Nikki Cross made a surprise appearance on this past week’s episode of Smackdown in Manchester. Nikki interrupted Becky Lynch and ended up facing her on the episode. Becky went on to defeat Nikki via submission.
After the episode, there has been a lot of debate about Nikki’s future. We thought that we would share our speculation on what is going to happen.
So, is she staying with Smackdown?
I do think that Nikki will end up staying on the Smackdown roster moving forward. She has already been working the odd WWE live event with the Smackdown brand. It is also clear that she is ready for the main roster.
I think that a big hint about Nikki staying up with Smackdown was WWE showing her with SANITY. This clearly establishes Cross as a member of the group for fans who don’t watch NXT. The next time that we see SANITY on Smackdown, my guess is that Cross will be alongside them.
So what will be the plans for Cross?
With her tapping out to Becky Lynch, it seems like a safe guess that Cross will be out of the Women’s Title picture for the next few months on the blue brand. I think that we are going to see WWE focus more on establishing the characters of SANITY moving forward. The goal would be to slowly build them up as a dominant faction on the blue brand. SANITY hasn’t been used much since being called up to the WWE main roster but hopefully Cross is the spark that the group needs.
After WWE better establishes SANITY, I could see another Becky Lynch vs Nikki Cross match for the Smackdown Women’s Championship down the road. I think fans would like to see it again, on a bigger stage. For now, I think WWE will slowly build up Cross and SANITY as threats.
What do you think the plans will be for Cross? Let me know in the comment section below.
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