Charlotte was victorious in her pay-per-view debut at Battleground, triumphing over Sasha Banks and Brie Bella.
The biggest female stars of NXT debuted on RAW this past Monday as Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and Becky Lynch all joined the main roster. With three teams formed, Stephanie McMahon announced at WWE Battleground that a member from each team would compete in a triple threat match on Sunday night. Charlotte and Sasha Banks were selected from their teams to face Brie Bella.
Banks and Charlotte, making their pay-per-view debuts, were showcased early in the match. Though Charlotte got some offense in, it was the NXT Women’s Champion in Banks who looked dominant through the first leg of the contest, including mocking Charlotte and her father Ric Flair and an awesome double foot stomp to both competitors in the corner:
We've seen this before from #TheBoss! @SashaBanksWWE #WWEBattleground pic.twitter.com/XGZqnxvdM8
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Charlotte got her offense in as well, as did Brie after she broke up a pin attempt by Charlotte on Sasha. A double bulldog left Brie standing over both NXT Divas and delivering hard kicks to both with shades of her husband, Daniel Bryan, showing through:
#BrieBella takes a page out of @WWEDanielBryan's book! #WWEBattleground @BellaTwins pic.twitter.com/qMczYwyIxS
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 20, 2015
However, Sasha sidestepping a Charlotte spear led to Brie getting hit hard and being taken out of the action again. Even when Brie tried to interject again, she was tossed to the outside by a supine Banks. That led to all nine divas getting physical with one another on the outside, including dives to the outside by Charlotte and Sasha.
As all three got back in the ring to try and gain control, it looked like Sasha might get the win as she locked in the Banks Statement on Charlotte. Brie broke that up, though, and tried to get the upper-hand on Charlotte. The new Diva was having none of it, as she countered and locked in the Figure Eight. Brie tapped out and gave Charlotte the victory.