10 Insane Things You Missed When You Stopped Watching NXT
1. The Entire Mei Ying Saga
In late 2020, NXT debuted Mei Ying as a mystical practitioner of magic.
After Xia Li lost frequently throughout the year, she was summoned backstage by Boa, who handed her a letter. This perturbed Li. Subsequently, Li and Boa were shown in filmed vignettes being tortured by mysterious figures, one of whom was an elderly-looking woman clearly patterned after Sadako from the Ring franchise. This woman was revealed to be Mei Ying, who, in the storyline, was an ancient princess who fled her corrupted brother thousands of years ago and, to the cost of her soul, seized back the throne under the teachings of a dragon. She was then stationed at ringside as Li worked matches, and on occasion blew debilitating, mystical smoke in the face of her opponents.
So what became of Mei Ying in the end?
Hilariously, this 1,000 year-old sorceress, who, again, was trained in combat by a dragon, went 50/50 across two (!) matches.
After all that time, she defeated Virginia Ferry in 0:49 on September 7, 2021, and was then defeated in just 2:55 by Indi Hartwell on October 5.
So in effect, in WWE lore, dragons are just as f*cking useless as T-BAR or whoever.