Ronda Rousey(c)* vs Ruby Riott: Raw Women's Championship (15 min)
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It seems as if everybody is writing off this match because of it's sheer predictability, but damn are you all mistaken. Predictable? Sure. But this has the makings of a damn classic. The match contains two phenomenal talents and also the huge surprise element of what if we do actually see a new champion here, that would change the whole program. Now of course I won't be doing that here, but I am making sure to have Ruby Riott look like a million bucks. We also have the element of Charlotte Flair sitting in the front row as a spectator and believe me I'll get to that later. But for all you fellow Becky Lynch lovers out there I must warn you now, she will not be making an appearance here as having this whole angle be a simple rerun of the CM Punk hiatus where the man legit returned the next week, that would kill the whole story; give it time to breathe. Now I felt fifteen minutes was a great time frame for these two for many reasons: it gives them enough time to tell a good story, it's not too long of a match coming off of the classic we just saw, and it's also not too long to kill the crowd for the main event. But once that bell rings, Riott finally arrives. As the Rousey/Banks match at Royal Rumble reestablished Banks as a bad ass, this match will establish Riott as a bad ass. Towards the end Riott looks to fly with her flying senton, but Rousey actually catches her in position for the Rowdy Armbar. As she struggles to lock it in, Riott manages to power out and just start teeing off on Rousey with right hands and Houston starts coming alive. With the crowd reeling, Riott connects with her Riott Kick and the arena explodes, but Riott wisely knows who she's messing with so she lifts her for one more. Once she connects again she knocks the champion towards the ropes where her foot lays under the bottom rope. Riott goes for the cover hooking the inside leg, the ref counts to three and Houston loses it's mind, but he realizes at the last millisecond that Rousey had the rope break and he waves it off. As Riott celebrates thinking she's the new champion, Rousey takes advantage with the Piper's Pit, followed by the Rowdy Armbar for the submission victory. The action isn't done though. As Rousey celebrates and goes to check on Riott, the daughter of the Dirtiest Player in the Game jumps the rail and enters the ring with a brutal chop block to the knee of Rousey. Flair strikes her down with Natural Selection, and then goes to retrieve her old friend Kenny the kendo stick. She beats the holy hell out of the champ targeting the knee, and finishes her off with the Figure Eight to a shower of boos. The segment closes with Flair holding the Raw Women's Title up high, pointing to the WrestleMania sign, and looking as proud as ever over the fallen champion. Boy is Flair gonna be pissed when The Man comes back around. One way or another, this triple threat is coming to New York.