October 8, 2022,
Industries that are popular always see growth.
Sometimes massively.
We have always admired how Kiley Jenner of the royal Kardashian family literally sells out her products before the stores can fully stock them. We’re heard sometimes her website has crashed because the demand is overwhelmingly popular.
The retailers sure love Kylie.
One our favorite retailers macysinc.com relates, “Kylie Cosmetics will launch in Macy’s on October 1st, with the release of its limited-edition Holiday Collection that will be available to shop at select retail stores and online at macys.com. In anticipation of the full launch of Kylie Cosmetics in early Spring 2023, limited Macy’s retail stores nationwide, Macy’s mobile app, and macys.com will begin to carry select products from the brands core collection in Winter 2022.”
Quickly running out of merchandise? It is a nice problem to have.
Women’s wrestling continues to surge. It’s not a problem but it is a nice situation to have.
As reported by the industry insiders at teamusa.org, “An Olympic sport for nearly two decades, women’s wrestling has charted explosive growth. The National Wrestling Coaches Association estimates that more than 28,000 high school women wrestled in 2021, compared with just 804 in 1994—an increase of more than 3,300 percent.”
See what we mean. Talk about becoming popular.
Across the country media outlets are taking notice.
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At the Modesto Bee they share, “In 2018-19, high school participation in the sport declined for the first time in 30 years but girls wrestling increased by 27%, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. There were 21,124 girls who wrestled last year compared to 16,562 during the 2017-18 year. In California, there were almost 1,000 new girl wrestlers in 2019 while the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section has doubled its participation from 2016 (540) to this year (1,095).”
The news gets even better.
As reported on July 26, 2019 by intermatwrestle.com, “In separate actions this week, the NCAA Division II and Division III Management Councils each recommended that their divisions add women's wrestling (along with acrobatics/tumbling) to their list of emerging sports for women.”
It sounds exciting.
That is primarily at the collegiate level.
There’s more.
The theintelligencer.net educates, “The fastest-growing sport in the nation has reached the Ohio Valley. It was recently announced that Steubenville High School will field a girls’ wrestling team for the 2020-21 school year. The team will be led by Big Red boys’ coach Mike Blackburn and Tommie Goff, an Akron Copley graduate who led the junior high program last season at Harding Middle School.”
Here’s another.
On May 29, 2020, the team at mcall.com shared, “Executive Education Academy Charter School is joining the fray. Its board this week approved a girls wrestling program for the 2020-21 season.”
And another one.
On May 27, 2020, the group at yorkdispatch.com expressed, “An historic step was taken Tuesday night by an historic Pennsylvania wrestling program. Easton Area School Board unanimously approved the start of a girls' wrestling program starting in the 2020-21 season during its virtual meeting. Easton is the second Pennsylvania public high school to approve a girls' wrestling program. J.P. McCaskey in Lancaster was the first in mid-March.”
Time to move up a level.
The lady pros are increasing in popularity as well.
Let’s go over to the bookstore.
An Encyclopedia of Women’s Wrestling: 100 Profiles of the Strongest in the Sport Hardcover – May 7, 2019
“A comprehensive and fascinating illustrated look at women’s professional wrestling, including 100 profiles of superstars from around the world.
Women’s pro wrestling has existed in the USA since the 1930s, and this colorful encyclopedia references the fashion, fun, and drama of the sport through the years and around the world.
Focusing on 100 competitors—from current faves Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair, to Germany's Jazzy Gabert, Japan’s Io Shirai, and Canada's LuFisto, to legends like The Fabulous Moolah, Sable, Ivory, and Lita—it includes relevant stats and each one’s compelling story. Written by noted authority LaToya Ferguson, this engaging history is great for anyone interested in powerful women, fantastic costumes, and pro wrestling itself.”
Sounds like a great read.
Perhaps one more book. A little off the radar.
Unladylike: A Grrrl's Guide to Wrestling
Unbound Publishing, Jul 11, 2019 - Biography & Autobiography
“'One of the greatest wrestling memoirs I've had the pleasure to have read... Unladylike was a great reminder of why I fell in love with wrestling to begin with' Mick Foley
Forget what you think you know about wrestling.
In the world of Heather Honeybadger, aka Rana Venenosa, there are no steroids, no tans, no million-dollar contracts – there is only lycra, a sweaty underground club and an unbreakable resilience. From the day that Heather steps into the ring of the punk wrestling school Lucha Britannia, she finds herself transformed into a person she never knew she could be.
How do you become a wrestler when you hate sports so much you can't do a press-up? What makes feminists and wrestlers both mortal enemies and unlikely best friends? For the first time, an independent female wrestler talks in depth about how she went from a sad, lost riot grrrl to an empowered, persevering fighter who has performed across the world.”
Popular, popular and more popular.
And you know what? The Female MMA craze is just a gigantic.
It seems like every time we turn around, a new woman’s promotion of some sort is being formed.
Our associates at FCI Women’s Wrestling just posted on their news page, “Have you seen these girls?
There appears to be a new Lady Pro game in town and of course it would take place in Las Vegas.
Meet the Ultimate Women of Wrestling.
At their about page they share, “Ultimate Women of Wrestling (UWW) is an all-female Pro Wrestling Organization located in the fight capital of the world that is going to appeal to everyone.
UWW is unique in so many ways, from our all-female staff, including the General Manager Jenni Santana, who is a two-time Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, as well as the daughter of WWE Hall of Fame member Tito Santana.
UWW will feature top tier talent of all ethnicities, sizes, ages, and experience. The UWW roster is the most diverse you will find.”
For those of us who love to watch women compete on the grappling mats, this is one of the best times to be alive.
This is a fantastic situation to have.
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