Former Diva Bashes Charlotte, Becky & Sasha

[Jack-Hammer]

Former WWE Diva and WWE Hall of Famer Sunny had some unflattering comments in regards to Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch on Facebook last night including:

"ok.......who else thinks the 2 new red/purple/orange heads in the diva divisions are buttafaces??? and charlotte (Ashley) really has in ring talent??? "ive never been a fan of womens wrestling.. leave it to the men.. and my opinion of how someone looks is my opinion... as if no one has ever judged me??" She did comment positively, however, on Lana by saying"on the other hand, i ADORE Lana."

Generally speaking, I'm of the opinion that Sunny is basically the prototype for the generally negative ways in which women have been portrayed in WWE since the 90s. First and foremost, Sunny was drop dead gorgeous and sexy, but her comments are basically an insult to actual women's wrestlers not just in WWE, but everywhere when you get right down to it. Sinny seems perfectly content with the notion that the primary use of women in wrestling is to ultimately be pretty and look alluring in skimpy/skin tight clothing. In a nutshell, Sunny prefers that women wrestlers conduct themselves the way women in society as a whole were expected to 60 years ago: look pretty while letting the man do the work.

As far as her comments on people judging her, it's obvious that people are going to judge her to one degree or another. If you want to be a celebrity, it's something you have to be prepared for. In Sunny's case, there's just not a whole helluva lot about her time in wrestling that strikes as something to be particularly proud about: she's basically been accused of screwing half the WWE locker room while she was there, she's had issues with drugs & various other legal problems over the course of her career and there've been rumors of her signing a six figure deal with the adult film company Vivid.

I guess what bothers me personally about this is that Sunny is exactly the antithesis of someone that I personally want to see do well in pro wrestling. In her day, it was all about looking hot and generally behaving as ****ty as allowable whereas female wrestlers and members of management in WWE want to change the image of the Divas in WWE as being more than just hot babes who're there to serve as irrelevant filler. When you look back over Sunny's career in WWE, at least in my opinion, she always struck me as someone who I thought was more suited to dancing around a pole or gyrating in some guy's lap while getting dollar bills slipped into her G-string.

 

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

When Sunny was in her prime, she was absolutely beautiful and bitchy. She played a role where she only hung around successful wrestlers like a gold digger type. Now-a-days, 20 years later, whenever I hear the name - Sunny - I can't help but think of a greasy, desperate scank. Whatever the scank has to say now really doesn't matter, she's desperate for attention and bashing the new talent is just her way to try and get more attention from anyone who will listen. Middle finger to her .

 

[WrasslinPittsburgh]

sunny peaked before 30. go look at her nude pics from 2002 just 4 years after she left the company and she let herself go badly. her body wasn't the same. she should shut up and go make whatever money she can with that Skype nonsense.

 

[Pedigree1]

Man Sunny should have never have opened up her mouth.. Her only useless talent was her good looks and that was it.. Yes she was a bombshell in her day,but that was it. She did absolutely nothing worthing to be in the HOF and peaked at around 24 years of age.. These Divas today can wrestles circles around Sunny like its not that hard to do.. Hell the divas back then could do the same!

Sunny should really shut her yap be thankful for her underserved spot in the HOF and just shut the hell up

 

[CaptainZaltan]

I'll certainly go right ahead and judge Sunny. I think she's an absolute wreck of a human being. She's an attention-starved junkie ****e whose wrestling career was one step above stripping for a living (not to mention the rumors of what she's been up to post-wrestling). Her comment reeks of insecurity. What a shock that someone whose only marketable skill was hotness would look down on women who bring something else to the table. There wasn't a woman in the ring last night who didn't have far more talent than Sunny could ever dream of. And while Sunny was undeniably hot, she never really did it for me. Personally I'd take Sasha or Becky Lynch (prior to the new freakishly orange hair) over her any day.

 

[stingray11214]

She has never been the same after Chris Candido died. I doubt she would be this much of a trainwreck had he not.

 

[MoRtAnDaD]

Sunny...speaking about real women talent?. As much as i got a boner everytime i saw Sunny on the 90's. She was just that.....she is so far from have the authority to speak about 3 REAL athletes.

These 3 girls have more potential than any other "diva" WWE has seen in its history. Charlotte is one of the most gifted performers to ever grace the division (if not the most gifted). Becky is total intensity and raw attitude, and Sasha has everything to become the greatest "diva" of all time.

Sunny, get back to your porno negotiations.

