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Best: Io Shirai lives up to the hype
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This is the moment we'd been waiting for and WWE was wise to keep us waiting until the end to see it. Io Shirai had a squash match against Xia Brookside last night, but she shined as one of the brightest stars in the tournament even with that format. She was incredible, doing things that no one else has done before.
It was humorous to see Michael Cole talking about Io loving to have fun as she toyed with Xia Brookside. There was obviously the foundations of a great heel in the making during this match. With Kairi Sane being showed at ringside, there was no way not to think about that potential rivalry in the months to come and get super excited!
Brookside, for her part, shined even despite her thrashing. She had a surprising level of charisma and her ring work looked solid too. Io herself is supposedly high on Xia, having worked with her before, and this match showed us why. At 19 years old, Xia can be a big star in the future.
