30 WWE Images That Defined 2016
27. The Asuka Era Begins
New NXT Women's Champion Asuka holds her new title aloft, having choked out Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.
In terms of women's wrestling, 2015 was unquestionably the year of Sasha Banks and Bayley, but once the former was called up to WWE's main roster, many wondered whether the NXT Women's Championship would decrease in value.
Thanks to the fearsome Asuka, that never happened. 'The Empress of Tomorrow' cut Bayley's reign short in brutal, shocking fashion at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, before defeating her with several kicks to the head in their Brooklyn rematch.