Really hope Rusev wins the belt on Sunday. Not that I dislike Kalisto, but Rusev is just so good.

If you ask me he's too much like HBK. He needs to do his own thing.

Not to mention the amount of TV time.

Also, KO on commentary was indeed glorious. "You put everyone at home in a sleeper hold, Cole."

Eh, wins shmins. I'm pretty sure losing to Emma in a decent length match with an actual rivalry behind it is far better for Becky than getting a soft (sawft!) pin on Brie Bella in another meaningless six woman tag match. It was a dirty finish and Becky continues to be built up as the plucky underdog.

If Emma's new finisher is going to be the Michinoku driver then I love her even more.

My thoughts exactly, dude. That was so bad. Asuka's supposed to be the most badass unstoppable woman on the roster, and Eva Marie, who couldn't beat Bayley with help from both Nia Jax and a crooked ref, was going toe to toe with her?

I really enjoyed Payback but Enzo's injury was such an awful way to start the night. It was just horrible seeing him go limp after falling off the apron, and you could see on everyone's faces that it was bad. Luckily I watched it a few hours late so I could quickly google his condition. That Kevin Owens selfie at the…

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That really worked for the LWO, right?

2 Cool were basically a boy band. Enzo is a lot of things, but he's no Backstreet Boy.

Stray observations:

Okay. Okay. So, what if we just saw the Roman heel turn tonight? The guy has become so completely poisoned over the last few months, culimnating in that dreadful Mania main event, that he doesn't actually need to start acting "heelishly" for this to be a thing. He isn't getting "go away" boos anymore, he is getting…

Uh… Isn't that what Joel Schumacher was trying to do?

Wow, I totally disagree with you. Heel Charlotte has been great, and she has been getting wicked heat. And frankly, being Ric Flair's daughter is a better gimmick than like 90% of the division so…

Yes, I know. I'm talking about the kayfabe weirdness of it.

Joe's really been built up as unstoppable in the last few weeks, so I see him winning this time… unless we see the debut of the Bullet/Balor Club. People are saying Finn could be moving up, though, so maybe that's unlikely.

Alexa's great. I think she got shortchanged a bit with her feud with Bayley being so short (I think it lasted two weeks?) but hopefully she'll get more time if/when the roster changes after Mania. I love her as the brains behind big dumb Blake and Murphy.

Obviously I know why it happens, but doesn't it seem odd that whenever someone's about to move up to the big leagues of WWE, they lose big matches on NXT? They should be like, "Later losers, there's no challenge for me here anymore," but instead they're all, "I'm the champ I'm the greatest oh you beat me well okay see…

If you have any interest in dipping a toe back in wrestling waters, check out NXT Takeover this weekend. It should be great, and it's guaranteed to be better than Wrestlemania.