Tonight’s NXT featured the return of two big stars, though one of them was completely unexpected. At one point during the night, Io Shirai answered Toni Storm’s challenge by heading to the ring and setting up a chair, waiting for Storm to come to meet her. That never happened though because Shirai was ambushed by another star, the returning Mercedes Martinez, who hadn’t been seen on NXT for months ever since she was kicked off the Robert Stone Brand. She came back in grand fashion though, beating down Shirai and throwing her through the announce table and making it clear she wants a shot at the title.

Martinez returns after a short but memorable run as part of the Robert Stone Brand, though the reason she left was so that she could head to Raw as part of what ended up becoming the rebel group Retribution.

 

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