Looking back, it seemed like Charlotte hit Kairi on that ladder with the kendo in the back of the head and that was the beginning of the end - she was never right and full-speed from that point on in the match.
Regardless... I mean. The only person who came out of this 100% looking good was Asuka. Kana went out there trying to hold this whole thing together, but maaaaan. I wanted to not get on this train, but it's leaving the station and I gotta just go for it: Maybe some of these women are legitimately too goddamned small to be doing this over-the-top stip match shyt that WWE is throwing them into for the sake of 'history' or something. Kairi can't be over 115. No goddamned reason she needs to be getting powerbombed through tables for what wouldn't have even been the finish.
It's pointless even when it's executed properly, and these matches drag on so they can do all these spots, but half of them don't need to be there. The War Games was similar to a lesser extent mostly because the only tiny people in there were Candice and Kay Lee (Io don't count. Joshi Aces just built different, cuh). But... Sasha, Kairi, Alexa especially... either gotta add some weight to their frame, or learn to say no to certain bumps.
Nothing about any of that looked good, and the cut back to the brawl just fukking buried any positive the match might have had. Shoulda just had everyone laying there exhausted, beat the fukk up, Asuka collapses with the belts and crawls over to Kairi... I mean, isn't the whole motto of the business supposed to be that if something unexpected happens in the match, you work into it? Lean into the situation, because leaning away from it looks like trash. Kairi fukked up? Have Asuka have to work from behind. Have her mist both the other two... something that doesn't involve a woman who is visibly not all there needing to take part in spots, neverfukkingmind her needing to sell offense that involves her head hitting things.
Becky and Charlotte never shoulda been challenging for these titles off-rip. So none of this shoulda happened if WWE weren't so goddamned thirsty for accolades that they set up these matches with the hope of getting outside attention instead of doing what's best for their company. But... yadda yadda independent contractors are expendable assets, yadda yadda.
Send Io up to team with Asuka as revenge for her former partner's injury, let Kairi take some time, and have Io and Asuka put them paws on Charlotte. Mist her til that green never comes off, then write her off and let her go to jumpy-flippy stunt shyt for She Hulk.
...fukk it. Reboot the whole fukking division. Give the 4HW time off. Send the rest to the PC or keep them around as cannon fodder and just do the NXT women's division on the main roster. Something ain't right with the current crop. Bianca Belair is legit as strong if not stronger than like... 80% of the CW division, and she's managed to not shave years off someone's career with her power moves. Mia and Io both had big segments with kendo shots; ain't nobody's brain get scrambled. It's a fukking shame with Lacey Evans has become a safer worker than 10x champion Charlotte Flair of late. Jesus.