WWE's Kelly Kelly: How It Started Vs How It Ended

With only 65 seconds to play with, an exuberant Kelly Kelly had to get a lot of sh*t in for a part-timer. That was all a little literal when it came to the botched head scissors spot on Tamina, but she took a spectacular crack to the back of the head from the second generation star before Sasha Banks set her flying backwards over the rope off a failed poisoned 'rana elimination attempt.

This...ruled. In a match with criminally little thought paid to it, the two constructed an exit for the former Divas Champion jinxy enough to stick out as one of the best spots of the show. From Vince McMahon patronisingly advising her on how to take her clothes off to her schooling the daft old tw*t on how to make one of his signature matches still look any good, she impressively closed a fairly substantial chapter of her career and life.

That's if that's what this was. "How It Ended" suggests more permanence to this spectacular departure, when in reality, the well-liked Kelly will surely be called upon the next time WWE need somebody to share a glass of punch with One Man Gang at the next Raw Reunion.

She's worked three Rumbles now and has a 24/7 Championship to her name, for whatever that's worth. If wrestling wasn't (still) so ageist and misogynistic, the 35-year-old wouldn't be in her prime let alone bordering on it passing her by. It's at very least moved beyond the miserable confines of her debut though, and her Rumble tumble proffered a glimpse of what she might still be able to offer as a side hustle if a latter-day return is even remotely of interest.