8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 10)

2. Asuka, Bayley Have Explosive Match

Bayley Asuka
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You’ve got to admit that Bayley, Asuka and Sasha Banks have been delivering the goods in recent weeks, and Monday night was no exception.

Bayley and Asuka locked up in a hard-hitting, energetic bout, with the women rapidly trading submission holds and snapping off some crisp kicks and slams. Bayley caught a kick and turned it into an anklelock, while cinched in a grounded octopus and transitioned into an armbar seamlessly. Bayley then locked in an Indian deathlock (is it still called that?), which Asuka reversed into an anklelock and kneebar of her own.

The match wasn’t PPV length, but it was a great TV match, the kind that makes you want to see more. Hats off.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.