Getting behind again means I'm just book-ending this week with reviews. The Wordpress Project didn't go to plan, but January's a new month to try it out. Next week I will aim for 3 reviews relating to the attempted project.
Emma and Dana Brooke enter first, to Dana Brooke's theme called “Respectful” (they're plugging it on iTunes so why not...) Charlotte enters first, and waits for Bayley at the foot of the ramp, Bayley's massively popular in NXT, and she hugs Charlotte as she gets to her. Charlotte has recently moved up to the main roster apparently.
MATCH 2: EMMA & DANA BROOKE VS. CHARLOTTE & BAYLEY
The bell rings, and Bayley starts the match with Dana Brooke, who is a former fitness competitor. Dana shoves Bayley to the mat from a collar-elbow tie up as the fans chant “Bayley's gonna hug you” Dana Brooke takes too long celebrating her small victory allowing Bayley to pick her up, Bayley backs into a tag by Charlotte before dropping Dana to the mat. Bayley catapults her into a pieface by Charlotte. Charlotte gets a full-nelson before allowing Bayley to tag back in, holding Dana in place for a chop. Dana scrambles to her corner, tagging in Emma. Bayley looks ready for Emma, and the fans now like Emma because she's the hot new thing in this match. So fickle... Emma goes out to the floor and hides behind Dana Brooke as Bayley follows. Bayley slides through the ring hitting Emma with a dropkick! Dana Brooke goes down too, so Bayley sends Emma back into the ring. Bayley scales the ropes, Brooke gets on the apron but Bayley knocks her back down with a right hand. That allowed Emma the time to bring Bayley down to the mat by her ankle, Bayley's head bounces off the top turnbuckle! That looked brutal.
Emma waits for the referee to check on Bayley before covering but she only gets 2. Emma goes back on the attack before a second quick cover and nearfall. Emma wrenches at Bayley's neck on the mat as we split off for a replay of what just happened. Charlotte and the crowd will Bayley to her feet but Emma kicks her in the jaw and sends her back down with a clubbing blow to the back. Emma sends Bayley into the corner, tagging out to Dana. They keep Bayley in the corner with a sequence of quick tags and boots to the gut before we end how we started, with Emma and Bayley in the ring. Emma sends Bayley into the top turnbuckle across the ring as a fan throws a water bottle at her. See, who says you can't get heat these days? Emma sends Bayley across the ring, and Bayley drags herself to the corner. Emma hits a running crossbody, Rich calls it the “Emmarmite sandwich” but Corey Graves says she doesn't call it that anymore. Mr Graves is in-the-know! Emma gets a nearfall from it, whatever it's called.
Emma pulls on Bayley's hair and mocks her as she gets to her feet. Emma's smart, keeping herself between Bayley and Charlotte as Bayley gets up. Emma mockingly hugs Bayley before dropping her with a straight right hand. Charlotte cheers Bayley on from the apron and distracts Emma, causing her to turn around into a T-Bone suplex! Emma crawls to Dana's corner as Bayley tries to make it to Charlotte. They both get the tag! Charlotte sends Dana Brooke down with a chop and another. Brooke misses a clothesline and eats a third Flair chop. Charlotte drops to one knee on a neckbreaker, but Brooke reverses an irish whip. Charlotte barely gets her boot up in time but gets distracted by Emma on the floor. Dana Brooke attacks Charlotte from behind before making the tag. Bayley is nowhere to be seen, she hasn't got to her corner yet. Charlotte is sent across the ring but cartwheels through a double clothesline attempt. Charlotte hits a double DDT! Charlotte covers Emma, but she kicks out at 2. Emma uses the ropes to get to her feet and catches Charlotte with a back elbow. Emma gets to the corner, Charlotte charges, running into a boot. Emma climbs to the top rope and hits a crossbody! Charlotte rolls through and locks in a Figure-Four! Charlotte bridges to add pressure and Graves says that makes it a Figure-Eight because it's twice as good as her dad's. So it must be 1949485 times better than David's, at least.
Emma shouts for Dana Brooke's assistance but Bayley shows up in the nick of time, she slides under the bridge and sends Dana out of the ring with a Bayley to belly. Charlotte's released the hold but hits a confused Emma with the Natural Selection for the win.
WINNERS: CHARLOTTE & BAYLEY
This was the perfect match for Charlotte after losing her championship last time around. She got a strong start to the match, was crucial in turning it around with the hot tag and got the pin. Bayley is the perfect face-in-peril and the heat on her didn't seem to last too long, as it can tend to do. Emma and Dana Brooke had a decent showing individually and as a team and the work towards the finish was just awesome. WORKRATE: 2.75/5 PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 3/5 OVERALL: 5.75/10
Charlotte and Bayley celebrate in the ring, including a hug and a Flair strut, before we see footage of Sami Zayn injuring his shoulder on Raw 3 weeks ago answering John Cena's United States Championship open challenge. Zayn's staring into a mirror intensely backstage before Corey Graves thanks, Motionless in White for providing tonight's theme tune, surprisingly called “Unstoppable”. Finally, we see some 2015 signees to the WWE Performance Centre, and the only one I recognise is the man we now know on Smackdown as Appollo Crewes.
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