14. The Iron Women Earn Their Tears
Despite what stereotypes may imply, thanks to the fact that women received a marginalized role in professional wrestling for many years until fairly recently, only a few female superstars have been brought to tears in memorable enough fashion to wind up on our list. As more women become involved in major storylines, more are getting emotional as part of their celebrations, and what the women are celebrating has transcended beyond merely winning matches to actually changing the wrestling business and destroying the gender gap that has dominated the sport.
The term “Women’s Revolution” has been a ballyhooed buzzword for several years now, and the real crux of the movement is occurring in NXT. One of the most triumphant moments for women in recent months was the main event of NXT TakeOver: Respect, when Bayley and Sasha Banks competed for the NXT Women’s Championship. The match was not only the first ever Iron Match competed between women, it was also the first time women main-evented a WWE special event, and emotions were through the roof from the very beginning as a result. Both women would cry at key points during the match, and tears endlessly poured down Bayley’s face when she ultimately was declared the winner.
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