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The NXT before a Takeover has mostly been a skippable show so I shouldn’t be surprised that I didn’t miss much this morning.  The best part about the show was Finn Balor's face to face confrontation with Kylie O'Reilly (which was filmed, by the way) and the video package that was related to the NXT title bout at Takeover: 31.  AEW however, was a bit better but I wouldn't call it fantastic. It was at least more exceptional than NXT.  For that, all elite wrestling's flagship program is my favourite show this week.  (A bit of a heads up, the recap contains a lot of the words “okay” and “fine”).  NXT   Highlights.  Kyle O'Reilly Prime Target.  This was a video highlighting Kyle O'Reilly's career in pro wrestling, his connection with UE going back YEARS and how the NXT championship match with Balor means to him.  A great WWE highlight video? Shocker. The thing I especially like about this video is that Adam Cole was so supportive of Kylie O'R...

The Coherent Wrestling Wednesdays is back and the last time I posted a "Coherent Wrestling Wednesdays" article was a few weeks before Takeover: 30.  Yikes. That's a long time. But, in any case, this has been quite a notable night for both programmings.  We get to see 2 great tag team matches but the one from AEW definitely stood out amongst the rest.  With that being said, AEW was a better show than NXT not just because of that parking lot brawl.  But rather it was a show that had a big emphasis on characters serving the story if that makes any sense?  Also, is it just me or is it that the gauntlet eliminator match for next week's NXT show sounds a lot like the Aztec warfare match from Lucha Underground?  some pictures via WWE.com NXT  Highlights.  Tommaso Ciampa Shows Us Why He Is Known As The Psycho Killer.  Ciampa won the match against Desmond Troy to which Jake Atlas came out to tell Ciampa that he will show him how dangerous Atlas can be...

NXT was the better programming this week. Pure and simple. What about Dynamite?  It was a show that included meh matches with one good segment.  NXT did a better job in the match quality department but that's just me.  Also, damn, AEW did fantastic numbers in the ratings this week.  Considering the way I feel about the episode, I'm honestly surprised.  pictures via WWE.com  and allelitewrestling.com NXT   Highlights (at least in my opinion because wrestling is subjective).  Rhea Ripley vs Dakota Kai.  A great way to start off the first NXT episode in the month of August 2020. This was foot to face action.  They gave these women almost 20 minutes and that is commendable, unlike its competition.  Dakota Kai is going to Takeover: XXX due to Mercedes Martinez's interference on the outside.  The feud between the Robert Stone brand and Rhea Ripley continues but this time it'...

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 *D...

Both episodes had a strong start but the ending was apples to tomatoes.  I had to think about it long and hard whether I prefer NXT or AEW this week and because of how lame Fight For The Fallen ended, I gotta go with the yellow brand on this one.   NXT   Highlights (at least in my opinion because wrestling is subjective).  Keith Lee Walks As A Double Champion.  The crowd chanted "all bash at his glory" with passion and excitement as the always talented Keith Lee, now holds both the gold in NXT.  He then verbally brings up his late trainer, Tim Brooks and thanked him for being a father figure. Lee also thanked the NXT fans for believing in him since day one.  Lee mentioned that the locker room is hungry for an opportunity to face himself so he gave his so-called " frenemy ", Dominic Djakovic an opportunity to face Lee for both the NXT and the North American championship.  I f'ing loved this segment like what a way...

Simply put, NXT was a better show than AEW Dynamite in my opinion. That second hour except for the main event from Dynamite was rough.  By the way, Dasha Gonzalez aka Dasha Fuentes' interviews is universally better in the backstage segments on Dynamite than she ever did in WWE on the Smackdown backstage interviews.  NXT     Highlights (at least in my opinion because wrestling is subjective).  Johnny Gargano And Candice LeRae vs Mia Yim And Keith Lee.  Probably one of my favourite mixed tag team matches I've seen in quite some time. That match, by the way, had the closest thing to intergender wrestling in WWE.  This was a fun tag match. LeRae hits Yim's own move with Seoul Food and a springboard moonsault but Mia survives that.  The match ended when Candice LeRae was knocked out after Gargano delivered one final beat to Keith Lee that had Lee land on Candice.  That was all a swerve as she distrac...