Bayley beat Sasha Banks for the title back at TakeOver: Brooklyn (here) and NXT General Manager William Regal announced the rematch would be a 30-minute Ironman match, it would also be the first Women's TakeOver main event. We see Lita, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Stephanie McMahon at ringside ready for the main event as the fans chant “women's wrestling” it used to be a joke that wrestling fans will chant anything, I'm starting to think now it's just a fact. We throw back to Rich Brennan, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton on commentary.
After the video package, Sasha Banks makes her way out, followed by Bayley who barely takes her eyes off the challenger. We get in-ring introductions for the big match, with both women having their supporters.
BAYLEY © VS. SASHA BANKS
Event (7th October 2015)
They milk the reactions for over a minute before locking up, They struggle before Banks shoves Bayley away. The second lock up sends Bayley to the ropes, but she switches with Sasha. Banks gets a waistlock, quickly into a headlock. Bayley shoves her into the ropes but gets knocked down with a shoulder tackle. Banks covers for 1, then rolls Bayley up twice for a count each trying to get an early advantage in the match. Sasha Banks keeps Bayley in a front facelock until they get to their feet, then transitions into a headlock. Bayley gets out with a top wristlock, sending Banks into the ropes and knocking her down with a shoulder tackle, Bayley covers for 1, rolls Banks up getting 1, the third attempt still gets 1 as we close in on the first 10% of the time-limit. Bayley ducks a clothesline and they exchange pinfall variations until Banks brings it back to their feet with a front facelock. Bayley gets out using Banks' left arm and goes back to roll-ups. Sasha Banks creates some distance and hits Bayley with a dropkick.
Sasha Banks stands over Bayley in the corner as we get dueling chants from the fans. Bayley charges into a standing armbar by Banks, she sends Banks into the ropes and hits a Japanese arm drag, Bayley hits the second one and it looked like a rough landing for Sasha, Bayley covers, but Banks kicks out at one. Bayley goes back to the left arm and brings Banks to her feet, sending her off the ropes. Sasha Banks ducks a clothesline and takes Bayley down with a headscissors. She charges but is sent over to the apron. Sasha Banks blocks a right hand and brings Bayley over to the corner. She sends Bayley across the ring with an arm drag from the top turnbuckle! Bayley avoids the charge but Banks uses the bottom rope to float over Bayley and send her head into the turnbuckle. Bayley holds on to the top rope to counter the lungblower, she attempts a Bayley to belly but Banks shoves her off and scrambles to the corner. This gives us perfect time to see a replay of Banks landing on her shoulder in the Japanese arm drag. Bayley brings Sasha Banks up to her feet and they hug before Banks brings Bayley to the mat by her hair.
Sasha Banks sends Bayley into the corner but runs into a back elbow, Bayley sends her across the ring with an arm drag. Bayley hits a Stinger Splash bringing Banks out of the corner, then a running back elbow and clothesline. Bayley tops it off with a dropkick and Banks rolls to the floor. Bayley goes out to the floor and hits dropkicks under the bottom rope through the corner as Banks makes her way around the ring. My Network constantly loses feed until Bayley sends Sasha into the ring from the guardrail so I'll presume she was sent into that. Bayley drops from the apron to avoid a right hand and trips Banks up, then gets in the ring and hits a bulldog for a nearfall. Sasha Banks rolls her up and tries to use the bottom rope for leverage, but the referee notices and doesn't count. Banks argues with the referee, Bayley tries to blindside her and they tease a referee bump, but he remains unscathed. Banks goes through the same process then traps him in the corner with her back to poke Bayley in the eye and rolling the champion up at the 8 ½ minute mark.
Banks 1-0 Bayley
Sasha Banks goes back on the attack, forcing Bayley into the corner and choking her with the boot. The referee brings Banks out of the corner, Bayley takes her down and they exchange right hands on the mat that we all know would have been hair-pulling a few years prior. Just as I say that Bayley is brought to her feet by her hair. She blocks Banks' attempt at sending her into the corner and Banks' head meets the turnbuckle repeatedly. Bayley tries to get a run-up but Sasha Banks reverses it at the last second sending Bayley into the corner. Sasha Banks sets Bayley up for the knee drop in the corner but Bayley catches her and drops her onto the corner. Bayley tries to bring Banks out of the corner by her ankles but Banks lands on her feet! She knocks Bayley down with a forearm and climbs up to the middle rope, but Bayley brings her down to the mat and hits the Bayley to belly to tie the score.
Banks – 1 – 1 – Bayley
Sasha Banks rolls out to the floor at the 11-minute mark, Corey Graves says Bayley should let her get counted out, but Bayley follows, looking for another running dropkick but Banks catches it and swings Bayley into the steps on the outside, then rolls Bayley back in for a nearfall. Bayley is sent outside for a couple more trips into the ring steps right in front of her family then back in for another nearfall. Guess where next? Yep! Back out to the floor. Bayley tweaks her knee on the landing. Sasha Banks brings Bayley up the walkway and sends her into the LED screen showing we're close to the 14-minute mark. She grabs a headband off Izzy (Bayley's biggest fan) and poses in the ring. Bayley is counted out and Banks throws the headband at a crying Izzy.
