WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match -The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) (c) vs. Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan: ***¾
Come in expecting a real good match with the four men that were in this and it didn’t disappoint. Starting the match with the typical tag formula off heel working over the fans, with Strong and KOR doing some great teamwork, trapping Burch in their corner with some very creative methods. Loved the limb work that UDE did on Burch’s leg as well as his selling. Oney’s hot tag ruled so much. Very, very good opener to kick off the night. Loved what they did throughout the match. Never a dull moment. Great stuff.
Ricochet vs. The Velveteen Dream: **½
This was a fine match, other than some simple (albeit well done) storytelling, really nothing special was in this. Dream was good in spurts but he seemed gassed in parts which did bring a lull to the match many times throughout the match. Ricochet really didn’t do anything to entertain me. He wasn’t bad either, but I wish he did more. This was on its way to becoming a good match but they overdid it with the false endings and did overstay its welcome imo and it dragged from then on. Not a bad match, but not a very good one either, in my opinion.
WWE NXT Women's Title Match - Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Nikki Cross: ***
A short match, but that was too be expected with the last match going way too long. Nikki’s character work was immense. Everything from his offence to her smiling whilst getting choked out. Shayan didn’t do much in offence as I would’ve liked but she did show some depth to her game with her selling and looking vulnerable. Good match.
WWE NXT Title Match - Aleister Black (c) vs. Lars Sullivan: ***
Very simple and basic match, but it worked. Black sold very well for Lars and until the ending with the missed Black Masses, this was very enjoyable.
Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa: ***¾ - ****
I liked it for the most part. Loved the last 5 minutes with them heading up to the ramp, referencing where Ciampa turned on Gargano last time in Chicago. Loved Ciampa and everything he did. He was very interest. His mannerisms were great, his offence was very brutal and fit the tone of the match greatly. Loved how he focused a lot of his attack on Gargano’s neck, even if Gargano didn’t exactly do a great job at selling it. But it lead to the ending in a way, so I can forgive it to an extent. I don’t think it needed them to do the brawling into the crowd spot again. It just felt unnecessary and they didn’t really do much other than the plant spot anyway. That whipping spot on Ciampa was incredible and a highlight for me. The crowd were actually good for this match. They could have taken some stuff out but overall, this was still a good match.
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