2022 Ongoing MOTY List: Doudrop vs. Becky

Doudrop vs. Becky Lynch WWE Royal Rumble 1/29

ER: I thought this was pretty great. It's my favorite Doudrop match, the closest we've gotten to her as a small Vader, or a large Dick Togo. Becky looks like a crazed version of Rose Byrne in Physical, wild curly hair and gold aerobics leotard only adding to her need to be in control of a match. I thought this did a lot of work towards making Doudrop look like a contender, as at the start of the match nobody in the house expected anything but a Lynch victory, and by the end they were reacting loud for Doudrop's Big Ending, thinking they might actually get an upset. I liked all of Doudrop's offense. She has, at times, the best current senton in wrestling, really making her feet banana peel out in front of her while landing flush with the senton, smooshing Becky with one on her back and a great one later that they showed in slow motion landing fully on Becky's rib cage. Doudrop keeps fully committing to her offense and it makes her misses even better, and her missing the cannonball into the ring steps was nasty enough that I actually thought we were going to get a count out or injury stoppage. 

Whenever Becky got too cocky or decided to run down Doudrop, she would always fire back harder, throwing Lynch with suplexes, hitting headbutts, even powering out of a sick cross armbreaker that I thought was going to be the finish (especially when Lynch started raining down boot heels to Doudrop's head. The powerbomb and running cannonball were when the fans started to believe in an upset, and I was there with them. As Doudrop kept powering out of offense and lasting longer than the arena thought possible, Becky started doing more Woody Allen nervous facials than I needed, but those reactions only made me want to see Doudrop headbutt her some more. The Rock Bottom off the middle rope looked good as a finish, landing Doudrop similarly to how she landed on that missed cannonball earlier. The Women's Rumble right before this was so brutally bad, impressively playing against the skills of almost 30 different women, that it was great to see two women craft a great match around their skills immediately after. 

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