8 Match Star Ratings For WWE Clash Of Champions 2020
3. Bayley Vs. Asuka - SmackDown Women's Title Match
A mad scramble to fill time that it only wasted, the forfeit gimmick was right there. It was exponentially more in character for Bayley to celebrate the most technical of victories as something altogether more hard-fought, and it was totally inconsistent with her character to issue an open challenge.
The idea was that she knew Sasha Banks was in no condition to answer it - nothing has gone over anybody's head here - but Bayley has spent the last several months just casually ducking out of challenges, whether in progress or otherwise. Infuriatingly, to very few repercussions, unless the finish was so poorly-received that Stephanie McMahon had to babyface herself by addressing it.
It was the same, punishing story here: Asuka answered the challenge, and after three or so minutes of pulsating action - not to go all Shane McMahon, because you don't want to be reminded of him, but that German suplex was in fact sick - Bayley grabbed a steel chair and hit Asuka with it.
Why doesn't she just do that all the time?
Oh wait. She does.
Sasha Banks got some heat back in the post-match in a decent enough angle as part of a wider picture this didn't ruin, so there's that,
Star Rating: ★★¾