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

4. Protecting The Outgoing Champ

Dakota Kai Raquel Gonzalez
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Dun...dun...DUUUUUUUUN!

Dakota Kai performed a run-in on the NXT Women's Title bout, cracked her old pal-turned-rival Gonzalez with a shovel and pulled down her hood to reveal some shock pink hair. Rather fittingly, Kai was also dressed as the Grim Reaper. Well, she did kill Raquel's title reign, after all.

WWE got to where they needed to go with Rose and Toxic Attraction (they now hold all the belts), and they handed Gonzalez a worthy follow-up feud too. That's good booking, people. Gonzalez vs. Kai is one of the better combos NXT has, and Mandy can move on to other issues.

It's hardly troublesome that Rose won via shady means either. She, Dolin and Jayne shouldn't care about that - they're all about stealing the spotlight, and they can still claim that Mandy was too much for Gonzalez to handle anyway.

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