10 Ways WWE Is Completely Unrecognisable From Just One Year Ago
4. Sasha Banks And Bayley
To be clear, this isn't a lament on how their characters have drastically changed from the earnest and beloved babyface Tag Team Champions of a year prior to a p*ssed off heel SmackDown Women's Champion and her p*ssed off heel sidekick, but the very WWE story of how they went from Point A to Point B.
The pair were extremely open about their frustrations in trying to get a doubles division off the ground for years before Elimination Chamber 2019 finally crowned them as rightful inaugural champions, but WWE lost interest in the concept in near-record time. Bantering the belts and the babyfaces off at WrestleMania with a switch-for-the-sake-of-it win for The IIconics, WWE nearly booked Sasha Banks all the way out of the company with their reckless decision.
Bayley was pushed in her absence, but the heel 'Boss' that returned in August ultimately influenced 'The Hugger' to make some sizable adjustments to her look and persona herself. They've ran (relative) roughshod over the SmackDown Women's Division ever since and enter a six-woman match at WrestleMania vying for a far greater prize. None of it should have ever been needed to get them both over again, but it's proven necessary.