10 Biggest Moments In WWE Women’s Wrestling History
2. Diva Death
A crucial part of the 2015/16 reimagining of main roster women's wrestling, the WrestleMania 32 reintroduction of a 'Women's title to replace the existing Divas belt marked an unsubtle but important milestone.
Representative of the sharp upswing in bell-to-bell action if not creative direction, the Triple Threat match between champion Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks just about lived up to the lofty billing it received as WWE overreached in their efforts to be thought of as progressive.
Lita's reveal of the new title belt on the Kickoff show was particularly poignant in highlighting how few bonafide stars had escaped through the division's darkest days to prosper in the bright lights of its future. A minority figure alongside Trish Stratus when the focus shifted back from wrestlers to models in the mid-2000s, her own on-screen exit was one of the company's more ugly and misogynistic black-spots in stark comparison to the respectful send-off they'd afforded Stratus just months earlier.
Historic whitewashing rightfully positioned her as an important figure in a clunky evolution, passing the torch to three new trailblazers. For once, WWE's bombast and bluster wasn't total bullsh*t.