WWE Divas pressured into Playboy?

I’ve been mostly observing this thread, but I think it’s time to put in my two cents. I’d say that the WWE does pressure some of the women into doing Playboy, for some it’s a last hurrah, for others it’s the equivalent of winning the IC title when they’ve already held the world title multiple times. Kelly has never stated before that she doesn’t want to pose, which is probably why the WWE has approached her. The WWE has never approached Melina because she’s stated that she doesn’t want to pose. If Kelly had stated before that she didn’t want to do it, the WWE would just simply pass her up and get someone like Maryse or Mickie James to do it instead.

In the end, Kelly Kelly is just another Diva.

Just like Beth Phoenix, Candice, and Mickie James

Melina is the current Women's Champion, and yet she's never been pressured into it.

Because she’s stated that she doesn’t want to do it. The WWE has other women that can take her place.

Trish Stratus, Lita & Victoria carried the division for years and weren't pressured into it.

They didn’t want to pose either

Victoria spent most her career being carried by the division

Yeah.. she was over, shocker shocker, because she had a gimmick that required her to be a 19 yr. old stripper, more or less. Lol

Living in 2006 much? Kelly has improved since then, she doesn’t suck anymore.

Kelly Kelly isn't a great wrestler

By whose standards? Yours? I’d bet you probably don’t even know how a wrestler is defined as being good or not. I can tell you now that Kelly is a good wrestler, she’s not the best on the roster, but at the same time she’s better than most.

she's mainly there for everyone to look at

yeah, so are the rest of the divas

and this would be her opportunity to get a push right around WrestleMania season and if she doesn't take this opportunity, she might not get a push like the pushes that usually come around WrestleMania for the women who take the playboy deal.

Kelly doesn’t need the “Wrestlemania Push” partly because she’s not going to be fired anytime soon. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Kelly gets the belt later in the year. I’d bet she takes the belt from whomever takes the belt from Melina.

The Diva's like Trish Stratus and Lita did not have to worry about not posing for Playboy because they have something that Kelly Kelly doesn't have, great wrestling ability so they wouldn't have needed Playboy to get pushed.

Wrong, Trish and Lita stated that they didn’t want to pose for Playboy, hence they were never asked to or forced to. Kelly as never stated either or, so the WWE has approached her to pose, because she’s popular and they know she’ll sell copies.

What is this “great wrestling ability” that Trish and Lita had that Kelly doesn’t? Saying that Trish and Lita could wrestle and Kelly can’t is just as stupid as saying that HBK can wrestle but John Cena can’t.

Im kinda going by what Charlie Haas,s missus & former Diva Miss Angelina (apologies if I got her name wrong) said on being axed from the roster,"I guess I woulda lasted a bit longer had I not turned down Playboy but it was my decision & how I woulda lived with myself for doing it."

I wouldn’t trust anything that Jackie Gayda says, she was one of the worst female wrestlers that the WWE has ever had. Even if she had done Playboy, Jackie still would have been fired rather quickly.

If the WWE supposedly cut Angel Williams from the roster because she wasn’t pretty enough for on camera, they certainly wouldn’t have approached her for Playboy.

Now as for being pressured...no they arent, but...doing playboy will "help" their career. but then again...doing playboy always ends up killing your career...lets see shall we?

Doing Playboy doesn’t always kill the career of the girl that does it. Playboy was never meant to be a stepping stone, the girls that were chosen previously had some exposure from the company, whether it be they were former champions, did promotional work for the company, or from the Diva search.

Sable...fired---but many will say she quit. all she has going for her now is being knocked up by lesnar

Sable was massively over the first time she posed. She did quit, but she later came back, posed again and was later released after her storyline ended.

Torrie..fired---same for torrie, but didnt do much of anything once she did playboy and had back surgery..for what i dont know

Torrie wasn’t that great at doing anything else but playboy.

Pfft… there were plenty of guys on the roster that were working with serious injuries. A bad back wouldn’t have stopped her if she was serious about becoming a wrestler.

Christy...fired---budget cuts...whatever.

Her release has always puzzled me; I felt her release was a mistake.

Chyna...fired---yeah we all know what happened there

Yeah, and it had nothing to do with the fact that she posed for Playboy.

Maria...prolly will be fired soon. she hasnt done shit since she posed

Wouldn’t be surprised, but I hope she doesn’t. She’s the job girl on Smackdown, and with Victoria gone, if Maria leaves then that position will be passed to Nattie and I don’t want to see that.

Candice...has done nothing either. sure she got her hands on the title, but then what? since being an accident on two legs i see her being fired real soon.

Now this is truly LOL worthy. Candice is currently one of the best wrestlers on the roster; I have her in my top 5 out of the whole roster.

Calling her accident prone is unfair considering that a good majority of the other divas have been injured as well. When Candice posed, she had already surpassed the “wrestlemania push” as she earned the title the old fashioned way, by putting on entertaining matches, and she still does that today.

Ashley...didnt do shit after posing, then left for some dumb ass reason..she was on the chopping block anyway

Ashley sucked, plain and simple

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