10 Most Jaw-Dropping Wrestling Giant-Killings

8. Paige Beats AJ Lee - Raw 2014

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The woman currently wrestling as Saraya was a standout prospect in the very early days of the black and gold brand, becoming their first ever Women's Champion at just 20 years old.

Roughly nine months later, main roster fans got their first taste of Paige when she interrupted Divas Champion AJ Lee.

AJ was fresh off defeating 13 other women at the previous night's WrestleMania XXX when the upstart made her Raw debut. Lee arrogantly challenged Paige to a match for the title, which she had held for a record-breaking 295 days.

Lee's cockiness would be her downfall, as the Brit absolutely did her over. She hit her Paige Turner finisher to pin the champion, winning the butterfly belt in her very first main roster match.

Few mainstream fans had even heard of Paige at this time, so nobody expected her to win the big one. The fact that she shattered such a gargantuan reign only added to the spectacle.

Paige was an instant star, and had just kick-started a huge change in WWE's women's division.

Although, not if you ask Stephanie McMahon.

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