Becky Lynch lastly scored a win over AJ Lee on Saturday night time of their WWE Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 42, Night 1 in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Yet, it did not come with out the standard Lynch shenanigans.
Lynch and Lee wasted no time going after one another. The pair rapidly spilled to the skin of the ring, the place Lee took a Fallaway Slam in opposition to the barricade. Once back within the ring, the story inside the match turned to Lynch attempting to cheat by taking off a nook turnbuckle — till referee Jessica Carr stopped it.
Lee then nailed an enormous missile drop kick earlier than labored towards her first potential Black Widow submission. Unfortunately for Lee, her momentum was swiftly halted by a Powerbomb after a failed (*42*) Wizard.
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A second Black Widow submission try adopted for Lee, however she was too shut to the nook and located herself slung into it like a rag doll. Lee ate a subsequent Manhandle Slam, kicking out at two.
Lynch immediately started actually getting in Carr’s face they usually began to shove one another. Lynch ran towards the champion, getting caught in her personal transfer, as Lee landed the Manhandle Slam. After some strikes, Lynch went for one more, however was countered with the Black Widow, which locked on.
It wasn’t meant to be although, as Lynch escaped with some heel hair-pulling tactics. That opened a second for Lynch to pull the turnbuckle back off, use Carr as a defend for a Lee splash, then knock Lee into the uncovered steel and hit the Manhandle Slam, permitting Lynch to grow to be a three-time WWE Intercontinental Champion.
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