The old saying goes, the “Internet Wrestling Community” can never be satisfied. Ever since the WWE introduced two new championships this past year, fans have been underwhelmed with how the women’s mid-card scene has been displayed. Since WrestleMania, WWE feels like they have turned a corner and will be putting a bigger emphasis on the mid-card divisions. But this wasn’t an overnight success, and it won’t be.

Since 2014, the WWE has been undergoing a Women’s Revolution. Prior, WWE’s women wrestlers were labeled as “divas” and given 3-5 minute matches or locked in valet roles.

Now, women have had marquee Elimination Chamber, Money in the Bank, and Royal Rumble Matches. Women have main-evented WrestleMania, specifically the final one-night WrestleMania back in 2019 for WrestleMania 35. Women now have extra championships, including a mid-card championship on the Raw, NXT, and SmackDown brands. The development of the women’s division has been remarkable over the last decade and the division is further than we could imagine.

The next point of attack is that WWE hasn’t made its new Women’s Intercontinental and Women’s United States Championships meaningful. Establishing these championships back in November was challenging for several reasons.

1 – Lack of Depth and Abundance of Injuries

The women’s divisions in WWE are considered the best in the industry, but there’s a lot of star power. Sticking the likes of Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton, or Nia Jax in the mid-card title picture would have hindered the main event championships for the women’s divisions. But there appeared to be women being underutilized, and these championships could benefit some, like a Chelsea Green or Lyra Valkyria.

But injuries began accumulating, taking their toll on the roster. Asuka, Dakota Kai, Jade Cargill, Kairi Sane, and Kiana James all missed time since November with injuries. Becky Lynch was off television for months. Nikki Cross hasn’t been seen since the Wyatt Sicks have been off television.

All of a sudden, the injuries lost depth in a division that just introduced two new championships.

2 – Not Enough Time for a Large Roster

While the women’s division lost depth due to injuries, the WWE roster overall is as deep as ever. The WWE roster, top to bottom, might be the best since the Attitude Era, and many might consider it better than the height of the industry. Since Triple H took over, two things have happened. The characters and stories have been more defined, and there’s less room on a premium live event. Vince McMahon’s WWE would spend 4-5 hours on a PPV, while Triple H puts 5-6 matches max on a premium live event. Considering WWE’s main roster has 10 championships between Raw and SmackDown, at least half the champions will be left off the bigger shows.

Unfortunately, the men’s mid-card championships have trouble getting onto premium live events and being showcased. Shinsuke Nakamura’s United States Championship run is almost forgettable. The World Tag Team Championships barely got on WrestleMania, while the WWE Tag Team Championships had their TLC Match delegated to the SmackDown after WrestleMania.

There are only so many spots for such a large roster, and it leaves talented and deserving wrestlers and champions with no television time.

3 – Upcoming WrestleMania Season

November is a rough time to introduce a new championship or define a new division. Once the calendar turns, everyone’s attention goes to the Royal Rumble and fighting for WrestleMania. Everyone’s focus is on the richest prize, the main event women’s championships and the main storylines. For secondary matches or stories to take away from the WrestleMania build is challenging. It’s almost impossible.

For the women to have four matches at WrestleMania, including a non-title match between Jade Cargill and Naomi, and a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships match, is impressive.

Now that WrestleMania is in the rearview mirror, Triple H is making a play to elevate the women’s mid-card divisions gradually. He’s done this by accomplishing three things.

1 – A Fresh Champion and Title Reign

Heading into WrestleMania weekend, we never had a title change for the Women’s Intercontinental or Women’s United States Championships. The inaugural champions, Lyra Valkyria and Chelsea Green, were champions through WrestleMania. Valkyria hasn’t had a strong challenger that sticks out, while Chelsea Green had a small program with Michin. Something about this needed to be fresh.

Zelina Vega targeted Chelsea Green and eventually dethroned Green to win the Women’s United States Championship, which is exactly what this title is intended for. Chelsea Green got over with the fans as champion and her special Pledge of Allegiance to Chelsea Green. Zelina Vega has been waiting for her breakout moment for years, and it’s finally come with her first title reign on the main roster.

2 – Bringing Up NXT Talent

It’s always exciting to see NXT talent get the call-up after WrestleMania. The NXT women’s division is deep! WWE is beginning to introduce Stephanie Vaquer, Giulia, and Roxanne Perez to the Monday Night Raw audience. Even after WWE released some wrestlers like Shayna Baszler and Isla Dawn in recent months, WWE has a deep pool of NXT talent. Triple H will know how to transition them over to the main roster with care, staying true to the characters they’ve developed with Shawn Michaels in NXT.

Expect NXT to continue investing time in Jaida Parker, Jordynne Grace, and Sol Ruca, among others, to develop for the main roster in the coming year.

3 – Bringing Back Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch was a major player in the Women’s Revolution, main eventing WrestleMania 35 in 2019. You could instantly bring Lynch back to pursue the Women’s World Championship and nobody would bat an eye. Instead, WWE had Becky Lynch return to join Lyra Valkyria at WrestleMania 41 to win the Women’s Tag Team Championships, only to lose the titles 24 hours later and turn on Valkyria.

WWE made this switch for Becky Lynch, an established main event superstar, to challenge Lyra Valkyria for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship and bring legitimacy to the new championship. There’s a built-in storyline with both Lynch and Valkyria being from Ireland and Valkyria’s comparisons to Lynch. Now, Valykria and Lynch have received valuable time on Monday Night Raw to build to their Backlash showdown on Saturday.

Triple H is listening to the fans. He is building a mid-card division for the women. It just takes time. This won’t be an overnight success. A year or two from now, we will talk about a stronger women’s division. Just be along for the ride and enjoy women’s wrestling.