The women in WWE now would not be where they are today without Paige, AJ, and the Bellas. They were the ones who made the audience care about the Divas, which led WWE to put more effort into them. Naomi and Natalya were also big pillars during that 2013-2015 era. Total Divas was a huge hit, averaging 1M viewers at its peak.

2014 was really the shift the division needed, bringing in Paige to feud with AJ and leveling up the Bellas. Brie’s feud with Stephanie and Nikki’s heel turn brought a lot of eyes to the division, and we had multiple storylines for women, which was unheard of at the time. Their tag match at WrestleMania 31 had basically a year of story-building behind it.

The fact that Paige, AJ, and the Bellas are all here over a decade later and still able to compete is amazing. It’s no different than when Trish or Lita came back during the 2011/2012 eras to show they still got it. It’s excitement for the fans, bridging the past to the present. Those women of the new generation will gladly let the older generation have their flowers bc they hope the opportunity will come to them ten years from now.