Every SummerSlam Women's Match Ranked - From Worst To Best
5. Kelly Kelly Vs. Beth Phoenix - 2011
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at SummerSlam 2011 Kelly Kelly defended the Diva's Championship against Beth Phoenix, and despite not being the story that many people wanted to see at the time, they put on a more than decent match. Beth was physically dominant throughout, and Kelly was only able to survive with her championship intact via a mixture of perseverance, pluckiness and pinning prowess.
Kelly Kelly may very well have been the poster girl for WWE's attempts to turn women's wrestling into a sideshow of bikini models and untrained smilers, but in all fairness to her she improved quicker than most give her credit for. Sure, she wasn't exactly a female Brian Pillman between the ropes, but she was never ever going to be.
What she was was a popular babyface in a division that was floundering in 2011. WWE was never going to go forward with Phoenix as the dominant heel, so Kelly winning here was fine. This was probably as good a match as Kelly Kelly could have.