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TELEVISION CAPTURES
– Cole plugs the WWE Divas Title Triple Threat at WrestleMania. Renee is backstage with WWE Divas Champion Charlotte and Ric Flair. Renee asks what it means to be facing Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch in her first WrestleMania match. Charlotte says she’s known them for a while and was holding Sasha’s hair back while she puked before her first NXT match. Charlotte doesn’t see Sasha as The Boss, she sees her as a scared little girl still. She also knocks Becky. Flair chimes in about how Charlotte wanted to be better than Sasha and Becky. Charlotte says and now she is better. Renee reveals Charlotte has requested time to talk to Sasha and Becky on SmackDown this week.
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Natalya did a promo saying she was dedicating the match against Charlotte to her uncle, Bret Hart. Charlotte came in with Ric Flair and told her she was beneath her and a warm up for her three way at WrestleMania. Nattie said make it a Title match. Charlotte said no. Nattie said my uncle was right, the Flairs are cowards. That is all it took.
Charlotte vs. Natalya for the Divas Title is up next.
Charlotte was in control early until Natty came back and put her in a surfboard. She went The Sharpshooter but Charlotte bailed to the floor. Then Charlotte then went to work on her again. She was doing a great job of playing nasty heel. Charlotte did a lot of cool heel stuff as she worked over Natty, who she called a has been.
After a few minutes, Natty made a small comeback but Charlotte quickly got the upper hand. Charlotte took Natty’s leg and whipped it into the post. She tried to do it again but Natty stopped her and rolled away. When Charlotte got in the ring, they faced off with punches. Natty laid her out and when for The Sharpshooter but Charlotte powered out and got a two count. Then she nailed Natty with a big boot. Natty sold it like she was dead but as Charlotte put on the Figure Four Natty powered up and eventually rolled Charlotte over, but Charlotte came back and slapped her in the face. Charlotte rolled to the apron and went out, torquing Natty. She came back in and got a two with Natural Selection but Natty kicked out. Charlotte tried two more covers but only got two counts.
Charlotte went up to the top for a moonsault but Natty grabbed her and got a two off of a Sitout Powerbomb. The fans chanted “This Is Awesome”. Yes it is. Vince, are you listening?
Natty went for the Sharpshooter but Charlotte got out. She tried again and locked it on. Charlotte was in the middle of the ring and she crawled over to the ropes and grabbed Ric’s hands. Natty got up and yelled, “Are you serious” and slugged Ric. Charlotte used the distraction to roll up Natty, and used the ropes to get the win and retain the Title.
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Tamina Snuka and Naomi vs. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch
Back from the break and Tamina Snuka is in the ring with Naomi. Ric Flair and WWE Divas Champion Charlotte are seated at ringside. Becky Lynch is out first for her team followed by Sasha Banks. Becky starts things off with Tamina and gets double teamed early on as Sasha argues with the referee.
Naomi and Sasha get tagged in at the same time. Sasha catches a kick and nails one of her own. Sasha with double knees for a 2 count as Tamina breaks it up. Becky runs in and throws Tamina to the floor. Tamina pulls her out and throws her into the barrier. Back and forth with Sasha and Naomi. Sasha with the Backstabber and the Banks Statement for the win.
Winners: Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch
– After the bell, Sasha has her hand raised but Charlotte attacks her from behind to boos. Charlotte mounts Sasha and slams her head into the mat. Becky runs in but Charlotte suplexes her. Charlotte stands tall and leaves the ring as her music hits and Flair watches from ringside with the title.
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#1 Contender’s Match: Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch: Since Monday’s match ended in a double pin, this is our rematch to crown a #1 contender. They both looked for early pins using a lock up and takedown as well as other basic things, which usually wouldn’t be done for a pin, but it showed that both wanted to win quickly and not allow any controversy like what happened on Raw. They worked a nice pace, going back and forth, and then at about three-minutes in Charlotte and Ric Flair arrived. We then went to the commercial break. After the break, Banks was in control of things. This really felt as if it dropped as far as the energy went. Lynch made her comeback, and that helped things but I felt the early portion had a better vibe overall. Lynch started to put some stuff together, but Banks avoided a leg drop and hit a running meteora for a near fall. Banks was then able to secure the Banks statement, but Lynch got the ropes. She then hit a series of running knee charges in the corner, again getting a near fall. It started to pick as the action got more intense, and they worked some nice near falls. They then went to the floor and clotheslined each other, Ric Flair danced and Wooooo’d at them, and then Charlotte attacked for the non-finish.
– Renee caught up with Charlotte, who ran down Sasha and Becky. Charlotte started to run down Renee for not having the scoop, and it was then Renee informed her that she had to face Sasha and Becky in a triple threat match at Mania. And there you go.
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