11 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Nov 13)
1. Yim Pickings
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Red equalled green by the end of this week's main event as the ladder match between Mia Yim and Io Shirai suddenly got very very f*cking good as chaos consumed the scene faster than the blood covering Yim's face.
Before that though? Eh.
It wasn't for the lack of trying from both - a series of ladder-assisted spots missed more than they hit but the two at least worked as though the stakes mattered. It gave the first half of the contest the sinking feeling that permeated throughout Yim's clunker with Shayna Baszler at TakeOver: Toronto.
Thankfully, here's where the negativity for this entire show ends - the recovery was imminent.
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