 

[Navi]

Was never a fan of Sunny, she does nothing for me. Unfortunately for her, her life hasn't turned out they way she wanted it too.

I'm sure that Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks would trade places with her in a second. I mean come on now, who wouldn't try to get out of the position they find themselves in. They have a grueling travel and work schedule, and they risk life and limb every night they go out there.

They might get cheered and make all sorts of money, but on the other hand why wouldn't they want to do what she does. You know sits on her naked ass talking to loser's on Skype. Yep she's living a life of luxury there, dumb bitch.

 

[Jonyboyuk2]

Not gonna hate on Sunny; because I disagree with everything she said apart from about Lana (who has to be earmarked for Hollywood in a massive way). Sunny couldn't even leapfrog Max Mini in a Six man small person match 18 years ago in her prime physical condition. She is in no position to judge any other woman wrestler on their ability in the ring.

 

[Messiah]

I agree with Sunny, leave the in-ring competition to the men. It's not as awkward.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

I agree with Sunny, leave the in-ring competition to the men. It's not as awkward.

Except these ladies are good in it and it has been proven that women in wrestling and MMA can draw.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Sunny is just embarrassing herself yet again here. She really needs to shut up and sort her life out, it's just another desperate attempt to try and be relevant and get some attention. She may have been very hot in her prime, but offered absolutely nothing else other than that, even her attempts at ring announcing were terrible.

Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks are all great in-ring performers, with 100% more ability than Sunny, and while she's totally in her rights to say she doesn't like to watch women's wrestling, why criticise 3 woman who are living their dreams and have undoubted talent. And to call Becky Lynch a butterface is ridiculous, the woman is GORGEOUS.

 

[OYDK]

Of course Sunny adores Lana. Lana is the only Diva in the game who gets payed to stand there and look pretty... hmm, who else do we know that did that exact same thing...? Sunny is a disgrace to not only women's wrestling, but wrestling period. She was a low-class skank who got cheered for acting like a low-class skank. She also said something along the lines of, "People don't understand what a Diva is supposed to be about." Well, if it's about wearing thongs to the ring, acting like a two-bit hooker, and screwing 95% of the locker room than Sunny has it down.

I for one, will stick to enjoying girls who can actually wrestle in the ring and looking at nude Sunny photos from 1999... because that's all she's really good for.

 

[Bischoff's Knob Slobberer]

Ditto! I agree with Sunny 100%! I said the same thing last week but got bashed.

I saw the new divas on Raw this past Monday and came away very unimpressed.

First, Charolette.....man this chick botched move after move. I'm surprised no one was hurt in that match. Thankfully it ended in under 2 minutes like all divas matches. Figure 8? Lame finisher....and Bree Bela who is garbage..jobbed again to a nobody.

Sasha Banks.....boss chick? Shes a whooping 4 feet 2 inches and supposedly is this big badass? Not...Chick looks like she's 10 and she was having problems executing basic moves.

Beck Lynch...again, botched move after move. Luckily no one got hurt in that match.

These chicks are green as horse shit. It's only a matter of time before someone is hurt in the ring.

These new divas still haven't shown me shit. I don't get all the fuss over either, luckily tonight is a new episode of Impact and I can see the Knockouts doing their thing.

 

[Wald]

She should leave out the comments about physical appearance but she's entitled to not be a fan of women's wrestling in general. Obviously she's from the viewpoint that a woman in wrestling should be a manager/valet but she needs to realise that the world has moved on and lots of us quite enjoy female sports, be it tennis, MMA or prowrestling

 

[Mighty NorCal]

She is a strung out assclown.


All three girls look terrific, and provide ten times more to the product than she ever did.

She was a forebearer, but so were the Commodore and the Atari.

 

[Rayne]

Sunny is a traditionalist. Traditionally, professional wrestlers would make a lot of money, blow it on silly shit, and then reappear in their 40's acting increasingly insane until they're either locked away for a long period of time, OD, or die of heart failure.

The Divas have been a bit of a mixed-up division, in terms of traditional professional wrestling. Most Divas leave the company for careers as fitness instructors or Canadian TV personalities, but they haven't had the influence that today's male stars have in a Jake Roberts or Buff Bagwell.

So thank you, Sunny, for continuing to provide today's female performers with an active example of what can happen if they aren't smart with the money they make- they could easily end up teasing blowjobs on Skype for random strangers.

