5 Shocking WWE facts that you probably didn't know

#2 WWE SmackDown was supposed to be a women's wrestling show

It would have been interesting to see how this idea would have played out!

In 1999, WWE was considering creating a Thursday night show to compete against WCW’s Thunder program. After several meetings, they decided to create SmackDown.

It is not common knowledge, but in 1999, when WWE debuted SmackDown, there had been talks of it being a show that would exclusively showcase women's wrestlers. At the time, WWE had seen the value in female performers such as Chyna and Sable. The following year, Trish Stratus and Lita both debuted for the company as well.

Sable especially had a substantial number of fans, and it kept rising. She also coined the phrase ‘diva’ to describe herself and, it was soon co-opted into a catchphrase for all of the WWE's female performers.

It is not clear how close WWE came to making SmackDown a "Divas" show but, it definitely makes one wonder how successful Divas-only brand could have been. It's also fair to wonder how this show would have impacted the product of WWE RAW.