5 Burning Issues For WWE Raw Tonight (Oct 16)
4. Nobody Is Ready For Asuka
They were words wailed multiple times by the former NXT Champion, as she continued her unrelenting and undefeated path of destruction through the developmental brand. On last week's evidence, the main roster will experience much of the same plight.
Though Emma emerged victorious from the abysmal five-way elimination battle, the match and segment that built up to it was one of Raw's most shambolic.
Bickering over a spot in the match backstage, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Alicia Fox and Dana Brooke joined the Aussie in assembling a chronically awful match littered with botches so powerful that they seemed to have a knock-on effect with the bewildered and befuddled announce team.
Booker T was his typically incomprehensible self, but the ordinarily-steadfast Michael Cole managed to misunderstand the most basic of rules and even the whip-smart Corey Graves wasn't able to steer the ship as it went headlong into a third hour iceberg.
This week, Emma will undoubtedly have some last words for the 'Empress Of Tomorrow' as she aims to do better than her first meeting with the devastating Japanese star. Their show-opening NXT TakeOver: London battle was one of the brand's best ever women's matches. Both would benefit from a Sunday retread of that forgotten classic.