WrestleMania 37

## Results

### Women's Tag Team Turmoil

It will be pure force vs. sports-entertainment legacy at WrestleMania Sunday, as Natalya & Tamina won Tag Team Turmoil to earn the right to challenge WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler.

Naomi & Lana were the first team in the battle, followed by Carmella & Billie Kay. Surprisingly, the brand new team of Carmella & Kay eliminated their opponents, with Kay getting the pin thanks to an assist from Carmella. The Untouchable One’s meddling didn’t pay off against The Riott Squad, as the referee caught her in the act, leaving Kay open to a top-rope senton from Ruby Riott.

Up next to enter the fray were Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke, who put up a spirited effort, but Liv Morgan reversed a pinfall attempt after a Swanton by Brooke to keep The Riott Squad in the battle. The Riott Squad’s luck ran out when Natalya & Tamina stepped into the ring. The duo gained the upper hand by hitting the Hart Attack on Riott, but instead of locking on her trademark Sharpshooter, Natalya ordered Tamina to the top rope, where she came crashing down on Riott with a devastating splash to get the victory and the title opportunity.

After surviving Tag Team Turmoil, will Natalya & Tamina be worse for wear heading into the title match, or will they be fired up for this huge opportunity against The Irresistible Force & The Queen of Spades?

### Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bianca Belair

Questions had swirled for weeks ahead of Bianca Belair’s showdown with Sasha Banks.
Would the moment be too big for Belair? Would The Boss’ experience be too much to overcome for the so-called “rookie?” Was it simply too soon for The EST to take over WWE?
Hardly.

Belair left no questions unanswered in defeating Banks to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship to close out Night One of WrestleMania 37 in unforgettable fashion.

The EST was clearly overcome with emotion at the outset, however, as she faced the biggest moment of her career.
Belair and Banks not only joined the exclusive pantheon of women to main event a WrestleMania but also made history as the first African-American women to face each other in a singles match on wrestling’s Grandest Stage.
What ensued was a back-and-forth classic that was only apt for The Showcase of the Immortals.

Belair quickly impressed with an awesome display of strength, catching Banks’ tope to the outside and carrying her up the steps before tossing her back in the ring. While the champion responded by rearing her veteran savvy, neither woman claimed an advantage for long. Banks’ first miscalculation saw her collide face-first with the post after trying to use Belair’s braid against her, but Banks later fired back by countering a 450 Splash with double knees to the midsection.
Banks' mean streak of old began to surface as The Boss hurled Belair into the steps and executed an especially devious version of the Bank Statement, assisted by the use of Belair’s own ponytail.

Belair’s second bid for the 450 later found the mark, though it only netted a near-fall, spurring stunned bewilderment on the challenger’s face.

Banks again tried to use Belair’s own hair against her, though it became clear she had gone to the well one too many times, as The EST whipped her across the abdomen for a thunderous strike that echoed throughout Raymond James Stadium and left a nasty wound on Banks.

Both countered each other’s attempts at the K.O.D. and the Backstabber before Belair stunningly one-upped the veteran, planting Banks with the K.O.D.

And with the count of three, Belair became a champion for the first time in her WWE career, already securing her place in the annals of sports-entertainment history in her WrestleMania debut.

### The Fiend vs. Randy Orton

The Fiend sought to finally get payback against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 37 once and for all after a tumultuous five-year saga. But in one of the most bizarre encounters in WWE history, Alexa Bliss stunningly cost The Fiend his opportunity for retribution.

Transforming back into the previous visage of The Fiend — the one recognizable to the WWE Universe before Orton set him ablaze at WWE TLC — The Legend Killer’s rival emerged from a sinister, gigantic Jack-in-the-Box wound by Bliss.

The Fiend overwhelmed an aghast Orton from the get-go, while even three hanging DDTs by The Viper seemingly had no effect on The Fiend, who refused to stay down in Michael Myers-esque fashion.
The Fiend planted Orton with Sister Abigail, only for Bliss to remerge atop the bizarre box in a completely different form, with a disgusting black ooze running down her face.

