Oh Dear: Former ECW World Champion The Sandman Makes Some Very Controversial Statements About Women In Wrestling, Wrestlers Respond

I don’t see this one ending well. The Women’s Revolution has changed wrestling forever. The days of women’s wrestling being little more than a sideshow are over and the changes have been a good thing for the most part. Female wrestlers are now treated as something much closer to equal, even getting to main event WrestleMania 35. However, not everyone in wrestling has been thrilled with this new reality.

Over the weekend, a wrestling event called WrestleCade was held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. One of the matches on the show involved Jordynne Grace, Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie and Tessa Blanchard. Grace took to Twitter to mention that former ECW World Champion the Sandman said that women main eventing was “wrong” and “any male wrestler with any sort of experience would agree”. Grace also confirmed that Blanchard went after Sandman for the comments. Various other wrestlers have commented on the situation, all against Sandman.

Hey remember that time The Sandman came up to four women about to main event to tell us that women main eventing is “wrong” and “any male wrestler with any sort of experience would agree”?

Was this in 1998?

No, it was tonight. December 2019.

— Trisha Parker (@JordynneGrace) December 1, 2019

Tessa is the baddest bitch I know https://t.co/D0KYmTn7u0

— Trisha Parker (@JordynneGrace) December 1, 2019

I don’t agree! https://t.co/XfOpgsMHRB

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) December 1, 2019

Really???

Most of the women wrestlers are pulling off more innovating & exciting stuff then the ever before.

Can’t tell you the amount of times I go watch a Stardom match & want to retire cos their matches are INSANE!

Let’s not interfere with progress, everyone keep killing it https://t.co/dbHTDSTZuG

— ???? ??????? • ????????? (@WillOspreay) December 1, 2019

Gross. I hope he stuck around to see the match and eat his words.

— Madison Rayne (@MadisonRayne) December 1, 2019

w o w https://t.co/0wHhgnLsUS

— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) December 1, 2019

Blanchard and Grace have their own awesome careers. Check out some of their efforts:

Opinion: This isn’t going to go well for Sandman, who hasn’t exactly been a big deal in wrestling since ECW went out of business nearly twenty years ago. It makes him feel like he’s old and out of touch and that is about as good as it gets for him. I would hardly consider Sandman as a top authority on modern wrestling and this isn’t something that a lot of people are going to agree with whatsoever. Thankfully it seems like people are just rolling their eyes at the comments, which is as nice as you can be.

Which of the four has the brightest future? Will Blanchard win the Impact Wrestling World Title? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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