{"id":11174,"date":"2019-02-07T10:47:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2019-02-07T10:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:47:30","slug":"nxt-full-review-06-02-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/nxt-full-review-06-02-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT – Full Review 06\/02\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NXT\n2\/6\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi wrestling fam! It\u2019s Thursday, which\nmeans it\u2019s time for my weekly NXT review! I quite enjoyed our yellow brand\npower hour. We\u2019ve officially moved on from the events of Phoenix so it\u2019s time\nto start our build toward the next big thing. Cue Brock Lesnar\u2019s music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Gargano, the new NXT North American\nChampion, comes out and basks in the crowd\u2019s adoration of him. Tommaso Ciampa\ncomes out and takes credit for Gargano\u2019s accomplishment. However Gargano says\nthat he\u2019s wrong and that he just came out at the end of Takeover as a way to\nsay that he didn\u2019t need Ciampa. And then Velveteen Dream, the Worlds Collide\ntournament winner, made his appearance. He dismissed Ciampa and his beloved\nGoldie and instead challenged Gargano for the NXT North American Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: That was a nice twist, having Velveteen\nDream go for Gargano instead of Ciampa. The NXT North American Championship is\nstill very new; as of press time, only three champions have been crowned.\nHaving the Dream challenge for it helps elevate it even more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: A<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaxson\nRyker vs Mansoor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There wasn\u2019t much of a match here. It was\na total squash match meant to make Jaxson Ryker look strong and dangerous. He\ndid a cool sit-out chokeslam powerbomb, called No Remorse, for the win and then\ndid another one just because.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Jaxson Ryker<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: The match did what it was supposed to. Ryker\nlooked like a threat and those of you that know me, know how much I love a good\nsit-out powerbomb.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C+<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backstage, we learn that that Adam Cole\nand Ricochet are going to wrestle each other to figure out who\u2019s going to get a\nrematch for the North American Championship. We also learn that Gargano and\nDream\u2019s match is in two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Cole has lost a little bit of stock since\nlosing the North American Championship. Hopefully this puts some more wind in\nhis sails.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not Graded<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew\nGulak vs Eric Bugenhagen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a pretty basic wrestling match,\nminus Eric Bugenhagen\u2019s theatrics. Bugenhagen only seemed to piss Drew Gulak\nright off and the match ended quickly once Gulak applied the Gulock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Music based gimmicks don\u2019t always do so well\nhere. Hopefully Bugenhagen has some more stuff in his arsenal that we\u2019ll get to\nsee.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Drew Gulak<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew\nGulak vs Matt Riddle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Gulak defeated Bugenhagen, Matt\nRiddle arrived to say that he needs to leave or he\u2019ll make him leave. Riddle\ntook his flip flops off and the two started their match. There was a lot of\ngrappling and suplexes and some unique submission holds. One of my favorite\nsequences was a bridging German suplex from Riddle that Gulak then rolled into\na Fujiwara armbar. Riddle won the match with the Bromission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Matt Riddle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: I am quite relieved that we have moved on\nfrom Kassius Ohno for Matt Riddle. I think Gulak and Riddle had a fun match.\nPerhaps Gulak should stick around NXT for longer\u2026and maybe bring back the\npowerpoints.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: A-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Io\nShirai, Kairi Sane, and Bianca Belair vs Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, and\nMarina Shafir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We finally got to see three of the four\nMMA hoursewomen in match together on television! The Sky Pirates and Bianca\nBelair got a lot of good offense in. Belair did eventually tag herself in to\nget to Shayna Baszler. Kairi Sane did a sweet dive onto Marina Shafir and\nJessamyn Duke on the outside. Io Shirai won the match with a springboard\nmoonsault onto Baszler, though Belair did not seem to be as thrilled with the\nwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Io Shirai, Kairi Sane, and Bianca Belair<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Duke and Shafir fared a little better in\nthis tag match as they also had Baszler with them. Again, working together and\nwith more experienced talent can only help them grow. Baszler and Shirai could\npotentially be a championship bout and I would be excited to see it. Some\ninterference from a bitter Belair would only add to the feud.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B+<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a fun time with this week\u2019s NXT,\neven with the two squash matches. I\u2019m not sure when the next Takeover event is\ngoing to be, but I\u2019m looking forward to the builds. In particular, I\u2019m hoping\nto see more of the Gargano and Dream feud and the possible Io Shirai and Shayna\nBaszler feud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall grade: B+<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                    -Wynter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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