10 Reasons Not To Lose Faith In NXT

2. A Stacked Women's Division

When was the last time the NXT women's division was this stacked? The answer to that question is 'never'. Io Shirai has a serious problem on her hands as NXT Women's Champion, as the number of viable challengers to her crown is absurd. The old adage about sleeping with one eye open may need to be taken seriously by the Genius of the Sky.

Toni Storm and Ember Moon both made their grand returns to NXT at TakeOver 31, making no secret of their respective interests in Shirai's NXT Women's Championship. Candice LeRae had just come up short in her quest for the title but the referee shenanigans in that match gave her a legitimate gripe moving forward. Shotzi Blackheart has been one of the breakout stars of 2020, while Dakota Kai continues to scheme away in the background, a background that lurks with the imposing shadow of Raquel Gonzalez. All this without mentioning Chelsea Green, Mercedes Martinez, Xia Li, Santana Garrett and the rest.

Those names are enough for a stacked division, but the main threat to Shirai's title remains the woman she pinned for the belt. The juggernaut that was Rhea Ripley has stalled somewhat in recent months, but the Australian remains a generational star waiting to happen. Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley remains the big money match in NXT's women's division, but there is no shortage of distractions and bumps for Shirai and Ripley to contend with along the way.

When it comes to the Wednesday Night Wars, NXT's women's division has AEW's beat, all ends up.

Contributor
Contributor

Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.