11 Must-See WWE Matches, Moments & Segments This Week (Oct 14)

11. Inter-Gender Mayhem Enhances RAW Broadcast

It felt like deja vu when Sasha Banks opened Raw as the freshly-crowned Women's Champion, only to be interrupted by Charlotte, only for the segment to eventually involve two of the top male superstars of the brand, sparking an inter-gender tag team match for the top of the third hour. The same strategy was utilised the week after Banks won the title for the first time a little over two months ago. That the intermingling again worked well was show-enhancing.

Rusev, who clearly must be a fan of the early 1990s action movie Lionheart, (starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), based on the shaving of his facial hair to make him look like the spitting image of the film's antagonist, Atilla, proved his worth on the microphone and showed good chemistry with Charlotte particularly. To see the former Women's Champion stand her ground against the dominant former United States Champion was impressive.

Roman Reigns and Banks later displayed an interesting chemistry of their own. Perhaps most importantly, the star power of the women came across as near or equal to that of the men - a true testament to how far women's wrestling has come in the last year or so.

The tag team match was nothing to write home about, but the opening segment that set it up delivered.