Taylor Wilde wants more representation in women's wrestling.
Throughout the past number of years, women's wrestling has continued to evolve into one of the most important things in all of combat sports. In just about every major promotion in the world, women are headlining numerous big shows, as well as pay-per-view events on a regular basis.
Still, many fans and performers feel like there is a lot of work to be done with the women's side of wrestling as a whole. In a new interview with WrestlingNews.co, Taylor Wilde was asked about being part of the first ever IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Champions back in 2009. Wilde first talked about women's tag team wrestling as a whole, saying that it's not something that has really ever stuck in the world of wrestling.
“I feel like tag team women’s wrestling is something that has never been able to completely bite, it always turns into this gimmicky, joking thing and it’s not for lack of talent, but the women don’t get to write the show, which I think is half of the problem, there needs to be way more female professional wrestlers who are also on the creative side."
Wilde went on to expand upon the idea of having more female performers on the creative side of things in the business.
"Now, IMPACT has Gail [Kim], but Gail’s an agent, she’s not a writer or creative producer. I think times were changing when Sarah Stock, my former tag team partner, was at WWE. But I know it was stressful. I mean this in the nicest way, but one female is not gonna change the game, we need power in numbers. That’s kind of the reasons, long-term, that I wanted to get back into wrestling. I don’t have a ton of gas left in my tank, I’m 36, I started this when I was 18. But I do have incredible love and passion for this sport and I’m so proud of these women that are coming up right now. I’d like to, in some capacity, be able to perpetuate their careers in [some way]. Not that male writers can’t write an incredible female program, but let’s be real here, we see things differently, we feel things differently. Who knows our sport better than us?”
Wilde is currently in her third reign with the IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Titles alongside KiLynn King.
The duo are set to defend their titles against Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace on the May 11 episode of IMPACT Wrestling. Fans can see the full lineup for the show by clicking here.
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