WWE NXT 24/8/21 | A Coherent Review.

The next few weeks should be eye-opening given the NXT as we know it, might be dead after those taped episodes.

Depending on how NXT going forward is being presented, I may end my run of reviewing the yellow brand.

Will see what happens but for now, the question is, how was NXT this week?

I thought it was decent but it didn't blow me away either.

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Cameron Grimes Celebrates His Million Dollar Championship Victory.

The title above pretty much described the gist of the opening act other than some cash was thrown around the CWC that has Grimes' face on it.

The true babyface move is to give out some actual 100 dollar bills but y'all know that WWE can't write babyfaces properly.

Overall, this was fine for what it was.

Ridge Holland vs Timothy Thatcher.

A short but solid encounter. Thatcher's strength isn't enough to put down the big man as Holland defeated Thatcher with a move that I don't know the name of because I'm not Mauro Ranallo.

Oh, and Danny Burch is back and assists his partner Oney Lorcan, Ridge Holland and Pete Dunne in giving Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher a beating.

There's a wedding date announced for Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis and that date is September 17th. Looking forward to seeing it. Hoping it isn't a disaster like all wrestling wedding segments.

Kacy Catanzaro And Kayden Carter vs Gigi Dolin And Jacy Jayne.

An aight match. The team of Catanzaro and Carter won here and that decision is odd considering how Gigi Dolin was showcased last week.

Franky Monet gave an "I got my eyes on you" speech on Raquel Gonzalez and all I can say is, do not book this match quickly because this could be a special one if given the time and effort to build this match.

Speaking of Kay Lee Ray, she defeated Valentina Feroz. Meh.

Samoa Joe Finds His Potential Opponents.

This was a "random wrestlers state their case as to why they're number one contender for a title" segment between Pete Dunne, Kyle O'Reilly and LA Knight with a bit of a brawl in the end.

LA Knight. You know, the same LA Knight that lost a title match to Cameron Grimes a few days ago?

This is leading to a match between Samoa Joe and Pete Dunne since Dunne has been protected from Ls for quite some time.

And you know what? I do not hate that decision if that's the case.

Duke Hudson traded in some back and forth right hands with Kyle O'Reilly. Cool.

Carmelo Hayes vs Odyssey Jones. NXT Breakout Tournament Finals.

A decent encounter. Carmelo Hayes has officially won the 2021 edition of the NXT breakout tournament and I'm curious whether he will get an NXT championship opportunity or the North American championship? Will see what happens later down the line

Side note, Odyssey Jones looked good even in defeat so I wouldn't dismiss the guy if I was NXT.

Xyon Quinn vs Boa.

Xyon Quinn looks like somebody put in a lot of time into creating a wrestler in the WWE 2K games.

Quinn got an upset victory over Boa. It ain't an upset when guys like Boa have looked weak in their matches as of late, you know.

Gargano told William Regal to cancel the wedding of Dexter Lumis and Indi Hartwell and Regal refused. F**k you, Johnny. You a**hole.

In a promo filmed in an MMA training facility, Malcolm Bivens was like, "Roderick Strong is the uncrowned cruiserweight champion". This man is carrying the stable behind his back with promo after promo. Good on NXT for actually doing something meaningful with the guy!

Hit Row vs Legado De La Fantasma.

A fun tag team main event action. Thanks to the leader of Legado De La Fantasma, Santos Escobar, the heel stable picked up the victory which only means one thing.

A North American championship match coming very soon (no f**king shit, Omar).

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.

Like: Hit Row vs Legado De La Fantasma, Ridge Holland vs Timothy Thatcher, stan Malcolm Bivens.

Didn't like: Nitpicking but Gigi Dolin losing a match after a clean win last week.

WWE Survivor Series 2018 | My Coherent Review.

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WWE Smackdown 20/8/21 | A Coherent Review.

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Netflix's The Main Event | A Coherent Review.

Last spring, WWE had announced that they've partnered with Netflix to create content via their movie division on the streaming service. In other words, Netflix decided to feature even more badly marketed and awfully made movies. Luckily, WWE's latest joint isn't that bad at all. Don't get me wrong, it's no " Marriage Story " but, it does pull off a capable effort of telling a story about being yourself (warning, this review contains a few minor spoilers). The premise of this movie goes like this. An 11-year-old wrestling fan named Leo (played by Seth Carr) finds a luchador mask that gives him superhuman strength and agility. He then applied his new-found powers to in-ring action where he competes in a $50,000 WWE NXT tournament. If it sounds familiar, that is because it's pretty much the premise of the film " Like Mike " with obvious differences like this movie is wrestling themed instead of basketball, it stars an 11-yea...

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