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It was perhaps one of the best weeks of wrestling for a very long time as WWE made the trip out to the Middle East and put on a fantastic performance. A new Universal Champion was crowned and WWE has now stepped into the era of The Fiend, but whilst the WWE Universe was watching Crown Jewel, WWE announced that for the first time, NXT would be part of this year's Survivor Series.
The issues that later faced WWE when they headed back from Saudi Arabia meant that the NXT brand were then called upon and able to dominate SmackDown in the absence of their core roster.
Survivor Series may well be WWE's most-watched show of the year following their feat, but even though it was a fantastic week, there were still many botches and mistakes that managed to slip in under the radar.
#5 Kairi Sane didn't actually submit to Becky Lynch
This past week on Monday Night RAW, Kairi Sane took on Becky Lynch, as the issues between the RAW Women's Champion and The Kabuki Warriors continued. It was the opening match of the show, just one week after the female wrestlers had failed to feature on Monday Night RAW and it was quite a botchy match, to begin with.
Sane and Asuka fired their manager Paige before the match and went on to prove why they no longer need her, but Sane was unable to pick up the much-needed victory over the Champion. This was because the minute Sane was locked in the Dis-Arm-Her, the bell rang. Sane didn't tap until after the bell rang, which means that technically, she didn't submit. Will this lead to a rematch?
#4 Brock Lesnar and his fake Championship
Brock Lesnar was able to retain his WWE Championship in the match against Cain Velasquez at Crown Jewel, a match that was over in around two minutes. The issues that later faced WWE on their way back to the United States meant that the company called upon Brock Lesnar to be part of SmackDown in the absence of most of their roster.
Lesnar then arrived on SmackDown, but it was obvious that he wasn't wearing his Championship. The night before the title had red side plates and wasn't as shiny as the one that Brock had been forced to wear as he made the announcement about quitting SmackDown in Buffalo.
It appears that the 175 members of WWE employment that were stuck in the Middle East for an extra day actually had Lesnar's Championship, which is why Brock was forced to come to the ring with what looked like a fake plastic Championship with normal WWE side plates.
Hopefully, when he invades Monday Night RAW tonight looking for Rey Mysterio, he will have his original Championship back.
#3 Tegan Knox or Tegan Nox?
As already noted, WWE's issues making their return from Saudi Arabia meant that a number of NXT stars were flown in from Florida and only just made the show in time. This meant that a number of stars made their main roster debut, including Rhea Ripley, Matt Riddle, NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler and even Keith Lee.
Welsh star Tegan Nox was also pushed up to the SmackDown brand as a way to send the message to the women's division alongside Rhea Ripley, but it appears that the production team didn't get the memo about her name.
Instead of spelling her name as Tegan Nox, which has been her name since she debuted in NXT, the star with the Shiniest Wizard was called Tegan Knox instead. This is the spelling of former NXT star Hugo Knox's name, but since he was released a few years ago, WWE has allowed Nox to use the name with a different spelling.
Whether this is a hint that her name will change when he's promoted or not remains to be seen, but for right now it looks like another mistake on WWE's part.
#2 Is Brock Lesnar Universal Champion?
Brock Lesnar sensationally quit SmackDown on Friday night after he made an unscheduled appearance to kick off the show. Lesnar explained that he wanted revenge on Rey Mysterio for the attack he endured at the hands of the former World Champion, so he needed to make the move.
This was obviously because of The Fiend's win over Seth Rollins, which meant that Monday Night RAW had no main Champion for the first time since 2016. Lesnar s WWE Champion was then able to move over to RAW in the absence of a Champion and correct the balance.
The issue here is the fact that WWE's own Facebook page made the announcement about Lesnar quitting SmackDown and referred to him as the Universal Champion, a title that he most recently lost to Seth Rollins back at SummerSlam.
It's easy to see why WWE would have made this kind of mistake since Lesnar was Universal Champion for the best part of a year before he was defeated by Roman Reigns and once again after he defeated Braun Strowman last year at Crown Jewel. That being said, Lesnar is WWE Champion now, a fact that the company should probably know.
#1 Renee Young gets kicked in the face
Renee Young was forced to join the commentary team for SmackDown on Friday night since Michael Cole and Corey Graves were two of the stars who were stuck in the Middle East following Crown Jewel.
Young hasn't been on commentary since the WWE draft a few weeks ago but took her place next to Tom Phillips and Aiden English where she was able to call a SmackDown show for the first time. Young ran into some problems as part of the women's tag team match as Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose were ambushed by Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox, since Bianca Belair already disposed of Carmella and Dana Brooke.
Nox managed to botch the throw over the announce table on Deville, which lead to her kicking Renee Young clean in the face. Young obviously wasn't impressed and later stated that she had a bloody nose because of the attack, but was still able to continue to announce the show despite her injuries.
Young later Tweeted about how she was never commentating again, which allowed Nox to apologize for the botch.
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