10 Biggest Improvements WWE Have Made In 2016
1. A True Revolution
The “Divas’ Revolution” started with a bang. Sasha Banks, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch were greeted like heroines upon debuting on Raw, but as with most good things in WWE, the angle quickly ran its course. Champion Charlotte was stuck in a turgid feud with Paige by the end of the year, and Sasha and Becky had lost all momentum. It looked like the incredible hype they’d built in NXT was all but gone, and that the Revolution was over.
Things changed, however. WWE dropped the outdated “Divas” tag, and just like that, the switch was flipped. Charlotte and Sasha’s feud grew increasingly heated with every passing week, and wound-up producing some truly excellent matches. Bayley eventually got her long overdue main roster call-up, and on SmackDown, Lynch heads-up a solid core of women desperate to prove their worth in the New Era.
Women’s wrestling has never been more important to WWE, as evidenced by Hell In A Cell. Yes, Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte had its flaws, and yes, there’s a clear argument against them wrestling last, but they still made history. WWE wouldn’t have put them in the main event spot without an immense level of trust, and that alone says a lot about how far women’s wrestling has progressed this year.
Charlotte has become one of WWE’s best heels, Sasha and Becky are among the company’s most popular faces, and she’s struggling at the moment, but Bayley’s far too strong to fall by the wayside. Alexa Bliss is fast progressing on SmackDown, meanwhile, and the likes of Asuka and Ember Moon are making huge waves on NXT. The seeds were planted in 2015, and they sprouted in 2016.