WWE Week in Review: The Undertaker returns, dissension in the Wyatt Family

WWE NXT

It’s sometimes difficult to get things done in an hour but NXT did a great job of setting up some matches for NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, which takes place just two weeks from Saturday. And we also got another match between #DIY and The Revival and that’s never a bad thing.

We kicked off the show watching Asuka get her clock cleaned as she was walking to the building by Billie Kay and Peyton Royce, who are basically just using the Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho thing by saying “we” are going to be NXT Women’s Champion. But it seems to be working for them so I won’t knock it. They then proceed to squash Sarah Bridges and Macey Evans in about two minutes before Asuka made her way to the ring to get her revenge, only to be beaten down again before Nikki Cross came in to make the save. But then Nikki hit a huge missile dropkick on the champ. We don’t see Asuka take that kind of beating often. Really good stuff here (the “Asuka’s gonna kill you” chant didn’t hurt) that will likely take us to a tag match and then a Fatal Four Way match at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio.

Following a couple of short matches that saw Elias Samson and Andrade Almas pick up victories, NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura gave a brief interview with Todd Phillips about the end of his rivalry with Samoa Joe (Joe has to be in the Royal Rumble) and his thoughts on the new number one contender, Bobby Roode, whom he’ll face in San Antonio. Nakamura complimented him before Phillips handed him a ticket from NXT TakeOver: Dallas, which happened to be Shinsuke’s debut in WWE and the event where Bobby Roode was first spotted. It was a pretty interesting little segment and I’m interested to see where they go with this. In any event, just think of how amazing the entrance battle between these two will be when this match takes place.

Then, of course, we have the main event of the evening between #DIY and The Revival. I really dug the video segments highlighting their past battles, all of which have been amazing. As for the match itself, it certainly wasn’t the best match that these two teams have ever had but it’s really hard to top what they’ve done in the past. But this was still a very good match. It started out a little bit slower than what we’re used to but once they got going, it was entertaining to watch. The finish is about what I expected with Gargano and Ciampa retaining and this is likely the end of this amazing feud. And it should be. It’s time for The Revival to hit the main roster, don’t you think? And we got some new number one contenders following the match as Authors of Pain hit the ring and demolished the champs, setting up what should be a great match in San Antonio.

The middle portion of this week’s episode left a bit to be desired but I like what they did this week in getting some matches set up for TakeOver. And next week we’ve got the contract signing between Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode so that’s something to look forward to.

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And there you have it, folks, our debut edition of the WWE Week in Review. We’ll be doing this every Friday so make sure to check back in with FanSided for that and for all of your WWE needs.