7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc 2021

Downs...

4. Questionable Formatting

Io Shirai Indi Hartwell
WWE.com

This 'Down' isn't aimed at the talent involved in that opening ladder match. Everyone worked hard, and there were some meaty bumps. Io Shirai, in particular, took quite the tumble onto one of the ladders that must be seen. Thankfully, she's alright and was moving freely backstage afterwards.

WWE though? Yeah, what the hell were you guys thinking putting this on first?! The last major company bout before this was that four-way ladder scrap on Raw between Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio. This is the most minor of complaints, sure, but it might've been nice to give NXT ladies some breathing room.

Back-to-back ladder matches = a mistake.

Some may argue that they're on different shows and happened almost 24 hours apart. That's cool, but Havoc's match didn't feature much that fans hadn't just seen on Monday. Somebody should've suggested that the tag opened up NXT instead.

Advertisement
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.