PHILADELPHIA — Man, Bayley could use a hug right now, or at least a win. The Raw Women’s Champion came to the final Monday before WrestleMania in about as dire straits as she could have been in after suffering consecutive defeats to Sasha Banks and Nia Jax, each of which earned those victors a place in what is now a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match for Bayley’s title on Sunday. The good news, however, is that The Huggable One still has a leg up on Charlotte Flair.
In a tag team match that united Bayley and Sasha against Charlotte and Nia, the champion got a much-needed victory over her most dogged opponent, administering a Bayley-to-Belly after Sasha (who, for what it’s worth, Charlotte accused before the match of using Bayley to get herself back in the title picture) helped free her from the confines of the Figure-Four Leglock. Though Bayley got the final count, Nia got the last word, laying out all three women before posing with the Raw Women’s Title — or, as it may be known on Sunday, her Raw Women’s Title.