Bayley

[6.0] "Bayley is someone I've always thought was pretty good, even if I've never been a massive fan. She was great during the early NXT days and I thought the whole Hugger character worked really well for her. I actually preferred her once she turned heel and started showing a bit more attitude, because it gave her something different to work with. She's had some really good matches and deserves credit for how long she's been around, but I wouldn't say she's ever been one of my favourites. I'm giving Bayley a 6/10."

[3.0] "I've never been a fan. Her only real noteworthy matches to talk about was her NXT 2015 match against Sasha (over a decade ago mind you and the Four Horsewoman era is slowly but surely being forgotten about as years go by) and maybe a couple of others real and there. That's it. She really didn't do much of note from 2016-2019 until her heel turn in 2020, which sadly was ruined due to Covid and right when her heel run was actually getting good, she was out with an injury for close to 2 years. She came back in 2022 with that flop run with Damage Ctrl, which really didn't do anything for anyone as having her comeback as a babyface would be the more ideal thing to do. Not that great on the mic and often stumbled in matches and botches and makes a fool of herself (the head scissors spot at the '24 Royal Rumble match was botched twice by her) and I felt that at that point, she needs to call it a career. Her matches with Lyra and Becky are not all that great worth noting about and the purple hair doesn't suit her at all. She really seems unsure of herself sometimes with what to do and never found a proper babyface identity - which Alexa partially killed and she's really not shining and beaming as once she did as she was interesting somewhat in NXT from about 10 years ago but, certainly not now."

[8.0] "Among the Four Horsewomen, Bayley has often been seen as the most underrated, and, depending on the criteria, the least impactful overall, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been essential to the women's wrestling revolution. While Sasha, Charlotte, and Becky were carving out headlines with flair, attitude, and chaos, Bayley was the heart of the group, the emotional core who brought storytelling, sincerity, and connection to the forefront. Her role may have been quieter, but it was never insignificant. Her run in NXT remains one of the greatest babyface arcs in modern wrestling history. From the lovable underdog chasing her dreams to the unforgettable TakeOver: Brooklyn match with Sasha Banks, Bayley helped establish NXT as more than developmental, it was must-see wrestling, and she was a massive reason why. That match in 2015 isn't just historic, it's one of the best women's matches WWE has ever produced. However, Bayley's transition to the main roster wasn't as smooth. Her character struggled to translate initially, with inconsistent booking and awkward promos undercutting her popularity. Still, through perseverance and creative evolution, she found her second wind. Her heel turn in 2019 was a career-saving pivot, leading to her most important and consistent main roster run to date. The Role Model character was sarcastic, manipulative, and refreshingly unique, showing she could adapt and thrive outside of her original "hugger" persona. During the empty arena era, Bayley quietly carried WWE's women's division. With Sasha Banks at her side, she became the MVP of the pandemic era, delivering weekly with matches, promos, and versatility. Her chemistry with Sasha and later her leadership of Damage CTRL showcased her ability to not only perform but to elevate others. She's not a ratings draw like Becky, not a legacy figure like Charlotte, and not as iconic in-ring as Sasha, but she's the glue, the one who always delivers when given the chance. Bayley may not have had the same breakout mainstream impact or moment-of-the-decade matches as the other three, but her consistency, storytelling chops, and willingness to evolve solidify her as an essential piece of the puzzle. While she may never reach the legendary heights of her peers, she's far from a distant fourth. For her NXT legacy, reinvention as a heel, match quality, and value as a locker room leader, Bayley scores an 8. The least decorated of the Four Horsewomen, but far from the least important."

[9.0] "One of the most important women in the revival of women's wrestling in the modern era, very consistent over the years and can have a good match with just about anyone, very successful as both a babyface and heel. Largely criminally underused by WWE a lot of the time."

[7.0] "She's a good wrestler and an ok promo. She's been in some great and historically significant matches like the first Takeover in Brooklyn. She's victim of the classic WWE booking of someone who is over. She has been relegated to boring feuds for years now. I'm really hoping she has a chance to work anywhere else."

