Smashing absolute f*ck out of somebody with a kendo stick is now officially the best and quickest way to get over in WWE, proven perhaps more than ever before by the moment Mia Yim became the hottest star in Full Sail with an attack on the MMA Horsewomen after the Shayna Baszler/Dakota Kai match concluded.
The fix was then in for the babyface females ahead of the aforementioned (atrocious) backstage reveal, but this was at least an awesome way to reheat a character left for dead following a TakeOver: Toronto stinker in the summer.
Everybody's recoverable in WWE because nothing ever matters. Everybody's recoverable in NXT because they make sure everything does.
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