Ranking The Biggest Rivalries In Wrestling Every Year 1990-2020
6. 2015 - Bayley Vs Sasha Banks
A microcosm of the magic of golden era NXT, Sasha Banks Vs Bayley found two clearly drawn and defined characters getting the exact reactions they were supposed to from an audience 100% invested in every single beat of their rivalry.
During her time in NXT, Banks' had morphed into 'The Boss' - an above-it-all heel that was as frustratingly brilliant and prodigious a talent as she professed to be. Bayley's childlike superfan persona had adjusted so gradually into the hard-grafting 'Hugger' that it almost went without notice until at long last she was ready to turn many many losses into the biggest win of all at the brand' first TakeOver outside of Full Sail University.
And it drew. And it banged.
Stealing the show at a sold out Barclays Centre before doing the same during an Iron Women rematch two months later, the pair completed and confirmed the perception overhaul they'd grafted for on the black-and-gold brand. Toasting the work of their fellow Four Horsewomen as well as Natalya, Emma and Paige, their feud was a celebration of the craft, and their overdue opportunity to become masters of it.