Let me start out by saying that I am not a critic of Sasha's in ring work. She is a very good wrestler, she has great presence and charisma and I have no doubt she would be a star in any era. I do think however that many of her fans tend to place her on a pedestal and talk about her as if there is no doubt she is the greatest female performer in WWE history when quite honestly there really Isn't anything else to compare her to as far as in ring matches go. NO ONE in the history of the company, not even Lita and Trish who WWE loves to promote as being the ultimate legends who paved the way for the current "women's revolution," were given the opportunities to have standout matches like Sasha has. People keep saying that Sasha has more good to great matches under her belt than any of the other women, and talk as if this is proof that she is superior to all other women past or present. While it is true that she usually steps up in those big match situations which is something that she should be commended and rewarded for, there have been many other women who were not and have not been given approval to go all out and do everything they are capable of doing, and who were turned down when they expressed their desire to do stipulation matches like the ones Sasha and Charlotte are getting there have been many other women who were not and have not been given approval to go all out and do everything they are capable of doing, and who were turned down when they expressed their desire to do stipulation matches like the ones Sasha and Charlotte are getting. Chris Jericho told the story of how Melina and Michelle McCool were reprimanded for trying to have "too good" of a match, and it was only two years ago when Paige AJ Lee and the Bellas were all lobbying for stipulation matches to elevate their programs with their requests falling on deaf ears. Their matches have been very good, but Sasha and Charlotte are not the only women capable of doing what they have done and the real reason they are receiving so many opportunities to "make history" is because WWE wants to try and promote women as being equal to men for their own self serving reasons. All of this does also apply to Charlotte as well as Sasha, but Sasha is the one who is most placed on a pedestal so I notice all of this the most with her.
Instead of constantly responding to any criticism (reasonable criticism, not nonsense from people who want to take shots at her appearance or other BS) with a reminder of all the good matches she has had and asking why others did not or have not had the same kind of matches, understand and acknowledge that 1. no one else has been given so many high profile matches (not because they weren't good enough), and 2. that she along with Charlotte have pretty much been hand picked to "revolutionize" women's wrestling in WWE and therefore keep on receiving big match opportunities at a level that no other female in the history of the company has ever received.
Sorry if this post was repetitive, I'm just trying to point out where I and a lot of other people are coming from when it comes to criticism of Sasha.
Instead of constantly responding to any criticism (reasonable criticism, not nonsense from people who want to take shots at her appearance or other BS) with a reminder of all the good matches she has had and asking why others did not or have not had the same kind of matches, understand and acknowledge that 1. no one else has been given so many high profile matches (not because they weren't good enough), and 2. that she along with Charlotte have pretty much been hand picked to "revolutionize" women's wrestling in WWE and therefore keep on receiving big match opportunities at a level that no other female in the history of the company has ever received.
Sorry if this post was repetitive, I'm just trying to point out where I and a lot of other people are coming from when it comes to criticism of Sasha.