10 Ways WWE Must Revert To Old Habits To Pop A Rating
2. Naked Ambition
Regardless of their motives beyond actually wanting to promote a high standard of women's wrestling, WWE should be credited with their gradual reinvention of the genre from it's 2014 nadir.
From the skin-filled days of the Attitude Era, the company had fought with itself over what the purpose of women on the show actually was, and an inability to sustain a single creative vision resulted in over a decade of content that ranged from infuriatingly empty to morally reprehensible.
The remarkable growth of both divisions on Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live! can be credited to the hard work of numerous talents on and off screen, but the in-ring heavy lifting has been assured by the 'Four Horsewomen' of NXT. In Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley, WWE took the developmental brand's dominant quartet and made them cornerstones of their respective shows.
However, virtually all four now find themselves at an impasse. With a combination of bad booking and new superstar turnover, they've been unfairly shunted to the sidelines, patiently waiting for their next opportunity to steal the show. This could be where WWE dusts off the misogyny in a huge viewer grab, presenting four of the finest female wrestlers in company history as if they were bargain basement Divas from the lowest ebb of the mid-2000s.
Adolescent fans would flock to see Becky in a bikini contest, or Bayley forced into a mud-match against Charlotte Flair. Sasha Banks sells really well, but so unfortunately, does sex.