10 WWE Classics That Never Should Have Worked

8. Charlotte Vs. Bayley Vs. Sasha Banks Vs. Becky Lynch (TakeOver: Rival)

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Something very special happened within the hallowed halls of Full Sail University on the night all four 'Horsewomen' went to war over the prestigious NXT Women's Championship, but February 2015 was the backend of a time in which many still doubted the legitimacy of a bonafide revolution.

Misinterpreted before their true magic was fully fleshed out, Charlotte, Bayley, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch hadn't yet been elevated in the minds of most fans to an elite level of WWE women's wrestling effectively occupied at this point by Natalya alone. Emma and Paige's main roster promotions had been a disappointment, whilst Charlotte's fabulous 2014 title win and push was predicated by matches with the Hart Dungeon graduate that reinvented the wheel.

Without her but with the oft-challenging fatal four-way dynamic, the quartet again redefined expectations and raised the bar. TakeOver's title switch wasn't just great match on its own steam, but a near-perfect one uniquely crafted and envisioned by four Performance Center trainees-done good. There were many checkpoints in the developmental brand's women's wrestling rebirth, but a single match unequivocally launching all four breakout stars at once was an achievement presumably beyond even Triple H's wildest dreams.

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