8 Ups And 4 Downs From NXT TakeOver: Orlando
2. Women Add Little To Tag Match
What was the point of turning the six-man tag match involving Sanity into an eight-person mixed tag if it wasn’t going to matter?
Instead of having Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong and late replacement Kassius Ohno tangle with Sanity in a no-DQ match (thus giving the women the legitimate ability to be involved in the match, Nikki Cross and newcomer Ruby Riot joined the bout and even opened the contest… and that was about it.
The women would have a couple pull-aparts and roll-arounds, but aside from a spot late in the bout when both jumped up on Strong and Killian Dane, they added nothing to the match.
It was almost insulting in some ways that they were little more than a nuisance or distraction than an integral part of the bout. There was no real reason to have them be a part of it.