25 Worst Wrestling Moments Of 2024
19. Bayley Vs Nia Jax (WWE Bad Blood)
Bayley and Nia Jax had a passable match at SummerSlam, and it did boast an exciting ending and a title change. Jax winning the WWE Women's Championship felt like the company's meritocracy once again gracefully coinciding with some longterm storytelling - a case of a character getting over, putting obvious work in to stay there, and being rewarded as such.
They'd also had what many consider to be Jax' best ever match all the way back at TakeOver: London in 2015. Nearly a decade on and with all the right experience in all the right ways about how to maximise their minutes, there wasn't too much concern about how their Bad Blood sequel would go. The assuredness was misplaced.
Realistically the Champion's worst match since she made her surprisingly successful return and one of the 'Role Model's poorer Premium Live Event efforts, the two had chemistry issues throughout and were a little too ambitious in the assemblage of particular spots - most notably Nia hurricanrana'ing out of a Bayley powerbomb attempt.
It was amateur stuff from two proven pros. Sometimes, the attempt is worth applauding, but as one of several stumbles in the clash, it set and secured the tone as a negative one.