11 Match Star Ratings For WWE Clash Of Champions 2019
6. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross Vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville - Women's Tag Team Title Match
This Alexa Bliss/Nikki Cross deal isn't the start of a beautiful friendship, but it would be cooler if it was.
The two women share an almost wholesome chemistry, they complement one another in the ring, too, and Alexa Bliss is exponentially better as a babyface. WWE is very enamoured of her verbal and acting skills in the heel role, but her matches tend to meander because her facials are relied upon to carry heat spots that go nowhere. Here, her exchanges with Mandy Rose were shockingly, unexpectedly great. The timing was the stuff of true pros; had they missed a beat in the striking exchanges, they might have legit opened each other up.
Nikki Cross got over here, too, on a night weirdly designed to prohibit that across the board. Her ironic, hip-swivelling taunts were a funny and engaging riposte to Rose's unimaginative and cruel promo on SmackDown, and her seasoned talent added a layer of polish and credibility to a fun and improbably well-worked match. Her save for the Total Elimination near-fall was timed brilliantly.
A risible and fairly ugly storyline resolved (probably not, but you never know) in a cathartic way.
Star Rating: ***