Sasha Banks (C) vs Charlotte (30-minute Iron Man match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship)
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Iron sharpens iron. Sasha and Charlotte are magic in the ring together. The final chapter in one of WWE’s best feuds of the year?
Sasha and Charlotte went at it again for the 6th time over the Raw Women’s Championship.
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The women eyed each other as the bell rang and the clocked began to tick. The two finally locked up about 30 seconds in with Sasha overpowering Charlotte in the early stages before Charlotte broke out.
Sasha then started working on Charlotte’s arm before Charlotte took her down with a snapmare and honed in a headlock. Sasha then went for a jumping snapmare but Charlotte blocked it as Sasha modified her offence and hit a headlock takedown.
She then kneed Charlotte in the face before getting hit by a shoulder charge. Sasha got up and hit an Eddie Guerrero-esque hurricanrana before hitting knife-edge chops in the corner. She then locked in an early Banks Statement but Charlotte managed to get out of it and rolled out of the ring as we got 5 minutes into the match.
Charlotte then got back in and hit an impressive pinning combo but only got a 2-count.
Sasha then hit a pinning combo of her own, as unsuccessfully as Charlotte. Sasha then taunted Charlotte with talk of Ric Flair and Charlotte hit her with a nasty boot. Sasha went down and got back up, locking in a sleeper hold. Charlotte lifted Sasha up and drove her into the mat to break out and got a 2-count from the following pinfall.
Charlotte then looked to reverse Powerbomb Sasha onto the steel ring post from ringside, only for Sasha to block it and jump onto the apron instead.
Sasha hit back with the double knees before she rolled Charlotte back into the ring. She locked in a straight-jacket submission hold in the middle of the ring but Charlotte showed incredible strength to power out.
Sasha then hit a series of dropkicks to regain her momentum and tossed Charlotte back out to ringside before hitting a running suicide dive. She then rolled Charlotte back in the ring and covered her for a 2-count. Charlotte then kicked Sasha off the apron, sending her face-first into the steel steps as Sasha looked completely out of it.
Back on top. Charlotte showed her mean streak once again, relentlessly taking the attack to Sasha as we entered the 14th minute of this match. The Queen continued to work on Sasha’s neck and head before going for a jumping knee, only to miss.
Sasha tried to take advantage but Charlotte was having none of it. She continued to drive Sasha’s face into the mat as Sasha looked for a cheeky pinfall attempt. Charlotte kicked out easily and drove Sasha into the corner before smashing her face into the mat.
Sasha finally managed to regain her footing, as she cornered Charlotte and repeatedly struck her in the corner.
She then hit the double knees before heading to the top turnbuckle. She went for a diving crossbody but Charlotte moved out of the way and hit Sasha with a Natural Selection as she tried to recover from her miss. Sasha somehow kicked out.
Charlotte then headed to the top rope, looking to hit a moonsault but Sasha met her there. It turned out to be a bad idea as Charlotte hit a Natural Selection from the top rope to pick up the first fall with a little over 10 minutes left to go.
Charlotte then slapped Sasha around as she tried to get back on her feet but Sasha hit a hurricanrana which she somehow transitioned into a pinning combination and pinned Charlotte for the 3-count as the score went to 1-1 with 8 minutes left.
An irate Charlotte couldn’t believe that she’d just been pinned and she hit a huge boot on Sasha to show her dissent.
Charlotte then went for a moonsault and missed as Sasha locked in the Banks Statement immediately. Charlotte tried to crawl to the ropes but Sasha rolled Charlotte to the middle of the ring, the Banks Statement still in place as Charlotte was forced to tap out. Sasha 2, Charlotte 1 with 6 minutes left.
Sasha went to the top rope as Charlotte hammered Sasha’s left knee. She then targeted Sasha’s knee with destructive blows before driving Sasha’s knees into the ring post as she looked to destroy what was left of Sasha.
Charlotte then locked in a modified ankle-bar before locking in the Figure 8. Sasha somehow reversed the Figure 8 but it lasted just for a few seconds. Charlotte had the hold back in place as we entered the last minute of the match.
Sasha held on with just 20 seconds as the match finally entered the last 10 seconds. With the crowd counting down the last 10 seconds, Sasha finally tapped out, just seconds away from the match ending as the match got tied at 2 – 2.
The match then entered sudden death overtime.
Charlotte continued her relentless attack on Sasha Banks. Sasha almost stunned Charlotte twice with two epic pinning reversals but Charlotte kicked out of both.
Sasha then hit the backstabber out of nowhere and locked in the Banks Statement. Charlotte locked in the Figure 8, as a bloodied Sasha finally tapped out. 15-0 for Charlotte in PPV’s as Sasha lost to Charlotte on PPV once again. An incredible match from two once-in-a-generation performers.
Result: Charlotte def. Sasha Banks
