Bad news for Stephanie Vaquer

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WWE Women's World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. [Photo credit: WWE.com]

There's some bad news for WWE Women's World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. Although she successfully defended her title against Nikki Bella at Survivor Series: WarGames, the match overall wasn't impressive for the critics.

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It was a heel Nikki Bella going against Stephanie Vaquer, in what many expected to be a nail-biting contest. However, it turned out to be a squash match, with Stephanie Vaquer nearly dominating the entire match. Besides that, there were several awkward moments in the match, too. In the end, The Dark Angel pinned Nikki Bella with a Devil's Kiss and Corkscrew Moonsault.

Wrestling journalist, Dave Meltzer, in his latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, gave the match 1.25 stars, and not even one full star to the match. This was the lowest-rated match of the night from Meltzer.

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He had earlier criticized the match in his edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, after Survivor Series: WarGames. Meltzer criticized Nikki Bella's booking by WWE, saying that it blew off the Hall of Famer.

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"The way that it was done. It was a clean finish, but it was a clean finish in the way that kind of blew off Nikki Bella. I mean, she's got this legendary status thing. It just felt like, I know she's not going anywhere. Like, there's no plans for her to go anywhere. But if I watched this not knowing that, I would think, oh she's going home now. That's how it came off. It came off like the legend came back, she had her little run, and now, she's going home. That's just how clean, not clean but clear-cut. They just didn't give her anything. It was just like, yeah, just like kind of nothing."
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It was expected that Nikki Bella would retire from in-ring competition after this loss. However, in a post-match byte, she said it wasn't the last of Nikki Bella that the fans saw. It remains to be seen if the two-time Diva Champion would once again go after Stephanie Vaquer for the Women's World Championship.

Stephanie Vaquer was unhappy with Nikki Bella after a botch during their match at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames

There were a few awkward moments during the match between Stephanie and Nikki Bella. And one big botch seemingly left The Chilean Superstar angry. Nikki Bella didn't go down on her knees during Stephanie's second 'Devil's Kiss' inside the ring. That botch seemingly irked Stephanie, and she sported an angry look at the Hall of Famer after performing it.

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She then wrapped up the match with a Cockscrew Moonsault and pinned Nikki to retain her title. It remains to be seen if The Dark Angel would be interested in working with Nikki once again for a WWE PLE event

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