Okay, please tell me that I wasn’t the only person who stood up, cheered, and jumped around when Kharma’s (AKA Awesome Kong) music hit last night during the Rumble. There may have even been fist-pumps, more Arsenio Hall then those Jersey Shore jokers.

 

I have been waiting for this. Being that I am a relatively new WWE viewer (the last 4 years) I missed out on some of the more classic and powerful Divas. When Kharma came to the WWE last spring I remember goose-bumps covering my arms, and chills going up and down my spine with her maniacal laugh. She was SCARY. And I LOVED it. If a character coming to the ring would make me pee my pants in fear (if I was the opponent in the ring) he or she has got my attention. I enjoyed the way she wiped the floor with the current Divas, 95% of them glorified Olympic Gymnast Barbies. I have no problem with beautiful women, but I want them to WRESTLE, not prance and flip around the ring.

 

And the WWE needs these strong women. I think there is a good base with Beth (obviously), Natalia, and Tamina but their story lines are so poorly done (“You’re shallow! You’re Fat!” or the annoying bitch persona played by Vicki Guerrero) that they get lost in the shuffle. Why does not Tamina, as a child of a Hall of Famer get as much attention as Ted Dibiase or Cody Rhodes? Because she doesn’t have the “look” that the WWE promotes. And from what I hear there are some amazing women wrestlers who put on a helluva show on smaller circuits, lets see those women too!

 

The WWE needs to remember that WOMEN watch too—and we don’t just watch to see an oiled up Randy Orton! And we want to see strong, capable women who could hold their own with any of the men, giving them one heck of a fight. And not one of those women mentioned above, or Kharma, should be anyone’s definition of “unattractive” unskilled, or weak. And for the love of the Wrestling Gods, WWE writers give us a better frigging storyline, eh? Kharma is a woman wrestler of power and substance, as far as I can tell. She’s the streak and potatoes to any meal, not the whipped and frothy desert! I thought her showing in the Rumble was decent—she didn’t need to kiss anyone to get them out of the ring. Did you see the smackdown she laid on Ziggler? I cheered. Loudly.

 

My only pet peeve with Kharma’s return has nothing to do with her. This morning I eagerly surfed the web for articles and comments on her return. And what I read was really irritating. Essentially several blog comments called her a bad mother for returning to the ring. That she couldn’t POSSIBLY BE HEALTHY enough after having BIRTH to wrestle, she MUST NEED at least a few more months. Why, that is just what MOTHERS do. Seriously? Really? REALLY? Women all over the world give birth and then do manual labor, they go right back to work because either it is their culture or they have to in order to support that family. And why is Kharma catching this kind of shit when the men do it ALL THE TIME, coming back from major injuries much earlier then predicted. They’re seen as strong, quintessential men’s men, and yet Kharma is portrayed as a bad mother? Behold the double standard. Perhaps the Universe needs to realize that she wouldn’t return, wouldn’t wrestle if she wasn’t feeling capable of doing her job. I am sure the WWE Executives would give her as much time as she needed, it was her decision to return, and I for one and thrilled.

 

The Diva’s NEED Kharma, and she’s needed to inspire viewers to welcome quality women wrestlers of any size and aesthetic. It’s not fair to show Mark Henry, the Big Show, Kane and other “big wrestlers” like them love, air time, and decent story-lines while overlooking the women!

 

And I may or may not have cheered extra loud when she eliminated Michael Cole…

 

Here is a good article I just found on her return: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1046003-wwe-royal-rumble-2012-results-how-kharma-made-a-huge-impact