{"id":9787,"date":"2017-11-21T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=9787"},"modified":"2017-11-21T22:15:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:15:46","slug":"nxt-invasion-smackdown-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/11\/21\/nxt-invasion-smackdown-live\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Invasion of Smackdown: Three Women Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another influx of women&#8217;s talent invaded\u00a0<em><strong>Smackdown Live\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>tonight, as the trio of <strong>Ruby Riot, Sarah Logan<\/strong> and <strong>Liv Morgan<\/strong> debuted by first attacking <strong>Naomi<\/strong> and <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong>, and following it up with a <strong>Nexus<\/strong>\/<strong>Shield<\/strong> style interruption of the Smackdown Women&#8217;s title rematch between new champion <strong>Charlotte Flair<\/strong> and <strong>Natalya<\/strong>, taking out both women in a sort of NXT invasion. To indie fans, Ruby Riot and Sarah Logan are better known as <strong>Heidi Lovelace<\/strong> and<strong> Crazy Mary Dobson<\/strong>, while NXT Live Event regulars are familiar with Liv Morgan. But for some WWE casuals, these three faces may be the first time you&#8217;ve ever seen them. This article is for you (if you\u00a0<em>do\u00a0<\/em>know who they were, just skip to the end of the article to see how the wrestling world is reacting to their debut).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These women are making sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> Universe knows their names&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SDLive<\/a> @RubyRiotWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaOnlyLivvOnce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YaOnlyLivvOnce<\/a> @SarahLoganWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UER3fZBUYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UER3fZBUYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/933160710518882304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/11\/21\/potential-spoiler-more-womens-call-ups-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported earlier today<\/a> of the possibility of Ruby Riot and Liv Morgan debuting tonight, when both were photographed with fans at last night&#8217;s <strong><em>Raw<\/em> <\/strong>in Houston &#8211; there&#8217;s some further background on those two there. The third member, Sarah Logan, was not rumoured to move up, although a third woman was noted as being backstage with the other two.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9801\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9801\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/maxresdefault-12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sarah Logan has been with the WWE for just over a year and many have been lamenting the talented 24-year olds lack of television time since arriving at the Performance Center. Best known for her five year stint in the indie circuits as Crazy Mary Dobson, Logan was stripped of her indie name and competed as enhancement first as Sarah Bridges, before getting her &#8220;NXT name&#8221; a few months ago. She appeared in this summer&#8217;s <strong>Mae Young Classic<\/strong>, but was eliminated in the first round by <strong>Mia Yim<\/strong>. But much like Liv Morgan and <em>Raw<\/em> call up <strong>Mandy Rose<\/strong>, for the most part, Logan has skipped NXT TV and gone straight to the main roster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarah Logan vs. Mia Yim - First Round Match: Mae Young Classic, Aug. 29, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zITWbMyLqjw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note that both debuts had nearly the same angle. On <em>Raw<\/em> after Paige had her two colleagues in Mandy Rose and <strong>Sonya Deville<\/strong> beat down <strong>Bayley, Sasha Banks<\/strong>, and <strong>Mickie James<\/strong> (<strong>Alicia Fox<\/strong> wisely retreated), before attacking the Raw Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Alexa Bliss<\/strong> later in the show. Could Paige be leading a cross brand NXT invasion of the both side&#8217;s women&#8217;s division from NXT?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9759\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9759\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/DPIDPPLU8AAGRYg-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"541\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier today,<strong> Ryan Satin<\/strong> and <strong>Pro Wrestling Sheet<\/strong> broke news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestlingsheet.com\/facebook-live-wwe-show\/#.WhTl7SMrJz8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE was in talks to produce a Facebook centric program<\/a> to air immediately after <em>Smackdown Live<\/em> (moving <em><strong>205 Live<\/strong><\/em>) and that it could be linked to their recent trademark of the show title &#8220;Mixed Match Challenge&#8221; &#8211; could this be the start of a women&#8217;s spinoff show, similar to how <em>205 Live<\/em> spun off from Raw&#8217;s Cruiserweight Division? Could Lita&#8217;s mention a few months back about WWE talking about adding Women&#8217;s Tag Team titles be a reality now? After all, both divisions just added three women each to their roster, bringing them to about 10 women each. They barely have time for the 6 or 7 they have now. Adding a tag division would be a start in getting some more TV time for more women.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the wrestling world was abuzz with the debut of the three NXT women tonight, including Logan&#8217;s fiance, <strong>War Machine<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Raymond Rowe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RAYMONDxROWE\/status\/933149938673885184<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/allisondanger\/status\/933168153420374017<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey @sarahloganwwe kicks of love\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99 happy for you guys !!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SDLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0eaHyQZyHl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0eaHyQZyHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michin \ubbf8\uce5c (@MiaYim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiaYim\/status\/933159253526790145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh snap show them what we got <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaOnlyLivvOnce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YaOnlyLivvOnce<\/a> @RubyRiotWWE @sarahloganwwe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeAreNXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SDLive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AthenaPalmer_FG\/status\/933150042948435968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NXT knows a thing or two about takeovers&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5h2WjjZPU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/K5h2WjjZPU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Bloom (@NXTMattBloom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXTMattBloom\/status\/933165619230339072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zelina_VegaWWE\/status\/933159788858527745<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YES @RubyRiotWWE and @sarahloganwwe!! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackdownLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackdownLive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (@RealBrittBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBrittBaker\/status\/933148351893200896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NixonNewell\/status\/933160782023548928<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shazza_McKenzie\/status\/933149337936322560<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love seeing all these talented women make their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> debuts this week on Raw and SD. Shine bright, ladies.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madison Rayne (@MadisonRayne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadisonRayne\/status\/933154064514404353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I AM SO HAPPY! \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/maVEaZItan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/maVEaZItan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RheaRipley_WWE\/status\/933160724754509825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DakotaKai_WWE\/status\/933148969726894081<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another influx of women&#8217;s talent invaded\u00a0Smackdown Live\u00a0tonight, as the trio of Ruby Riot, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan debuted by first attacking Naomi and Becky Lynch, and following it up with a Nexus\/Shield style interruption of the Smackdown Women&#8217;s title rematch between new champion Charlotte Flair and Natalya, taking out both women in a sort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":9798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,26,317,3,320],"tags":[217,116,563,897,148],"class_list":["post-9787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-smackdown","category-women","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-liv-morgan","tag-nxt","tag-ruby-riot","tag-sarah-logan","tag-smackdown-live"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}