Around the enthusiasm over the AEW women's tag team tournament and nostalgically reminding myself bout WWE Mixed Match Challenge, I thought that there is one kind of tag team that is not very well explored by the leading wrestling promotions. The mixed tag team stage!
A lot of great things happened in the KO division last night on Impact! A tag team match is on the horizon as two decorated Knockouts will face two arrogant others. Long-awaited interference. Amazing announcement!
I will start with: Finally, WWE followed some good examples from AEW and planted an audience!!! Behind a transparent plastic wall, but there is an audience from NXT 'rookies' and eventually more.
With two matches on the card, last night's NXT episode was all about challenges. I.e. most of the matches were a prelude to something else, some story development.
Asuka starts a new era on Raw as a women's titleholder of the Red Brand and a title match is set after a long-absent duo is back in action and won an important victory...
The unique Money In the Bank is over. At least I am happy that I have 1 right prediction (sorry Tamina). Also, I can say that the three women that I cited as favorites were close to the victory as well. But what happened? Time for Overview!
Friday Night SmackDown gave us what it promised to give us! All announced matches were there. No surprises. No twists. Even an interview with two of the most underrated competitors in the women's MITB Ladder match!
Around two nights before the Money In The Bank 2020 historical matches, we will be witnessing some heated rivalries attempted to be solved or elevated.
Tamina finally had another chance to shine in a singles title both. She earned it after defeated Sasha Banks on SmackDown as it was stipulated that this victory is granting her a title shot after her unsuccessful WrestleMania attempt. Of course, WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley played a vital role in all of this, accidentally putting herself where she is as she put the stipulation!
The night in NXT was filled with events at the women's stage.
Chelsea Green, Scarlett (Bordeaux - damn so hard to write) and of course the anticipated Queen vs. Evil Of The Sky, for the NXT Women's Gold with some surprises in the end!
It's not easy to manage division with a controversial champion on top. I am not going to fall into an essentialism/simplism or genitalism discussion. I don't mind challenging champions. I welcome them because they are who helped the rest of the division to over-jump their limitations. That's why she is accepted... and because her locker room fellows are larger than prejudice.
The Queen Charlotte Flair will face her long-awaited #1 Contender Io Shirai in a singles match for the belt this Wednesday and this is a show you don't want to miss!
It was Raw before Monday in the Bank so we needed to see some warm-up between the contestants - the Annihilation Trio from the Red Brand. In a new show - MVP's VIP Lounge. Of course, we get some Nia Jax's bragging (Did you see me last week, yay?!), some Asuka's Japanese hysterical yells, and Shayna Baszler cold as a reptile.
I watched last week's segment of Candice LeRae and Johnny. It was an interesting approach: Their home, dinner time, talking about failure, and promising to smash everyone. Family portrait! And new hair color...
I have really expected a KOs title match. This Rebellion is not the same as the last year and even with two nights, even with the pandemic, I thought that there should be a title match for the Knockouts belt.
We are on our way to Money In The Bank and the situation got heated. This week we had three of the participants collide and sort-of a rematch from the last week between two former friends and teammates.
A revenge attempt in a tag team war and some HBIC action were WWE NXT's this week's suggestions for women's wrestling. Of course, the Queen emerged up and suggested a challenge.