5 biggest surprises from WWE this week (4, 5, & 6 February)
With every passing week, WWE makes an extra effort in surprising its fans, as they try to keep things unpredictable. This requires a lot of effort, and many times things do not go as planned.
Other times, we have seen some things work out extremely well and please the WWE Universe to a great extent.
Just like every other week, this week was full of surprises.
Whether you like it or not, many of these actions will have a permanent impact on the future outcomes of the storylines on both brands.
Let's take a look at the 5 biggest surprises from WWE this week. Please share your favorite moment from WWE this week in the comments below!
#5 Io Shirai’s pin over Shayna Baszler
This week’s NXT opened up with a segment between Johnny Gargano, Velveteen Dream, and Tommaso Ciampa, and ended with a six-woman tag team main event involving Kairi Sane, Io Shirai, and Bianca Belair on one team, while Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir battled on the other side.
The action-packed match saw the control shift from one team to another, with Bianca Belair trying to hoard most of the action.
The surprise came at the very end as Io Shirai took the final tag and delivered a moonsault to score the pinfall victory over the Queen of Spades. As Shirai is the newest member from the face side, it was surprising to see her take the pin victory over the current NXT Women’s Champion.
Belair and Kairi Sane have already tried their hands at beating Baszler for the championship recently, and this could be an indication that Shirai will be next in line very soon.
#4 Rusev and Nakamura’s tag team
Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura were challenged to a tag team match by the Good Brothers last week after the two handed out a beating to the current United States Champion R-Truth. This was the result of Truth beating Nakamura for the US Championship, and then successfully defending it on the same night against Rusev.
As Rusev and Nakamura accepted the challenge, Rusev made it clear that he was teaming up with the King of Strongstyle for one time only.
However, both men worked well during the match this week and saved each other on a few occasions, which resulted in them picking up the victory over the team of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
The surprising thing was that Rusev lifted the heel Nakamura’s hand after the victory, confirming that he too had turned heel and the tag team has come to stay.