8 WWE WrestleMania 37 - Night 2 Impulse Reactions

6. Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) Vs. Natalya & Tamina

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"This didn't have the best of builds" would perhaps be the understatement of the year, considering that the build to the build was virtually nonexistent.

Natalya and Tamina's victory on Night One came in rather underwhelming circumstances, but "underwhelming" has come to define these belts outside of that time Nia Jax sold the a literal pain in the a*se.

And there's more of that to come - Jax and partner-who-she-doesn't-get-along-with Shayna Baszler will continue to defend them after somewhat surprisingly retaining their treasured titles in a match that tried hard to get good but was only successful in spells.

Fans seemed earnestly happy for the long-tenured Tamina getting this specific shot. There was a sweetness to it that's often absent in these salty times, and her and Jax played with that as a clumsily functional bout entered its final minutes.

They got all got a bit of their sh*t in, then wrapped it up when Baszler choked out Natalya for the win. It was a match mostly almost immune to any further analysis, for belts almost immune to emotional investment, as if wrestled on Raw. So LET'S SWITCH GEARS, eh?

 
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