[6.0] "very good energy, seems a genuinely nice person who you want to succeed and do well, but is a bit overrated in my opinion. When i watch her i never feel like i'm seeing something revolutionary or levels above the other women on the roster. Obviously has quite the legacy from the early days of her wwe push, but one of the crowd these days."

[6.0] "Bayley (or Davina Rose) has a touch of real charisma and star power that she has used to great effect in the past. If she were more consistent I would rate her quite a bit higher, but her work in the ring is very up and down. Sometimes she's genuinely interesting and has the whole crowd hanging on what she's going to do next; other times she's just another girl, going through all the same overly familiar motions the other girls do. I find her hard to nail down."

[8.0] "bayley is a very confusing wrestler for me. sometimes i'm big on her and sometimes i'm not. i thought her best work was during her damage ctrl days and as a heel with sasha. i think she just works a lot better as a heel personally. her matches are usually always good, but they always lack a certain something to them despite that. not every match of hers of course, just some of them. her matches with sasha and lyra are some of my favorites. if she stays in wwe, i hope they treat her with more respect but if she goes to aew, i hope she thrives with her best friend."

[8.0] "Bayley is a very cool wrestler, from her days at NXT to her now persona. I feel like we could see more of her in solo, maybe even with a title. What refrains me to put more, is that sometimes her match feel a little bit clunky."

[10.0] "My favorite female wrestler, she's a brilliant hill, not bad face, good ring skill always coming with some surprises, she had great matches and great history with titles"

[10.0] "In my view the best woman's wrestler of all time. Bayley is a master in the ring, and has been involved in some fantastic story lines. Also so well respected backstage. The best and I always enjoy her work."

[8.0] "i love Bayley and she has usually been my favorite of the four horsewomen. i have always felt her to have a unique charisma you don't see much in wrestling and in her prime she was excellent (although the Bayley-to-Bayley is... not great as a move LOL) but it does make me sad how much she has been pushed down the card as time has gone on. does not get a lot of chances to show out these days and it's hard to see her EVER in the WWE at this point, but her NXT run is undeniable."

[2.0] "Normally i would never give Bayley that low points but this version of Bayley is really sucks only thing she is good at is losing to judgment day members or act like a baby girl who just born months ago and when she acting like that she says "idiot" to the peoples and thinks it will do her more paroniac and wild wrestler and she act like she says it seriously and when Lyra slaps her she just turn more paroniac and somehow she win the matches after Lyra slaps her thats really disappointing for Bayley I think she needs to stop acting like she is parioniac and crazy she needs to turn her serious mode and win titles just like she won in the past i dont want to see wild bayley i want to see real champ"

[6.0] "This past year, Bayley seemed to have taken a step down in terms of in-ring work and a creative direction. She used to be on top of her game back in 2018 but has since gotten slower in the ring with a less entertaining gimmick."

[8.0] "One of the most interesting personalities, and the dark horse of the WWE's Four Horsewomen, who has suddenly shone. She's excellent both as a face and as a heel. I've been uneasy with the way she's been portrayed lately, but that doesn't negate all her accomplishments and in-ring performances."

[9.0] "Bayley is a ring general and a complete pro wrestler, who can talk the talk but also walk the walk. She's been putting in the work to further hone her skills lately and it shows. Whether it's the leaner physique or the improved ring work.The transitions are very crisp, the pacing is good and the moveset is very rich. Whenever Bayley is booked, you know you're going to see very a solid match or segment."

[5.0] "Bayley's biggest problem is her inconsistency. My last rating for her two years ago was an 8 while in 2021 I've had her as a 5 and her NXT run she was a 10 which shows you how frustrating that is because I know she can pull up big performances but rarely"

[9.0] "I think Bayley has been overlooked her whole career, which I find to be very unfortunate. She always puts 100% effort into whatever she's doing. Her matches are consistently good, she's one of the better promos in the women's division and can play a good face and heel. I will say she has felt stale to me at various times but that doesn't matter too much, she's great."

