Io Shirai is NXT Women’s Champion

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She had to nearly murder Rhea to do it, but it finally happened. Thank goodness they finally strapped her up, as she’s been absolutely killing it since turning heel. The dive off of the house was absolutely bonkers.

Discuss this fantastic development.

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That dive off the house is going to the replay vault for the rest of time. God, that ruled.

[Welfare Willis]

I need a Io
I'm holding out for a Io 'til the end of the night
She's gotta be strong
And she's gotta be fast
And she's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a Io
I'm holding out for a Io 'til the morning light
She's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And she's gotta be larger than life!
Larger than life

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

It would have been nice for her to win some matches over the past two months but I am glad she got it.

[Heartbreaker]

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

I just saw a gif of the finish.

Is Rhea still alive?

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The most deserving woman finally got her shine!!

LONG MAY SHE REIGN!

Oh and



LETS f***ING DO IT!!

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Jun 7, 2020 20:59:59 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

The most deserving woman finally got her shine!!

LONG MAY SHE REIGN!

Oh and



LETS f***ING DO IT!!

Damn, in retrospect that's wild. Dope.

[Mister Pigwell]

Jun 7, 2020 20:48:04 GMT -5 @heyitsfriskeyagain said:

That dive off the house is going to the replay vault for the rest of time. God, that ruled.

Awsome moment made unintentionally funny by Mauro calling it a ceiling instead of a roof.

[Crappler El 0 M]

About time! Up until this show, she had always been booked to lose in the big match, starting with the finals of the second MYC.

[CMWaters]

And the obligatory:

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Jun 7, 2020 20:48:04 GMT -5 @heyitsfriskeyagain said:

That dive off the house is going to the replay vault for the rest of time. God, that ruled.

My exact quote in the live thread was “Oh my f***ing god!!!!”

[GuyOfOwnage]

Jun 7, 2020 21:08:10 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

And the obligatory:

He just couldn't resist the meme, could he?

[CMWaters]

Jun 7, 2020 21:17:16 GMT -5 GuyOfOwnage said:

Jun 7, 2020 21:08:10 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

And the obligatory:

He just couldn't resist the meme, could he?

He didn't compete at WrestleMania this year, thus didn't get to have his "midlife crisis" entrance. Let him have this.

[BatPunk]

This has been a long time coming. I’m glad it’s finally happy for her. Well deserved!

[Starshine]

That's cool.

But the whole Charlotte as NXT women's champ seems like a colossal waste of time... like most angles involving Charlotte recently.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jun 7, 2020 20:50:39 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

It would have been nice for her to win some matches over the past two months but I am glad she got it.

She was very wobbly at the start of the year, going 0-3-0 before she had that minor knee injury, but since then she's gone 5-1-0 all the way to the gold.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jun 7, 2020 21:27:54 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Jun 7, 2020 20:50:39 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

It would have been nice for her to win some matches over the past two months but I am glad she got it.

She was very wobbly at the start of the year, going 0-3-0 before she had that minor knee injury, but since then she's gone 5-1-0 all the way to the gold.

She had non-finishes to Charlotte and Rhea and then got pinned in a tag match. They have a deep division, she should have pinned someone noteworthy over the past two months. 

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jun 7, 2020 21:24:18 GMT -5 Starshine said:

That's cool.

But the whole Charlotte as NXT women's champ seems like a colossal waste of time... like most angles involving Charlotte recently.

Like I said in the other thread, she hasn't won a title defense in close to two years now. Her recent title runs have been transitional as f*** (A one month run to Lynch in 2018 that contained her last actual successful defense, a couple of weeks to Lynch again for the WM35 main event, a matter of minutes to Bayley for her MITB cash-in, about two months to Shirai with only a DQ loss for her only defense in this reign)... Which lends credence to the stat padding theories, sure, but it does make her come off as becoming a bit of a Sasha Banks-esque fluke artist as her career goes on.

[Starshine]

Jun 7, 2020 21:34:32 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Jun 7, 2020 21:24:18 GMT -5 Starshine said:

That's cool.

But the whole Charlotte as NXT women's champ seems like a colossal waste of time... like most angles involving Charlotte recently.

Like I said in the other thread, she hasn't won a title defense in close to two years now. Her recent title runs have been transitional as f*** (A one month run to Lynch in 2018 that contained her last actual successful defense, a couple of weeks to Lynch again for the WM35 main event, a matter of minutes to Bayley for her MITB cash-in, about two months to Shirai with only a DQ loss for her only defense in this reign)... Which lends credence to the stat padding theories, sure, but it does make her come off as becoming a bit of a Sasha Banks-esque fluke artist as her career goes on.

I think this example is slightly worse because they cut Rhea off at the knees for it, and then Charlotte didn't even put anyone over in losing. There was absolutely nothing gained from this whole deal, just more of the tired status quo. For as good as she is, her booking has been detrimental for a couple years now.