I think I get that weird finish to the woman’s match.

[mrbananagrabber]

So everyone was kind of like “...oh, that’s it?” With that weird roll up finish.

But think about this - we got the end we wanted, Becky won. But Ronda didn’t tap, she wasn’t knocked out, it was an absolute fluke win. Perfect material for a rematch.

And the match we all wanted to see anyway; Ronda vs Becky, 1-on-1, for Summerslam.

Makes sense to me.

[brettappedout (BLM)]

I actually think the rematch will main event or even open RAW.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Yeah, that seems pretty obvious. Ronda's look of "surprise" makes it pretty clear they're gonna fight again.

[Slanted and Enchanted]

I think the main complaint here is that Ronda should have tapped. Becky should have won conclusively. None of this would have stopped us from having the Ronda VS Becky match at Summerslam. In fact we would have had a much more compelling storyline going into the match.

[Abdullah]

I think it might have been the right call with how tired that crowd was too.

[Tenshigure]

IMO, that was a straight audible because Charlotte was hobbled bad after landing on her knee in that Super Spanish Fly. It probably had another 5 minutes, but the spots were ruined with her injury and Ronda is too green to improvise.

[Mozenrath]

Honestly, I got the match I wanted to see tonight, iffy ending or not, but 1 on 1 at Summerslam does feel like a good wrap.

Becky beat Ronda, Ronda gets to throw a tantrum and demand a rematch, and we have a clear path forward.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I feel like if commentary was on the ball to sell the "controversy" of the finish people wouldn't have been quite as underwhelmed. Having Cole et al being befuddled didn't sell the story right.

[Deleted]

I don’t get the logic of needing a non-decisive win to generate interest for a rematch, I mean in MMA and boxing there have been tons of matches where someone gets KO’d/submitted and there’s still tons of interest in a rematch, or even a trilogy. If that match delivered people would want to see them throw down again, besides a one on one match between the two would be an easy build, just have Ronda say that Becky didn’t beat her one on one and if he only had to focus on one opponent it would be a different outcome or some bullshit and go from there.

Bad booking IMO.

[Mozenrath]

Apr 7, 2019 23:35:26 GMT -5 Slanted and Enchanted said:

I think the main complaint here is that Ronda should have tapped. Becky should have won conclusively. None of this would have stopped us from having the Ronda VS Becky match at Summerslam. In fact we would have had a much more compelling storyline going into the match.

How do you figure? If she tapped, Ronda lost and has no reason to expect a rematch. Tapping out is about as conclusively as you can lose a match.

[Milkman Norm]

Apr 7, 2019 23:36:28 GMT -5 Tenshigure said:

IMO, that was a straight audible because Charlotte was hobbled bad after landing on her knee in that Super Spanish Fly. It probably had another 5 minutes, but the spots were ruined with her injury and Ronda is too green to improvise.

Maybe. When the camera cut to Charlotte for a second outside the ring crying and then quickly cut away that was... odd.

[Perd]

Oh, I get it. I just don’t like it. Do the damn thing or don’t. Becky won that match in about the least impressive way possible.

[Slanted and Enchanted]

Apr 7, 2019 23:38:43 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Apr 7, 2019 23:35:26 GMT -5 Slanted and Enchanted said:

I think the main complaint here is that Ronda should have tapped. Becky should have won conclusively. None of this would have stopped us from having the Ronda VS Becky match at Summerslam. In fact we would have had a much more compelling storyline going into the match.

How do you figure? If she tapped, Ronda lost and has no reason to expect a rematch. Tapping out is about as conclusively as you can lose a match.

Ronda was undefeated for a year. She dominated the entire women's division. She finally loses her first match to The Man on the grandest stage of them all via tapout. Now she's pissed and seeking redemption. Also, she finally gets Becky one on one with no third party involved. There's tons of reasons to justify a rematch.

[mrbananagrabber]

Plus, on the slo-mo replay her shoulders weren’t even down for 3, so that’ll probably come into it as well.

Man, Ronda got screwed!!

[Mozenrath]

Apr 7, 2019 23:42:51 GMT -5 Slanted and Enchanted said:

Apr 7, 2019 23:38:43 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

How do you figure? If she tapped, Ronda lost and has no reason to expect a rematch. Tapping out is about as conclusively as you can lose a match.

Ronda was undefeated for a year. She dominated the entire women's division. She finally loses her first match to The Man on the grandest stage of them all via tapout. Now she's pissed and seeking redemption. Also, she finally gets Becky one on one with no third party involved. There's tons of reasons to justify a rematch.

The last point really makes much more booking sense if the build was Ronda after Becky's title. Charlotte didn't take the pin or tap, or prevent Ronda from getting a clear shot at someone else's title, so it doesn't really gel for the defeated champion to bring it up as an excuse. It's her first loss, true, and she wouldn't be to the back of the line, but she'd still probably have to face Charlotte first or something to get the title shot.

[Tenshigure]

Apr 7, 2019 23:39:47 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

Apr 7, 2019 23:36:28 GMT -5 Tenshigure said:

IMO, that was a straight audible because Charlotte was hobbled bad after landing on her knee in that Super Spanish Fly. It probably had another 5 minutes, but the spots were ruined with her injury and Ronda is too green to improvise.

Maybe. When the camera cut to Charlotte for a second outside the ring crying and then quickly cut away that was... odd.

The way she landed on it, combined with the fact she screamed out like that and kept her boot off of it once it began swelling like crazy, either she tore something or tweaked it really badly. Either way, it wasn't just selling, it was pure adrenaline keeping her going.

[Sparkybob]

Suprised roll ups can work as finishes just fine if the fans anticipating the other wrestler move is going to end the match. Like countering an RKO into a schoolboy pin works because fans go from the jolt of emotions of thinking Randy wins to oh he actually lost.

Ronda's finishing move there isn't memorable enough that fans instantly saw she was setting up for it and got excited because this could be the finish.