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The Biggest Party of The Summer is right around the corner and with the recent announcement that the women of WWE will be given their own pay-per-view in October, attention has been put firmly on the female population of the main roster.
The two women's matches have already been announced for SummerSlam and will see Carmella defend her SmackDown Women's Championship against the inaugural Champion Becky Lynch, whilst Alexa Bliss takes on former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey.
SummerSlam is one of WWE's biggest events of the year and has housed a number of incredible women's matches over the course of its history and here are some of the matches that the current generation will be looking to top this year.
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#7. Stephanie McMahon vs Brie Bella - SummerSlam 2014
Stephanie McMahon was called upon back in 2014 after Daniel Bryan's injury meant that Triple H's feud with the World Champion couldn't continue, so the wives of the two men decided to step into their place.
The match had everything: fantastic build up, the right level of emotion and even allowed the women to main event Raw before The Women's Revolution even became a thing. This was Steph's first match in more than a decade and thanks to interference from Nikki Bella, the Raw commissioner was able to pick up the win. Whilst this wasn't a match that's on the level of the spectacle that is seen on a regular basis in WWE right now, this was a stand out bout for Brie and Stephanie and both women picked their spots to perfection and garnered the right amount of emotion from the crowd at important moments throughout.
It's just a shame that the feud between Nikki and Brie that came out of this match cast a dark cloud over this entire rivalry.
#6 Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks - SummerSlam 2017
Alexa Bliss has only been wrestling for around five years, but she has become one of the best female wrestlers in the company right now and back at SummerSlam last year she proved why WWE has been heavily reliant on her in recent years.
Bliss can't match Sasha Banks when it comes to in-ring ability, but her character and ability to tell a story in the ring is second to none. The Women's Champion and her challenger are said to have a lot of heat with each other backstage and their match proved that there was something between the two women as both stepped up their game but in the end, it was Banks who took the spoils of the match when Bliss tapped to The Bank Statement.
Ironically, Bliss won the title back merely a week later and this was the last time Banks was close to a Women's Championship, but she made sure the moment was a memorable one.
#5 Natalya vs Brie Bella - SummerSlam 2013
By the summer of 2013 Total Divas had taken over the Women's Division, so much so that women like Eva Marie and JoJo who had no prior wrestling experience, were part of some of the biggest women's matches at that time.
Whilst this was a rough time for the Women's Division it allowed Brie Bella to merge into one of the best characters that she has ever portrayed in WWE. Bella was a fantastic heel and put up against someone who had Natalya's skill and ability to gain sympathy, this actually turned into a fantastic match.
With Nikki Bella and Eva Marie at ringside, it was obvious that Brie was going to use them to her advantage at some point, but Natalya managed to overcome all of the tricks before she forced Brie to tap to the Sharpshooter to prove that she was still one of the most credible female wrestlers in the company.
#4 Team PBC vs Team B.A.D vs Team Bella - SummerSlam 2015
After Stephanie McMahon took matters into her own hands and introduced Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Charlotte to the main roster a few weeks prior to SummerSlam back in 2015, it was up to the women to make the new tag team dynamic work.
This was before the WWE Universe were subjected to so many women's tag team matches that it became a bore, which is why this still stands out as one of the better matches on the card that year. The nine women in question put on a fantastic match that was able to show the watching crowd just what the women were capable when the restraints were taken off.
The winner of the match in this competition wasn't important, it was all about introducing the newcomers to the crowd and the match definitely delivered in that respect.
#3 Sasha Banks vs Charlotte - SummerSlam 2016
Sasha Banks and Charlotte were embroiled in a feud for a number of months throughout 2016 which saw the Women's Championship change hands a number of times and led to the first Women's Hell in a Cell match and the first main roster Women's Ironwoman match later in the year.
Ahead of this, the two women collided at SummerSlam back in 2016, it wasn't a match that the WWE Universe has become accustomed to in recent years, but it was one that proved that the Women's Division was in a fantastic place following the return to a brand split format. Sasha had only won her first Women's Championship a week before and then dropped it back to The Queen in what was a strange creative decision, but this was the match that planted the seeds for what was to become a lengthy feud between the two women and it is still considered to be one of the bets in SummerSlam history.
#2 Paige vs AJ Lee - SummerSlam 2014
It was hard to see past the feud between AJ Lee and Paige in the Women's Division throughout 2014. Ever since her shock debut where she ended Lee's record Divas Championship reign, Paige had been a thorn in the side for AJ and this all came to a head at SummerSlam.
This was just a year before WWE started to take their Women's Division seriously, which meant that these two women were given just five minutes to tell the story of their lengthy feud. To their credit, they managed it and so much more with some impressive spots throughout, but the end came when Paige was able to once again reverse the Black Widow into the Ram-Paige. This was the perfect way for Paige to celebrate her 22nd Birthday, by claiming her second and last Divas Championship. This was also AJ Lee's final appearance at SummerSlam ahead of her retirement the following year, but it was the perfect match to go out on.
#1. Alundra Blayze vs Bull Nakano - SummerSlam 1994
Despite this match taking place more than two decades ago, it's still one that will always be mentioned in the same sentence as the likes of Sasha Banks and Charlotte.
This is a match that was showcased at a time long before WWE Divas when Alundra Blayze was one of the stands out stars in what was a dilapidated Women's Division. Bull Nakano was her only real challenger at the time and even though the expectations for this match weren't very high, the two women were able to change a lot of minds.
Alundra survived a number of interesting submission attempts before she was able to roll out the way of a leg drop from the top rope to hit her last gasp German suplex pin to retain her Championship in what was genuinely considered an upset. Blayze was on the backfoot for most of the match and genuine tears proved how much the submission artist had taken out of her, which lead to the actual relief when she was able to retain her title in this fantastic encounter that was cut much too short.
