Four-plus years after main-eventing a cluster of a match with Stephanie McMahon, Lita returned to the Raw main event against someone who could easily be considered an "in-ring general" of modern women's wrestling, Trish Stratus. Though just eight minutes in length, Trish and Lita have a compelling match that involves no interference and a clean pinfall victory for Lita. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57EWyUvDvc Contemplate this match, then think about what Charlotte and Natalya or Sasha Banks have been doing in NXT, and perhaps the idea of women headlining pay-per-views, and maybe even WrestleMania one day isn't entirely far fetched. This is a story worthy of significant attention.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
