This was a decent episode with a shocking ending. Find out about my thoughts on the ending by scrolling down at the end.
Joaquin Wilde aka DJZ vs Angel Garza aka Humberto Garza.
This episode of NXT kicked off with the first round of the NXT Breakout tournament if you can't tell from reading the heading above.
I'm familiar with DJZ because of his days in TNA when I used to watch Impact. Nigel made mention that Angel Garza is actually cousins with Humberto Carrillo. During the match, Garza took off in what I thought was his wrestling tights and showed off his wrestling trunks instead which was funny.
The match ended with Angel Garza delivering a butterfly stunner minutes after he hit a Spanish fly from the top rope and won the match. Didn't expect this win but this match was a banger. A good kind of banger (okay. That just sounded weird).
Then, Damian Priest was interviewed outside the arena about his impressive debut match and Priest simply said that nobody will forget the name of Damian Priest. I love that dude's voice already. Makes me feel jibbly inside (why am I so odd today?)
The Street Profits vs The Forgotten Sons for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Before the match started, The Street Profits wants to put the title on the line in this match and obviously, they accepted. The match ended in a DQ after Jaxson Ryker puts his hands on Angelo Dawkins. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan came out and took out The Forgotten Sons and both Lorcan and Burch had the titles in possession.
They eventually gave it to The Street Profits and The Profits hold those titles high. Give me that match between Burch and Oney Lorcan vs The Street Profits instead of a triple threat tag match with The Forgotten Sons added because a two on two match sounds intriguing.
Nykos Rikos vs The Returning Keith Lee.
This was a straight up squash match. Keith Lee won the match with a limit breaker which is a fireman's carry into a powerslam.
Adam Cole had his championship celebration kicked off with him going into a shop in England called "The Gargano's" and speaking of The Undisputed Era, a match between Roderick Strong and Tyler Breeze is scheduled for next week's NXT TV episode as well as the NXT Breakout tournament continues on. Should be a………. Banger (Why Omar? Just Why?)
Io Shirai vs Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship Inside A Steel Cage.
I love Mauro Ranallo and I hate being that guy but I gotta correct him on this. This is not the first time that we've had a women's steel cage match. Maybe he meant that it's the first time that the NXT women's championship was defended inside a steel cage?
Either way, the match already happened and it was great. Io at one point, delivered a moonsault from the top of the cage after Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir interfered in the match to which Candice LeRae helped even the odds.
The match ended with an oopse from Io in the sense that she used the cage door to escape the submission hold delivered by Baszler and then, Baszler collapsed on the outside. Io Shirai finally snapped and puts her frustrations on Candice by psychotically beating the crap out of her. I really like that heel turn because she was kinda bland as a character and she needed a spark in her.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos:
Like: The steel cage match and the ending, the opening match.
Didn’t like: nothing.
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