#7 - NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 2015
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Any fans of Women’s wrestling will know exactly what I’m talking about when I bring up NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, Sasha Banks vs Bayley.
There was an emotional story behind this match as Bayley had been left behind in NXT while her fellow ‘Four Horsewomen’ members had all made the jump to the main roster. Bayley had also been on a 6-month journey to get to the NXT Women’s title and, spoiler alert, this would be her crowning moment.
The match itself had some tremendous drama, Bayley’s recent hand injury was used throughout and Sasha stomping on Bayley’s hand while she had the ‘bank statement’ locked in was one of my favourite spots of the match.
There were also plenty of high-risk manoeuvres, not to mention Bayley’s scary bump when she landed square on her head after coming off the top rope.
It all added up to an emotionally draining match and when Bayley finally got the win, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a tear in my eye.
This was, in my opinion, one of the greatest matches ever regardless of gender and would stop people looking at the Women’s division matches as great matches “for a woman’s match” and would be purely considered as a great wrestling match in general.
