Aliyah was supposed to face Xia Ling for the opportunity to earn a spot in the NXT Women's Championship No. 1 Contender's Ladder match that was originally scheduled for TakeOver: Tampa, but after Ling was taken out by an unknown assailant, the returning Io Shirai was announced as her replacement.
The Genuius of the Sky had been out of action with a knee injury for the past two months, and was evidently medically cleared a lot sooner than anyone expected.
Shirai handily defeated Aliyah with her Moonsalt, and will go on to compete in the highly-anticipated ladder match, which will now take place in two weeks on The USA Network.
There's still one spot left - who do you guys think will take it?