Ruby Soho wants women’s wrestling to be treated on equal footing with the men’s division.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Ruby Soho was a recent guest on Grapsody with Will Washington, Phil Lindsey, and Righteous Reg to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about the online reaction to her bleeding in a recent tag team match on AEW Rampage, Soho didn’t hold back regarding her feelings on the subject.
“So after that match aired, the reaction to it was very interesting to me,” Ruby Soho said. “At first, I didn’t know how I felt about it, but as time went on, I realized that this is a conversation that needs to be had. Because if blood is, in general, is just not your thing, I totally get it. I completely understand that, that’s okay.
“That’s why wrestling is this beautiful melting pot of things is because there’s something out there for everybody. But if the fact that I’m a woman and I’m bleeding is the thing that bothers you, but you’re cool with like Mox and MJF, and whoever bleeding, but it’s just because I’m doing it is the thing you have a problem with then it’s a different conversation.
“Because at the end of the day, obviously, all we want as women’s wrestlers is to be treated equally to be treated the same. So, I think that it was a very important conversation to be had because there was arguments on both sides, and to me, I feel like it’s straying away from the one thing that we are trying to get away from is the reason that there is women’s wrestling is to give you something to look at.
“When in reality, like obviously if I’m covered in blood, I’m probably less attractive to most people, and if that’s your problem, then sorry to tell you, then I’m just gonna keep getting more unattractive because my lipstick’s all over my face all the time, my hair looks like I got electrocuted constantly when I’m wrestling like that’s not what I’m out there for is to be attractive to you.
“So, if that is what you’re watching me for and then stop watching me. There’s a lot of other colorful words that I could use, but at the end of the day, if you’ve got a problem with it, don’t watch it. But this is, to me, another example of us being treated equally in the vein of wrestling. In women’s wrestling is to be treated the same, to have the same expectations as the guys, and to be able to do everything that the guys are doing, including looking like Carrie.”
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