Best Women's Wrestler: Sasha Banks
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Runners-Up: Charlotte, Bayley, Asuka, Becky Lynch
Banks was the most impressive women’s wrestler throughout the year. She beat Charlotte for this top recognition by a thin margin due to overall better performance in the ring and better overall promos. She also won more matches cleanly, while Charlotte had to use underhanded tactics involving her father during the first half of the year.
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As good as she is, any time a wrestler (especially a heel) must resort to something controversial to win a match instead of winning it decisively is a mark against them.
Bayley was solid overall this year both in NXT and on the main roster, but she was nowhere near the same level she was in 2015. If there was ever proof that a wrestler must ‘dumb down’ their style once being ‘promoted’ to the main roster, look no further than how Bayley wrestled then and now.
Speaking of NXT, Asuka was once again the most dominant woman on the roster, winning every major match she has been in. Though she might not be the skilled speaker that Charlotte and Sasha are, she more than backed it up with excellent matches and a strong psychology of fear in the ring.
People are more afraid of tiny Asuka than they are of monster Nia Jax. That says a lot about Asuka’s abilities, as well as the flaws in Jax’s booking as a supposed dominant force.
Finally, Becky Lynch was solid throughout the year and rarely had a particularly bad match. That said, she doesn’t achieve this award because she didn’t have a truly standout match either.
