6 Ups & 2 Downs From Last Night's NXT (July 22)

4. Tankbuster

Mercedes Martinez
WWE.com

An "I'm coming back and y'all better watch out!" promo was a weird time filler at the Great American Bash Night One. A 2 minute 39-second squash match with Santana Garrett was an underwhelming return at the Great American Bash Night Two. Having her just boot Shotzi Blackheart in the face and walk off required about 1/100th the effort of those two things combined and yet make a statement that's indescribably more impactful.

I don't want to see Mercedez Martinez talk, I don't want to see Mercedez Martinez wrestle people beneath her level, I just want to see her hurt people. There's nothing more to say about this tiny addition to the end of the Blackheart/Aliyah match, other than it's the direction they should have gone with her from the beginning.

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