10 Best Matches From The WWE ThunderDome Era
2. The 2021 Women's Royal Rumble
The 2021 Women's Royal Rumble proper interest ahead of the show thanks to the rare hope surrounding both favourites. So much so that it's almost sad to reflect on quickly things can change.
Bianca Belair's run as a babyface on SmackDown seemed to perfectly coincide with a WrestleMania Championship match against Sasha Banks. Meanwhile, Rhea Ripley's entry at Number 14 all-but confirmed the long-awaited main roster call-up had come.
When both made it to the final four alongside #30 entrant Natalya and perpetual dream-crusher Charlotte Flair, it was clear that WWE were redoing 2018's excellent conclusion, but when the Hart Family legend and 'The Queen' it the deck to leave the two relative newbies one-on-one, the drama peaked with old fashioned perfection.
All of the buzz was heightened by an electrifying, all-time Rumble closing stretch between Belair and Ripley. Gripping until the last, Belair won the hardest of hard-fought battles, having gone just under an hour after entering at #3. It capped off an enjoyably worked and fabulously booked festival in the way only the Rumble can (and always should) feel.