Walter vs. Dragunov was comfortably better than anything on Summerslam. The false finishes were good and I liked that after all the head/neck work Dragunov just fucking yanked him off the ground, like in No Mercy when the submission would suddenly be yanked on a little bit harder for the tap, to make Walter submit. I was worried they were gonna do their overused "he passed out from the pain!" nonsense and that ending was way better.
When she was bossing it in NXT I foolishly allowed myself to think "Man even WWE can't ruin Ripley." They're trying their level best and she still looks great. That is how good she is.
And for your Ricochet point I just don't understand why you wouldn't find an excuse to let him go 15-20 minutes on every show. It's madness.
I was mulling over this specific similarity between the ends of their reigns earlier. Not good "optics" is it? Logically (Becky being a hypocrite and winning after a sucker punch) it should be a heel turn but fans simply don't want to boo Becky and I don't think there's much they can do to change that.