HIAC 2015 (Cherry-Picked)

WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

 (2015/10/25)

WWE United States Championship: Alberto del Rio vs. John Cena ©

Fuck you Alberto, you’re a prick etc. etc… The match wasn’t much, tbf. In fact, it was quite bad. These two never had anything that would resemble good chemistry, therefore, I wasn’t even disappointed. Look, I’m not bashing the match just because Alberto jumped ship, I simply thing it was uneventful and with no energy whatsoever. Cena is bad opponent for Alberto, put him in there with Roman, Cesaro and Harper. :) At least Zeb Colter did well on the mic.

bad

Charlotte and Sasha One More Time

NXT 2015/06/18

NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks ©

Perfectly fine TV main event with a strong finish, not as great as their two previous encounters but good enough nevertheless, it just lacked that one final touch of intensity to reach four stars, but no biggie, this shit was good. I wasn’t a fan of Charlotte doing a Flair Flop, it seemed too forced. She’s Ric’s daughter, we get it. On the other hand, everything Sasha did was great and purposeful, she is easily the best wrestler of the year in all things WWE, followed by Cesaro, and those two have a legitimate case in the world wide race as well.

***3/4

Banks

NXT 2015/2/12

NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks ©

Another Sasha Banks gem, or maybe I could say another Charlotte gem as well, it goes both ways really, these two girls are spectacular in what they do. Charlotte lost her strap a night earlier in that 4-way without even being directly defeated, so naturally she’s angry and nervous here, they really pictured the sense of urgency with her very well, but it enabled Sasha to be even more crafty and dangerous. Great storytelling right there. The match escalated properly, they built well as things were getting more and more heated, the closing run was excellent, loved Sasha’s trash talking. The only complaint is Charlotte kind of messing up her part of the finish, but no biggie, this was a great TV style match.

****

NXT 2015/2/18

NXT Women’s Championship: Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks ©

Wow, this only got the half of the previous match’s time, but it was just as good. These sub-5 minute rush hour matches are one of my favorite things about wrestling, sometimes they just kick ass and are rich as fuck when you have two competitors going balls-to-walls, then five minutes feel like a complete whole, after the bell rings you feel like you saw an entire story playing out in front of you. That’s exactly what happened here. I’ve never even heard of Bliss before, but here she is, fighting for everything in this match, Sasha’s overconfidence almost bit her in the ass, this was an awesome match.

****

Bayley. Sasha. Becky. Charlotte.

NXT Rival

(2015/2/11)

4-WAY for NXT Women’s Championship: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte ©

For the life of me, I have no clue why the hell did I skip this match months ago. But nevermind now, I just watched it and it’s fucking fantastic, right up there with Becky/Sasha to the point where I cannot decide which one I prefer. Yes, this 4-way is THAT awesome. Tons of fun, this was just an ultra vivid 4-way loaded with captivating rhythm, strong pacing and incredibly smart layout. Obviously Sasha, Becky and Charlotte were just hitting it on all cylinders, but you already knew that, however the real surprise was Bayley, I’ve never seen her wrestle before and bah gawd – she was outstanding here, might even declare her the MVP. Beautiful match. And Sasha? Well, based on three big matches I’ve seen from her, she’s gotta be one of the best big match workers in the world, she’s just so damn fabulous.

****3/4