Seeing men and women go head to head in physical combat is something that’s always been frowned upon in the majority of sports, but in professional wrestling it used to be a positively regular occurrence. For some reason, people like Vince McMahon always used to think it would be a good idea, and to be honest, we’re starting to agree with him.
Obviously, in the Attitude Era, it happened a bit too often, but sometimes there was a purpose to it. In terms of these five examples, there are very particular reasons as to why we want to see them transpire. Some fans may not agree with the whole premise, meanwhile, others will wonder why it hasn’t happened sooner.
There are so many beautiful, dominant female athletes in pro-wrestling these days that it’d be great to see what happens in crossover bouts like this. You just know the fans in attendance would be into the idea, and why not? There would be a very clear heel and a very clear babyface, which is something that you just don’t get all too often in 2017.
So with that being said, here are five men vs women bouts we would love to see in WWE.
#1 Becky Lynch vs. James Ellsworth
This is perhaps the most obvious of all the potential match-ups, with Becky Lynch actually asking for this to happen on social media as of late. We already saw the two throw down at WrestleMania, with Lynch suplexing Ellsworth for getting involved in the SD Live Women’s Championship Match – and rightly so.
Ellsworth would almost definitely lose this match, and WWE has proven that they aren’t afraid to have him put his hands on a woman. This could be as short or as long as they want, but the most important thing is that it goes down on an episode of SmackDown Live. If it happens on pay per view, people might not be as accepting towards the idea.
Can you handle this?
#2 Rich Swann vs. Alicia Fox
This one could be incredibly risky, especially considering that Rich Swann is supposed to be a babyface. We’d like to see a No DQ match here with Swann maybe even having his hands tied his back, which would make sense because we wouldn’t want fans to believe that Rich actually wants to physically harm Alicia.
Instead, we’d have Fox be the person who demands the match in order to settle things with Swann once and for all. Then, Sasha and Noam Dar can both get involved and try to cause some disruption. It’d be havoc, but WWE always knows how to create the best kind of havoc.
It’s time for Braun.
#3 Braun Strowman vs. Stephanie McMahon
This one is going to be extremely frowned upon but come on, Bubba Ray Dudley put Mae Young through a table. In this instance, we’d have Stephanie only really take one move, and if it’s that important, then Braun can be suspended for a week or two. I mean, Reigns and Rollins weren’t for what they did to her, but so what right?
This kind of move would lead to seeing genuine fear in the eyes of Stephanie McMahon, and it goes without saying that she’d need to do some fairly disgusting things in the months leading up to it. The blow off doesn’t need to happen on a PPV, and this could easily happen on a blockbuster episode of Monday Night Raw.
You can't teach that.
#4 Enzo Amore vs. Nia Jax
This one may be down to personal preference, but we really don’t enjoy Enzo’s current character. One-half of the charismatic Enzo & Cass duo, Amore has been exposed on the main roster as having quite a horrible character. Honestly, we’re quite surprised that it’s taken WWE so long to do a ‘beat down’ angle with him.
In this instance, we could see Nia being the person who is revealed as Enzo’s attacker, with her reasoning being that she just doesn’t like the guy. This leads to a returning Stephanie putting the two in a match against each other, against Amore’s wishes of course. As you’d expect, Nia will utterly destroy him.
Long live the queen.
#5 Charlotte Flair vs. The Singh Brothers
There is absolutely nothing that links the three individuals in this match, but we’d just like to see it happen – especially if Charlotte Flair doesn’t win the SmackDown Live Women’s Championship. The Singh Brothers are extremely annoying, and in that sense, they’re playing their roles alongside WWE Champion Jinder Mahal to perfection.
So why not see them get thrown around for 5-10 minutes by Charlotte?
It would give her a small feud whilst waiting to get her hands on the champ, would keep the fans interested in her and would get even more heat on Mahal’s two best friends in the world. This is a win-win situation if we’ve ever seen one.
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