10 Times Wrestlers Cried And Made Everybody Feel Really Awkward
6. Bayley & Sasha Banks (NXT TakeOver: Respect)
Commonplace alongside the glorious heat and sunshine, Florida often suffers horrendous bursts of rain that hit with enough velocity to engulf local areas. Orlando's Full Sail University nearly fell victim to this in 2015 when just about every bloody person in the building sunk the arena with their tears.
Bayley cried. Sasha cried. From the crowd, Charlotte and Becky Lynch cried. Celebrating their outstanding contest (and tacitly attempting to syphon some of their success), Stephanie McMahon cried. Even Bayley's superfan Izzy bawled her eyes out, but that was at least in response to Sasha's utterly sensational theft of her headband at the midpoint of the match.
Indeed it was an emotional night as two of NXT's top stars had their final match on the brand, main eventing the October 2015 TakeOver special with an absorbing 30 minute iron man match that almost lived up to their era-defining Brooklyn clash two months earlier.
Unfortunately, WWE had played fast and loose with kayfabe leading up the encounter, acknowledging their very real friendship in an effort to highlight the importance of their battles.
Following the Four Horsewomen's emotional goodbyes in August, it was perhaps a curtain call too far, stripping their rivalry of...an actual wrestling rivalry.