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

13. Diva Dodgeball (SummerSlam 2004)

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Included in this list as much to highlight yet another major 'Diva Search'-related catastrophe as well as shining the brightest lights on how far WWE have come in their promotion of women in a competitive environment over the past decade, Diva Dodgeball was predictably calamitous.

Entering as the saccharine 'Team Dream', the bikini-clad Diva Search contenders (Joy Giovanni, Amy Weber, Tracie Wright, Maria Kanellis, Christy Hemme, Michelle McCool) were at least given individual introductions as they pepped and rallied ahead of the game, but sh*t-stirring host Jonathan Coachman's risible presentation gave away the company-wide presumption that they were lambs to the slaughter.

The fix looked further in when 'Team Diva' emerged in to Raw's entrance music decked out in matching (and far more dignified outfits) led by a Trish Stratus that had by that point become the most respected women's wrestler in North America. Tragically, the line-up represented something of a golden age of talent for the decade, with Molly Holly, Jazz, Gail Kim and Victoria all joining up with Women's Champion Stratus alongside Stacy Keibler and Nidia sent to make up the numbers.

In a darkly comic twist, their collective in-ring credibility crumbled as they were crushed on the court. McCool in particular was a dodgeball demon, taking three quick eliminations before Joy Giovanni sacrificed herself to claim a scalp, which in turn allowed the 'amateurs' to complete an utter thrashing.

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