Stephanie McMahon was present as a guest speaker at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. The event is an annual trade show that takes place in Las Vegas. Stephanie was there to deliver a talk regarding “WWE’s Women’s Evolution.”
Whilst there, she was interviewed by Variety. It was during this interview that she shared what her personal WrestleMania 35 dream match would be.
“My dream matchup is the main event at WrestleMania, regardless of who’s in it,” said Stephanie. “I think it’s gonna happen, but I also think it’s not easy.”
When asked whether her response was related to current market or expectation, she rebuffed the suggestion, stating that “What’s great about [WWE’s current product] is that our women and men are truly competing for the spotlight right now. It’s a great conversation and it’s about who belongs there, not because of their gender but about who’s the bigger star.
Who’s delivering? It’s this great atmosphere right now. It’s always a family but, of course, there’s competition. It’s exciting. It’s fun and that’s the way it should be.”
“It Was Never Believed That They Could Be The Main Event”
Stephanie then spoke about the rise of women’s wrestling within WWE. She admitted that “The way we portrayed our women was in a secondary-type role. It was never believed that they could be the main event or the draw.”
She went on to explain that “What happened was, in our developmental system, [Triple H] started recruiting athletes vs. models – both men and women. He started training the women the same way the men were being trained and giving them the same match time, the same reps, the same opportunities on television.
As a result, our women started to truly rise and they started to steal the show to the point that our fan base started chanting, “This is wrestling” and “Women’s wrestling.”