11 Match Star Ratings For WWE Clash Of Champions 2019
8. Bayley Vs. Charlotte Flair - SmackDown Women's Title Match
This would not have happened in a WWE Heavyweight or Universal Title match.
"This" being a glorified TV match running at under four minutes with a truly odious and inconclusive finish. Bayley is a heel now, and because character dynamics in WWE are so binary as to insult the intelligence, she had to cheat to win. That's wrestling. An outdated version of wrestling, but it's wrestling, and thus not a hill to die on. But that finish, Jesus Christ.
What purpose does it serve?
Did anybody in the arena or at home truly raise their fist in anger at that despicable Bayley? Or did they instead roll their eyes at the brazen, cheap booking and the way in which Charlotte Flair looked like a dimwitted geek? Or worse, a Diva?
Charlotte's work looked dialled in and credible, but so what? The finish was underwhelming and unsatisfying. It is possible to cheat in a way that doesn't expose the babyface as a moron, but this wasn't it. This was a disservice to two women we know are capable of much more than this carny b*llocks that existed purely to set up a sequel, the irony, of course, being that WWE has now removed any appetite for the sequel.
This was dire stuff of no imagination whatsoever.
Star Rating: *