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Bunnnnii

Both women are so good and I’m glad Piper got a moment to show she’s good. I hope she remains a top player in the division, because she deserves it. Obligatory Chelsea praise as usual. Shes carrying a big chunk of the company’s entertainment value on her shoulders. She always gets it right. Reminds me of Carmella, can work with anything you give them and turn it to gold.


Kpachecodark

I have to go back and listen again but didn’t the ring announcer call the finish with and new instead of and still? I turned my head and missed the finish and I could have sworn they said and new and I thought Piper Won but Bayley still got handed the belt.


Expert_Education_416

No one's going to comment in the botched superplex and Bayley almost being paralyzed on the one scoop slam?


RustyPriske

This was easily the worst match on the show. Slow, sloppy, and no drama. When the best part is Chelsea coming out in a mask, you know things aren't great.


BaoReeceyang

Was nice to see the audience behind Piper, but you could definitely feel the air deflate from the room when she lost. Also found it funny Bayley got booed just for being against Piper when she got cheered last night. Hope they do more with Piper after this too, she's great. Chelsea Green was peak comedy though. The crowd booing her and cheering when she got ejected, only to pop when she came running back as Chelsea Verde 😂.


ApologizingCanadian

Chelsea is sooooooooo good. She gets like 30 seconds of screentime every two weeks and she absolutely kills it every time!


n_alvarez2007

This was the absolute wrong call. Bayley doesn’t need to be put over. The new blood need chances to show how good of a champion they can be. But they can’t if you don’t give them the opportunity, especially in their home COUNTRY!


mistergeneric

I'm Scottish so I am disappointed Piper lost. But I'm also really happy for her - she's just been elevated recently and been given a chance to show what she can do. Having her win the title as well might be a bit too much too soon


Total_Light_7885

I️ cannot believe Sami Zayn came out and interfered as El Generico


HoosierCrow

Chelsea truly understood the assignment.


slutstrands

Chelsea green is comedy


HoosierCrow

The only way to make it better is if she had come back out with the hat on top of the mask.


slutstrands

Hahaha


Jos3ph

Kinda hilarious when Bayley came out to crickets


slutstrands

Fair tbh


Dawnbringer_Fortune

Alright match… glad Piper had a match in her home country Scotland. Also it’s Bayley’s 35 birthday today! Happy birthday to Bayley!


itskennylo

HHH sucks at booking women, period.


DylanToebac

Piper's face during her entrance gave away that she wasn't winning. Looked upset


g0gues

I could tell she wasn’t winning since Nia is QotR and getting a title shot at SummerSlam. Bayley vs Nia is a match they can sell, it has David vs Goliath vibe. Piper vs Nia could be good, but Piper isn’t there yet in terms of popularity. Also, heel vs heel matches are harder to sell.


boogswald

lol tell us how it is, body language expert


BurgamonBlastMode

Confirmation bias, her face just looked serious


BadMeetsEvil24

This is sarcasm right? Like a sarcastic poke at everyone who swears up and down they could "tell" who was losing in the entrance... after the match is over? This is sarcasm.


Majestic-Welcome3187

I could tell she was gonna lose when the ref counted 1,2,3 and she didn’t kick out


HairyArthur

You people with your crystal balls. I couldn't tell she was going to lose until after the show had ended and everyone had gone home and that's the way it should be.


LugubriousB

Would it really be that hard to just have Piper denounce Scotland in a promo on Smackdown or at the PPV? I feel like trying to split the crowd was more detrimental to this match than anything (it wasn't a great match regardless of crowd reaction tbh).


Mediocre-Cook-2169

All four Scots were heels.  Drew worked because he's a sympathetic heel (i.e. the only reason he's so bitter is that he keeps getting screwed out of titles) so engineering a situation in which he'd still be rooted for was quite easy. Moreover, he was facing another heel so as long as he's at least *slightly less* of a heel than his opponent, the crowd would have been behind him regardless. Alba and Isla winning the belts gave them the feel good moment of being able to celebrate with their family but  even heels have families they want to share their celebrations with, so going back to acting as heels when they're back in America would be relatively seamless so I didn't really see much of an issue there either.  But Piper being a heel really damaged this match in my opinion. The crowd didn't really seem to know who to back and it showed by a somewhat lackluster reception to both women. Going up against a fellow heel like Drew did would really have boosted the home crowd's support for her. 


