10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 2016

5. Charlotte & Sasha Banks Become The First Women To Main Event Raw Together TWICE

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And they did again at the end of the year.

The aforementioned 2004 clash between Trish Stratus and Lita marked the second time the latter had headlined the show following her 2000 bout with Stephanie McMahon, but the company never showed faith in the future Hall Of Famers to go again in the flagship's top spot.

Between Sasha Banks and Charlotte, it became a key part of the story. Yet another Monday Night Raw classic saw the violence escalate between the pair as 'The Boss' regained the title she'd lost in their historic Hell In A Cell clash two months earlier.

It was to lead to a final fight between the pair at the Roadblock: End Of The Line pay-per-view weeks later, with Flair remarking that Banks couldn't get it done on pay-per-view based on how the title trades had gone elsewhere in the year.

She was right - Banks lost a gripping Iron Woman match, and didn't break the pay-per-view title match duck until 2020.

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