Wrestling expert Scarlett Harris looks at the impact of the all-women’s WWE Evolution in 2018 for women in wrestling. We’ve come a long way, baby. From the days of bra and panties matches to when there was not even a women’s wrestling match on the card at all, the world of women’s wrestling is providing more opportunities …
Scarlett Harris investigates the recent history of the WWE women’s tag team championships and the broader issues that surround the narrative framing of women’s wrestling. From the moment the WWE women’s tag team championships were re-introduced in early 2019 until the recent relinquishment by Sasha Banks and Naomi and subsequent retirement of the titles, they …
Scarlett Harris is back, investigating how the WWE frames women’s stories in the infamous Money in the Bank match and why they need to do better. World Wrestling Entertainment’s Money in the Bank is an annual event named for the ladder match in which a selection of wrestlers fight for a briefcase suspended above the …
Wrestling expert Scarlett Harris returns to Siren, focusing on the WWE’s lack of understanding of women’s friendships, and how that heavily impacts their wrestling storylines. In August last year, the Australian tag team of Billie Kay and Peyton Royce—the IIconics—faced the Riott Squad, consisting of Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan, in a loser-breaks-up tag team …
Siren Collaborator Mary Konstantopoulos speaks to Chantelle McTeare AKA Shazza McKenzie about wrestling with who she is, in and out of the ring. If you asked Chantelle McTeare to describe herself, she uses words like quiet, shy and timid. But when McTeare becomes Shazza McKenzie in the ring, it becomes a completely different ball game. …