...I can't believe this... Like this is so obviously bull, how am I about to go devil's advocate on dog shit like THIS!? Nikki!?!?!
To me, the ONLY way the Rousey title win is for her to go the full Brock Lesnar run.
Lesnar bounced between face and heel so many times depending on the opponent. Against a heel (or Cena) he was the ultimate bringer of justice. After slimy Seth wormed his way out of the Raw after Wrestlemania 31 and he destroyed shit fans were BEGGING for a rematch.
Against a face, he was the ultimate obstacle, The streak-breaking, neck-snapping, suplex delivering MMA badass who's been damn near unbeatable since his reign began (yeah Goldberg, hold yer horses Jake)...
The only way for this to really be effective is for Kairi Sane, Sasha, Asuka, Ember, one of the workhorses shows up as an underdog against the unbeatable MMA badass and scratches and claws her way to a victory... but who? Nobody on the Raw roster has any momentum at all right now due to their stupid booking of six woman tags. There's no reason to feed one of those girls to Ronda now.
In a weird way, Nikki's the perfect opponent for Ronda because she's an effective heel, okay enough worker (if Ronda can get a quality match out of Nia Jax she will with Nikki) and probably the best powerhouse wrestler the women's division has seen in some time. I can buy a Nikki Bella forearm strike downing Ronda. Just due to her style I can buy Nikki lasting 5 minutes in the ring with her, maybe not much more, but...
This only works if they build up a woman, any woman, besides Charlotte and Ronda up. Honky Tonk reigns =/= build. So do this little filler match, main event Charlotte and Becky (I'd make it a fatal 4 way with Sasha and Bayley), and find better ways to spotlight your women than the same six-woman tag every week lol