10 best storylines involving WWE female wrestlers

#10 Sasha Banks and Bayley

A feud for the ages.

For all of the weird and borderline offensive storylines WWE has put their female wrestlers through over the years, perhaps the one that has given women’s wrestling the most respect overall happened just a few years ago when Bayley and Sasha Banks wrestled for the NXT Women’s Championship.

While the main roster were busy trying to work out what a ‘Divas Revolution’ actually was, NXT had been slowly building up respect and prestige to its own female roster with the NXT Women’s division. It is widely assumed that the beginning of the NXT renaissance of women’s wrestling began when Charlotte defeated Natalya in a match for the vacant Championship at NXT Takeover.

Since then, we have seen the rise of the 'Four Horsewomen', the spiritual name given by fans to the foursome of Bayley, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks who were all involved in the NXT Women's Championship picture in someway.

When Stephanie decided to inject some fresh talent into RAW's division, all of the women except Bayley were given their debuts. Bayley was left to headline the NXT women's division for a longer period and help some of the newer talent find their feet. The best way for Bayley to do this would be to finally prove herself worthy as champion. Sasha was the woman holding the belt at the time, and the storyline between the two revolved around whether Bayley had it in her to emerge victorious against The Boss.

Bayley and Sasha were superb during the series of matches they had, with Banks playing a villainous heel and Bayley the sympathetic face. Their match at Takeover Brooklyn almost stole the show from Kevin Owens and Finn Balor's main event, and the two would go on to main event the next Takeover show in a 30-minute Ironman match. This was a passing of the torch moment for the ages, an occasion made even more special when all four women came into the ring after the match and received a standing ovation from the audience.

While the women's divisions on RAW and Smackdown have lost their way slightly since then, nothing can take away just how good this rivalry was between Bayley and The Boss.