There was a period of time in NXT where Summer Rae was the top diva on the brand, while Charlotte and Sasha Banks were up and comers. The group were known as the BFFs (Beautiful Fierce Females) and before the NXT Women's Championship or the training of Sara Amato were a *thing*, this was the top female heel group in NXT. Of course, two years later things are quite different. Sasha Banks could easily be the overall best women's wrestler in the world right now, while Charlotte is the WWE Divas Champion and Summer Rae is an occasional wrestler and the valet of Tyler Breeze. Getting these three together to get a sense of the transition from "diva" to "wrestler" for women in WWE would be well worth the watch,
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
