Guess Sasha Banks can't defend the Raw Women's Championship after all.
In the main event of the August 28 episode of Raw, Bliss defeated Banks to recapture the Raw Women's Championship less than two weeks after losing the title at SummerSlam. Banks has yet to successfully defend her title once, despite now being a four-time Raw Women's Champion.
Below is the ending of the match from Fightful's David Tees on the Raw Live Coverage.
Bliss goes for a cross body block and Banks gets out of the way, Banks catches Bliss with a roll up for a near fall. Bliss gets angry and crushes Banks with a forearm strike, Bliss then nails Banks with a Code Red for another near fall. Bliss gets mad again and she assaults Banks with a plethora of punches, Bliss misses a double knee strike and Banks ails her with a shining wizard for a near fall. Banks traps Bliss in the corner before assaulting her with strikes, Banks then hits Bliss with a running double knee strike. Banks goes to the top rope and Bliss trips her up before meeting her up there, Bliss catches Banks with a superplex.
Banks recovers and she catches Bliss in the Bank Statement from out of nowhere, Bliss breaks the hold by sending Banks into the ropes. Bliss nails Banks with the DDT for the three count.
Winner: Alexa Bliss, your new WWE Raw Women’s Champion
Below are some highlights of the match from WWE's Twitter.
As soon as it looked like Raw was about to go off the air, Nia Jax, who came to celebrate Bliss' title win, dropped Bliss to the mat, symbolically telling the new champion that she'll be chasing the title now.
Bliss is now the first woman to not only have won the SmackDown and Raw Women's Champion, but win those titles twice. Check out our post-Raw Fightful Podcast with Sean Ross Sapp and Alex Pawlowski for more on the title change and a recap of the entire show at this link.
