10 Best Matches From The WWE ThunderDome Era
6. Sasha Banks Vs Bayley (SmackDown, November 6th 2020)
Brimming with all the necessary action, desperation and drama the payoff to their months-long rivalry required, Bayley's last shot at new SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks earned the huge ratings it drew for a blue brand still riding a wave of some critical acclaim.
Never once diverting from feeling like a struggle, the contest nonetheless oozed the class of a typical battle between 'The Boss' and 'The Role Model'. Without the added juice of Hell In A Cell, the pair kept most of it in the ring for a gorgeous re-telling of their NXT classics subverted to fit the adjusted dynamics and their awesome 2020 angle.
With brawls on the floor injected with imagination and creativity setting it apart from the rest of the field, Banks' victory was earned from the guts and desire she'd shown all year. She kicked out of Bayley's flying elbow and Bayley-To-Bayley with the same resilience she'd shown following her former friend's turn on her a few months earlier.
Having made eyes at the SmackDown title all year, then won it at Hell In A Cell, keeping it here was a crucial and defining moment for Banks. She'd broke away from a former friend and at long last broken her own no-successful-defences streak.