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.

****