WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley wrote the following on his Facebook account about why he thinks Brie Bella is the unsung hero in the new Divas storyline involving Charolette, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch.
THE UNSUNG HERO
Brie Bella is the unsung hero of the #WomensWrestling revolution. As anyone who follows me knows, I have been a HUGE proponent of the #NXT women – and firmly believe that what we saw last week on Monday Night WWE Raw – with the arrival of Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Charlotte was just a harbinger of great things to come for women in #WWE.
But if this truly is the revolution in women’s wrestling that I’ve hoped for, predicted and honestly feel will come to fruition, than I hope history will not forget that it may have been #TotalDivas star and former #Divas Champion Brie Bella who fired the first shot.
At a February 16, 2015 #WizardWorld event in Indianapolis, The #BellaTwins were asked about the women of NXT. This was Brie’s response.
“If I was an NXT Diva, I would not want to come up to the main roster because you get so much time down there. If you come to the live events, you’ll see that we get a lot of time at the live events. When it comes to TV we get so frustrated because it’s hard to tell a story in 3 minutes and especially when they want an entrance. You’re thinking, ‘What? Can you cut the entrance, we want time to wrestle?’ Especially after watching the NXT Rival pay-per-view and seeing the girls go 20 minutes, it’s like a dream. It’s something we’d love and we’re trying so hard to get more time. It’s a three hour Raw and you can’t give more time to the Divas? But, hopefully in the future.”
BOOM! There it is: an honest, gutsy, politically incorrect shot to the solar-plexus of the status-quo. Prior to that admission from one of the top women in WWE, I really had no hope that things could get better. Brie Bella was like that guy in the NASA control room saying, “Houston, we have a problem!” Except she was saying “Stamford, we have a problem!”
Prior to that moment, I really held no hope that things could get better for the women in WWE. The incredibly talented women in NXT would one by one be absorbed into a system where good enough was good enough. Things have changed – A LOT! They will continue to change – A LOTI I now believe that the women of NXT will not simply be absorbed into the current system; they’ll change it forever!
I firmly believe (as I predicted RIGHT HERE on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/RealMickFoley/photos/a.150133228350157.28288.126269440736536/1046840905346047/ _ ) that 2015 will go down in history as “The Year of the Woman” – and I’ll do what I can to make sure history acknowledges Brie’s courageous contribution.
Oh yeah, one last message for Brie – ROCK THAT FLANNEL! I’m proud to call you a friend.
Let me know what you think about Brie, Nikki (who I named to my mid-season All-Star team) Sasha, Becky, Charlotte and the changing face of women”s wrestling in WWE.