LunaticPandoraXIII

I was there and for weeks I’ve felt it was a terrible booking decision because Glasgow is Bayley country, should have stuck piper and Chelsea in the tag match, but I get it. Last night the crowd proved this point, but tonight it was just that awkward middle ground between wanting to respect piper and pretending to not like Bayley. I hope it came across well on tv but it was flat in comparison to the rest of the matches in the arena by a long shot


iamzerotroop

I would say, watching through Peacock, it seems like the crowd was the quietest for Bayley vs Piper.


ApologizingCanadian

It was also the worst match, and apart from Alba and Isla in the tag match, it had the least amount of buildup/backstory so it isn't hard to understand why fans weren't all that invested..


Sio_V_Reddit

We need to start having a discussion about Triple H and his women’s booking post big Wrestlemania wins. First Rhea, she wins in a huge match against Flair and then has an incredibly forgettable run where she spends more time with the men than having actually interesting matches and elevating the division. Now Bailey, after that incredible cathartic win of Damage Control she just feels like an afterthought, like they have already decided that Nia is the champ and she doesn’t matter. Two hot womens stars, two failed title reigns post mania.


ApologizingCanadian

TBF, Bayley always loses momentum as a face champion. She just works better as a heel IMO, no matter how much I want to root for feel-good, role-model, face Bayley.


AkiAkane1973

With Rhea last year she did actually have matches and short feuds so the issue imo wasn't inactivity but rather that she didn't have anyone on her level to feud with. They put all the stars on Smackdown and clearly didn't want to start feuds with the few bigger names on RAW too early, so she was stuck fighting people in minor forgettable feuds like Natalya, Zoey Stark, Zelina Vega and Lyra Valkyria. Without the work being done to get them sufficiently hot those are just dud feuds to throw at someone as over as Rhea, _especially_ with her being a popular heel which means you can't even do the underdog angle since people want to cheer Rhea under any circumstance.


dontredditcareme

Rhea got injured almost right after, the liv storyline is white hot and she’ll have an amazing feud with her when she returns.


llamawithguns

I think they were referring to last year where Rhea pretty much did nothing but interfere in Judgement Day matches despite being the champ for a year.


BeefInGR

Rhea was injured at Backlash or shortly thereafter last year as well iirc. One of those "don't wrestle for a month" type injuries.


MMAipom

Are people not saying the same thing about Cody?


RainmakerIcebreaker

The Styles feud picked up towards the end


Eastern-Branch-3111

Tough match really. Piper's style isn't ideal for a face. Bayley is likeable. The concept and structure of the match just didn't work. Needed much more creative booking to make it effective. Right result though.


NoWayJoseMou

Cheering for the somewhat over babyface who just turned or the hometown woman who has a comedy heel friend interfering in the match. It’s sometimes ok to have the hometown heel shit in the city but how often will Scotland get a PLE, I get it.


Eastern-Branch-3111

The problem in my view is they had a very traditional match with Niven being the powerful heel monster and Bayley the scrappy underdog. When they were selling the idea that Niven was the hometown hero. The structure never gave the natch a real chance.


NoWayJoseMou

Absolutely. It was nice to see Piper get some shine though. I feel she could have a great run as her current character but then if you piss her off enough, monster heel. Almost abyss like but more based in fashion.


Perfect_EndingXXX

Crazy how Bayley became ice cold so fast


Astronema3

idk the crowd was weird for that match.


1292norr

I find her kinda boring tbh. Her moves aren’t amazing, neither is her character or her mic skills. Would’ve preferred Piper win for her hometown moment and for Chelsea to get more of a spotlight


TheWindowMerchant

She needs to change her look; she still looks like Dmg Ctrl version.  On top of that, move onto a meaningful 1v1 feud. Hopefully Nia Jax isn’t a one-off match. They should draw it out with multi matches. 


sharyan51

Weird how the champ who gets beat down and carried in 3 on 3 tags by Super Bianca and Jade doesn't get over


FatalTortoise

No it's not she wasn't do shit in dmg cntrl as it stood wrestling wise. Then they pulled the whole "she turns on the heel faction for turning on her" a story beat they just did with jey uso and he did it better.


bonerjohnson

they kinda don't really know what to do with her after the Dmg Cntrl feud ended. she was supposed to be a face but it feels like hasn't really commited. just kinda directionless.


wibble17

She just needed to do the same thing—but feud with heels instead.


