Last night was a strange night for the WWE women’s division.
On Monday’s edition of RAW, we were expecting a six pack challenge main event between Sasha Banks, Naomi, Becky Lynch, Asuka, Doudrop and Nikki Ash. However, it was revealed during the show that Naomi and Banks had left the arena, handing in their tag title belts prior to this. This led to a last minute thrown together main event for RAW between Asuka and Lynch in a singles match.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer talked about the reason for WWE dropping Doudrop and Nikki from the bout.
“There’s going to be heat in the sense that they walked out as the show was going on. The show opened, they announced the main event, and then, whatever it was, 45 minutes into the show, they just sort of said, ‘Oh, Naomi and Sasha Banks left,’ and there’s no explanation, no even attempt at an explanation why the other two women, Nikki and Doudrop, were taken out other than, I would guess the idea is at that late of a notice…”
“They knew Asuka and Becky Lynch have been working matches. Not a lot, but they worked at the house shows already. I think they worked two matches this weekend. So they were ready. They have a match ready. I know some people were just like, ‘Oh before people would show up five minutes before the match and be able to do it,’ but you know, it’s a four-way and they wanted to be safe. I don’t really know, given that with Naomi out and the decision, that Asuka was going over, I don’t know that Nikki and Doudrop add anything to the match anyway, so it was probably in that sense.”
“It weakens the match in a main event situation and the direct singles match is a better match to main event the show. At that point, that was probably the best way to go. They were probably in there to do the job or shoot an angle or something like that that wasn’t really necessary anymore.”
Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio
It makes sense that WWE would limit the amount of bodies involved in the main event following the unexpected walkout from the tag champs. What do you make of the incident? Let us know in the comments section and on our social media pages.
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