BRM Reviews the (first) 1/9/2019 NXT UK

[Big Red Machine]

JAMIE AHMED & DAN MOLONEY vs. KENNY WILLIAMS & AMIR JORDAN- 4.75/10
Fine for what it was. The small, high-flying babyfaces who actually get promo time beat the heels who you’re lucky if you remember that we’ve seen before.

GALLUS PROMO- decent
Joe Coffey did the talking and built up his WWE UK Championship match against Pete Dunne at TakeOver: Blackpool.

NXT UK WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE- EXCELLENT!
This was very heated without getting physical in any way, and allowed both women to shine as characters.

EL LIGERO VIDEO PACKAGE/PROMO- He is unhappy with Joseph Conners decrying him as a “shiny new toy” because he is so much more than that. He has a match with Conners next week.

ISLA DAWN vs. XIA BROOKSIDE- 4/10
A wonderful little clean WRESTLING match, with handshakes before and after.

EDDIE DENNIS VS. DAVE MASTIFF VIDEO PACKAGE- fine

JINNY JUMPS ISLA DAWN BACKSTAGE- bad.
Instead of being vicious, they had Jinny instead declare that “this is the difference between a witch and a queen.” Uch. Just let Jinny be her despicable, heat-machine self. Don’t give her goofy crap to say.

JORDAN DEVLIN vs. DAMIEN WEIR- 4/10
Weir got in just enough offense for this to not feel like a squash, but Devlin still controlled most of the match.

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- fine
Devlin called out Banks but then ran away when Banks showed up. Banks said they should have their match right now but Devlin refused.

RADZIE INTERVIEWS MOUSTACHE MOUNTAIN- fine build for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship match.

NXT TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. Mark Andrews & “Flash” Morgan Webster- 7.5/10
Heels win clean.

A decent episode of NXT UK. The build to TakeOver: Blackpool was strong, and pretty much everything else was inoffensive.