[8.0] "Bayley is amazing, she's one of the pioneers who started the women's evolution in the 2010 decade. She's an amazing wrestler who can have good matches and cut good promos. She's both good as a face and a heel."

[6.0] "She can be boring at times, but you cannot ignore how important she was to the women's revolution, especially those classic NXT matches with Sasha Banks. That said, her main roster run has been very hit and miss. Some highs, but also long stretches where nothing felt special. Her finishers have never looked strong or convincing, which hurts her big match credibility. Lately, the character work has also felt less compelling compared to her peak heel run."

[6.0] "Her abilities are overhyped based on a few matches from nearly a decade ago. She's been pretty darn boring for a while now, and she is far past her prime, a prime that lasted rather short duration. She's a likable person, and it goes to show being likable can carry you pretty far, because i believe that is an instrumental factor in the overly positive perception the majority of fans have of her."

[8.0] "Bayley is probably the most overlooked of the Four Horsewomen of NXT & WWE. She had a great career progression from the Hugger to the Role Model, to the leader of Damage CTRL, and so on and so forth. I think for sure, she will be a WWE Hall of Famer when she's done."

[10.0] "Without a doubt the second best horsewoman closly behind Mercedes. Always overlooked, always underutilized but still fully delivers with every chance she gets"

[7.0] "She's a cool wrestler. I have nothing against her. I felt really bad for her when she was betrayed by her team, Damage Control."

"One of the best wrestlers of the modern age, and one of the most sympathetic and lovable babyfaces as well. I hope they go further with this crazy voices gimmick. By today's standards it's something different, it's a very unique and entertaining gimmick, and you get to build a more serious foil to her craziness, like Lyra, by association. I'm a bit disappointed that they just seem to be putting other teams over so far, because I think they're a compelling tag-team and a lot of fun to watch. Definitely a lot more fun than Becky just steamrolling everyone and never losing any match that actually matters in the long term."

[9.0] "When it comes to Bayley, WWE just doesn't realize the talent they have on their hand. She has been one of the best workers for the women's division for most of her career, and can work both face and heel. When it comes to ranking her between her fellow horsewomen. Mone and Bayley imo always constantly were switch between one and two, tho as of right now Bayley is number 2. With it going like this. 1. Mone 2. Bayley 3. Flair 4. Becky."

[8.0] "She's been underappreciated for so long, but i totally get where people coming from, everytime she's being a face i always find her lame asf, always comes off as a big sister who brags about her achievement to her little sibling to teach them a lesson, much much better as a heel"

[7.0] "Bayley, at her peak during her NXT run (2015-2016), was quite literally the heart of the best women's division in WWE history. Her arc--built around humility, heart, and hard-earned growth--culminated in some of the most emotionally satisfying matches in modern WWE, particularly against Sasha Banks at TakeOver: Brooklyn and Respect. That version of Bayley wasn't just great--she had the potential to be elite. The timing, the storytelling, the ring psychology--she had it. But what followed was a slow, undeniable erosion of everything that once made her special. Once she hit the main roster, the cracks began to show. Poor booking certainly played a role, but even when given chances, Bayley never quite recaptured that same fire or pacing. Matches grew slower. Transitions lost sharpness. The crispness she once showed faded into something more hesitant, more mechanical. The 'Role Model' gimmick in 2020 was a valiant attempt to reinvent herself--and in fairness, parts of it worked. She adapted, found her voice on the mic, and had a solid pandemic-era run with Sasha again. But the in-ring work never fully returned to form. Today, Bayley feels like a wrestler coasting on past goodwill. She is still capable of having good matches--but only against opponents she knows well or styles she's comfortable with. The explosiveness, the spark, the tight execution? Almost gone. She looks slow, often out of sync, and struggles with pacing in longer bouts. She compensates with character work, but at some point, the bell rings--and that's where the decline shows. Bayley is not bad. But she's no longer great. And that's the tragedy. From someone who once made me believe she could lead a revolution in women's wrestling... to someone who now plays a supporting role and struggles to keep up when the tempo rises. A 7.0 for what she was and occasionally still can be. But not a decimal higher, because what she is now just doesn't justify it."

