1) Changed Plans For The NXT Title Match At Wrestlemania 36
According to Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select (subscribe here), Rhea Ripley was originally planned to win her Wrestlemania 36 match against Charlotte Flair.
There was also a big push from the NXT creative team to add Bianca Belair into that match but it didn’t end up happening. Here is what Sapp wrote:
If you’re upset over NXT’s handling of Charlotte Flair earlier this year, you’re definitely not alone, but it might not necessarily be their fault. Fightful was told that often times when the NXT team would come up with creative or plans for Charlotte Flair when she appeared on their brand, it would often need to go through Raw, but would get shot down. Originally, Rhea Ripley was planned to win the match, then changed to Charlotte. There was a big push within NXT to have Bianca Belair added even sooner than she was to their feud so that Charlotte could lose the match without taking the pin.
One wrestler in NXT that we spoke to about the situation responded in a pessimistic manner, saying that those involved in the creative of NXT should have known what they were getting into when they booked it.
My Take:
- Charlotte vs Rhea vs Bianca would have been really good. Rhea vs Charlotte was also a great match, so I don’t think that anyone should be too upset about it. In hindsight, Rhea winning the match seems like the better choice. Rhea needed the win much more than Charlotte.
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