10 Wrestling Images That Meant So Much More In Hindsight

2. The Curtain Call

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There was a sense of celebration that brought tears to the eyes of NXT's Four Horsewomen and most that bore witness to the instantly iconic Bayley/Sasha Banks battle at 2015's TakeOver: Brooklyn.

The contest had been fully in keeping with the brand's maiden move to a major arena, providing dynamic drama on a truly epic scale that completed the transformation of perceptions towards women's wrestling started over a year earlier inside Full Sail University. Such hope existed for all four, particular the combatants themselves ahead of inevitable main roster ascents.

For 'The Boss' and 'The Hugger', it'd never be as good again.

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