A/N: Time for the big match. Let me know what you think and thank you to all the views!
A week passes and the night has finally arrived. Having just watched the promotional video for the match, the crowd waits with baited breath for the music. When Sasha's music starts, the crowd roars with excitement. Sasha, her hair still purple and straight, strolls out wearing her usual attire colored a deep maroon, with the belt and her top straps covered in false gemstones comprised of multiple colors. Wearing a similarly colored jacket, her "Legit Boss" shades, chain, and knuckle guards, Sasha takes a little more time than usual at the top of the ramp as the cheers shower upon her. Many in the crowd can be heard chanting "Sasha, Sasha" over the echo of the normal applause, and Sasha takes her glasses off to really take in the view. She waves in appreciation before doing her usual taunt and walking down the ramp, her hips swaying side to side and hands up showing off her bling. After getting in the ring and parading for a moment, the music stops, renewing the cheers for Sasha Banks. The time in between competitors lasts a little longer than usual as the production crew allows the crowd to show support for their hometown superstar.
"It's Boss Time and wow, the roof has come off this place!" Corey exclaims.
Bayley's music starts and the crowd responds predictably, booing the formerly fan favorite superstar, though some cheers can still be heard from some Bayley supporters. Sasha bends over in anticipation as her music has gone on for some time with no sign of Bayley. Suddenly, she is knocked flat to the canvas from behind by her opponent, holding a ten pound dumbbell in her hands.
"Just like last week, Bayley attacks Sasha from behind!" Cole remarks.
"Not just last week but the last month. And that may be the same dumbbell she attacked her with before," Corey posits. Bayley, wearing her normal attire colored mostly black with speckles of red, yellow, blue, and green like paint was thrown at it, smiles deviously and rolls the weight out of the ring as Sasha writhes on the ground while holding her back. "Safe to say she's worried about taking Sasha in a fair fight."
"But it's all legal in this Extreme Rules match!" The ref yells at Bayley for the action but Bayley doesn't even flinch, knowing he can't do anything about it. She looks at him calmly and tells him to ring the bell. When he does, Bayley uses one foot to stand on Sasha's splayed out purple hair and the other to repeatedly stomp on her back. Sasha wails out with each attack, her cries almost unnoticeable over the noise from the crowd. Bayley picks up Banks by the hair, the latter superstar gritting her teeth.
"This is just the beginning of what I'm going to do to you," Bayley says confidently to Sasha before whipping her into the corner. The superstar bounces hard out of the corner and falls prone to the mat, immediately reaching for the small of her back. Bayley picks her up once more and whips her into the opposite turnbuckle, gaining the same result. Bayley soaks in the hate from the crowd, then leaves the ring to grab some weapons as the ref checks on Sasha.
"Sasha is already in a bad way due to the sneak attack, but you can see her telling the official she's okay to continue," Cole remarks.
"She has to get the next attack in this match to swing the momentum at least a little in her favor," Graves responds.
Having grabbed a trash can and its lid, Bayley slides into the ring and lets the can lie in the middle of the ring. With lid in hand, she picks up Sasha and sets her in the corner. "Time to drop you into the can like the trash you are!" Bayley shouts loud enough to be picked up on camera. She goes for a wild swing with the can lid, allowing Sasha to duck underneath and switch places with her opponent. The crowd erupts as Sasha repeatedly kicks Bayley in the stomach and wildly swings her fists into her upper body.
"Finally, Sasha starts to get some payback!" Cole says. Bayley does a good job of keeping her hands up but she takes quite a beating from the flurry. Sasha backs up and performs a running clothesline, following it up with a shot to Bayley's back with the can lid which makes the audience very happy. Finally, Banks picks her up and delivers a body slam into the can. Bayley arches her back in pain and grunts. After shaking off some of her own pain, Sasha picks up her opponent and lays her across the second rope in the corner, delivering her double knees to Bayley's abdomen to drive out some of her air.
"Sasha in complete control right now," Corey mentions. "Bayley may have been a little overconfident this early in the match despite the ambush."
Sasha exits the ring closest to the ramp and looks underneath, retrieving a steel chair and a kendo stick. After throwing them in, she gets the chair and wedges it in between the second and third ropes in the corner. This allows Bayley time to grab the kendo stick in order to get the upper hand, but since she allows Sasha to turn around, her attack is evaded. Banks goes for the Backstabber, grabbing the kendo stick and putting it across Bayley's chest instead of grabbing the shoulders. Bayley struggles and blocks the attempt, then quickly ducks forward, bringing Sasha with her and sending her head straight into the chair with a loud crack. The crowd 'oohs' in disappointment as Sasha lies supine near the corner, stunned from the sudden impact of the chair. Since her hands were holding the kendo stick, it only gave her the slightest opportunity to defend herself.
"Well that didn't last long," Corey says. "Sasha may be out." Bayley quickly drags Sasha away from the ropes and goes for the pinfall. The ref starts counting, "1.." Bayley lifts Sasha's shoulder off the mat and smiles wickedly. "Bayley isn't done yet apparently."
