7 unpopular decisions made in 2018

#5 Bringing James Ellsworth back in another women’s match

Ellsworth needs to avoid any future women's matches for the sake of their entire division.

The WWE Women’s division has come a long way. In the last three years alone, they have main evented weekly shows on a regular basis, a couple of pay-per-views and just recently had their first ever all-women’s pay-per-view with WWE Evolution. They have also introduced first time ever matches such as a women’s Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, a Last Woman Standing match and the first ever women’s TLC match coming up.

With all the positive steps that the women in the WWE have taken in recent years, there are a few things that they will want to forget. The first women’s Money in the Bank match was stacked with five talented female wrestlers, yet the match ended in an underwhelming conclusion with James Ellsworth climbing the ladder and dropping the briefcase to Carmella, giving her the win and the briefcase. This was a bad decision as it gave the impression that a woman needed the help of a man to succeed.

One year later at Money in the Bank again, Asuka was trying to capture her first Women’s title against Carmella, until someone masked in Asuka’s clothes came into the ring, distracting her long enough to let Carmella take advantage and retain her title. When the masked person revealed themselves as James Ellsworth, it was déjà vu all over again, and unfortunately once again told a story that a woman needed a man to win.

The women in the WWE are doing fine by themselves and definitely don’t need a man (no less someone like James Ellsworth) to win any of their matches, so for that to happen again with the exact same person was simply a poor decision for the WWE and for women’s wrestling.