There has been talk of doing a women’s Royal Rumble match in January, according to the Wrestling Observer newsletter. There’s no word on how serious the talks are but it’s another positive step for the women. I think it’s a great idea and it’s another way to elevate the women’s championships since, in theory, the winner of the women’s Royal Rumble would be getting a shot at one of the women’s titles on Raw or Smackdown Live.
Last January, during an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser’s Piledrive podcast, Bayley seemed optimistic about it but she feels that WWE would need to bring up more women to the main roster. She said, “I kind of honestly think we need a few more girls to do something like that because the guys have 30 men. We don’t have many girls. Even if it was Raw and SmackDown combined, I don’t think it would make it 20. If we had more girls brought in, maybe like NXT girls, that would be really cool and I think it would be a lot of fun.”
In an interview with The Amarillo Globe-News, Becky Lunch was asked about the possibility of a women’s Royal Rumble match. She said, “I think there’ll definitely be a time where the women get their own Royal Rumble. When you look at the fact that in July there is the Mae Young Classic taking place between 32 women. Then you have the women in NXT and the women on both brands. I think it’s a year or two away from having our own Royal Rumble, then maybe our tag titles. The sky is the limit.”
You have to give credit to WWE for what they’ve done with the women in the last couple years. Yes, there is still a ton of work to do and they have come up with some head-scratching ideas for people like Bayley, but the women are no longer treated like eye candy and they are getting more TV time and more storylines. We’ve seen women main event Raw and women featured in Hell in a Cell and Money in the Bank.
There has also been talk of doing a women’s tag team tournament on the WWE Network. It would be similar to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
