#2 The Dominance of NXT
It is easy to be very negative in watching professional wrestling. We, the fans, don’t always get what we want out of the booking. So it was quite easy to imagine that NXT, the so-called developmental brand, would lose constantly to Raw and Smackdown on Sunday night. To the surprise of many, NXT dominated the show on Sunday night.
It was even more surprising how they actually did it. Sure Io Shirai and Candice LeRae did a bit of distracting to help the Women’s Survivor Series Team win, but Rhea Ripley still defeated Sasha Banks. It continued with Roderick Strong’s clean victory over both AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura in the Triple Threat match. It ended in impressive fashion with Shayna Baszler making Bayley tap out in the main event of Survivor Series. If you had NXT winning four matches on Sunday night, you are likely lying.
The Chicago fans were behind NXT throughout the night and it was impressive to see them be so dominant against the main roster men and women. It is so rare to see the WWE actually push new talent over its established stars. It is something all of us would like to see more often. Glad it occurred at Survivor Series on Sunday night.