How the WWE Four Horsewomen changed women’s wrestling

WWE Women’s Tag Titles

Bayley and Sasha Banks have arguably more passion about pro wrestling than any other performer on any roster today. The two grew up watching WWE programming and fell in love with it. In her episode of WWE Chronicle, Banks even stated that watching wrestling basically saved her life. Their love of pro wrestling only grew when they became performers themselves. Bayley’s entire gimmick is centered around how much of a fan she is of wrestling.

So when it comes time to make real changes in the women’s division, Banks and Bayley are always at the forefront. They’ve constantly fought to improve how women’s wrestling is viewed by putting on some of the best matches, including the NXT Women’s Championship match at TakeOver: Brooklyn which is said by many to be one of the greatest matches of all time.

For a time, their singles careers seemed to be growing stagnant, but rather than fall into obscurity Banks and Bayley set their eyes on something that wasn’t even a reality yet: WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.

A lot of women had become vocal that the WWE women’s division was ripe for women’s tag titles but Banks and Bayley did something different. They started to cultivate themselves as a tag team by dressing alike, entering the ring together and establishing tag team moves and synchronicity. Soon, The Boss n’ Hug Connection was born, beefing up the women’s tag team scene.

Soon afterward the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships were put on the line inside the Elimination Chamber match. After six teams battled it out inside the steel structure, Banks and Bayley, The Boss n’ Hug Connection, stood tall with tears in their eyes to a chorus of “you deserve it chants” from the crowd. They’d realized another first by becoming the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.