more match time and opportunities.
There is still time left for SummerSlam, and if WWE takes this seriously, they could possibly incorporate both Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch in the event, alongside Trish Stratus.
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