WWE celebrated the 30th anniversary of RAW at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The company pulled out all the stops to make it a night worth remembering, as several legends and Hall of Famers were present on the show. That being said, the distinct lack of women legends made fans irate, and now #WWEWomenDeserveBetter has been trending on social media.
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Apart from that, a couple of title matches also took place. However, there were quite a few notable absences from the show. This included the Bella twins and basically any female legend in general.
In fact, Nikki and Brie Bella expressed their disappointment with how WWE did not book any women legends for the show and barely had any presence throughout the 3-hour-long runtime. Even the steel cage match between Becky Lynch and Bayley had to be cancelled, which angered fans.
Therefore, it comes as no surprise that #WWEWomenDeserveBetter has started tending on Twitter in a huge way, as fans have expressed their utter disappointment. You can find a sampling of irate tweets below.
This was all a LIE, the Women were totally overlooked last night and it was embarrassing, that photo was the only recognition they got,
@WWE
showed they don’t give a d*mn about their Women’s and history through all these years, they DESERVE better #WWEWomenDeserveBetterwwe brought cutting womens segments back for raw 30 😀😀#WWEWomenDeserveBetter
I will NEVER understand how the “Developmental Brand” is able to BOOK almost plenty of woman on the show (either match, vignette, promo, segement) in every weekly program but the main roster cant do it on 3 hour show. EMBARRASING. #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
always on the side of them. #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
this is so disrespectful to women in wrestling who put in their efforts to make that company work day by day, what happened on raw seems so pathetic to me, those womens carried the show every week to being treated this way, the girls deserve better!! #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
One minor inconvenience in months and they always run to get this shit trending it’s honestly hilarious #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
The women’s division under Triple H’s regime has been truthfully much worse than Vince’s. Both Becky and Bayley wasn’t given 10 minutes to deliver the steel cage match at the grandest RAW. Shorten the part timers’ and Bloodline’s segment instead. 😪 #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
30 years of cringeworthy misogynist sketches, and you couldn’t showcase the amazing performances evolution of women’s wrestling in sports entertainment? Get the ever-loving f*ck out of here. #WWEWomenDeserveBetter
While RAW is XXX was a huge success in many ways, clearly, many fans felt the show was a huge disappointment on a fundamental level due to its lack of women’s wrestling. We’ll have to wait and see whether WWE will rectify this situation in the future.
The Bella Twins did not show up at RAW is XXX due to creative differences. They didn’t like how WWE didn’t represent the Women’s Revolution during the show. Saraya was also all for their absence.
We will have to see what’s next for WWE’s Women’s Division. Triple H had a lot to do with advancing women’s wrestling in WWE, and now it appears that he will have to make this up to the fans. Keep checking back with Ringside News for more.