"And why would she be in a rush?" Cole answers. "She said she was going to, quote, 'humiliate her' and she evidently hasn't done that."
Bayley picks up Sasha by her hair once more and starts walking away from her, forcing Sasha to crawl lest her hair get pulled out. Bayley turns, places her boot on the side of Sasha's face and pushes her away while still holding her locks. She does it twice while the crowd boos the action. "Come on Sasha! Let's gooo!" She makes her crawl again before picking her up and delivering a run-of-the-mill body slam. Sasha is still visually struggling after the chair shot, her attempt at punishing Bayley with the chair making the irony that much more apparent. Bayley exits the ring and looks underneath closest to the commentator's table. The camera zooms in as Bayley reveals two short coils of black rope.
"What? She has rope!" Cole exclaims.
"This could get really bad for Sasha; Bayley has obviously used it before when she kidnapped Sasha so she knows what she's doing."
Bayley rolls back in and starts trying to tie Sasha's ankles together. In response, Sasha weakly tries to swat away her hands but Bayley responds with a club to her head. She tightly ties the ankles together then picks up Sasha and lets her stand. Bayley then moves away and gestures Sasha to attack, the binds forcing the superstar to hop towards her, causing the crowd to boo. When she goes for a strike, Bayley wraps her arms around her opponent, delivering the Bayley-to-Belly suplex. Not satisfied, Bayley uses the other rope to bind Sasha's wrists in front of her body, using some of the rope to go around her slender waist before knotting it off.
"Sasha is in serious trouble, what is she supposed to do?" Cole posits.
Bayley lifts Sasha onto her knees, holding her hair and looking down at her. The crowd is loudly booing at this point, as Bayley has made her threat from the previous week come to fruition. "Now beg!" Bayley yells before slapping Sasha across the face. "BEG!" She slaps her again.
The slap seems to wake Sasha up, as she counters with a headbutt right to Bayley's stomach, causing her to release her grip and double over. The crowd roars as Sasha bounces on her knees and attacks with another headbutt with the same result. The struggling causes the rope to come off from around her waist since Bayley didn't spend enough time making an adequate knot.
"What a gutsy performance!" Cole shouts. Sasha gets on her feet and does several double-fisted punches with her still bound hands. Bayley tries to counter but Sasha ducks underneath and delivers a modified jumping clothesline, taking Bayley off her feet. Sasha yells a primal scream, much to the joy of the Boston crowd. Sasha quickly unties her ankles but is unable to do much about her wrists despite the rope that is currently hanging off. Sasha goes to pick up Bayley, but the Huggable One rakes her eyes, causing Sasha to back away in pain. As she turns back around, Bayley once again wraps her arms around Sasha, pinning her arms in front of her. Suddenly, Bayley plants her lips firmly on Sasha's for a few seconds; even the one-sided crowd cheers at what's happening. Bayley stops and Sasha looks confusedly at her, mouth agape, before she receives another Bayley-to-Belly suplex. She quickly goes for the pinfall; "1…2…" Sasha kicks out at the last moment, causing a look of shock on Bayley's face and a roar from the crowd.
"What did we just see, Corey?!"
"Sasha kicked out, that's what we saw!"
"No, I mean before that!"
Corey stammers a little before answering. "Mind games, Michael, Bayley is just reaching a different level of mental warfare right now."
"But you have to give it to Sasha, she is STILL able to kick out after all the punishment she's taken."
Bayley gets in the face of the official and demands that it was a three count. The two argue for a moment, giving Sasha time to recover and also discreetly untie her wrists, the impact from the suplex loosening the rope enough to slide out of the loop. She hides her hands underneath her as Bayley picks her up off the mat. In a flash, Sasha takes her back and delivers a Backstabber and locks in the Bank Statement with her hands underneath Bayley's chin. The crowd roars as Bayley scrambles to get out of the submission hold.
"Sasha was able to escape but her back is definitely in pain… she can't apply enough pressure to really wrench in the hold," Graves analyzes.
Realizing she isn't doing an effective job, Sasha lets go of the hold and quickly grabs the kendo stick from where it was lying. She repeatedly slams the weapon on Bayley's back, causing loud cracks to echo in the arena. Bayley shouts in pain each time as she scrambles to her feet. As she goes for a clothesline, Sasha executes yet another Backstabber, but now grabs the kendo stick, jams it in between Bayley's lips, and wrenches back. The crowd explodes as the painful submission is locked in with Bayley submitting almost instantly. The bell rings, the crowd erupts, and Sasha tiredly falls onto her back in victory.
"Your winner of the match by submission, Sasha Banks!" Jojo announces to the delight of the TD Garden crowd.
"What a devastating move by Sasha Banks, using the kendo stick to help her apply more pressure for the Bank Statement," Cole remarks.
"Such a smart move by The Boss. I'm really surprised at what Bayley brought, but Boston is clearly Boss Town tonight," Graves quips. Sasha walks slowly up the ramp to her music, leaving Bayley holding her back in pain with a complete look of disappointment on her face.
