Step 3 - Get Eve Torres, Maryse, Alicia Fox, Laycool, Kelly Kelly, Tiffany, Rosa Mendes, The Bella Twins as far away from a wrestling ring as possible.
Just because Maryse and Laycool look like models does not mean they should not be part of the division. For one thing they can generate great heat with their promos and character and the other is that they are actually entertaining in the ring. No they aren't the best in ring technicians but they still have in ring repertoires beyond the generic diva move sets.
As for Torres, The Bellas, and Kelly Kelly. Er we need Diva jobbers right?
My own thoughts
I think what really needs to change is how they develop their diva's in ring skills. I mean we can't blame Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alica, or Tiffany (and before Candice Michelle, Christie Hemme, etc.) for wanting to do Wrestling.
I mean in Male Standards Cena, Orton, and HBK could all pass up as models as well right?
I think what is lacking in the diva's division (even since 2000) was the lack of actual developmental training or independent exposure. For the men guys like John Cena, Batista, Orton were on OVW for 2-3 years, HBK was doing terriotorial stuff before going to the AWA, Austin was in a Dallas Wrestling Promotion before going to WCW and so forth.
My point is a lot of the male wrestlers spent time in the "minor leagues" to allow them to be comfortable being in the ring, developing their characters, move sets, mic skills, and to understand what it takes to be in the crowd. Normally this period takes about 2 to 4 years, it's a slow process but the time allows ample time to get out of being green and ready to perform on a world wide scale.
If you do not have this training what happens is that in just a few months you are not prepared you will not only be prepared to perform but also be in constants pressure giving you less time to feel around the wrestling environment.
Let's take
Trish Stratus as an example. She's considered the greatest diva in the of the WWE (arguably), but was she great in the ring when she debuted? Nope in fact she sucked!!!
It was not only until late 2003 where she was starting to get decent and she got really good by 2005. Trish Stratus came signed a WWE contract Nov 1999 and debuted at March 2000. You see the difference there ... John Morrison spent 3 years in the developmental and also took another 2 to 3 years to be really good in the ring.
Trish could have debuted in the WWE in 2002 and spent her first 2 years in OVW or another developmental to hone their skills. Imagine how good she would she have been by then instead of just starting to show progress by 2002's end.
(1)Now the question is why would the WWE sign women w/o wrestling experience and put them on WWE programming immediatley instead of putting them in developmental territories for training much like other aspiring male wrestlers w/o experience? Or if they do only spend less than year there?
(2)Another question is why would the women who actually have extensive experience in the developmental/indepedents (Taylor Wilde, Krissy Vayne, Katie Lea) either do not get called up or would rarley get a good push as opposed to most divas who first started in the diva search and would have little or no training in the same territories?
I think that's the root of the problem with the diva's division. Not the talent involved, because you can tell divas like Candice Michelle do have a passion to be in the ring. But the training path most diva's takes are severely lacking compared to the men.
