How the WWE Four Horsewomen changed women’s wrestling

Horsewomen Cometh to RAW

As audiences embraced the work the Horsewomen were putting into their matches, they started petitioning for the women on the main roster to get more opportunity to show their worth as well. The hashtag #GiveDivasaChance was born soon after, sweeping over Twitter for three long days and capturing the attention of the chairman himself. Vince McMahon responded, “We hear you. Keep watching” and from there, things started to shift.

"“There hasn’t been this many women at one time as talented and gelling together. It’s special.” —  Charlotte via WWE.COM, NXT DIVA ROUNDTABLE"

When it came time to introduce a new level of competition to the women’s division on the main roster, Stephanie McMahon called upon three of the Horsewomen to bring the change. Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks would arrive in grand style on Monday Night Raw. By the end of an impromptu brawl, the three of them had made a statement by locking in their respective submission holds on members of Team Bella.

The Horsewomen would find themselves in different factions for a time as Lynch and Flair paired with Paige in team PCB and Banks joined Naomi and Tamina on Team B.A.D. As the three factions battled each other the audiences who weren’t familiar with their work in NXT quickly learned that Lynch, Flair and Banks brought new energy to their matches. It forced the women currently on the main roster to up their games or be weeded out.

By the time the dust settled, Flair defeated Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship and effectively put an end to her record-setting streak as champion. Putting the title on Flair was a nod to how things were changing and the Horsewomen were going to lead the charge.