True but they still had women who were presented as serious competitors who weren't treated as simply eye candy like Ivory, Jaqueline, Lita and Molly Holly and Chyna still easily dominated them. I don't think she ever lost clean to a woman, and the only reason she was booked so much stronger than them was because she was so much bigger. She'd be the exact same if she was in this era, with only maybe Nia and Ronda as serious threats to her.
You may find it dubious, but I think the fact that the WWE book Corbin to dominate argaubly the biggest female star in modern day wrestling history tells us what we need to know.
Your entire arguement is based on booking trumping realism... but the booking and realism were apparently on the same page as far as male vs female wrestlers go. Becky, the who not only is the face of womens wrestling but arguably is the face of the whole company at this point, as dominant as she is wasn't booked in a way where she came off physically as a match for Corbin. And if Becky wasn't booked that way, what female would be? MAYBE Ronda... that's about it.
And I'm willing to bet your uncle bobby can get the better of Rhea Ripley in a fight too, at or at least close to his physical peak.
Rhea is big and tall... which works well enough at telling the story that she's bigger and stronger than the females she wrestlers. But Corbin is bigger and taller, so that doesn't net Rhea anything. The fact that Corbin has a boxing background is just icing on the cake.
Last edited by XPac; 01-26-2020 at 12:17 PM.
quick question: does haku/meng have any kind of combat/martial arts training, considering what we know about him and his rep?
He probably wouldn't for the simple reason that Heath probably wouldn't fight back against a woman. Most male faces wouldn't (though there are a few exceptions, like the Austins or the Ortons). Based on his interaction with Becky, Corbin doesn't seem to have that problem.
Last edited by XPac; 01-26-2020 at 11:29 AM.
it's gonna be hard for me to enjoy the rumble after today.
I haven't watched main roster WWE since Survivor Series. I'm going to be lost once the Rumble starts.
I'm a couple days late to the game on this one. But ...I have to weigh in on the whole Intergender wrestling situation deal. Here is the real deal...
- Men vs Women in wrestling has happened for a number of years. In the era of ECW people could point at the male on female violence as a negative sure. With the Pit Bulls putting Francine through a table.
But along the way ECW also had it where a woman like Beluh could brutalize a man like Bill Alphonso in a match (that saved Fonzie's job as we know now) and show her being a tough woman. The nature of the industry changed as the 2000's ran through .
Women like Trish Stratus , Mickie James , Lita and Victoria was the type of women you could say , damn they are better than half the male roster if not the best at times during RAW's. If someone had told me , were gonna put the WWE World title on one of them for the summer as a fun deal and let them have a small run against some of male roster til they drop it back to Cena ...I'd be for it.
Because the industry had changed. Women could literally work matches and do it well enough. Its pro wrestling , if a 5'3 guy named Rey Mysterio Jr can be World Champion in today's era then so could Lita or Victoria. The era of size and belief only big men can be World Champion ended a long time ago. If a woman had talent and was over they should get that chance.
Now I'm no Tessa fan due to her behavior outside the ring. If TNA years ago had the idea to make Awesome Kong , TNA World Champion I'd have thought...ok that is a grand idea. Lets roll with it. Because Kong was a fucking monster woman in a division. Imagine her vs Samoa Joe having a face off in ring as she challenges Joe ! That would have been kinda awesome to think about. Because its 2 unstoppable forces meeting in a way.
The whole deal reminds me of some guy on a website claiming a woman can't possibly win a sword fight against a man after watching The Witcher. As I joked this man may not wanna watch Red Sonja where she battled Conan in a long sword fight and held her own very well. Its an entertainment industry , women can do this now .
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his 13 year old daughter was in the chopper too.
goddamnit..........