10 shocking moments from WWE 2004

#9 Lita and Trish main event RAW

Legends of Women's wrestling

Before the days of the Women's Revolution, where we are now used to seeing the female athletes placed in major positions on the card, the division existed for a long time on the shoulders of Lita and her long-term nemesis Trish Stratus.

Lita and Trish were not only worthy representatives of the women's division during the Attitude Era but also proved to be valuable assets for the company in general. The two were involved in several programmes, often involving each other and were eventually rewarded for their hard work and dedication by being allowed to main event an episode of RAW in 2004.

Lita had just come out of the aforementioned Kane/miscarriage angle and made her return to in-ring action by feuding with Stratus. Trish mocked Lita for weeks due to her weight, referring to her rival as 'chubby'. Lita managed to get herself disqualified during their match at Survivor Series due to how angry she was at Trish, leading to the history-making follow-up match.

On the December 6th edition of the show, the pair made history by becoming the first women ever to feature in the main event of the company's longest running episodic program, signalling to everybody just how well they had managed to represent women's wrestling in what was a very unfavourable time period.

Of course, today's fans do not tend to think twice about a 15-20 women's match closing out an episode of RAW or Smackdown anymore, but for all the opportunities women like Charlotte and Bayley receive, they ought to recognise the contributions made by the women that went before them, particularly Trish Stratus and Lita.