16 Match Star Ratings For WWE WrestleMania 39
12. Trish Stratus, Lita & Becky Lynch Vs. Damage CTRL
At around 15 minutes and reliant upon a fast pace and convoluted modern sequencing, this was much too ambitious.
Lita isn't quite in her Heroines of Wrestling phase, but Iyo Sky had to practically sprint with lung-bursting speed, at the last second, to blatantly get into position to take her signature moves. Iyo had to create the illusion of a fast-paced match, even if it all looked incredibly fake. Trish Stratus fared better, slightly, but like Lita she had to beg for a reaction from the audience. Lita actually earned one deep in the match, when she hit her big moves, but that just brought into focus that the match went much too long. It was a strange decision, imposing a modern structure. This would have benefited, greatly, from smoke and mirrors.
The Lita and Trish nostalgia has faded, so much so that Becky Lynch felt anonymous in there when she should have worked most of the match in the Ricky Morton role. The entire match veered between oof and just there before the last two minutes, which the crowd did get into.
So a glorified Raw match, then, only worked in slower motion than usual.
Star Rating: ★★½