Bayley has won the gold.
Bayley won the 2024 Women’s Royal Rumble. Her Damage CTRL stablemates turned on her, and she chose to challenge IYO SKY for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 40. The former allies clashed in a heated bout on the second night of the event.
The match marked Bayley’s first singles bout at WrestleMania, and she made the most of it with a special entrance.
Bayley and IYO SKY battled it out and threw everything they had at each other. They traded finishers, and in the end, “The Role Model” hit the Rose Plant for the win.
Bayley is now a four-time Women’s Champion on the main roster. SKY’s reign ends at 246 days, as she won the gold at WWE SummerSlam 2023.
Here’s how the match broke down, courtesy of our play-by-play coverage:
Sky walks into a Bayley-to-Belly. Sky kicks out. Bayley sets up the Rose Plant. Sky blocks it and tells Bayley she is sorry. Sky drops Bayley with a right hand. Bayley and Sky trade strikes. Butterfly Backbreaker by Sky. Sky flattens Bayley with the Over the Moonsault. Bayley kicks out! Sky hits a Moonsault off the second rope. Sky tries on from the top but Bayley moves. Bayley tries the Rose Plant. Sky does a front flip and laughs at Bayley. Bayley destroys Sky with a lariat. Diving elbow drop by Bayley. Bayley hits the Rose Plant for the win!