She’s a superstar through and through, even in this, her post-“WWE Superstar” era. With a freshly-polished gimmick, Toni Storm is crushing it — via her entrance, look, body language, presentation, and of course, her in-ring ability. And despite taking a loss Wednesday night, Storm shone through as the star of this show for me, hands down.

Coming out of her affiliation with the Outcasts following Saraya’s win at All In, Storm’s refresh as “The Illustrious” Toni Storm, a character out of Hollywood’s Golden Age, is firing on all cylinders. Elegant music and an entrance in all black-and-white simply sets the stage for Storm to do her thing. And with a catch phrase for the ages — well, I’ll get to that as best I can.

The separation from Saraya and Ruby Soho is a good course-correction, at least for Storm, who has the most potential of the trio and for whom big things are clearly being lined up in the immediate future. One loss doesn’t take away from that. It was a great showing in a women’s match that got some decent time (despite a lengthy picture-in-picture segment (something I will never miss an opportunity to rail on, as it is simply unwatchable). And it seems like this feud will continue, perhaps until WrestleDream — and maybe with Mercedes Mone in the fold by then, or shortly thereafter? — so Storm is only now positioning herself at center stage where she belongs. Saraya kicking out of the Storm Zero is lame, but whatever. Toni rules, and this is just the beginning. As the noble champion that she forever will be, she’ll be back, chin up and tits out, and as we learned in this match, opponents will have to watch for the shoe as she surges for title gold once again.