This is the real problem, especially on the back-end of Asuka's reign. Ember losing her feud made sense as she moved up...but Kairi should have won and kept the belt. Problem they have is they have no other heel champ. Bianca showed she isnt ready, and wasnt even really a heel. Aliyah/Borne are jokes. They basically had to turn Io to even create a credible heel. But they could have had Io do the Sami-KO route, rather than Shayna win multiple matches over both. In retrospect, they should have left either Riott Squad or Absolution in NXT to carry the division for another year.
Part of me thinks maybe they're actually afraid they're going to have so much women's talent they won't know what to do with it so they're stagnating their growth
I feel the opposite. The loss of Sasha to the indies/bahamas/aew and Asuka to dumbassery has really left a big hole. Naomi is probably the #2 woman on Raw. That is not good. Oh, and she barely makes the show. They have a bunch of girls that were called up way too early (Dana, Liv, Sonya) that could maybe be at the right level one day, but they just aren't ever gonna get the reps they need.
Keith Lee vs Punishment Possibly Dream vs Roddy vs Dunne for NA title. 4-way with Swerve is what I want. EDIT: wtf he lost to Trevor Lee. Then I guess the three of them vs Lee
Takeover has: Street Profits vs Fish and KOR Probably Riddle vs Dain (meh) Io vs Candice Shayna Baszler vs. MIA FUCKING YIM
With Roddy/Dream/Dunne and Johnny/Cole looking likely, Im betting one of those isnt a takeover feud. My money would actually be Candice/Io, if they havent actually made it official for Takeover. They'll tape like 3 dark matches before, and I could see Candice/Io being a feud that becomes #1 contender in the WarGames build, and Breezango/Forgotten Sons being another TV after Toronto build. They havent done 6 matches or multiple womens matches on a takeover card since Takeover:London I believe. edit: And if the finals of the Breakout are on the Toronto card too, then I'd bet Riddle/Dain doesnt make it.
Also, based on that, I'd bet we get this going forward Dream losing the NA title and going for the main title (or getting called up) Gargano losing to Cole and moving main roster ACH/Stokely getting hot-shotted to the NA title scene And my god, the mid-card of NXT is so stacked. Keith Lee is like 3 rungs below the top...