Ronda Rousey has been the savior of Monday Nights in the absence of several big names. Kudos to this lady who never backed down from a challenge nor did she hesitated to show up on a weekly basis. The tradition continued on last night’s Christmas special edition of WWE Raw. She engaged in a battle against her friend Natalya in a championship match and successfully retained it after delivering a decent contest.
This was the first time that Hart Dungeon member received a title shot against the former MMA superstar. Ronda Rousey was eager to defend his WWE Raw women’s championship last week. She wanted to start a mandatory tradition where a title-holder must defend his or her title even after a PPV. But there was no proper contender present on the show.
Hence we have seen an epic Gauntlet encounter featuring eight of the female superstars of WWE Raw. Natalya locked in the Sharpshooter on Sasha Banks to pick up the win via submission. It was pretty much predicted since Nattie had momentums by her side with the big win from TLC. So she received the title opportunity against her friend cum training partner on last night.
The duo started the match on WWE Raw showing cordiality to each other. Ronda Rousey gave some judo throws to Nattie a leg pick into a spinning toehold and then the Prison Lock! She went for a chokehold but the champion reversed with a body-scissors. Natalya gave a snap suplex and went for the Sharpshooter but Ronda Rousey threw her out of the ring with a nasty thud!
Natalya came back with a drop-kick for a pinfall and Rousey countered it with a modified Samoan Drop. The finishing of the match witnessed the systematical way that Ronda Rousey uses to finish off her opponents. She locked in the arm-bar in a methodical way to force Natalya to tap out to it. With this title defense, the reigning champion is over with all the challenges that WWE Raw has to offer. So, it is not hard to predict that two Smackdown superstars will be waiting for her during the Royal Rumble season.