The show was overall skippable and all but I wanna give a 10 seconds silence for the death of NXT one hour shows *10 seconds passed* now, on with the review.
Damian Priest vs Boa.
Coming out of his NXT Breakout Tournament loss in the opening round against Jordan Myles, will he get back on track with a W? Of course not. He lost the match with the reckoning from Damian Priest.
We then witnessed a great video package summarizes the NXT North American Championship match next week between Velveteen Dream and Roderick Strong.
Johnny Gargano Addresses His Career Future.
Johnny Gargano came out with a standing ovation from the full sail crowd and he let the "Johnny Wrestling" chants go on for minutes now which was cool to see.
Johnny then got the "Johnny don't go" chants after he tried to tell what's his future in NXT is going to be and went on to show passion about the NXT brand and how it's the best professional wrestling show (he's not wrong you know).
Out came Shane Throne and he was disgusted by the fact that Johnny is getting some air time. Johnny Gargano told him that he's not going anywhere and superkicked the guy. I predicted it last week that at some point in this segment that Shane Throne will interfere so there's something for me to brag about.
Pete Dunne vs Angel Garza.
They gave those guys a surprisingly long time in this match and it was pretty decent. Angel delivered a moonsault but Pete Dunne reversed it into a triangle while bending Garza's hands at the same time to win this match. I wanna see more of Angel Garza. That dude can wrestle and has a great look so I hope WWE doesn't mess him up creatively.
After that, The Street Profits were in central park on a rock looking for a way to Madison Square Garden. At least Angelo Dawkins didn't shout "YEAH" so hard that it made my ears hurt.
Cameron Grimes vs Raul Mendoza.
The match started off with a series of pinning move reversals but minutes later, Grimes hits his finishers in the double stomp and won the match. An okay match.
Candice LeRae went to William Regal's office and she said that Io being in the triple threat match is not fair. Regal acknowledged it and instead turn that triple threat match into a fatal four-way and also put a stipulation that if Ripley wins the main event then the match will be a fatal five-way. That should be interesting.
Speaking of the women's division, NXT has announced that Dakota Kai will return to in-ring action but the date of her NXT comeback is unknown as of now. I'm a fan of Dakota Kai so I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Rhea Ripley vs Shayna Baszler.
I really liked how this episode before the intro was played, opened with Ripley coming out of a 4 wheeler. Ripley delivers an electric chair shot to Bazsler on the outside. The match ended in a DQ after Ripley took a chair from Shayna and hits it on Shayna’s back but that's not how the show ended.
The show ended with an Undisputed Era promo and the leader in Adam Cole vows that the Undisputed prophecy will be fulfilled next week on the USA network. Decent promo even though it was short but I get it given that the show was about to fade to black.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.
Like: Johnny Gargano segment.
Didn’t like: Nothing.
Sound off in the comments below on what do you think about NXT this week? Follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy and follow this very blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks
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