7 PPV Quality Main Events WWE Gave Away For Free
4. Charlotte Vs Sasha Banks (Monday Night Raw, 25th July 2016)
Prematurely presented in order to promote Monday Night Raw's 'New Era' in the wake of the 2016 Draft, the Sasha Banks/Charlotte Raw Women's Title match was a fabulous exhibition of their long history and extensive skills, but raised expectations to the point where it inadvertently hijacked the supposedly bigger contest planned for SummerSlam the following month.
Curiously, it set a trend for their battles over 2016, with the TV matches ordinarily stealing the show and ending in victory for Banks, whilst Charlotte dominated on pay-per-view, normally en route to retaining her title.
Matches at the August classic and co-main events at Hell In A Cell and Roadblock: End of the Line couldn't touch their genuine thrillers on Raw, with this blistering opening salvo setting an almost impossible standard for the remainder of the year.
The trend of hot potato'ing the Women's Title has only recently come to an end with the current reign of Alexa Bliss. Bayley's two months between February and April 2017 marked the longest reign since Charlotte's original tenure, with the constant switches between 'The Boss' and 'The Queen' doing far more damages than their quality outings could rectify.