Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair already faced the difficult proposition of following a card that had delivered history earlier in the night when the came to make some of their own, but the match itself simply didn't hold up to the reasonable expectations fans had for 2018's three most dynamic female performers.
The arrangement of the spots felt needlessly complex considering the individual fury between each combatant at the heart of the story.
Days before the battle, the police had been summoned to deal with the violence on Monday Night Raw - here, there'd have been more chance of the authorities separating a fight breaking out in the shattered crowd.
It was three milquetoast singles matches wrapped in one slightly awkward Triple Threat with a wonky finish. At least they got the booking right, but more on that later.
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