Match Spotlight: Charlotte Flair Vs. Becky Lynch Vs. Sasha Banks, WWE WrestleMania 32

Flair, Banks, and Lynch’s match for the Divas title-turned-WWE Women’s Championship was one of the highest rated matches of WrestleMania 32, the event which featured the likes of Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a no holds barred street fight, the Undertaker defeating Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match, and Roman Reigns defeating Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. The event overall was rated one of the worst of the year by the end of 2016, earning the accolade of “Worst MajorWrestling Show” in the year’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Dave Meltzer of the Observer gave the women’s triple threat match a four star rating, ranking second of the night only to the four and a quarter star rating of the seven-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship that was ultimately won by Zack Ryder. Fans on Cagematch have rated the women’s match a 8.49 out of 10, based on 572 lifetime votes. Back in 2016, the match held a 8.6 rating.

All three women would go on to have incredible careers where they have all racked up gold and accolades, but in the immediate weeks and months following WrestleMania 32, Flair remained at the height of the division. She was presented the new championship formally the next night on “WWE Raw,” where she started a feud with in-ring veteran Natalya. Flair successfully defended her title against Natalya three times, and at Extreme Rules that year, would break away from her father.

Banks and Flair would go one-on-one again, when the title had been renamed to the Raw Women’s Championship, after Banks made Flair tap out during a tag team match at Battleground. On “Raw” the next night, Banks defeated Flair to capture main roster gold for the first time.

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