Here's the match video of IYO SKY defending the WWE RAW Women's Championship against Rhea Ripley from last night's Evolution. The story going into this match is that Rhea has never beaten IYO. Well, she still hasn't beaten IYO. But there was a title change because Naomi used the Money In The Bank (MITB) briefcase to win the title. First, I don't like MITB in the first place. It's a gimmick that has outlived its usefulness. In recent years, it's been a prop more than anything else. The WWE doesn't use it to advance storylines anymore. They just delay storylines. In this case, the only reason to have Naomi cash in MITB is it's a surprise. She's involved in a completely different storyline with Jade Cargill so no one was expecting this. That doesn't make it a good idea because what they actually did was ruin a five star match with a one star finish. Obviously this all started with the ref bump. So I could see there was going to be a screwy finish. But this was worse. Most of the match was about as great as I would expect from these two. I don't want to give away too much because you should watch it. But I especially liked when they went into the arena seats and did what I call a Korakuen Hall callback. I don't know if Rhea has ever been there. Of course it's the famed Tokyo arena where IYO and Kairi Sane performed plenty of crazy stunts from the balcony. I guess when IYO was planning this stuff, the agents must have thought she was nuts. WWE wrestlers don't do what IYO does. And that's what makes her the best. Now that they have done this ridiculous finish, let's see what happens on RAW tonight. Enjoy the video!
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