5 stellar WrestleMania matches that were a Superstar's first Mania match

So many storied careers on this poster, and, yet, many of the performers have never performed on a Wrestlemania main card.
So many storied careers on this poster, and, yet, many of the performers have never performed on a WrestleMania main card

#1. Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks, Triple Threat Match for the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 32

The Women's Revolution continues on the grandest stage.
The Women's Revolution continues on the grandest stage.

The Wrestlemania Debut

Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, the WWE Women's Championship (in its current form), the notion of female competitors being "Superstars" and no longer "Divas"

It's Memorable Because

In the summer of 2015, Paige made headlines and Twitter trends for calling out her employers over their inability to properly promote women's wrestling on the main roster despite an abundance of talent both there and in the NXT developmental league.

The company responded by promoting several female competitors to the main roster and allotting more time on broadcast and pay-per-view television for women's contest. Problem was, these women were still given the label of "Divas" (seen as derogatory by many), and still fought over a title looking like it had been rescued from a clearance bin at Claire's.

WWE drew criticism for this, and observers pointed out that, when the United States Women's National Team won the 2015 World Cup, WWE sent them copies of their men's title, speculating that they, too, recognized the ridiculousness of their women's title.

This is a belt worth celebrating.
This is a belt worth celebrating.

In the leadup to Wrestlemania 32, Charlotte was the reigning Divas Champion and was set to defend against her former NXT rivals, but the company announced that the contest would no longer be for the Divas Title; instead, a new era of women's wrestling would begin in Dallas, as a new Women's Champion would be crowned, and the butterfly belt would join the term "Diva" in the Hall of Abandoned Gimmicks.

The match is a fast-paced affair which highlights the best of all three women's skill sets; the only criticism leveled against it is the fact that, like with the first women's Money in the Bank match, a man is involved in the finish, here Ric Flair holding Sasha Banks at ringside to allow Charlotte to win the title by submission with a Figure Eight on Becky Lynch.

Two years prior, two of the women in this match served as
Two years prior, two of the women in this contest served as "slave girls" during Triple H's entrance; this match is a considerable step up from that

How It Ranks

WWE ranks the match number 25 on its 33 Best Wrestlemania Matches of All Time, and the three women in it were three of the four finalists for Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Woman of the Year Award (Charlotte won, and the fourth Horsewoman, Bayley, rounded out the finalists); further, this was an entry into Sasha and Charlotte's PWI Feud of the Year for 2016, and received four stars from Dave Meltzer (the second-highest-rated contest on the show).

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Edited by Kishan Prasad
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