Every WWE Royal Rumble Women's Match - Ranked From Worst To Best

9. Beth Phoenix, Natalya & The Bella Twins Vs. Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox & Tamina Snuka (2012)

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A passable encounter between the now-forgotten era of Divas that were rarely even given motivation to fight, the match simply played host to a series of spots tied together without psychology in an effort for everybody to sneak something of significance into the contest.

As a result, the match was a disjointed time-filler and nothing more, with an endless stream of middling offence playing out to silence, building up to a poorly-received splash from Kelly Kelly to all other seven Divas on the arena floor.

Angrily tidying things up in the aftermath of the lacklustre high spot, Beth Phoenix planted Kelly with a Glam Slam as the remainder of her team were relegated to fearful cheerleaders in the post-match.

Like many of the relatively recent Divas matches before the self-proclaimed 'revolution', it serves to highlight how far the division has come in the eyes of fans with dedicated support from the company.

Left out to rot in matches such as these, the Divas really did need to be 'given a chance', and as still-active performers from this period, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Alicia Fox, and Tamina Snuka deserve countless future opportunities just for surviving such uninspiring times.

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