Banks 2 – 1 – Bayley
Bayley is trying to get to her feet as she crawls to the ring. The referee restarts the count but Bayley is able to slide into the ring at 5, but Banks meets her with a dropkick sending her back to the floor. Bayley is brought back in and Banks gets a nearfall to start the second half of the match. Sasha Banks attacks Bayley's back with stomps and trash talks her in the corner. Bayley kicks out at Banks from the corner, Banks grabs the ankle and drops Bayley down into a backbreaker. She covers and Bayley kicks out at one. Sasha Banks locks in a Walls of Jericho and stomps on Bayley's formerly broken hand. Bayley is able to crawl to the ropes and break the hold so Sasha tries to break Bayley's skull with more stomps. Banks brings Bayley away from the ropes and tries to go back to the boston crab, but Bayley rolls through to a pin and evens the match up.
Banks 2 - 2- Bayley
This seems to have cheered Izzy up, but Banks, not so much. She takes advantage of Bayley not being able to capitalize and sets her up for the double knees in the corner again but hits the mat. Bayley kicks out from the corner as exhaustion sets in. Running ax handles from Bayley before she fluffs some kind of facebuster, but she covers and gets a close nearfall. Sasha Banks gets to her feet in the corner but Bayley hits a running shoulder block and running back elbows. Bayley throws Banks out of the corner and hits a spinning back elbow from the middle rope, covering for a nearfall as the fans chant “women's wrestling” to show they know where they are or something. Bayley plants Banks in the tree of woe, springing off the bottom rope into an elbow drop for another nearfall. We get a replay of it at the 20-minute mark and Bayley sits Banks on the top rope in the corner. They fight it out as Bayley makes her way up there, Banks slips out and pushes Bayley off balance, then hangs her in the tree of woe for the double knee drop! Sasha Banks covers 1, 2, 2.9!
Sasha Banks sets Bayley back up in the tree of woe, but Bayley sits up and Banks' shoulder hits the ring post. Sasha Banks falls to the floor, Bayley gets down from the top rope and dropkicks her through the ropes. Bayley sends Banks' hand into the ring steps in receipt for TakeOver: Brooklyn and brings it back into the ring for a nearfall. Sasha Banks charges but is sent through the ropes to the apron and snaps her arm off the middle rope. Bayley moves the steel steps and they exchange rights in front of her family. Bayley sends Banks' hand into the steps and runs up them for a jumping clothesline. Sasha Banks is able to kick Bayley into the ring steps and gets in the ring. Bayley gets to her feet at 6 but Banks dives through the ropes, she gets caught, Bayley to belly on the floor! Bayley brings it back in the ring for a nearfall as we approach the final 5 minutes. Bayley seats Banks on the top rope but gets cut off with a forearm and a kick. Bayley returns with a forearm and climbs to the middle rope but gets pushed away. Bayley runs back up and brings Sasha down with a Bayley to belly from the middle rope! She rolls Sasha up 1, 2, Sasha gets her foot on the rope at the last second!
Bayley gets Sasha Banks on the middle rope as Saxton speculates this could end in a draw. Corey Graves almost punches him in the face before reminding him there's overtime to stop that happening. Bayley hits the reverse hurricanrana out of the corner but Banks rolls through, she hits the Bayley to belly 1, 2, no! Banks Statement is locked in! Bayley makes her way to the ropes but Banks pushes off them to roll back near the middle of the ring. Bayley escapes for a second but can't capitalize before Banks puts it back on. Sasha Banks stomps on Bayley's hand as she reaches for the ropes but Bayley is able to pry open Sasha's grip and send her hand into the mat. Bayley rolls through a lungblower attempt, Banks tries the Banks Statement again but Bayley pulls back at both of Sasha's arms, she kicks Sasha in the back of the head leaving Sasha to submit in the last 3 seconds of the match.
Bayley 3 – 2 Banks
WINNER: BAYLEY
I have to be honest, there was a lot of time-wasting through the match. I get that it was to create an atmosphere but with a clock in the background, it didn't do the flow of the match any favours for me. That aside, these two had an amazing match with a molten hot crowd. They escalated the match throughout and any time Bayley had a chance to be more aggressive to match her opponent, she took it. Sasha Banks looked like an amazing heel through the match and everyone was cheering for Bayley by the end of the match, even Sasha's fans– As a match it's **** but personally, I'd rate it 8.75/10
After the match general manager William Regal, Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon stand at the top of the walkway with the NXT roster to show their appreciation. Sasha Banks breaks down as Triple H walks into the ring to congratulate Bayley.
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