BRM Reviews the 9/16/2021 NXT UK

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BRM Reviews the 9/16/2021 NXT UK

Post by Big Red Machine » Nov 10th, '21, 19:36

HERITAGE CUP #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH: Noam Dar vs. Kenny Williams- 6/10
Nigel told us that Noam Dar is so confident that he asked Sha Samuels to stay in the back for this match.
Both guys worked the knee in a very fun heel vs. heel “who is the better cheater” match, ending in Dar getting an assist from Sha Samuels, who had actually been hiding under the ring the whole time. Dar proves he is the better cheater and gets the win.

JORDAN DEVLIN TRIES TO GET INTO JOE COFFEY’S HEAD BEFORE TONIGHT’S TAG TITLE MATCH- fine

ILJA DRGUNOV PROMO- Ilja was on a screen. This was decent Ilja stuff, but the piped-in cheering and clapping killed it.
VARIOUS PEOPLE COME OUT TO LOBBY TO SID SCALA TO GET THE FIRST TITLE SHOT- bad
Nathan Frasier’s case consisted of “why not me?” Rampage Brown came out and gave an actual argument (that he won a big match). A-Kid also came out. Sid Scala suggested a three-way. We cut to Ilja on the screen so that he could say he liked the idea, too.
Then the three babyfaces in the ring started fighting for no reason. Theis came off as corny and orchestrated.

JINNY IGNORES AN INTERVIEW, BUT FINDS ISLA DAWN IN HER DRESSING ROOM- fine
Isla has drawn a pentagram in lipstick on the mirror. She left. Jinny was very upset that someone got into her private dressing room.

MOUSTACHE MOUNTAIN PROMO- meh
They want to be the tag champs.

EMILIA MCKENZIE vs. STEVIE TURNER- 5.5/10
Millie won clean.

WOLFGANG VS. TEOMAN VIDEO PACKAGE/PROMOS- good

CHARLIE DEMPSEY VIDEO PACKAGE- interesting
He’s going to show us real British-style wrestling, not an “acrobatic contest.” I know that sounds like something we’ve heard a million times before, but his delivery here wasn’t angry. He was just saying “I’m going to be doing something way different, and it’s going to knock your socks off.”

DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK, BLAIR DAVENPORT ASSAULTED STEVIE TURNER- fine
Referees came to chase her away. She told the camera that bad things would keep happening unless Sid Scala unsuspended her.

NXT UK TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Pretty Deadly(c) vs. Gallus (Joe Coffey & Mark Coffey)- 7/10
Very good action, and a clean win for Pretty Deadly. These guys feel like the only people who have really become stars in NXT UK (rather than already being a big indy name before getting signed).


Another fine episode of NXT UK.
Hold #712: ARM BAR!

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