10 Best Matches From The First Five Years Of WWE’s Women’s Evolution
1. Becky Lynch Vs Charlotte Flair (Evolution)
This caveat appears a lot now but in reality should have been eliminated a long time ago. Becky Lynch Vs Charlotte Flair at Evolution wasn't just one of the best women's matches of all time, but one of the best contests outright. And on the best pound-for-pound pay-per-view in two decades to.
Fought with unbelievable pacing and drama, this was so key in showing WWE that while Ronda Rousey may have been the missing piece of a mainstream puzzle in 2018, it was 'The Queen', 'The Man' and their Horsewomen colleagues that laboured over assembling one in the first place. What Sasha Banks and Bayley did for the future of the division in Brooklyn, these two managed like nobody ever before on the main roster.
A juggernaut at the time, Becky Lynch was the story in pro wrestling, and how exhilarating it was to see a match that yet again backed up all her claims of being overlooked and not willing to f*cking take it anymore. After years of talking about "straight fire", she burnt her old character to the ground once and for all in a title defence for the ages.
Growing the character from indignant shades of grey to pitch black hatred, Lynch's performance against the woman that ultimately brought it from within her was visceral to the point of sickening but euphoric glee. Every violent weapons spot, every grasp for a hold or finisher or moment of sheer madness felt earned - in much the way this opportunity was - by the two best in the business at that very moment.