With The Fiend’s attention occupied, Orton recovered to drop him with an RKO for the pin.
Orton made a quick exit, leaving a seemingly confused Fiend to stare at Bliss. But in the span of a few moments, the lights went out at Raymond James Stadium, and both disappeared, leaving the WWE Universe in disbelief at what they had just witnessed.

### Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax (c) vs. Natalya & Tamina

Despite facing a challenge from Natalya and Tamina, two of WWE’s toughest and most battle-tested Superstars, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax remain the team to beat following a highly physical title defense at WrestleMania.

Natalya and Tamina, who earned the title opportunity by winning a Tag Team Turmoil Match less than 24 hours earlier at WrestleMania Saturday, entered the bout primed to negate the champions’ defining traits of expert technique and brute force.

The challengers used frequent tags and slick tandem offense, including backdropping The Irresistible Force, to get off to a hot start, but their momentum was halted after Baszler kneed Natalya in the face and Jax slammed Tamina on the floor. As Tamina slowly recovered from the impact, the champions unleashed a targeted attack on Natalya’s left leg.
Tamina returned in the nick of time to break up a near-fall and later repaid Jax by backhanding her and slamming her to the mat, to the thunderous approval of the WWE Universe.

Her subsequent attempt at the Superfly Splash came up empty, leading Natalya to tag in and, amazingly, cinch in the Sharpshooter on Jax. Unbeknownst to The Queen of Harts, however, Baszler had also tagged into the match moments prior, rendering Jax the illegal competitor. As Natalya sat back on the Sharpshooter, Baszler snuck in from behind and sank in the Kirifuda Clutch, putting Natalya to sleep and earning the W for her team.

With each successful title defense that Baszler and Jax make, it becomes increasingly apparent that one might have better luck stealing gold from Fort Knox than removing the titles from around the waists of The Queen of Spades and The Irresistible Force.

### Asuka (c) vs. Rhea Ripley

On The Grandest Stage of Them All, with one of sports-entertainment’s top prizes at stake, Rhea Ripley was ready for Asuka.

Succeeding where a long list of Superstars before her had failed, the 24-year-old Australian powerhouse, in only her second match as an official member of the Raw roster, ended The Empress of Tomorrow’s incredible 230-day tenure as Raw Women’s Champion at WrestleMania.

The historic feat was anything but easy. Asuka was the aggressor at the outset, frustrating Ripley as she stayed one step ahead of her challenger and unleashed her signature offense. Whenever Ripley got hold of the champion, however, she made it count, not only grinding down Asuka with her brand of brutality, but even daring to trash-talk and slap her — an unthinkable act in the face of a world-beater like The Empress.

Ripley’s boldness teetered on overconfidence and nearly cost her on several occasions. Asuka scored with a potent DDT off the ring apron onto the floor and repeatedly trapped The Nightmare in submission holds. Even then, Ripley proved to be too powerful to contain, forcing the champion to switch up her game plan and wallop The Nightmare with precision strikes. Shockingly, Ripley absorbed the hits and waved on Asuka, as if to ask for more.

Happy to oblige, if not bewildered by Ripley’s brashness, The Empress uncorked a lightning-fast head kick, but Ripley dodged it and quickly splattered Asuka on the mat with the Riptide to score the three-count and win the Raw Women’s Title, adding to a resume that already includes past reigns as the NXT and NXT UK Women’s Champion.

If WrestleMania truly is the place that heroes are created and legends are born, then April 11, 2021, will go down in the record books as the day that The Nightmare made the jump from can’t-miss prodigy to veritable legend-in the-making.

## Quick Results

### Night 1

* Natalya & Tamina win Tag Team Turmoil to earn a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match at Night 2 of WrestleMania; other teams included The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott), Carmella & Billie Kay, Naomi & Lana, & Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke
* Bianca Belair def. Sasha Banks to capture the SmackDown Women's Championship

### Night 2

* WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax def. Natalya & Tamina
* Rhea Ripley def. Asuka to capture the Raw Women’s Championship