Bayley’s Surprise Return to WWE NXT Ends Abruptly During Roxanne Perez Confrontation

WWE brought another episode of NXT for their January 14 episode. This included many reasons for fans to tune into the CW, and Roxanne Perez didn’t miss the show.

Roxanne Perez is a former NXT Women’s Champion, but she is no longer holding the title. Giulia is now the NXT Women’s Champion after pulling down the title during the brand’s New Year’s Evil special.

This segment was the final of the night. Just as Roxanne Perez was shown backstage walking to the ring, a mysterious person arrived in the parking lot. The Prodigy took the ring, and she was ready to address the NXT Universe.

She discussed winning the NXT Women’s Title for 276 days, with 9 title defenses. The NXT Women’s Division continued to rise during that time, and she received some cheers from the crowd for making women’s wrestling special. She helped make the NXT Women’s Division something that they can be proud of.

As Perez declared that this is the best women’s division in pro wrestling today, she admitted that she no longer has her title. She said that the NXT Women’s Division will be lost without her, and the fans don’t deserve her.

Suddenly, Roxanne Perez’s promo was interrupted by Bayley. This was a big surprise that brought a giant pop from fans in the NXT Arena. After some “welcome back” chants from fans, Bayley admitted that she had to come out to address the crossroads in Roxanne Perez’s career.

Bayley told Perez that the NXT Women’s Division will be fine without her. Perez told Bayley that she’s just like everyone that she used to look up to, and she questioned why Bayley was even there, because Bayley set the records that she broke. Then, Perez said she could be Bayley’s role model.

Suddenly, as Bayley announced that she is going to win the WWE Women’s Tile on SmackDown against Tiffany Stratton, the show cut off. This is not the first time that NXT has cut off early since landing on The CW, as they’ve had a lot of problems with the network’s time constraints, since they cut to local news at 10 PM EST every week night.

What a lot of fans didn’t see was Roxanne Perez slapping Bayley, which caused the former Hugger to take Perez down to start a brawl. That is how the show cut off for some fans, but a majority of them did not see the ending live.

What’s your take on Roxanne Perez’s direction in WWE NXT? Is she ready for her main roster call-up yet? Let us know what you think in the comments section!