By the end of 2018, the female roster had its own pay-per-view event. In 2016, Stephanie announced that the WWE would retool its women’s division to include longer matches and more nuanced storylines. That night, #GiveDivasAChance trended on Twitter, and the next day, wrestler AJ Lee started a Twitter feud with Stephanie McMahon (now chief brand officer of the WWE, a title she still holds) about the company’s miserable reputation among women. In a February episode of Raw, four female wrestlers faced off-the Bella Twins versus Paige and Emma-in a tag team match that lasted an insultingly short 30 seconds. Rick Madonik-Toronto Star via Getty Images “Miss Elizabeth, ” manager of the legendary Randy "Macho Man" Savage, was lusted after by George “The Animal” Steele, and kidnapped caveman-style (on the WWE’s YouTube channel, you can watch retro footage of a 1987 “Winner gets Elizabeth” match. Stereotypes that long outlasted GLOW’s real-life run.Įver since women popped onto the pro-wrestling scene, they’ve either been typecast as histrionic damsels in distress, or sidelined completely. Three seasons in, Netflix’s adaptation subverts the male gaze, and satirizes the lazy cultural stereotypes that pro wrestling sometimes doubles down on (the black “Welfare Queen,” the Asian “Fortune Cookie”). She gives in, eventually, and goes on to rock an ‘80s bouffant and the stage name “Liberty Belle.” Like the real “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” a troop of women who wrestled in low-budget televised matches from 1986 to 1990, Debbie kicks ass.
I mean, you’re like Grace Kelly on steroids.”
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There’s this scene in GLOW, the Netflix series about an all-female wrestling circuit in L.A., where director Sam (Marc Maron) recruits a blonde up-and-comer named Debbie (Betty Gilpin).
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