BruteeRex

She should have been the heel. They were on the brink of it being a heel iyo and face Bayley but decided to go the Bayley loses her friend storyline Maybe it’s just me but the whole “I’m not your friend anymore” was just dull


BryLinds

Damn that was the reason why Rollins and Randy’s face turn’s didn’t work right? Because H wasn’t their friend no more?


Deathstroke317

Hunter can't book faces


BlackMothSuperMario

HHH can’t rush book a face. He perfected the slow burn, lose lose lose until they finally win baby face in NXT (Gargano, Zayn)


Deathstroke317

That's old school territory booking the Kliq learned from Sullivan. It was fine for the territories, but it doesn't work so well now. In NXT how many frustrating losses did faces have before they won?


dalici0us

That's a wild claim considering WWE has more mega over babyfaces now than they've had in literally generations.


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Cmmucked

Bayley's run has been a nothing burger so far. Cant believe im rooting for nia jax to dethrone her lmao.


sapphir8

Heels are usually better champs.


Lorjack

Better than expected, crowd didn't seem to be behind Niven as much as I thought


PrinceRory

Maybe it didn't come across on TV but we were for sure behind her. More than I expected to be honest because usually the UK fucking loves Bayley but she was getting booed tonight.


paddyevs

They seemed to be firmly behind Piper to me, especially as it went on.


The-Father-Time

Bayley is always really popular in Britain, takes more than just ‘being Scottish’ for the brits to want her to lose


Funny-Western-9031

She hasn’t been given anything to do for a while. Just throwing her in cause she’s from there isn’t enough


GiftedGeordie

It's a real damn shame that people haven't been given a reason to care about Piper because, when the bell rings, she's so fucking good and she's getting better as a promo cutter. She's got all the tools to be a big deal apart from the people with the pencil giving her a chance beyond a token title shot for a UK show.


ArcDraco

But they were behind Fyre & Dawn who were given even less than Niven, who at least got TV time as Chelsea's muscle. I think it's more that Bayley is still pretty over in the UK, so a portion of the crowd is still on her side.


GTACOD

Bayley remains one of the most overrated people on the roster. No stories, no character and one of the most boring people I've ever seen in the ring.


bohanmyl

Shes just been cursed with the two worst finishers ever


WoopzEh

Bayley to Belly grew on some of us lol. It was certainly better than what she does now.


BigCass

Bad finisher, bad theme song, bad look, she doesn't bring much at first glance that's true


WoopzEh

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Thebritishdovah

Felt rather slow and clunky. Chelsea is one of the best parts of the match. I think, it's just an unfortunate case of both Bayley and Piper not having much chemistry in the ring.


Shakuryon

People call Sami Zayn's reign boring, but at least he has a meaningful storyline that is very interesting. Bayley on the other hand....


Hooker_T

No one is calling Sami's reign boring


reggierock2010

lol what? Sammi has had a great run. Excellent trilogy with Gable.


HisokaXBungeeGum

There's no way people are calling Sami's reign boring lmao. Fans are so fickle. He's literally having such a good run right now, none of the matches have dissapointed and he's in arguably the best story in the WWE right now.


BigMoneyBaccarat

Who in their right mind is calling Zayn’s reign boring ????


syvvimyak

Piper really showed out. Great performance.


sapphir8

She’s really talented.


RandomDumbPerson123

Chelsea was an icon. Her outfit was on point, her getting ejected was hilarious and her coming back with the Rey mask was iconic. Really nice match between Bayley and Piper, I like seeing Bayley ultilize high flying against bigger opponents like that second rope twist of fate. I love Piper's senton and she gave it to me multiple times. Satisfying defense, I would've popped off if Piper won since she and Chelsea are a great duo but I'm here for Bayley still. As for Bayley, I hope her next fued is more exciting and Bayley can show her fun personality a bit more, we know she's capable!


BiChaosTheory

I really liked that finish. Great match.


GiftedGeordie

Piper is so fucking good and, even though I knew what she wasn't going to win, it was awesome that she got a great showing in her home country. Now; I hope they actually keep using her consistently in the women's division as well as keeping her tandem with Chelsea going. This is why the main roster women need a midcard title so people like Piper to have something to fight for.


