Opening Bout
The opening match of the episode saw NXT Women’s Champion Asuka walking down the ramp for her match against All Red Everything Eva Marie. In case you missed the news, Marie had stolen Asuka’s title at an NXT house show and thus began this torrid affair.
Despite being the most vilified performer on NXT, the crowd was a bit divided in the beginning and in the middle of the match, embellishing the match with ‘Let’s Go Eva’ and ‘Eva Sucks’ but the jeers obviously overpowered the little support Marie did have.
The Red Queen, as a very infatuated Corey Graves calls her, stumbled ringside before her friend Nia Jax arrived for this match. The next thing we know, after a commercial, Marie is in control of the match accompanied by some primal screams by Asuka.
Side note- both the competitors’ hair’s quite striking. And it’s all because of the colors involved. Marie talking to the crowd in monosyllables while having locked Asuka in a seated surfboard was a nice little touch.
Forearm exchanges, punches and kicks later Asuka won clean but then they set up a face-off between the champion and Jax. This signals a future feud. And to be honest, apart from Bayley only Jax stands a chance of being a legit threat to the champion.
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