WWE Royal Rumble 2017 Preview
By Tim Sherry
WWE.com
RAW Women’s Title Match: Charlotte (c) vs Bayley
Since Bayley’s official call-up to the main roster in August, it has seemed like just a matter of time before this match would go down. Charlotte and Bayley have a ton of history from their NXT days and as such should make a terrific title feud. They are the perfect yin and yang pairing with Charlotte as the arrogant, conniving heel and Bayley as the loveable, hard-charging baby face. It’s a bit of throwback to the olden style of wrestling and it’s quite refreshing.
These two girls are extremely evenly matched so it may come down to who just wants it more. Bayley has the hard working part on her side as she’s worked her way up through the indies and finds herself doing her dream job. Not to say Charlotte hasn’t worked hard. She’s been a tremendous fighting champion. But this girl has the wrestling traits in her genes and that has carried her a vary long way. These girls are familiar with each other, so this should be a solid tilt.
What a win would mean for Bayley: Simply put, this is Bayley’s life time dream. Becoming a WWE Women’s champion would be her crowning achievement and she’s going to put up everything she has. She has multiple world-title reigns written all over her future and to snatch one up at just 27 years old and with less than 6 months on the main roster, her career may just be beginning to peak.
What a win would mean for Charlotte: Title-wise it’s been an up and down couple of years with Charlotte. After winning the Diva’s title in September of 2015 and then subsequently capturing the brand new RAW Women’s title (a combined 309 day reign that broke Nikki Bella’s record but the WWE would much rather pretend that John Cena’s girlfriend holds the record) she dropped it and won it back numerous times to Sasha. Decisively defeating Bayley would even further the notion that she’s the greatest female wrestler in WWE history.