6 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (11 Sept)
This is not goodbye...
And so it's come to this.
As per breaking news earlier this week, NXT won't be leaving Full Sail University any time soon, but the show's final night in its current one-hour format promised not to be the end of an era but a carefully constructed bridge to the brave new world.
An absolute belter of a main event was promised ahead of the move to USA Network. Rhea Ripley's interruption of Shayna Baszler two weeks ago was scintillating. The former NXT UK Champion showed no fear in the face of the dominant Champion nor her Horsewomen underlings, utilising her somewhat-unknown threat to the American arm of the brand as reason for the 'Queen Of Spades' to fear the very worst.
They weren't the sole focus of another busy hour this week - the last of its kind, no less. An icon of the era was in attendance, as too were enough new stars to give fans of the show the suggestion of a stacked roster right as one was particularly required.
This was no new beginning, but it never once felt like an end...