The Coherent Wrestling Wednesdays: Eddie Kingston Debuts At AEW, Keith Lee Relinquishes The North American Title.

I thought the pacing for NXT this week was better than Dynamite. However, who delivered the better show this week? 

That was something I had to think about for hours after my consumption of NXT and AEW had ended because It was a battle in my head essentially. 

After long hard thinking, I have to give the edge to the Elite. 

NXT  

Highlights (at least in my opinion because wrestling is subjective). 

An Announcement Regarding The NXT North American Championship. 

The double champ, Keith Lee gave huge news about his other championship that he's holding, the North American title. 

The news is that he's going to relinquish the championship so that he could give the roster an opportunity. 

So, the NXT general manager, William Regal had an idea. 

That idea is hosting a series of triple threat matches and the winner of each match will face each other for the North American Championship at NXT Takeover: 30 on August in a *Dario Cueto voice* A LADDER MATCH!! 

Keith Lee's action was predictable yet it made a whole lotta sense. 

This is exciting and the thing I like about this is that we're getting to see some fantastic matches throughout the month-long build like the match below this highlight.  

Bronson Reed vs Roderick Strong vs Johnny Gargano. Winner Qualifies In The NXT North American Championship Ladder. 

Earlier in the match, Johnny Gargano and Roderick tried to align themselves to take out the big man in Bronson Reed but that plan fell flat due to them not wanting to face Reed. 

The alliance hasn't stopped there. They at one point, tried to nail the Irish whip but Reed reversed it by shoving Roderick onto Gargano. 



The match concluded after Gargano delivered the one final beat, Bronson Reed delivered the splash to qualify in the North American championship ladder match at Takeover: XXX. 

What a match. An edge of your seat type of encounter. I'm glad that a talented guy like Bronson Reed is going to be in his first Takeover appearance. 

Some Other Things That Happened. 

Dexter Lumis vs Killian Dain - The match was aight. Lumis defeats Dain with the modified headlock.

Breezango vs Ever-Rise - The so-called "fashion police" came out to their entrance as the Quebecers which was cool. Breezango won in a decent tag team match with a double superkick. 

Isiah Swerve Scott Tells Santos Escobar That The Title Is Going To Be His - If this is the next feud for the NXT cruiserweight championship then I certainly don't mind it. 

Those two guys have a history in the temple (a Lucha Underground reference) so why not? 

Shotzi Blackheart vs Aliyah - A meh match. Blackheart wins with a beautiful looking Senton from the top rope.

Then, Mercedes Martinez kicked Blackheart's head off, joining the Robert Stone brand in the process. 

Timothy Thatcher vs Oney Lorcan - As a technical wrestling geek, this bout kinda disappointed me but it was a decent fight. Thatcher "steals the victory" with a pin while Lorcan locked in the armbar. 

Karrion Kross vs Dominic Djakovic - Kross was choking Djakovic with his leg to which Kross kicked the steel steps that landed on Djakovic's face. 

The damage was so bad that Keith Lee showed up to check on his friend. 

Kross won the match with a sleeper hold. This is probably Djakovic's last match as he's rumoured to move up to the main roster but I could be wrong. 

AEW 

Highlights (we get it, it's subjective). 

Cody vs Eddie Kingston For The TNT Championship In A No Disqualifications Match. 

Holy crap, Eddie Kingston is on AEW television and he cut a passionate promo about his upbringing. The match itself was pretty good. 

Kingston tore up the floor pat that exposed the concrete and tried to hit Cody with it, however, the champ carried Kingston and landed on the concrete floor. 

Speaking of landing onto things, Cody landed himself on a bunch of thumbtacks.  

Cody ends this bout with a figure four and it is still the TNT champion because of it. 

Vivian Aka Britt Baker Gives An Update About Her Broken Nose. 

Baker tells the world that despite her broken nose after her encounter with Hikaru Shida three months back, she still showed up next week and that's how a role model, no pun intended rolls. 

Oh, and she's still recovering from her nose injury sustained by Big Swole. A Vivian doing Vivian things. 

(By the way, the reason why I call her Vivian instead of Karen is that everybody and their mama are saying that name and I wanted to stand out with the name but kept on the meaning behind Karen if that makes sense). 

All lame jokes aside, I thought this was funny. 

Ivelisse vs Diamante. 

This was honestly, a great match and with the AEW Women's tag team cup this summer, I'm hoping that the women's division is getting better showcases to the point where it's the hottest thing in the company. 

Side note, I didn't know that Ivelisse appeared at All Out last year. Diamante won the bout with an inside cradle. 

Some Other Things That Happened.

MJF vs A Local Competitor - MJF was embarrassing the local competitor, Griff Garrison and after Garrison told the salt of the earth that he lost a tag team match, MJF hit him with a microphone.  The match was longer than it needed to be especially for a squash match. 

Taz Says That Throwing The Towel In The AEW Championship Was A "Business Decision" - After Taz's promo,  Darby Allin ran to the ring and tried to attack Brian Cage, however, Ricky Starks prevented that from happening. Jon Moxley with a barb-wired bat, saved Allin from a two on one beatdown. 

I guess I was wrong that Darby Allin is feuding with Brian Cage alone. Really? THIS is the main event program for AEW!? Well, that was lame. 

FTR And Kenny Omega Saved Hangman Page From Getting A Beating From The Dark Order - I will say this, Hangman Adam Page's match with Alan "5" Angels was surprisingly decent. 

The Young Bucks vs Butcher And The Blade In A Falls Count Anywhere Match - Probably one of my least favourite falls count anywhere matches but it was fine for what it was. The Young Bucks prevailed in this bout. 

The Jurassic Express In Jungle Boy And Luchasaurus vs Chris Jericho And Jake Hager - So, after the match, Sammy Guevara returned after disguising himself as "Serpentico". 

He along with his Inner Circle buddies beat up the losers of the match, The Jurassic Express but they were saved by Orange Cassidy and his Best Friends. 

Sammy barely was off TV for a few weeks and I don't know how to feel about it just yet. 


The question is, what are some of the highlights of both episodes in your opinion? Let me know in the comments below and follow me on Twitter @omartheplayaguy. Anyways, I gotta get some sleep so stay safe smarks.