The results from the round 5 finals are in, and with a score of 207 (75%) to 69 (25%), ALEXA BLISS has defeated Mandy Rose to become this year's winner!
This also means she is the first person in the history of this tournament to win TWICE, having done it back to back. She also has many other accolades to her name that are discussed in the review section below.
Check out the bracket below to see how the tournament went down in its entirety and just how Alexa Bliss carved out a path to victory. Was it a matter of true fan support or did the seeding play a big factor?
BREAKDOWN AND ANALYSIS:
ALTERNATIVE FINALS
Just for curiosity's sake, it was asked how you would have voted if the semifinals had gone the opposite direction with the losers advancing into the finals instead of our two true finalists, which would have made the finals Lana vs. Becky Lynch instead. In that scenario, who would have been voted the winner?
Your votes were 159 (60.9%) to 102 (39.1%) in favor of Becky Lynch, which means she effectively wins the bronze medal for getting third place in this year's tournament—the furthest she's ever gotten in this series.
BEST BODY VOTE
Third place went to Nikki Bella with 22 votes, second place to Mandy Rose with 35 votes, and overwhelmingly, Alexa Bliss wins first place with 97 votes.
This is the second year in a row she won this, and by an impressive lead.
BEST FACE VOTE
Third place went to Mandy Rose with 15 votes, second place to Becky Lynch with 30 votes, and with another major gap, Alexa Bliss wins first place with 120 votes.
Again, this is the second year in a row she won this.
BEST PERSONALITY
Third place went to Bayley with 19 votes, second place to Becky Lynch with 62 votes, and the juggernaut continues with Alexa Bliss winning first place with 86 votes.
This means Alexa Bliss, two years in a row, won both the tournament and ALL THREE of the "best" votes—mostly by HUGE margins. Jesus!!!
UGLIEST WOMAN
This year, I added a special write-in vote for people to express their opinions on who the ugliest woman in WWE was, as a means to get a gauge on the total opposite of what this tournament crowned.
As this vote was a write-in poll instead of a multiple choice, we have answers from all over the place, including people who aren't in the company, like Fabulous Moolah, Vickie Guerrero, Santina Marella and Kharma.
For the most part, Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka have the most votes with 20, while Shayna Baszler (17) and Ruby Riott (14) are close.
Surprisingly, 12 votes for Charlotte Flair is the next highest amount. Very surprised about that.
CLOSEST CALL
The toughest nail-biter poll was in round 3 when Becky Lynch defeated Peyton Royce by only 2 votes (72-70) with a 50.7% to 49.3% difference.
Second to that was the round 2 vote of Zelina Vega defeating Sasha Banks 92-88 (51.1% to 48.9%)
BIGGEST LANDSLIDE VICTORY
The biggest blowout for the women's bracket was in round 1 with Alexa Bliss destroying Sonya Deville 164-19 (89.6% to 10.4%)
Second to that was in round 2 with Alexa Bliss beating Maria Kanellis 153-33 (82.3% to 17.7%)
VOTING TURNOUT
The most active round we had this year for the women's bracket was the finals with 277 votes, which is actually the most voted on round that we've ever had in either the men's or women's brackets for every year in the history of the tournament, so thank you, everybody!
BIGGEST SHOCKERS
From my point of view, I'm mostly only surprised that Vanessa Borne didn't make it into the qualifying round, as well as Asuka, to a certain extent. Everything else wasn't too too shocking, although the tight vote between Zelina and Sasha and Becky and Peyton was still a bit of a surprise.
Our analysis on the outcome of the finals and the 2018 edition of the tournament as a whole can be found in the latest podcast below:
SMACK TALK BREAKDOWN AND ANALYSIS:
Big thanks to everyone who participated in the voting from the qualifying round all the way up until the end, as well as those who shared this on Facebook, Twitter, or elsewhere to draw more attention to it and to get more people involved.
If you have any suggestions of what you'd like to see happen in next year's tournament or ideas of how we can improve this, make sure to leave us a comment or shoot us an email to send that message our way!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT?
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO ROOT FOR IN 2018?
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