[9.0] "Bayley may be the sentimental favorite of the Four Horse(wo)men. Not the most pushed, not the biggest star, not the most talented (arguably), but a combo of everything you want in a wrestler. The range in charisma and character she showed going from The Hugger to The Role Model is iconic. She's not the technician Charlotte is and never peaked with the starpower Becky did as The Man, but if WWE ever chooses to strap the rocket to her, she's shown she can do it all. Her catalog of great matches is better than just about anyone's, and for what its worth many of her peers have called her the main locker room leader"

[7.0] "Bayley, while she is a good wrestler, had always been kinda boring to me. The only time I'm invested in her is when she's with Sasha, and more recently IYO I guess."

[5.0] "I don't think Bayley is as good as people think and believe she is, yes she has her moments in the ring but other than that, her wrestling style is lacky, boring, dry and too old-school, she's good at re-inventing herself but she needs to do that in more ways than just changing her looks, i think she can at least add some a few new moves to her aresnal just to make her seem interesting in the ring"

[7.0] "At some point, she was the best of the four Horsewomen. She was a great heel in the pandemic era. Bayley us also a pretty good face as she's very easy to root for. She's an expert at in ring story telling and psychology and is a pretty great promo. She has a good moveset(Despite having 2 awful finishers) and is a good wrestler. But she's definitely been overexposed in the past year. To the point that I think she's gotten a lot kore sloppier. I'm still a big fan of hers, just think she needs to take some time off and return at a later time."

[10.0] "Bayley the most underrated horsewoman easily an incredible and legendary run she had during her time in nxt. Sadly now in the main roster she is incredibly mistreated she does not deserve what she is experiencing right now."

[6.0] "Bayley is an okay wrestler, but despite that, I was never a fan of hers, I never liked her gimmick, and I don't think she ever really evolved. Her in-ring performance was decent. Her charisma was decent. That's why I consider her the most irrelevant of the Four Horsemen."

[10.0] "The GOAT of WWE's women's division imo. She is the total package good in the ring, on the mic, and a generally well-respected leader backstage."

[8.0] "Not always a fan of her heel work, but I can excuse that. She's one of the most selfless and consistent wrestlers around. Her presence and dedication obviously raises the entire WWE Women's division up and she knows how to garner reaction from a crowd."

[10.0] "The GOAT, just needs to change her finisher into maybe a Bayley-to-belly to a diving elbow drop; that'd be cool. But what is there to say about Bayley that hasn't been said before? the most selfless woman in the business, locker room leader for a reason; legend."

[10.0] "Credible in the ring, excellent on the microphone, she shined as a babyface and a heel. Bayley is one of those wrestlers who made it possible for women to be main eventers in the industry today. Decades will pass, and Bayley will continue to be an object of study and admiration."

[9.0] "Absolute LEGEND of the business. I don't use that word lightly. I love the passion she has for what she does. Women's wrestling would simply not be in the position that it is in today if it wasn't for this woman. Amazing as a babyface and a heel. Great moveset and character work."

[6.0] "Bayley is fine, although I feel that she is the least talented of the 4horsewomen, I feel that she is the only one who has had a hard time progressing, I notice that she is slow in fights with multiple botches and she does not look safe in the ring, before she was very agile but now she has lost part of that"

[10.0] "Bayley's passion for this sport is just incredible. She's putting her heart in everything she does and that's what makes her that good. In-ring she's great, her style is more old school but it suits her very well. She can easily carry a rookie in a match but she has no problems getting in the ring with the best superstars out there. Throughout her career she developed 2 very important characters The Hugger and The Role Model - the first one got her INSANELY over back in NXT and it continued after her call-up. Fans loved babyface Bayley because she understood them, she was them, just a fan who loved the sport so much that she made it. The Role Model is really different, cocky generic heel but she made the character really stood out. Her and Sasha carried the whole WWE in the pandemic era with their insane characters. Then she got injured and returned with Damage CTRL which became pivotal point of the women's division. For many people Bayley always felt like the least pushed 4HW but in reality she's the first ever women's triple crown and grand slam champion, over 1000 combined days as champion and many "firsts" such as like women's main event, women's iron man match, women's elimination chamber and women's tag team champion. In her time in 2022/2023 she put many talents over, taking over 100 loses for the better of the division - also many wrestlers say that she's the most selfless person ever, always carrying for others. Bayley solidified herself as the greatest of all time and definitely future Hall of Famer (i think she has potential to be inducted twice looking at her solo career and the impact she had with the 4HW)"

