Do you know what? I will share some backstory, first... Don't worry - it's related!
I was rooting for Liv Morgan to win this year's Money In The Bank! Also, I was getting used to Nikki Cross' transformation into Nikki A.S.H.. Yeah, it was way too easy than accepting that Piper Niven is becoming Doudrop - Eva Maries's sidekick or whatever!
Well, Nikki A.S.H. won the most important briefcase in the history of sports entertainment! It wasn't a belt in it, but there was a contract, and the opportunity to cash it in whenever you want as a referee is presented as well! I was a bit shocked and excited! I was happy for Nikki and now I realised that I had forgot about Liv Morgan (as well as WWE creatives). I was happy for her, I was even happier and more SHOCKED when she cashed in and won the belt! Not that she doesn't deserve it, but it happened so unexpectedly. Her new gimmick was just evolving and it was more of a funny character than a serious contender for the gold.
I am happy for Nikki A.S.H.! Girl, you are a SUPERHERO for many of us!
Nikki A.S.H.'s women's title win was one of the most surprising and really unexpected bookings that I have seen for months! There were no signs, nothing special, just the Money In The Bank win! And here we are - having an almost superhero fighting against all odds. Fighting against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley - two juggernauts of sports entertainment. By the way, I think that she has a good chance to win that massacre...
Charlotte Flair has two goals in her matches - to win and to do it by exhausting and wound (polite way to say "destroy") her opponent/s. Both goals are her strong and weak spots! Come on, all of us have seen Flair in action and we know how she looks in mid-match - sweat, breathless and sometimes covered in her own blood, mostly. As much as her onrush can be like a death sentence to her opponents it could quickly turn to be a weapon against her and we saw Nikki(and many before her) did it. But Charlotte Flair is still the one who is the Queen and one of the icons of our days when we talk about women's wrestling. I am sure that we will see more actions which prove that.
Rhea Ripley is a dominant figure hungry for gold. Her motivation is to smash some people in the ring and leave with the belt. Also, she hates the Queen and I can guess that there will be a lot of action between them. Ripley got character! Ripley got charisma, as well as the other two. What I am expecting of her is to be the balance in styles and the solid player who will oppose Charlotte.
PREDICTIONS:
The logical way to book this match is to put Nikki A.S.H. in a position of being squashed while trying to stay between the heated rivals - Flair and Ripley. I think that this rivalry between the two will be their downfall and in the end, the exhaustion and the injuries will be the opening that Nikki A.S.H. will need!
So:
Nikki A.S.H. - 49 %. I think she will find an opening and will retain the belt!
Charlotte Flair - 34 %. She will be her best self and will do a lot of risky and sneaky maneuvers.
Rhea Ripley - 17 %. Ripley is a solid player, with amazing strength. She is the physical powerhouse of this match (as Charlotte is the mental powerhouse).
