Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— As previously reported, WWE NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte made her RAW
debut last Monday night and lost quickly to Natalya. This confused many as the
match was supposed to be an NXT showcase match, to hype last week’s NXT
special.
During last week’s NXT Conference call, Triple H spoke about the match. He
said that there were time constraints as segments went long, so the ladies
segment lost time. He noted that he would have loved to showcase them with the
time that they got in NXT but that they didn’t have that chance. Triple H added
that when Charlotte comes up to the main roster that she will be presented
differently and that the hope was people would forget about the match.
Word is that the match changed a few times during the day, going from a
singles match to a tag team match and then back to the singles match. Vince
McMahon made the call to have Charlotte lose the match. Natalya reportedly
offered to do the honors for Charlotte, as she felt that it was the right thing
to do. Vince ultimately decided against Natalya’s idea, and that’s how Charlotte
lost her debut match.
— Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown! rebounded from last week’s precipitous
fall. The show brought in 2.53 million viewers and a 0.7
rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 1% and a tenth from 2.49 million and a
0.6. While those are still well below the average for the month previous, it is
a bit of a bounce-back.
The household rating will be available later.
