5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)

5. Sasha Banks & Naomi Celebrate Feel-Good Moment After Lacklusture Match

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Though it concluded on the kind of feel-good moment WrestleManias require to be deemed a success, Sasha Banks and Naomi's Women's Tag Team Title triumph came at the end of an incohesive scramble match endemic to how WWE books these titles.

Ostensibly a thrown-together cluster comprised of four thrown-together tandems, the match shot for a similar layout to the night two opener. Unfortunately, it fell short. The popping spots were outweighed greatly by the awkward, clunky ones (despite good moments of improvisation, like Queen Zelina styling an overshot dive into a flying Destino), and the bout lacked any semblance of flow or drama, making it a largely ineffective spotfest.

Banks and Naomi got the megastar treatment with their Lamborghini-assisted entrance. The finish was well-done, too, with Carmella isolated before eating comeuppance. Elsewhere, Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley simultaneously powerbombing the rest of the field from the top ropes was a great visual.

But there was little holding this match together between the spots, despite the earnest hard work.

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