NXT TakeOver: Toronto: 4 Best Moments
By Tim Sherry
WWE.com
2. Both Women Impress
At 37 years old and away from a WWE ring for close to 7 years, an unimpressive showing from Mickie James at TakeOver would not have been a massive shock. But that was not the case Saturday night. The former 6-time WWE Women’s champion, James, looked confident and fluid in her impressive, yet unsuccessful challenge to NXT Champ, Asuka. She matched the champ move for move and had her in big trouble a couple of times.
Asuka, not only looked liked her brilliant self but showed a different side, refusing to shake Mickie’s hand post match. “The Empress of Tomorrow” has only shown a baby face side in her NXT tenure so far but what would a heel Asuka look like? It could potentially be the move that takes the NXT champ to the next level and show her versatility when she eventually makes her main roster debut.
NXT seems to be making a habit of furthering its stars characters in either win or loss and that was very apparent in the women’s title match in Toronto. Everyone knew that the sky was the limit for Asuka, but now we can suddenly feel the same way about Mickie.