10 Booking Steps For WWE Raw (Jan 23)
7. Nia Jax & Charlotte Vs. Sasha Banks & Bayley Goes To A Non-Finish
There's a chance that Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax will act as a Kickoff show bout come Royal Rumble. A much better strategy would be to build the bout further, enabling WWE to use it around the same time as SmackDown promotes Elimination Chamber on pay-per-view in February.
Besides, Sasha's injury issues mean there shouldn't be any rush. Put into this tag-team match by Stephanie McMahon (once again putting over Steph's power mad approach), Banks teams with Bayley. The latter babyface badly wants retribution on Charlotte Flair for trying to embarrass her last week.
Ideally, this match would go to a non-finish. It'd be foolish to beat Charlotte or Bayley before the pay-per-view and neither Sasha or Nia should be losing either. There's a storyline out for the writers, as they could have Jax grow tired of Flair's constant attempts to boss her around.
Inevitably, Nia floors Charlotte before laying waste to Banks outside the ring. Just as Bayley goes to pin Flair, the Raw Women's Champ feigns injury and tells the ref she can't continue. As the match is waved off, Bayley looks irate that Charlotte has dodged a bullet.