 

[Cats Pajamas]

Sunny is on the express route to rock bottom and in 5 years she’ll recognize how stupid she sounds right now. Until she straightens out, nothing she says is going to be heard as any more than what it truly is: the desperate ramblings of strung out white trash. The Diva’s Revolution has already commanded more respect than Sunny had throughout her career, and will likely expose her contributions to the biz as garbage television… which they were.

In the looks department, Sunny is rapidly approaching the glass house in which she should not be throwing stones. While some people can age beautifully (which Sunny proved), substance abuse will generally make you look like shit.

You’re an animal, Sunny. Good luck to ya.

 

[Opt2loc]

Sunny is just going for shock value to get the fans to do what we're doing now.
Give her a little spotlight she so richly craves.

 

[d_henderson1810]

That's it, someone insults your beloved NXT Divas, and you all get upset.

Sasha, Charlotte and Becky have proved nothing yet since moving up to WWE, whereas Sunny is a HOF.

Whether any of these three are future HoFs, time will tell. I will judge them on their own individual merits, not whether they tread the boards in NXT or not.

Also, what Sunny says is right. You bag the Bellas, and judge Divas based on looks (as in, gorgeous= poor wrestler) and would rather see some less attractive woman who wrestles decently (e.g. Natalya) than some hottie who can wrestle decently, and are a lot more harsh on the better looking woman.

 

[d_henderson1810]

Ditto! I agree with Sunny 100%! I said the same thing last week but got bashed.

I saw the new divas on Raw this past Monday and came away very unimpressed.

First, Charolette.....man this chick botched move after move. I'm surprised no one was hurt in that match. Thankfully it ended in under 2 minutes like all divas matches. Figure 8? Lame finisher....and Bree Bela who is garbage..jobbed again to a nobody.

Sasha Banks.....boss chick? Shes a whooping 4 feet 2 inches and supposedly is this big badass? Not...Chick looks like she's 10 and she was having problems executing basic moves.

Beck Lynch...again, botched move after move. Luckily no one got hurt in that match.

These chicks are green as horse shit. It's only a matter of time before someone is hurt in the ring.

These new divas still haven't shown me shit. I don't get all the fuss over either, luckily tonight is a new episode of Impact and I can see the Knockouts doing their thing.

I agree.

I think the Knockouts on "Impact" is one area where TNA kills WWE. At least they have Divas do Cage Matches, Hardcore Matches and Ladder Matches. They even main event the show at times (Gail Kim v Awesome Kong, Gail Kim v Taryn Terrell). The WWE Divas can't hold a candle to the TNA Knockouts.

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I think it's a desperate attempt by Sunny to stay relevant. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[MWRedskins]

Sunny's opinion on Women's wrestling is her opinion and i could agree with it...however, i disagree with her on other things. for one, Charlotte (in my opinion) is super pretty. here's another issue i have....she worked in the SAME company as another Flair whose name is not Ric....if i had to choose who i want to see wrestle a match, i choose Charlotte, not David Flair......i like these new divas, just not a fan of the story. i feel that Fox should've never joined Team Bella, Sasha should've debuted by herself....same with Becky should've also debuted on her own while Charlotte helped Paige....in other words, i'm not a fan of the 3 women factions. i was sorta hoping to see Paige win the Diva's title sooner rather than later then eventually lose it to a heel Charlotte (i feel her character, if given tv time can be a great heel or face).

 

[Mustang Sally]

In her day, it was all about looking hot and generally behaving as ****ty as allowable whereas female wrestlers and members of management in WWE want to change the image of the Divas in WWE as being more than just hot babes who're there to serve as irrelevant filler.

Exactly, and the past few years seem to have proven that wrestling fans aren't interested in seeing divas in the 'old' fashion. In response (finally!) WWE is giving us the three women Sunny is running down; gals who can actually wrestle instead of pose......and having a storyline that features something besides them beating up each other in matches that mean nothing.

Whether this concept is going to catch on with wrestling fans remains to be seen. It could be that there is nothing women can do in a wrestling ring that pleases fans. If so, they might as well not let them wrestle; just use them as valets for the men and abolish the diva division.

Still, it's interesting to see one of the old-style divas criticizing the new wave.

Keep living in the past, Sunny. It's where you belong.

 

[boozinjedi]

She has never been the same after Chris Candido died. I doubt she would be this much of a trainwreck had he not.

I think that rings true over everything else....those two were together as a real life couple for some 10-15 years I've heard...hard to lose someone so close like that.

Kind of like what happened with Iron Mike Tyson....he was nowhere near prepared when Cus passed on.