RAW Women’s Title Match: Lana vs. Asuka w/ Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler at the announcers table
We go back to the ring and out first comes RAW Women’s Champion Asuka. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and out comes Lana as Asuka waits in the ring. We get another look at how Lana won the Women’s 5-on-5 Traditional Elimination Match at Survivor Series, as the Sole Survivor for Team RAW. Mike Rome does formal ring introductions for the title match now. Before they begin, the music interrupts and out comes WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. They join the announcers for commentary. The bell hits and Lana takes Asuka down first, surprising her. Lana with a headlock now. They run the ropes and Lana blocks a hip toss with a roll-up with a close 2 count out of nowhere. They tangle and Asuka drops Lana with a big kick to the face. They go at it again and Asuka gets sent to the floor, right in front of Jax and Baszler.
Jax and Baszler get up and start taunting her about why she can’t easily put Lana away. Asuka grabs a water bottle and soaks them with it, which leads to a physical shot for the disqualification. The champs bully Asuka at ringside now and work her over while she’s down. Jax scoops Asuka to put her through the announce table but Lana saves her and stops it. Lana and Asuka stand tall together on the ramp now, taunting the champs. Jax takes the mic and says they started something, so come back and finish it. Baszler says that’s right, they are challenging Lana and Asuka for tonight. The two sides keep yelling at each other as we go to commercial.
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler vs. Lana and Asuka
Back from the beak and the non-title match is just beginning. Lana starts with WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Shayna Baszler and unloads on her in the corner with kicks. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Nia Jax ends up tagging herself in, dropping Lana. Jax gets booed as she tosses Lana across the ring.
Jax dominates Lana to boos, taking her time with her as RAW Women’s Champion Asuka waits for the tag. Jax dumps Lana to the floor and in comes Baszler. Baszler works Lana over at ringside and rolls her back in. Lana crawls for a tag to Asuka but Baszler cuts her off. Baszler grounds Lana in the middle of the ring now. Jax tags back in and splashes Lana in the corner. Jax bullies Lana around the ring and yells at her, shoving her to the mat.
Lana gets up and unloads on Jax until Jax rams her back into the corner. Baszler tags back in and works Lana over in the corner with strikes. Baszler with a kick to the back. Baszler grounds Lana again and bends her leg all over the place. Baszler then slams Lana’s knee into the mat. Baszler pulls Lana to the floor but Lana kicks her away and tags in Asuka for a big pop. Asuka kicks Baszler away from the apron, then runs in with a Hip Attack to Jax in the ring. Asuka unloads on Baszler now, hitting double knees to the face for a pop.
Asuka with another Hip Attack to Baszler. They trade counters now. Asuka with a big spinning back fist and a German suplex. Asuka with a Shining Wizard for a close 2 count on Baszler. Baszler catches a second kick and drops Asuka. Baszler then levels Asuka with a big shot to the face but Asuka kicks out at 2. Jax runs over and pulls Lana off the apron to prevent a tag. Jax works Lana over at ringside, then takes apart the top of the announce table as fans boo.
Jax scoops Lana for a Samoan Drop but Lana slides out and fights Jax off. Jax charges but Lana moves. Jax flies over the announce table and lands hard. Baszler grabs Lana from the ring and applies the Kirifuda Clutch through the ropes, but Lana is not legal. Asuka comes from behind and rolls Baszler up for the pin to get the non-title win.
Leave a Reply