Ranking WWE's First Ever NXT Class - From Worst To Best
5. Sasha Banks
Perhaps the best women's wrestler in North American history, Sasha Banks left WWE in 2022 with the matches, the moments and the objective measures to make a very good case for it.
Having spent just shy of 10 full years in the system, she was somebody that bought into the company's methods knowing that she could ensure the feeling would be mutual. Some seminal performances in NXT in 2014 and 2015 earnestly spearheaded a revolution even if WWE's monetising of it made it look stage-managed. A TakeOver: Brooklym match with career rival/partner and real life best friend Bayley was perhaps the company's best of the entire 2010s, and without doubt ground zero for everything about to happen for women across the rosters at that time.
Having stood up for her character when exiting in 2022, a 2023 sojourn to NJPW and Stardom paved the way for an AEW debut in 2024. 'The Boss' is now 'The CEO', and though she's already openly discussed another WWE run down the line, it stands to be exhilarating seeing her coming in at the very top rather than having to trudge through a broken organisation's sludge.