Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Team Rhea Ripley vs Team Shayna Baszler

Here's the match video of Team Rhea Ripley vs Team Shayna Baszler from last night's NXT Takeover show. This is the first ever women's War Games match. Mia Yim was supposed to be on Rhea's team. But she was attacked backstage and taken to hospital. She is replaced by Dakota Kai who was left off the team a few weeks ago. This match is really good except for the flat finish. I'll get into that in a minute. Io Shirai and Candice LeRae start the match. Io is finally as vicious as I would like. She beats the crap out of Candice. And then Bianca Belair joins her. Then Rhea comes out followed by Kay Lee Ray. Now it's Dakota Kai's turn but instead she turns on her best friend Tegan Nox. Dakota destroys Tegan and even hits NXT GM Steven Regal. Of course the WWE treats this heel turn like it's a big surprise. But I think many fans expected it. I certainly did. Sometimes the predictable thing is the right thing to do. Now the match is four vs. two. I guess at this point the WWE couldn't decide what to do. That usually leads to WWE creative paralysis. They teased the correct finish when Shayna pulled out handcuffs. She attempted to put them on Rhea and cuff her to the ropes while the others destroy Candice. Instead later on they had Shayna use her finisher to put Rhea to sleep. Rhea got out of it and after cuffing herself to Shayna, she dropped Shayna on some chairs for the win. It was very flat and unnecessary. First it made Shayna look like a dope. I guess they wanted Rhea to look strong going into leading the NXT Survivor Series team. But my finish is more realistic and it doesn't hurt Rhea. She could be booked very strong watching in horror as Candice gets killed. She didn't need a hokey finish to get over. As I expected, Io did a moonsault from the top of the cage. And the fans loved her despite being evil. So other than the wrong finish, this match is worth watching. Enjoy the video!