10 Most Unthinkable WWE Changes In The Last 5 Years

It’s almost moot to point-out how far women’s wrestling has come in WWE in the past few years, but it’s unquestionably one of the company’s biggest changes.

To watch a women’s “wrestling” match in the Attitude Era was to witness two former models tear each other’s clothes off for the right to call themselves the “winner.” There were a few exceptions, but the bulk of WWE’s female roster were hired on aesthetics, and WWE were more concerned with Bra & Panties matches and bikini contests than actually letting their women wrestle.

The vulgarity had decreased by 2011, but things weren’t quite up to scratch yet. The likes of Beth Phoenix and Natalya were solid workers, but the division was still largely comprised of performers like Kelly Kelly and the Bella Twins. The division produced the odd good match every now and then, but for the most part, WWE’s women still weren’t pushed with the same prominence as their male counterparts.

Now? WWE’s women are one of their biggest assets. The likes of Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and Becky Lynch are among the company’s most talented performers, and they’re regularly stealing the show. The women are finally treated as legitimate athletes, not eye candy, and there’s no better example of their increased importance than the decision to let Sasha and Charlotte main event Hell In A Cell.

Can you imagine Eve Torres and Brie Bella headlining a WWE pay-per-view in 2011?

Exactly.