An NXT invasion angle was in full display on last night’s episode of SmackDown since most of the main roster members were not in attendance.
As a result, there was a bunch of superstars who decided to appear from the blue-and-yellow brand to take the upper-hand on the SmackDown locker room members. One of them turned out to be none other than the NXT Women’s Champion, Shayna Baszler.
Originally, SmackDown hosted a title match between Bayley and Nikki Cross. The latter name earned a number one contender’s shot for the women’s title from the blue brand by winning a six-pack challenge, a couple of weeks ago. So she received the due title shot, last night. Despite her efforts, the heel antics played by Bayley and her buddy Sasha Banks prevailed.
The distractions and injury pretention from Bayley allowed her to roll up Cross to retain the SmackDown women’s championship. But her celebration did not last long as NXT women’s champion arrived at the scene.
It was Shayna Baszler who jumped at ringside to hammer away at the former Boss n Hug Connection members. The SmackDown audience came unglued after seeing this,
“Bayley didn’t have long to bask in the glow of her win, however, finding herself ambushed by Baszler immediately after the NXT Women’s Champion took down Banks. After overpowering Bayley with a gut-wrench dominator and dropping her with a vicious kick, The Queen of Spades made her exit, leaving wreckage in her wake.” (courtesy WWE.com)
It was the first shot fired by Shayna Baszler in order to hype up the upcoming Survivor Series PPV event themed on brand vs. brand rivalry. WWE has informed that for the first time the NXT brand will get to participate in the main roster PPV like this.
There’s no update on who the matches will get scheduled. But it looks that the champions from the NXT brand will take on the respective superstars from either Raw or SmackDown.
Going by this theory, Shayna Baszler, the champion from NXT women’s division may end up facing SmackDown women’s champion, Bayley. However, it’s just a prediction at this point considering what transpired on last night’s show. There’s another women’s champion from the main roster that is Becky Lynch who may receive a shot at Baszler, too.
