Stephanie McMahon on What Crown Jewel Women’s Match Means For WWE

Stephanie McMahon recently did an interview with TMZ discussing the historic first-ever women’s match at Crown Jewel.

Below are some highlights.

Stephanie McMahon on what this means for her personally:

As a woman, as a mother, as just a person, I couldn’t be more proud. I am ecstatic, I am thrilled, I am, you know, many different adjectives to describe how I feel right now.

Stephanie McMahon discusses what it means for the company:

I think what it means for WWE is that, you know, the women’s evolution is continuing. When you consider that in 2015 there was a hashtag called #GiveDivasAChance, which was our audience demanding more athleticism, better character development, better storylines, longer matches. And it trended worldwide for three days … I would say that this match now in Saudi Arabia, the first-ever women’s match, just continues that evolution and is another step for equality.

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Stephanie McMahon discusses lobbying with Saudi officials:

Of course, I mean we’ve been fighting for this for a long time. And WWE fans, they’re very vocal and I love that. They’re the most passionate fans in the world, I honestly love them … but you know, ultimately they hang in there, and when we first started doing our events [in Saudi], they weren’t necessarily happy. They voiced their opinions of how badly they wanted women’s matches to be a part of it. And like you said, they’re not always aware of all the internal conversations or machinations that go into any deal. But ultimately, here we are.

(H/T: 411Mania)