by SoCalAndy » Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:42 pm
I disagree with you big time Jay. There are way too many problems with having women's matches on PWG shows.
One problem has to do with the quality of the wrestlers. Flying out women would cost a good amount of cash, as most of the better female wrestlers live on the east coast of midwest. I'm pretty sure Sara Del Rey doesn't live in the SoCal area(she doesn't get booked down here a lot) and a lot of local female talent I've seen aren't that good. I've only seen Candace LaRae once in a match and wasn't really impressed. Maybe I caught her on the wrong night(I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to EWF and I don't trust the reports I read of their shows), but based on the performance I saw from her I don't think she'd get over with the PWG crowd(which is another issue). Although I probably would change my mind if I saw some of her better work.
As far as the fans issue I brought up, they're another big factor in having women's matches. Most of PWG's live crowd aren't as smart now as the fans who did attend shows back when Sara was booked(and even then, some fans acted like tools) so the chances of fans being respectful could be bad. Shimmer works because the fanbase is mostly made of kids and families(from what I have seen and heard) and those crowds don't have the same mindset that PWG crowds have. I would really hate it if a Sara Del Rey/*insert top US woman's name here* would have a great match only to have it plaqued by dudes in the crowd doing catcalls and such.
Booking is another thing. Having a random women's match wont seem to work. If there was some sort of build up to a match it could work out. It would make people want to see a match if there was a reason behind it aside from it being an indy dream match and it would help PWG out even more with a storyline. I also don't think a random match with two top women's workers would generate much interest or DVD sales. I'm sure people would be like "Why would I want to watch this when I can get a Shimmer DVD?" and so forth. I mean, I don't think anyone who bought the ROH Supercard Of Honor show bought it for the women's match, they most likely bought it for the Dragon Gate Trios match.
Another big problem is finding spots for them. There are so many guys in the PWG lockerroom who are barely able to get booked on shows, and there are several other guys who seem to be on shows every once in awhile due to spots on the cards being taken.
The use of women in PWG thus far has been fine, and the roles they have been given have worked out well. With the kind of fans PWG is drawing, the perfect way for women to be used to is help elevate the people they are managing. With time women's matches once in awhile would work, but at the moment I think PWG should focus more on getting as much hype for BOLA and the booking of The Dynasty more than anything, including bringing in new wrestlers.