8 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Monday Night Raw (September 25 - Results & Review)
4. Tegan's Time
A short match with Natalya wasn't the total story behind Tegan Nox's night on Monday's Raw, and good thing too. 2:36 from the three hours available was nowhere near long enough for the two to get their point across, and was again a reminder that WWE takes exactly as much as it gives with the women's divisions.
But the whole thing gets an "Up" because of how it represented such an impressive recovery job from last week. It was leaked that Nox was the original plan for Becky Lynch's open challenge, and the NXT Champion acknowledging that was a uniquely smart touch. In referencing how she'd expected the 'Girl With The Shiniest Wizard' to burst though the curtain instead of the seasoned pro Natalya, 'The Man' had already tacitly put her as a viable contender.
Nox taking her advice, taking the opportunity then taking advantage was a good a one-night rehab for an AWOL character as you'll see in WWE, and being propelled into a top spot for next week's show has added one last stake to the Lynch/Tiffany Stratton No Mercy build. This was both giant leap and baby step for Nox; how exactly it now all plays out just became one of the bigger hooks for next week's show.