50 Ups & 50 Downs For WWE's Decade: The 2010s
5. The Women's Evolution
Though there was much to love and celebrate about the individual shows and matches profiled on this list, WWE can give themselves a "better late than never" certificate for their handling of Women's wrestling over the decade.
At the start of 2010, it seemed inconceivable that Trish Stratus would ever be usurped as the (company and fan-mandated) greatest female wrestler in WWE history. In the decade since, she'd be a generous inclusion in a WhatCulture top ten list.
As well as flooding their division with experienced independent heads polished by the Sara Del Rey-led NXT/Performance Center system (Paige, Becky Lynch, Bayley, Sasha Banks), WWE have gone global to capture international stars (Asuka, Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley), whilst also creating talent mostly from scratch (Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Carmella) and making the most of pre-existing veterans (Natalya, Mickie James, The Bella Twins). A revolution became an evolution, the exception became the rule, and WWE (via NXT, at least), became home to the greatest women's division in industry history, twice.