WWE Raw: Results, Highlights, Analysis, and Grades for April 2

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Bayley vs. Sonya Deville (w/ Paige & Mandy Rose)

Result: Bayley defeated Sonya Deville via pinfall

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

First things first: My wife is a WWE fan by association. She’ll go to shows, she’ll watch if it’s on TV, but she won’t seek it out. When she saw the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal trphy with the ribbon tied around the handles, her response was, “Oh, she got her tubes tied.” Maybe it does look like what everyone says it looks like?

Second, she’s really aggravated at Coach’s voice. She says he sounds like tom Arnold, so all she can think of is Roseanne. Now I can’t unhear this, and I’m sad because the alternative is Booker T, and we all know how I feel about that.

The reason I bring all this up now is because, sadly, I needed a distraction from the early part of the match. Nothing before the commercial break was especially good, and Bayley’s attempted arm drag from the top rope was a disaster. The second half of the match picked things up a bit, though; Deville in particular looked great in the latter part of the contest.

The post-match brawl that brought Sasha Banks to the ring was the clearest evidence yet that we don’t need a Sasha-Bayley match at this year’s WrestleMania. One day, yes. But even though this has been brewing for months, it’s not the right time to blow it off. How many feuds continue after WrestleMania? Not many. It’s the place things go to end for good. There’s a lot more to the Sasha-Bayley story, and continuing it in the battle royal is the right call.