Ranking Every Match from NXT TakeOver: Respect

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1. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, NXT Women’s Championship Match

Could these two women top their show stealing effort from NXT Brooklyn? Was it worth even asking that question? Of course they could!

The match in Brooklyn stole the show, following that they rightfully got the main event spot at Respect. Not just because Triple H wanted to put them there but because they deserved to be there. When you add the fact that this was the first match of its kind in NXT and for the women in WWE as a whole this was never going to disappoint, this Iron Man match will go down in history as one of the greatest matches ever.

Bayley and Sasha have the best chemistry as foes of any of the women in NXT. Bayley is the most loved face in the entire WWE, whilst Sasha is the perfect woman to play the heel role she does. Who else could have got away with making Bayley’s super fan Izzy cry her eyes out after hurling Bayley into the screens?

This match had it all. The ring psychology, the physicality, the in ring action, the crowd were red hot, there was really nothing that could have made this match better. The ending of the match was an unbelievable sequence. We saw Sasha fail to capitalise on the Bank Statement as Bayley managed to lock in the arm bar and make Sasha say Yes to quitting to get the deciding fall by submission and retain her title.

The only downside to the end of the match has to be the fact that Sasha was making her final NXT appearance, these two women will clash again, they will steal the show again and they will go down in the annals of WWE history as two of the legends of the NXT era of 2015.

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