[6.0] "I am sorry but I just think she isn't that good. I've never been a fan of her. Babyface hugger gimmick in NXT was great and that's it. She is probably a great person and kind kind of charismatic but I don't find her great as a performer. Also she is too overexposed in this HHH days. She's on Raw, on NXT, on Smackdown. Just why? I am tired. Four-way at Vengence Day was the last straw. She was the weakest link in that match while being a veteran and Cora Jade was in that match. I am sorry."

[10.0] "Still one of the very best women's wrestlers in the world. Her importance to the division continues to go understated. Real ones know how important Bayley for everything that has everything in women's wrestling in the last decade and what continues to happen to this day. She's very adaptable, can work with anyone, and for the first time since like the pandemic days, she's finally being booked like the star that she is. She is everything and then some"

[9.0] "I was close to giving Bayley a 10, but I'm still not quite sure if she's a 9 or a 10. She was never my absolute favorite, but she was always one of my favorites, and there's no denying how good she is. Her Hugger gimmick in NXT was one of the best pure babyface runs in modern wrestling, and her match with Sasha Banks at TakeOver: Brooklyn is still one of the greatest women's matches of all time. Then there's her heel turn, which showed just how well she understands every aspect of the business. She completely reinvented herself and proved she could be just as great in a different role. She also carried WWE during the pandemic era, putting in some of the best work of her career when there were no crowds to feed off. And, with Damage CTRL, she's once again proved her value, leading a faction that dominated the women's division. Her legacy is already cemented as one of the best to ever do it, and when it's all said and done, she might even be a 10."

[7.0] "I think Bayley has lowered her ability in the ring, compared to her previous years I notice her slower and less confident in herself, I think she lost her charisma since when she was a heel she was incredible in many aspects but now I see her lost in the middle"

[5.0] "I don't know, I just think Bayley isn't good enough playing the babyface role anymore, she's not that great as a heel either, her heel period that really entertained the audience was the pre-pandemic & pandemic season, after that, everything was completely forced."

[6.0] "I obviously have a ton of respect for her and she is undoubtedly one of the greatest women wrestlers in WWE history. I was never a huge fan of her regardless but since they took the belt off her she's been incredibly boring for me. Gotten much slower and is playing it much safer which, fair enough. I'd be playing it safe after a career like hers because she has nothing else to prove. But it just leads to boring matches between people and being put in positions where i don't think she should be in at this point of her career. Also not the biggest fan of her mic-work."

[9.0] "One of WWE Women's all-time greats, I loved her since her "hugger" gimmick and loved her even more ever since. Her in-ring skills are impeccable, and she has a unique ability to tell a compelling story through her matches."

[4.0] "I unfortunately did not experience the rise of Bayley and can only rate her from what I experienced this year. And what she has shown me is not great - not bad either, but not as great as everyone is appears to say she is. Everyone gets slower with age, and I think it shows. Often when Bayley is in a match the timing between moves and sells are awful.. I'm not sure it's entirely her fault as she works a lot with other talent which suffers from the same issues (Naomi and Jax). She's good at taking bumps and the basic moves look good - but she looks to struggle once she tries to pull off some more technical moves. Either way she is not someone I look forward to watching."

[8.0] "Bayley is definitely one of my favorite amongst the notorious Four Horsewomens, She started out as a fan-favorited with the whole crowd behind her and run with it to great success then took a heel turn which benefitted her to show her versatility as a performer! With her status she's still considered a top-tier wrestler who's still able to pull off some impressive feats in the ring and can move around the card and utilize it to her advantage, curious on where 2025 takes her!"