NXT UK 20.03.2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Coventry crowd is electric as Johnny\nSaint and Sid Scala stand in the ring to deliver important news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have been given permission for the\n\u2018Bruiserweight\u2019 Pete Dunne, to defend the WWE United Kingdom Championship as a\npart of Wrestlemania<\/em> weekend at NXT Takeover:<\/em> New York\u201d The question is,\nwho will he defend the title against? The obvious answer being Walter. The\nmatch is now official and will take place at Takeover<\/em>. I\u2019m proud of the UK brand being represented in New York\nat the biggest weekend of the wrestling year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Toni Storm conducts a backstage interview,\nwhere she addresses Jinny\u2019s comments and makes remarks to further ignite their\nupcoming feud. Rhea Ripley tags onto the end of the segment, delivering a solid\npromo concerning Xia Brookside. We\u2019ll see how these rivalries build in the\ncoming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The main event advertised for the evening\nis James Drake v Tyler Bate<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ligero\nv Eddie Dennis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the early going Ligero lands his\nbeautiful Springboard Stunner which sets the tone for the match. Dennis is\nmethodical and aggressive a sharp contrast to the aerial acrobatics of Ligero.\nYes, it\u2019s an interesting clash of styles but these guys have such great chemistry\nand some similarities, it\u2019s hard not to lose yourself in it. They both have\nthis great ability to dictate pace and because their chemistry is so tangible,\nthe ebb and flow is seamless and natural. Ligero sells a tweaked ankle well but\nstill manages a near fall with an impressive Sunset Flip. Dennis\u2019 stature gives\nhim the upper hand, as a good-looking Vertical Suplex, followed up with a Next\nStop Driver secures him the victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Amir Jordan and Kenny Williams cut a\nhilarious promo, which involves a possible look towards a tag team match but\nthey get there through a brilliant and lighthearted pull-up challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sam\nStoker & Lewis Howley v Wild Board & Primate aka The Hunt <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I wasn\u2019t expecting to enjoy this match as\nmuch as I did. I wasn\u2019t expecting to like the team of Wild Boar and Primate,\nbut I do. My initial reaction was that of a purely gimmick driven tag team with\nno depth, it\u2019ll be a flash in the pan and not work but I could not have been\nmore wrong. I think the brand needs a gimmick like this and their style\nreflects their persona. It\u2019s primal, reactive and animialistic. They are solid\npower houses who have agility and use their entire body as a weapon. I\u2019ve said\npreviously that Stoker and Howley have great look and it\u2019s clear they have been\nworking on their entrance and chemistry. Howley sells really REALLY well. Both\nteams look strong but ultimately The Hunt pick up the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kassius\nOhno v Ashton Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m already not a fan of this match. I feel\nSmith to be too green and Ohno to be overly arrogant and bordering on\nwashed-up. Smith did show some improvements during this match. It\u2019s encouraging\nto see him using his size to his advantage. His Superkicks are the most\nimproved aspect of his arsenal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a moment during this match which\nreally p***ed me off. Smith lands a pretty decent Superkick right up Ohno\u2019s\nchin and he just stood there with a nonchalant expression. He made no effort to\nsell it or even acknowledge that it had happened. Is he that arrogant he can\u2019t\nbe bothered to put someone over? Someone who is trying his hardest and making\nevery effort to improve his performance. This match is jiggered, awkward and\ndull. Ohno picks up the victory with a sloppy Rip-chord elbow. Meh! Ohno\nattempts to display some sportsmanship when instigating a fist bump with Smith\nbut before he even has chance to respond, Ohno flattens him. Have I mentioned\nhow much I dislike Kassius Ohno?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tyler Bate comes out to assist Smith,\nsetting up a potential future feud with Ohno. Oh no!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallus having a nice pint reflect on their\ncurrent form and how they intend to get back to true dominance in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Main\nevent – Tyler Bate v James Drake <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This match is nothing short of a grappling\nmasterclass and will absolutely make my \u2018Match of the Month\u2019 list. The standard\nof wrestling in this promotion, at times, is off the scale and I sit here is\ndisbelief that once again, they\u2019ve pulled off a match of this quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no wonder they have Bate working\nacross two WWE brands, he is clearly on a steady and sustained rise and needs\nto be given a larger audience and platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drake is equally as impressive as he\nexecutes a Gut-Wrench Powerbomb with poise and conviction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This Coventry crowd is raucous and vocal,\nmaking fun of Drake\u2019s attire. This crowd makes the show lively and interactive\nand both competitors are feeding off the audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the early going, Drake is in control of\nthe offence, Bate selling well and then the tide is turns and it\u2019s Bate in\ncontrol, making it difficult to determine who\u2019ll emerge victorious. Bate gains\nthe control with a flurry of sharp jabs, a Hurricanrana and a high Back Body\nDrop, the crowd even more fired up as he soars off the top rope with a Flying\nElbow. Another wonderful sequence evolves as Bate delivers an Exploder Suplex,\nthen s standing Shooting Star Press, which Drake dodges in the first attempt\nbut gets nailed with on the second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ring awareness, chemistry, fluidity and\npace is undeniable between the two but it\u2019s Bate and his Corkscrew Spiral\nSenton that ultimately secures him the victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What a match!!\n\n\n\n\n\n0fffffffffff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NXT UK 20.03.2019 The Coventry crowd is electric as Johnny Saint and Sid Scala stand in the ring to deliver important news. \u201cWe have been given permission for the \u2018Bruiserweight\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[647,22,35],"tags":[937,936,606,312,941,449,490,284,47,667],"class_list":["post-11734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nxt-uk","category-reviews","category-wwe-reviews","tag-ashton-smith","tag-gallus","tag-james-drake","tag-pete-dunne","tag-the-hunt","tag-tyler-bate","tag-walter","tag-wild-boar","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-nxt-uk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9jnWd-33g","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wwe-nxtuk-logo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11735,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734\/revisions\/11735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}