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Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks for the NXT Women’s Championship
Charlotte was very emotionally charged early on, as Banks antagonized her with chops, but Charlotte couldn’t get any consistent offense going.
Banks continued her vicious offense, tearing Charlotte down by her hair, and keeping control by any means necessary.
Banks did many Ric Flair-like things to taunt Charlotte, but she even utilized Charlotte’s Figure-Four headlock.
Charlotte finally started to get her offense going, as she hit her comeback, but Banks got her to the outside and hit a suicide dive to keep the advantage.
Banks and Charlotte traded blows, and Banks hit a sick neckbreaker, but still didn’t put Charlotte away, and she started to get really frustrated.
Charlotte went to the top rope for a moonsault, Banks rolled out of the way, but Charlotte landed on her feet and immediately hit a standing senton.
Charlotte had to keep battling Banks, as Banks went for a superplex, but Charlotte countered and hit Natural Selection from the top rope for the win.
Charlotte defeats Banks via pinfall.
4 out of 5 stars – This match was great. I noted on Twitter that the four best Divas matches of the year all were NXT Women’s Championship Matches from NXT live specials, and it’s not even close.
The NXT Divas are just treated differently, and the “This is wrestling” chant that this match got proves that. With all the talented girls in WWE, we could see matches like this every PPV, and every week on Raw, but it’s just not happening. It’s a shame, especially when you see a match like this, which was a coming out party for Banks.