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<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at how the first ever all women&#8217;s pay-per-view perform at the The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY</p>
<h2><strong>Trish and Lita try their best but Alicia Fox craps all over it</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Trish Stratus &amp; Lita def. Mickie James &amp; Alicia Fox: </strong>It is really frustrating when the match that you have the least expectations from starts delivering only to then turn out worse than your expectations. That was how this match was.</p>
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<p>Lita and Trish Status did show a bit of ring rust and their age but mostly they were above and beyond what anyone could expect from these veterans. It was predictably Alicia Fox who spoilt the experience.</p>
<p>We get that she should be cut some slack as she was a last minute replacement for Bliss but even then she was horrendous. There was a spot where she had to break up a pin but she barely made any contact making the whole thing seem stupid.</p>
<p>It was just okay as a nostalgia act and when you consider the fact that three of the women involved are veterans and no one cares about the fourth one, the point of this match seems lost. The only good thing was that Stratus and Lita got the win.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Women’s Battle Royal</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Nia Jax won the Women’s Battle Royal to earn a future Women’s Title opportunity: </strong>Pretty much any wrestling fan out there could have written this script move by move without the need of a crystal ball. That was how predictable this match was.</p>
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<p>Based on the build-up, we all knew that Nia Jax was going to win this one but at least WWE could have added a bit more flair to the proceedings. Instead, we got one of the most generic matches WWE could come up with.</p>
<p>This defeats the entire purpose of a women’s PPV. The reason the women’s division languished in the shadow of the men’s division for so long was because of the way every women’s match was scripted. It was all the same.</p>
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<p>WWE has been trying hard to convince that such an approach no longer exists but this match disproved that. Battle Royals aren’t always the best and WWE made it even more unappealing.</p>
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<h2><strong>The Mae Young Classic Finals, finally delivers</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Toni Storm def. Io Shirai to win the 2018 Mae Young Classic: </strong>It is the height of irony when the first good match on the first ever women’s PPV is delivered by two wrestlers who aren’t part of the main full-time roster.</p>
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<p>It is also sad that we had to wait this long into the PPV to get a decent match. Most casual fans would have seen Toni Storm and Io Shirai wrestling for the first time and that kind of added to the excitement.</p>
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<p>The match was pretty good and while it wasn’t ground-breaking, this was much easier on the eye and should have opened the show. Toni Storm won after a few cool spots and we finally had a match that was worthy of being on such a landmark PPV.</p>
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<h2><strong>The three on three tag match turns out to be surprisingly good</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Sasha Banks, Bayley &amp; Natalya def. The Riott Squad: </strong>We here at WrestlingWorld hate it when storylines are randomly dumped on our faces and this feud is a prime example of that. We still don’t know why the Riott Squad has a beef with Sasha Banks and Bayley and why Natalya has joined in as well.</p>
<p>However, the last few weeks of this feud has been entertaining and tonight was more of the same. It is a shame that WWE did not capitalize on this by having a full-fledged storyline behind this feud to make it seem legit.</p>
<p>Pretty much everyone involved here is a great wrestler and that showed. The match had a nice flow to it and hopefully WWE can see the potential of these six women and do something worthwhile with them.</p>
<p>As far as this match was concerned, while we are still miffed with the lack of a backstory, we are pretty happy about the match itself especially as the team of Banks, Bayley and Natalya picked up the win.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Shayna Baszler reclaims her throne</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane to become the new NXT Women’s Champion: </strong>This was a great match but filled us with sadness. You might wonder why.</p>
<p>It is simple. In the past when we have seen exciting talent on NXT, we would jump with joy and we could not wait for them to make their main roster debuts. However, over the years we have had awesome wrestlers like Finn Balor, Bayley, Kevin Owens and so many more who are still to receive a proper push on the main card.</p>
<p>That is the probable future awaiting these two women who simply tore the house down. Some of the best matches are the ones that do not need a gimmick or crazy spots. All you need are two wrestlers who can make you believe that they might end up killing one another. That was the raw wrestling spectacle we got from this match.</p>
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<p>Baszler is probably the scariest heel in all of wrestling right now. We just hope WWE does right by these two women when it is their turn to make it to the main roster.</p>
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<h2><strong>Match of the Night: Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair (Last Woman Standing Match): </strong>We went into this match with the highest of expectations and yet it managed to surprise us and made us feel great to be a wrestling fan. This brought back memories of the ladder match between Edge and Eddie Guerrero.</p>
<p>There were so many awesome and scary spots that we were legitimately scared about the well-being of both women. A Figure 8 lock through a ladder seemed one of the most painful things we had ever seen in wrestling and the commentary was on point to drive the pain home.</p>
<p>We were a bit skeptical when this match was made a last woman standing match but WWE did not cop out and allowed the two women to go on an all-out war. Becky retained her title and was again cheered especially since she did not exhibit any heel tactics. Charlotte as a heel would have made this match a bit more awesome but we are not complaining. This was the match that Evolution had its hopes pinned on and boy did it deliver.</p>
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<h2><strong>An underwhelming main-event</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey def. Nikki Bella: </strong>Do not get us wrong as this was a pretty good match but the Lynch-Charlotte fight should have gone last.</p>
<p>This brought back memories of Wrestlemania 25 when Undertaker and Shawn Michaels had their first bout. That was followed by Triple H and Orton in an awesome match but no one remembers that match because it went after such a great match. It was the same feeling here.</p>
<p>While Rousey has proven that she is great at wrestling and Nikki is the better of the two Bellas at wrestling, they are nowhere near Lynch and Charlotte and this main even felt a bit lacking to end such a PPV.</p>
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<p>Normally we would give a match like this a pass, but the gravity of the situation demanded more and WWE yet again screwed themselves trying to give more importance to the RAW title.</p>
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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>We will be honest. We did not expect much from this PPV as WWE has a habit of screwing up landmark events. We expected this to be another glorified nostalgia fest with very little time devoted to the actual wrestling but we are glad WWE proved us wrong.</p>
<p>The first two matches were a dampener but the rest of the night was better than we expected. The Lynch-Flair fight could easily be one of the top contenders for the greatest women’s match ever. While this show wasn’t perfect, it was better than most WWE PPVs which is a great achievement.</p>
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