#3 Was that a squash match?
Alexa Bliss and Bayley have clearly been trying their best to get their rivalry over with the fans. Try as they might, however, they keep meeting unjustified resistance.
Last week on RAW they were involved in a questionable ‘This is your life’ segment that raised the ire of the WWE universe to ‘X-Pac Heat’ levels. And last night, their ‘Kendo stick on a pole match’ didn’t fair too much better. But, can we really go as far as to say Bayley was buried here?
I am the first to admit that Bayley is not being well utilised on RAW. Her gimmick is basically portraying her like a 12-year-old child, incapable of ‘getting extreme’ and generally being unprepared for facing a tougher opponent. This is all despite the fact that we’ve seen her go through two gruelling matches with Sasha Banks down on NXT.
If there is one thing to say in favour of this feud, it’s that the WWE chose to tell a story, and have been consistent with it. It may not be the story a lot of fans wanted to follow, but so far all of the promos, and all of Alexa’s taunts and mockery have fitted into the narrative perfectly.
For a company that doesn’t tend to fare too well with storytelling these days, the writers need to be commended at least a little bit here.
This match should probably not be seen as a burial or a ‘squash match’. The whole thing was pretty short, and Bayley did get her offence in. If the point of the match was to retrieve the kendo stick, it makes sense that Alexa was able to defeat Bayley with the help of said stick.
I’m sure Bayley will recover from this and eventually get revenge on Alexa, but at the moment it’s safe to say Bliss is doing her job as the heel perfectly well, especially when you consider the reactions people seem to be having towards her.
