10 Best Matches From The First Five Years Of WWE’s Women’s Evolution

10. Ronda Rousey Vs Nia Jax (Money In The Bank 2018)

It didn't seem possible that this was Ronda Rousey's second televised match and sixth overall. Burning the g*ddamn building down in her Raw Women's Championship clash with Nia Jax, the former UFC star exhibited timing, instinct and performance panache so far beyond her experience that it was as though MMA had been the original sidestep from Sports Entertainment.

This - again, pay-per-view match number two - highlighted how she'd already mastered the importance of utilising the space between moves. Flipping the script from her dominant debut against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, Rousey had to sell peril here, and in doing so gave the divisive Jax her best ever main roster singles match. 'The Irresistible Force' ran through the 'World's Most Dangerous Woman' ahead of leaving her a crumpled mess with a wicked powerbomb, but all the assaults were enhanced Rousey's inch-perfect facial expressions and the believable physical struggle in the face of the damage absorbed.

Rousey (as evidenced by other entries in this list) was a great listener and a fast learner, going on to have one of the great rookie/single year runs in company history. At such an early point in her career this clashwas as much about retaining her integrity as somebody not to be f*cked with. Alexa Bliss' electrifying Money In The Bank cash-in on Jax midway through the match did just that, foreshadowing the mauling she'd eventually receive when the energy bars were even.