10 Biggest Moments In WWE Women’s Wrestling History
1. Gimmick Infringement
The Royal Rumble won't be the first pay-per-view in recent times to have its signature showdown shared with the women's division for the very first time.
The Survivor Series admirably afforded significant airtime to the aforementioned mid-1980s 'Ladies' league midway through the inaugural edition of the show, and would continue promoting multi-women matches on the Thanksgiving Classic with mixed fortunes.
Its perhaps due to certain November nonentities that the women weren't extended the opportunity to work a Royal Rumble up to this point, nor receive the chance to test their mettle and metal in Hell In A Cell or Money In The Bank until 2016 and 2017 respectively.
As she did on the main roster with Charlotte in December 2016, Sasha Banks went 30 minutes with Bayley in 2015's NXT TakeOver: Respect headliner. The spectacular Full Sail University battle closed the show, and whilst its unlikely that January's pay-per-view will end with a woman pointing at the WrestleMania sign, 'The Boss' will likely feature prominently in another huge checkpoint.
There's no current quality precedent, unfortunately. Expectations doomed the Cell show-closer to failure, but the Money In The Bank debut (and televised rematch) were enjoyable affairs despite the divisive first result. Their continued presence in the annual calendar remains the ultimate commitment from WWE that this time, they're playing for keeps.