When Zila Fatu said she would be coming out in the main event to call out NXT Champion Grayson Waller, I thought I was going to hate “too many guys in the NXT title picture” again. Instead, I’m confused by how the show ended, and why three different factions are now at odds, and why Fatou, of all people, seemed to be the catalyst for it.
In all seriousness, I’m guessing Fatou doesn’t have much or anything to do with the Survivor Series-like buzz going on between DarkState, BirthRight, and Los Perros del Mal from AAA. The fatu part was a really weird way to get there. At first it kind of made sense. I thought maybe Dion Lennox would also try to put himself in the NXT Championship picture despite his loss to Cruz Montana last week. Even if he wasn’t, the argument between Fatu and Lennox seemed pretty solid to me.
Then, Lexis King and the rest of BirthRight came out and that’s where things started to go haywire. The stable already ended their feud with Fatou after the star handled them at Halloween Destruction in a match against Charlie Dempsey. King then went after DarkState on the mic and Fatou got in the middle saying he can’t remember the last time the faction was relevant and they’re running ‘NXT’ now.
The lights in the performance center went down again after Carmen Petrovic appeared in the crowd and Peros del Mal also came out. The popular AAA faction has yet to appear in NXT, and while I think it’s pretty cool, I don’t know how much of the NXT audience is aware of them. AAA’s group didn’t get to say a word before a brawl broke out between the factions as Fatou stumbled out of the ring looking as confused as I was.
While looking at Fatu’s Cagematch page, I noticed that he was in what was labeled a “Series Elimination match” at the last NXT live broadcast. None of his teammates and opponents, however, were involved in this stretch tonight. It made me think about NXT doing something about Survivor Series to finish in November, but they’ll only have a week of build up to a possible elimination match between the three factions ahead of the main roster premium live event. While I’m sure all of this will be answered next week, or even in the coming days on NXT’s social media, it was a really weird way to end the episode, and an odd position for Fatu to be in.
Written by Daisy Ruth