Top-Paint-9564

Still makes me mad that they are pushing Nia rather than her when she’s just the better version of Nia


Hatinfuneral

Very solid match, Piper killed it


Rah_Rah_RU_Rah

love love love the desperation pin to finish great job from both of them


Logical-Shine-1649

Chelsea Green carried


itsmekelsey_x

Pretty good match. Chelsea running down with the mask on was hilarious.


sapphir8

She pulled a Bobby Valentine.


Romofan88

Look I think the rose plant sucks, but back to back PPV title defenses for Bayley without hitting her finisher? 


wdingo

I will die on this hill: The Bayley to Belly was fine.


quincyloop

She's the new GUNTHER  /s


VNProWrestlingfan

Nice match. Wish it was a bit longer. It was starting to get really good.


lito9321

Great match. Piper showed out, hoping they continue to let her shine and it just doesn’t stop cause the PLE in Scotland is over. Has Bayley done the crucifix driver before, cause that is such a fun move.


NYBulldog

Piper would be fun for an inaugural North American or US Womens title.


unclehowdy86

Never been a fan of the rose plant as a finish so I honestly wouldn’t be mad if she tried using this new one more often


HokageEzio

Chelsea is hilarious And Bayley's tailbone is gonna be sore for a month


Cageep

Great showing by Piper. I hope she stays in the mix around the title. Also I’m convinced that Chelsea Green is the funniest person in wrestling


FPG_Matthew

It remains the same, Chelsea maximizes every second she’s on screen. I look forward to her appearances every week cuz she’s always doing something extra and I love it


wdingo

Wish she was a better wrestler Love her character to death but when the bell rings she's dire.


Chell_the_assassin

Chelsea better be careful, if she keeps that mask on any longer Triple H will put her into the LWO


cybered_punk

That will finally make them fun


AnEmptyKarst

Chelsea really is so good at maximizing her focus time Idk who that was who ran back out? I guess Rey's just been working on his beach body at the gym lately


d3m01iti0n

That was a fantastic match.


Such-Box3417

Rey needs to stop fathering illegitimate kids, always wears a mask, but can’t wear a jacket


Upbeat_Tension_8077

She's actually Dom's 2nd side mami


Crissxfire

Chelsea is just the best. That's my post


Metallbran88

Damn I hope Rey Mysterio is ok.


ZombieQueen666

Great match


bvbfan102

Really enjoyed it and hope Piper keeps being near the top of the Card. Also interested in seeing that new Masked Wrestler on Smackdown Next Week. 


sapphir8

Real good match. Chelsea cracks me up. She’s so good for the sport. She’s out there having fun and loving life according to her in interviews.


Frohawk1011

Chelsea Verde made an appearance


cybered_punk

Way better than what I expected. Piper has been getting better and better. Also, I don't even if Chelsea's dress is pg!


Dbthesage

Yeah my current prediction is Nia straight up squashes Bayley in their 1st match.


bruhstevenson

Bayley’s probably dropping the belt to Nia at Summer Slam, but something about this title reign just isn’t working. Hopefully she can find an interesting match for MITB and then end on a good note


sapphir8

Yeah she doesn’t have the champion it factor. She’s talented, but something is missing.


ActionHank9000

Let’s hope we never see the Rose Plant again. Worst finisher in a long time 


ZombieQueen666

It’s like her and Sasha are competing for worst finisher


Cheez-Wheel

What's crazy to be is that Sasha's setup would so easily have her do either the Widow's Peak (maybe the greatest women's finisher ever (Western at least)) or considering her massive Eddie fandom The Gory Bomb (Eddie's Dad, but whatever, still in the family) and instead she does a convoluted face buster that only looks decent half the time (I saw her almost fuck it up on Sky Blue, whom only weighs 100lbs in a soaking wet t-shirt).


ZombieQueen666

I’m sorry all I read was Skye Blue and soaking wet t-shirt


slowmo152

Rey Mysterio is looking good these days


EchoesofIllyria

Chelsea Green’s the best thing in WWE right now. She goes beyond maximising her minutes. Gutted that Piper being Scottish deprived us of thunderous Hey Bayley chants. A good match in the end after a bit of a sluggish start!


