Very cool to see this acknowledgement...the women have noticably improved in the past few years. Didn't get nearly enough of a chance to see Sara's indy work.
Yeah, this was a great read, and always surreal to see Chikara mentioned in a WWE.com article. After hearing her name forever, I saw what I believe was one of her last indie matches before she joined WWE (for Chikara actually) and she was awesome.
Loved this article. Especially enjoyed getting Cesaro to weigh in. Their relationship and the fact that he spends a lot of time down in Florida at NXT added a nice wink and a nod to two extremely kick-ass performers.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend one of the only non-ROH shows she worked in my area. One of the wrestlers from that show told a story on Facebook about how she helped to set up the ring even though she didn't have to...cool statement about her work ethic.
Ratings, all about ratings. Raw vs Smackdown has a tiny amount of appeal to casual fans, as well as the fact that Spike TV knows this thing is gonna bomb, thats why they are using the only ratings draw aside from joe shmo to get people to watch the show....