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NEW ORLEANS — The inaugural WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal was nearly Bayley’s moment. As she tossed her seemingly former friend, Sasha Banks, over the top rope and the WWE Universe erupted in cheers, it seemed The Huggable One had finally squeezed success. It was Naomi, however, who was left glowing on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Only one woman was left standing, but every competitor who entered this over-the-top rope melee — including Superstars from Raw, SmackDown LIVE and NXT — came to make history. And Carmella was the first to do it. Ms. Money in the Bank was attacked by virtually the entire field at the jump, and she became the first woman ever eliminated from the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal.
Whether it was Kairi Sane’s dazzling InSane Elbow or Bianca Blair using her hair as a weapon that echoed throughout the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, it was clear that every single Superstar had come to show up and show out.
With alliances forming — particularly between NXT Superstars and within SmackDown LIVE’s Riott Squad — and the numbers dwindling, preexisting personal beefs began to rear their ugly heads. The long-simmering conflict between Bayley and Sasha came to a head on The Grandest Stage of Them All after the two teamed up to eliminate several Superstars, and Bayley got her just desserts for both Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber when she hurled Sasha over the top rope to the ground for what she believed to be the win.
However, as The Huggable One began to celebrate, she turned around to a major surprise when Naomi, who had been down on the outside for most of the contest, got back in the ring.
Bayley charged the former SmackDown Women’s Champion, but after feeling a Rearview from Naomi, the only hug Bayley needed was that of consoling, and Naomi threw the dazed Bayley over the top rope to win the first-ever WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal. A year after she won the SmackDown Women’s Title on The Grandest Stage of Them All, Naomi had again made history.
Glow on, girl.