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Tear Jerker / Bayley

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  • Her reaction to her loss in the NXT Women's Championship title match against Charlotte at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way. The worst moment might have been in the Fallout segment, where she can't say anything for awhile because she's so choked up trying to keep herself from crying, and reveals that she feels like she has let all her fans down.
  • Then her title match with Asuka. Try as hard as she could, she just couldn't resist Asuka's destructive force, and she got choked out while desperately attempting to break out of the Asuka Lock.
  • Her heel turn. Often rumored and never delivered until Bayley made the fateful decision to align herself with Sasha Banks on the September 2, 2019, episode of RAW, it was both a refreshing change of pace and a bona fide heartstring-destroyer to see the one steadfast hero of the women's division become a deranged hypocrite in one stroke of a chair.
    • When she Took a Level in Jerkass and completed the turn by slashing apart the "Bayley Buddies" and kicking them off the stage, the effect was devastating. There were children in tears watching it.
    • Her absolutely BRUTAL turn on her partner in crime Sasha Banks on the September 4th 2020 edition of Smackdown. Commentary was completely SILENT during the attack and the entire Boss & Hug fanbase on Twitter was absolutely heartbroken.
  • Right when WWE were about to return to a live crowd on a weekly basis, Bayley suffered a major injury that would sideline her for nearly a year, missing a very important day in the company. To say nothing about the outpouring of support for her, but still an unfortunate time for Bayley.
  • Bayley’s road to WrestleMania XL.
    • The 2/2/2024 Smackdown. Having just won the 2024 Women’s Royal Rumble, Bayley was poised to choose her opponent for WrestleMania XL. While she’s in the ring with Damage CTRL - minus Dakota Kai - she directly calls them out for talking about her behind her back. Earlier that night, she overheard them deciding to kick her out of the group.
      • It’s IYO SKY who she’s particularly upset with. The hurt in her voice alone says it all.
    • The 3/1/2024 Smackdown. She's in a tag match with Dakota Kai - who claimed to be on her side - as the duo look for revenge on their former teammates in Damage CTRL. Bayley goes for the tag on Dakota who jumps off the apron, revealing her true colors. Bayley lets out an anguished cry of "Not you!" in Dakota's direction, showing how much this betrayal hurt. The Kabuki Warriors get Bayley in a hammerlock so Dakota can slap her in the face with no remorse. Made even worse by the champion IYO SKY maniacally taunting and laughing at her before the group leaves her laying to a new Dark Reprise of the Damage CTRL theme with the lyrics now in Japanese except for the opening line (I took your power replacing We got the power) to symbolize their total severance from Bayley. The poor thing needed a hug.
    • The match itself against IYO SKY. As Bayley prepared to put her away with the Rose Plant, IYO suddenly begs for mercy, "Bayley, Bayley, I'm your friend! I'm sorry!” As Bayley hesitated, IYO delivered a cheap shot to the face before taunting and laughing at her once again. Bayley would recover with a slap to the face, declaring "You were never my friend, IYO! I did all this for-" before IYO cut her off. Showing that there was no going back for these former friends.

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