10 Things That Made Us Proud To Be Wrestling Fans In 2018
1. A True Revolution
Of all WWE's creative triumphs over the past few years, none will prove more significant than what they've done with the Women's Revolution in 2018.
The movement finally feels as organic as it did back in NXT. There's no more shoehorning, no more 'forcing it down our throats,' no more petty complaints like 'the women just aren't as over as the men.' Now, the only dissenters are the insecure few who can't handle that Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey are bigger stars than Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose.
The pre-TLC clamour says it all. While WWE were rightly criticised for thrusting Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair into the Hell In A Cell 2016 main event without suitable build, anything other than the Asuka/Lynch/Flair Triple Threat headlining WWE's latest pay-per-view would've provoked outrage. They earned this on merit. Now, the women aren't main eventing shows through tokenism: it feels 100% natural, and this is testament not only to how they've been booked, but how hard they've worked themselves.
There's still plenty of work to be done before this Revolution reaches its final form, but 2018 was a great leap forward. Here's to more years of progression.