18 WWE WrestleMania 36 Impulse Reactions

15. Becky Lynch (c) Vs. Shayna Baszler

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Becky Lynch the truck driver took on Shayna Baszler the vampire in a battle WWE couldn't help but over-complicate before actually making it to the 'Show Of Shows'.

More's the pity too, after watching what they were capable of on the Monday Night shows that played to the silence of the Performance Center. And, too, what they managed here.

Hard-hitting and full of the feud's blood and thunder, Lynch might have been the one to arrive in a truck but she left looking like she'd been hit by one after narrowly getting by the 'Queen Of Spades' after locking her in a pinfall following a Shayna submission attempt.

NXT booked Baszler like this twice before, with both Kairi Sane and Ember Moon taking wins from her before suffering grisly ends for daring to step to such a dangerous force. That's likely how things will go for 'The Man' as and when the company can run shows in front of crowds again. That'll be time for Baszler's big night - not this surprisingly succinct first chapter.

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