the only reason i'm watching SD is for the NXT peeps.
now rhea ripley and tegan knox are killing fire and desire!
papa trips and NXT have declared war on the "main" roster.
Kind of ironic that the best SD in a long time, is one that they had to improvise last minute:
I LOVE how strong they made NXT look tonight overall.
The ME was fantastic, and Cole winning clean was awesome.
Ciampa vs. Mize was solid.
Bayley vs. Nikki was also good. Although one of my very few critiques tonight is Bayley falling victim to generic heel booking. She beat Nikki and Alexa both in a handicap match not too long ago, but now needs Sasha's help just to beat Nikki? Asuka is another example, she went from being able to win straight up, to needed to use the green mist in every match in order to win, within a few weeks. It's too drastic a change way too quick.
Shayne, Rhea, and Tegan showing up was a cool moment as well. Kind of wish Io had appeared to.
Poor Sami really is just a glorified jobber at this point.
Commentary was really good tonight as well, even Renée was on point.
Etc.
Overall, great show.
Considering NXT is obviously not going to win Survivor Series, they need to book them VERY VERY strong especially at the start of this. They need to establish the developmental as a serious threat, and they did just that.
SInce Triple H is obviously acting as the mouth piece for NXT, it'll be interesting to see if Vince or Stephanie end up acting as the mouth piece for the main roster since they don't seem to have general managers anymore.
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too bad that bianca belair only appeared briefly but she did make an impact destroying carmella and brooke. she should come to raw and do it to 'the man'.
I really enjoyed the main event. I also had no idea how good a wrestler miz was till I saw this episode. Of smack down. Me was a real hard fought battle.
Triple H's promo points to NXT invading Raw as well.
TUE takes out the OC.
Io helps KW lay out Becky.
Gargano or Pete Dunne challenges Seth.
Rhea or Shayna vs. Becky.
Io vs. Sasha (that's SD, but I've been waiting three years to see it).
I think Bazler should go after Becky. Firstly because that helps set up a match with all 3 womans champions. But survivor series aside, there's also a built in persona reason due to the Man's history with her buddy Ronda.
BUt yeah... lot of fun invasion scenarios we have here. And the timing is great, as this will hopefully help NXT a little in the ratings. I wonder if Smackdown and RAW will sort of ignore each other and feud with NXT, or if this will become more of a 3 way feud.
Io Shirai vs. Sasha Banks.
Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch.
Shayne Baszler vs. Asuka.
Daniel Bryan vs. Johnny Gargano.
Kari Sane vs. Candice LeRae.
TUE vs. OC.
WALTER vs. Brock Lesnar.
Bayley vs. Toni Storm.
Bianca Blair vs. Charlotte Flair.
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Seth Rollins.
Team Kick vs. Fire & Desire.