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NXT continued its build towards Takeover: WarGames this week, as they once again aired their episode live on the USA Network. Things are heating up in the NXT Women's Division since Io Shirai joined the quest to become Women's Champion alongside Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair, while Tegan Nox made her return to the ring and seemingly caught the eye of the NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler.
The Undisputed Era and Roderick Strong took out Velveteen Dream backstage in the hopes that this would prevent him from challenging him for his North American Championship next week. General Manager William Regal later made the call that the winner of Keith Lee vs Dominik Dijakovic would challenge for the Championship instead, which lead to Strong becoming involved and the match will now be a triple threat between all three men for the Championship.
The show was main evented by Pete Dunne and Damien Priest, and interestingly the latter was able to keep hold of his undefeated record against The Bruiserweight. As ever, there were many things that WWE got right this week on NXT, but there were still several botches.
#3. Should have landed on your feet
Tommaso Ciampa returned to the ring this week seven months ahead of schedule after suffering a shocking neck injury but was able to show that he was at full health when he took on Angel Garza in the opening match of the night.
Ciampa was unhinged throughout, so it comes as no surprise that a back body drop looked as though it went array since Garza should have landed on his feet and instead he landed on his knees. It could have been Ciampa throwing him over with too much power, or Garza being unable to steady himself as he went over, but the landing definitely wasn't what either man expected.
#2. Tegan Nox's wizard isn't so shiny
Tegan Nox returned to the ring this week on NXT after months on the sidelines battling leg injuries. The Welsh star took on Brazil's Taynara in what was one of the highlights of the night, where Nox was able to round off her return with an interesting victory.
It was the ending of the match that is the most questionable since Nox has become known for the fact that she can throw knees and kicks but was unable to deliver her Shining Wizard properly due to her knee braces.
Nox's knee injuries have been well documented and in order for her to continue to wrestle following rehab, she has to wear braces on both of her knees, which makes it hard for her to deliver her finisher effectively, as seen this week on NXT when the move was nowhere near the target.
It appears that moving forward The Welsh star may be forced to change her patented finishing move since her legs have been one of her biggest problems since she signed with WWE a few years ago and using them regularly could become an issue.
#1. That forearm from Kayden Carter
Io Shirai is one of the rising stars of the NXT Women's Division at present, even though she was unable to dethrone Shayna Baszler, and lost her friend Candice LeRae when she decided to turn heel.
Shirai has since been able to show off her new attitude, but the Japanese star took on Kayden Carter this week on NXT TV and it appears that Io wasn't happy with their back and forth. Carter has had a handful of matches on WWE TV and is still learning the ropes while Io is something of a veteran, so mistakes in the ring are expected from Kayden, but that doesn't mean that she won't get a receipt.
It looks like the intended spot was a wheelbarrow into a German suplex, but Kayden forgot the spot and delivered a forearm to Io, who didn't have time to cover-up before she then continued with the spot. The Genius of the Sky obviously wasn't impressed, so she then dropped the newcomer clean on her head from the suplex as a form of a receipt for forgetting the planned spot.
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