Surprised by interest in WWE among women: Stephanie
:A positive trend in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) over the last couple of years has been their focus on women’s wrestling.
Since 2015, the women wrestlers in the company have played a major role in its developement and Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon believes that this is just the start of the ‘women’s evolution’ in the wrestling promotion.
“Our women have competed in main events from television storylines to pay-per-views and - we still have a long way to go, but we’re certainly getting there, and they’re incredibly talented all of our women, and all of the women who’ve paved the way throughout history,” McMahon said on the state of women’s wrestling in the company.
Earlier this month, WWE announced their plans for the upcoming all-women’s tournament with wrestlers from 17 countries. When asked about the response to the announcement, McMahon said that they were stunned by how much interest it generated among the female competitors.
“We were pleasantly surprised to see the number of women wrestlers who want to be a part of WWE. We were concerned that we will not have enough contestants, but now we have more than enough.”
The current tryouts in Dubai also featured six women contestants including India’s Kavita Devi and McMahon was quite impressed by the talent on display.
“This tryout has shown that we have pretty incredible women in the region and it will be great to bring them into the company,” Stephanie McMahon said.
“We are trying to reach out to the remotest parts of the world and we will be sending scouts to all parts of the world. If there are people in the area, we are willing to travel to that place.”