WWE NXT - Best and Worst - Missed opportunity with SmackDown star, Faction adds female member

Samoa Joe's hands are full with potential challengers.
Samoa Joe's hands are full with potential challengers.

#2 Best: NXT Champion Samoa Joe's hands are full

Samoa Joe is the NXT Champion once again, after vanquishing Karrion Kross and sending him into the fiery depths of Monday Night RAW. He came out for a strong promo and demanded to meet his next challenger. He met a lot of potential opponents over the course of this segment.

It ended with Ridge Holland and Pete Dunne being run out of the ring by Joe and Tommaso Ciampa. So, it ultimately seems like the new four-man group will be going after the NXT Title. Dunne would be a great opponent for Samoa Joe.

The main event scene has gotten interesting immediately after TakeOver 36, with quite some intrigue surrounding the main title picture.


#2 Worst: Another promo train

While the destination of a potential Samoa Joe-Pete Dunne match was exciting, this segment was filled with typical cliches of a standard WWE promo. The Champion is interrupted by a potential challenger before another few superstars come out one by one.

This promo train began with The Bruiserweight, before LA Knight and Kyle O'Reilly came out to try and stake their claim for an NXT Championship match. To be fair, Ridge Holland's attack on O'Reilly did change things up, as did Tommaso Ciampa's appearance at the end.

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