8 Ups And 4 Downs From NXT TakeOver: Toronto

3. Squash Becomes All-Out War

When Io Shirai suplexed Candice LaRae onto the announce table about a minute into the match, you couldn’t help but think we were headed to Squash City.

The early part of the match was all Io, and you kept waiting for her to put LaRae away. But then the match swung the other way, with Candice getting some nice offense in herself, including a tope DDT, brainbuster and an Octopus. She delivered a vicious reverse spike rana on Shirai that brought fans out of their seats for a close 2 count.

However, Io was not losing her first PPV match as a heel. A top-rope Spanish Fly, moonsault and Koji Clutch finished LaRae in what turned into a really good, hard-hitting women’s match.

The main roster women should watch this match and take notes.