(5) BAYLEY & SASHA BANKS vs. NIA JAX & TAMINA vs. THE IICONICS (Billy Kaye & Peyton Royce) vs. BETH PHOENIX & NATALYA (w/Bret Hart) – WWE Women’s Tag Team Title match
Paige joined Cole and Renee at ringside. Cole asked about the Women’s Tag Match, but Paige talked about the main event later and said she hopes Becky Lynch wins. Then Cole asked her about this match. She picked Nia Jax to win. Cole noted the (absolutely ridiculous) no-DQ rules (or lack thereof) in effect for this Fatal Four-way. Renee noted the (absolutely ridiculous) fact that the champs don’t need to be involved in the finish to lose their titles.
A few minutes in Phoenix tagged in and battled Bayley. Natalya tagged in and hit the Hart Attack clothesline on Royce. Bayley made the save. Then Royce crawled over to the corner where Sasha tagged herself in. Bayley saved Sasha from a double-team. Natalya put Sasha and Bayley in a double sharpshooter mid-ring. Tamina ran back into the ring and superkicked Natalya in the side of the head. Phoenix ran in to go after Tamina. Jax showed up and helped take down Phoenix. Jax headbutted Phoenix and threw her to the floor. The IIconics went after Tamina and Jax, but they caught them and gave them Samoan Drops. Then they shifted back after Sasha and Bayley. They dropped them both in opposite corners and then set up stereo splashes off the top rope. Phoenix shoved Jax off the top to the floor. Tamina went after Phoenix at ringside, but Natalya and Phoenix knocked them down. Bayley and Sasha then hit Phoenix with a sequence of moves including a frog splash by Sasha for a near fall.
Phoenix delivered a Glam Slam off the top rope on Bayley, but Billie Kaye knocked her out of the ring and stole the pin.
WINNERS: The IIconics in 11:00 to capture the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. (**1/2)
It was fine for what it was, with some big spots and noteworthy title change finish. That said, a fatal four-way format doesn’t lend itself to telling a cohesive story in the ring as it turns into a bit of a spotfest, or has the forced stretches of time where several wrestlers are resting at ringside. This had all of that, too.
