Becky seems to be the red-headed (literally) stepchild of the Horsewomen: no NXT title reign before moving up, drafted away from the other four on her own, wrestling in a six-woman tag at Summerslam weekend while the other three are in title matches. I hope Smackdown starts doing something with its women's division…

NXT's storytelling is efficient enough that they will have no trouble building someone up to be a credible contender by the time the next Takeover rolls around. I'd guess Roode or Aries.

G.O.A.T., baby! Drink it in, maaan.

Ember Moon's twisting top rope stunner is amaze.

Well, they actually were pitched as a heel team in NXT at first. I guess they assumed that they would get a Kurt Angle type reception, but the crowd freaking loved Chad Gable from the word go, and they eventually came around on Jordan as well. It was a totally organic face turn - the fans cheered them so much they…

I remember when you first started commenting on the wrestling here, and probably quite a few people saying "omg you've got to watch this Bayley vs Sasha match". Basically, you're living proof that the women's division being given more time and opportunity brings in new fans. It's pretty awesome!

Wait for the Four Horsewomen retrospective in fifteen years' time. Should be a doozy.

Right? Everyone knows Randy Orton can beat Heath Slater. Orton's beatdown didn't make him look like a badass — it made him look like a total asshole.

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Why is WWE so bad at doing go-home shows? Why do they think that the best way to hype an upcoming PPV match is to book the very same match over and over in the weeks leading up to it? It makes NO SENSE, especially when NXT does such a fine job of keeping its players separate until the big payoffs at Takeover. I mean,…

Counterpoint: perhaps it was you who was pretentiously self-important? Was it the bit where all the guns are named "rapiers" and "daggers", the bit where Romeo drops ecstasy to the legit Shakespearean dialogue "the drugs are quick" or the bit where the dude in drag lip-syncs a disco number where you decided it took…

I don't like the guy myself but Orton's still really popular with the casual fan, and it seems to be the perfect match-up, in a way, with the part-time monster facing off against the guy returning from injury. Neither has much story going on, so just smash 'em together like a couple of action figures. Works for me.

I loved the Gallagher/Aichner match. Gallagher's technical ability and charisma were everything I wanted out of Zack Sabre Jr but felt I didn't get.

Actually he's known as Jimmy Mundo these days.

But Sasha winning the title on the first New Raw was one of the smartest things they've done since the draft! The idea that titles can only change hands at PPVs devalues the weekly show and makes everything more predictable.

Your comment is infuriating, but I guess that's what you're going for, so "congratulations" I guess.

Did it really make sense on NXT though? There's never really any heel GM interference on that show, so who exactly were the "powers that be" there? The whole angle basically appeared for that single event and then was never mentioned again.

Yeah, it's annoying how "never give up" essentially means "never loses" in WWE. You can lose a feud and still "never give up", you can tap out and still "never give up". At this point Cena could become a Roger Federer-type figure — an all-time great who is finding himself being overtaken by the new blood but who…

Sasha's inevitable betrayal would be just as sweet as well.

Oh also, I could totally see the Bollywood Boys as a new tag team on NXT. It seems like it'd be a pretty distinctive gimmick, good imagery but not too cheesy, could work heel or face, and if WWE's hoping to break into the Indian market…