Ozneroc

Piper Is too good, I hope she wins the big one sooner than later


Mr-GameAndWrestling

La Chelsea Verde and El Generico Dream Mixed Match Challenge team right there.


opkpopfanboyv3

I def don't think that was Chelsea Green...


d3m01iti0n

Looked a little like Reklusa but I could be wrong


Total_Light_7885

Was getting major Sami Zayn vibes


Hawkschamp2010

Bayley came out to no reaction lol


TidalWave433

I'm here, it's definitely because her theme sucks and made her entrance awkward.


theehtn

Yeah calling herself Role Model as a babyface doesn't work. It was fine during her heel run but good god her theme is so fucking garbage.


LuchaFish

Going from one that was so perfect for her and got the crowd so hyped to this is the furthest drop I’ve ever seen in theme music quality for a wrestler. It is a boring, generic song that doesn’t fit her at all.


nowahhh

Drew win is still on the table.


Logicman48

chelsea just gets it


sapphir8

For sure. She’s real good for the sport.


MrSocko72

Is that the quickest someone has managed to get kicked out of ringside?


SlashmanX

Lil' Naitch being like "literally everyone knows it's you" was great


lazydeviant2

Made me believe Piper was gonna win.


hymensmasher99

I hope they keep Piper niven in the mix. She is pretty good in the ring. Good match.


Capsize

It's good to have variety in the division. Having a few giants is really good for Women's wrestling.


ios_static

Does anyone else hear the X men theme in Bayleys music


payscottg

Holy shit well now I’m not going to be able to unhear it


Cheez-Wheel

As great as the X-Men theme is, it's honestly just a basic, common musical theme or progression or whatever (I'm not a musician). For a really famous example, listen to [Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oRnyXxIrY). I've heard at least 2 or 3 other songs with a similar sound.


songforsaturday88

Thank god someone said it, I thought i was going mad.


ZombieQueen666

I hear one of the melodies from Ocarina of Time. I can’t remember which one though


d3m01iti0n

I came here to say this!


multimatt

Nobody: Chelsea: https://preview.redd.it/2mlewzrkms6d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83d47567d323724145e2f85d4c1d763e684d94ca


SoulGoalie

Have you not heard how bad it is to spread misinformation? You have absolutely zero proof that masked individual was Chelsea. After all, the official kicked Chelsea out earlier in the match. To suggest a consummate professional like Chelsea Green would ignore the ref and return is malicious and libelous. Good day sir.


dmmeyourdogifitscute

El es Juan Chena


Frohawk1011

✨Chelsea Verde✨


shutupmatsuda

Chelsea Green is a gift for this sport. Please let her win MITB next month.


JoJoZillla

The return of Reklusa


hikingbeginner

WHO ON EARTH WAS THAT PERSON WHO INTERRUPTED


Total_Light_7885

I️ know it was hard to tell, but from certain angles, it looked 100% like Sami Zayn


Cheechers23

Solid match, liked that finish from Bayley.


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Best performance from Piper on the main roster. She could definitely kill it as a badass Babyface in case she splits off from Chelsea afterwards


thepain73

Didn’t expect an Abyss reference but I loved it. Also I can’t wait to see who the mystery woman is.


hyperdefiance

Great match!


G1Spectrum

Decent match, good showing by Piper


RAA94

Very fun match! I hope Bayley keeps that crucifix bomb as her finisher.


ChiloMcBilo

Gives her an out against Nia Jax in the future


R0DAN

chelsea green is honestly a queen


UncleDrewfan

Something's not clicking with Bayley for a while to me, even before the face turn, not sure what it is, but it's like I know she's better than this it just doesn't translate.


Romofan88

The SD title had not heat to begin with, and they've given Bayley nothing since she won it to fix that. 


hymensmasher99

She's been a great heel for years. That's probably it. Her baby face character was completely different back then.


Coldcoffees

Who the hell was that that ran down?


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Chelsita Green


Chell_the_assassin

Chelsea was wearing a hat, so we can safely rule her out anyway


SadFeed63

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cybered_punk

That's legendary luchadore Greenesterio Chelsea jr


A_Livins

La Mystica


JoseZ1

Reina Mysterio, of course


shutupmatsuda

Nacho Chelsea


Tornado31619

I don’t know, but it’s good that Piper has more than one friend.


Claudiu99

Chelsea Verde


h-town_info

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Tornado31619

Thoroughly enjoyed the return of La Luchadora.