10 best WWE matches of August 2018

#4 Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4):

Baszler was upset by the Pirate Princess

This was one of the best pure babyface vs. pure heel battles all year and ended in one of 2018's most cathartic moments. Both women played their parts perfectly. The way Kairi Sane got inside Shayna Baszler's head early on, the inhuman way in which Baszler twisted her opponent's foot, the multiple reversals and false finishes at the end with Sane snatching victory from the jaws of defeat thanks to her experiential edge over her opponent, it all came together masterfully.

I wasn't a fan of Shayna Baszler kicking out of the Insane Elbow, a spot which, if it needed to happen at all, should have been saved for an upcoming showdown with Io Shirai, but that's a minor gripe.

This was easily the best NXT Women's Championship match since Asuka and Ember Moon a year before, and hopefully will be a sign of things to come under the reign of the new champion.