Back in the 90s, in order to get the attention of WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, one had to be tall and muscular in order to eventually get the main event push.
This happened because back in those days, only a single leg drop or a power slam would get a wrestler over with the crowd. Fast forward to 2021, the wrestlers (male and female) have to be agile with having some jaw-dropping move sets to awe the WWE Universe.
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And evidently, the younger superstars perform seemingly impossible moves with great ease. Keeping this thing in mind, Vince McMahon has decided to hire younger female talents with legitimate athletic backgrounds.
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Last night, WWE released 18 superstars which sparked many more theories related to these massive firings. However, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio has revealed that Vince is looking for female wrestlers 25 years old and younger.
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Meltzer confessed that the latest mass firing of WWE is also because of the “age factor” and WWE knows that most of their talents are over 30.
“The new directives on hiring new women is the recommendations are 25 or younger.” Meltzer noted. This kind of thing is not new because Vince recently revamped the entire structure of NXT.
The NXT 2.0 has talents with more built and the WWE have also toned the demo down on the former black and gold brand of WWE. The reason to do this is to create top stars who would eventually, headline PPVs.
Earlier this year, Vince also directed a new directive before hiring any new referee. The bottom line is that the WWE referee should be much smaller in stature as compared to the in-ring talents.
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For now, this looks like a bizarre time to be a mid-carder in WWE, as time and time again, the company has proven that one wrong step and you [the wrestler] would be released from the contract.
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