WWE Roadblock 2016: Ranking Every Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Match

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3. NXT Women’s Title Match: NXT Takeover: R Evolution

Although the two had tangled numerous times before, this match is really where it all began.  In May of 2014, Charlotte captured the NXT Women’s title, besting Natalya in the finals of an 8-woman tournament to crown only the second champion in that division.  During her 258 day reign as champion, Charlotte put on numerous great matches with her compatriots at Full Sail University, but none better than this one against Banks at TakeOver: R Evolution.

Banks stock was on a meteoric rise entering this match, while Charlotte was in the middle of cementing her status as the best female in the company.  And although Banks would go on to take the title from Charlotte three months down the road, it was The Queen who reigned supreme this night.  With only 12 minutes to work with these two showed everyone why the current crop of female wrestlers are the best the company has ever seen, as they had the second best match on a card that could’ve easily been overshadowed by a brilliant main event between Sami Zayn and Neville.

Banks became a superstar this night and it was evident that she would be the successor to Charlotte in the future.  This was the first one on one televised match between each other and it laid out the gauntlet for their future matches and how good they’d have to be to top this.  It would be really hard to accomplish, but two of their matches did just that.