WWE Payback 2020: 10 Things That Must Happen

8. Shayna Baszler Takes Nia Jax Out

Shayna Baszler Nia Jax
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Hands up who wants to see Baszler vs. Jax on TV or pay-per-view at all! Nobody? GOOD. The match is a poor use of Shayna, especially when she could be getting ready to challenge Asuka for the Raw Women's Title right now. She's gaining precisely nothing from feuding with Nia.

WWE should end this now.

Post-loss to Sasha and Bayley, Shayna must take a verbal lashing from Jax (who actually took the losing fall) before attacking and locking her in a damaging submission. Then, WWE can explain that Nia is on the shelf temporarily and Baszler can move on to bigger and better things.

Dynamic challengers are pretty thin on the ground for Asuka. Raw's female locker room doesn't have a lot of great options on the heel side, meaning Shayna needs to get the hell away from bomb scare Jax before she gets the Kairi Sane treatment and ends up injured herself.

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