In 2019, a majority of the WWE roster received caught in Saudi Arabia following that yr’s Crown Jewel occasion, which happened on Thursday, October 31. With the present going down on a Thursday and the corporate having no “WWE SmackDown” roster accessible to be part of the November 1, 2019 episode, the “WWE NXT” roster was parachuted in to save lots of the day in what is usually remembered as one of the memorable episodes within the present’s historical past.
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AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone, then referred to as Sasha Banks, was one of many few principal roster stars accessible for the present, and recalled the sensation backstage on that day within the newest problem of her e-newsletter, “Mone Magazine.“
“A few years in the past, I keep in mind when the WHOLE Smackdown crew- sure ALL the GUYS had been late coming to SmackDown from Saudi Arabia! We needed to name in an entire crew from NXT to SmackDown. We did not even know what was happening and, much more crazy- solely ladies had been accessible. So actually one hour earlier than, Shayna Baszler ended up attacking me. The present become the NXT Takeover. All because of the journey problems with the SmackDown crew. The viewers was so stunned, and the expertise was so stunned. It was such a skeleton crew however, it was a surprisingly good present! Surprises are enjoyable typically, proper?”
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The present noticed Bayley defend the WWE SmackDown Ladies’s Championship towards Nikki Cross, Tommaso Ciampa defeat The Miz, Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox beat Fireplace and Want, and Adam Cole efficiently defend the NXT Championship towards Daniel Bryan in the primary occasion. The “NXT” roster caught round on the primary roster all through the month within the lead-up to that yr’s Survivor Sequence occasion, which noticed all three WWE manufacturers pitted towards one another.
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