Women’s Division
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The women’s division has suffered the most since The Big Call Up Of ‘16. Losing Sasha Banks, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Nia Jax and Charlotte was rough, but when Bayley left, it was like Full Sail was deflated of its heart just like those Crazy Dancing Blow-up Guys after her entrance.
It sucked, but it’s gonna be fine for two reasons: Asuka and the fact that NXT has been here before.
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See, NXT BUILT the current crop of women killing it on the main roster. They weren’t snatched up from indies, and they aren’t old familiar faces. Most of them weren’t very good when they started. They spent a lot of time absorbing anything the trainers could throw at them before anyone knew who they were.
They give these ladies everything they need to not only excel, but dominate. You don’t have Sasha and Charlotte main eventing a Hell In A Cell, without the guys and girls working at the Performance Center teaching them and training them to be the absolute best.
It’s the blood of NXT and while those first couple years had a lot of luck, chance, and timing going for it, the trainers are why we love the brand.
But yeah, it’s mostly because of Asuka. How can you stop someone that’s mysterious, entrancing, and built like a freaking razor blade?
If she took out O-Ren Ishii, Gogo Yubari, the Crazy 88 AND The Bride, I’d be all “yeah yeah, that makes sense.” She said it herself, “Nobody is ready for Asuka” and I’m not gonna question her.
She’s barely been on TV lately because she’s so far ahead of EVERYBODY she’s about to lap them. That is so cool, but it can’t last.
That brings us to Ember Moon. Moon is some sort of Mortal Kombat werewolf character I think, and when she adjusts to the styles of NXT in the coming months, she’s the one that’ll be able to topple Asuka from her throne.
Her finisher will spell the end for many competitors. On paper, it’s a twisty type Blockbuster Stunner. That alone is pretty cool but she executes it with so much precision, authority and grace that it’s simply gorgeous. She’s next.
After those two, though, the division is admittedly thin.
Right now it’s kind of like they’re filling in the spots left behind until they find their own thing, ya know? Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are basically The BFFs, if they were Australian and made of just legs and Liv Morgan has the Bayley underdog thing going, but with Carmela still freshly removed, do we really need another Jersey girl this soon? The answer, is no.
Danielle Kamela is seeing some passable televised ring work lately, and Aliyah is one character trait away from the crowd straight up loving her. Trinidad is almost promising and we’ll have to see if Mickie James sticks around after Toronto.
Outside of the ones listed on this page, there’s a bunch of women waiting in the rafters for their shot, I’d bet money, that a good handful of them are going to be pretty amazing to watch in the future.
