{"id":13952,"date":"2020-04-03T00:03:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T23:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=13952"},"modified":"2020-04-03T00:03:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T23:03:45","slug":"nxt-report-card-4-1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/nxt-report-card-4-1-20\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Report Card 4\/1\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Velveteen Dream vs Bobby Fish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobby Fish really made this match work. Dream is\ngreat when he has a crowd to work or some other way to ooze that charisma he\nhas. With the empty arena, he kind of suffers because now you can see the areas\nwhere he isn\u2019t as strong. Even Dream\u2019s post-match promo on Adam Cole wasn\u2019t the\nusual Dream quality. The match was solid (maybe a tad long), but we have Fish\nto thank for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner: Velveteen Dream<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade: C<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dexter Lumis vs Jake Atlas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I absolutely hate when wrestlers that are hyped up\nas a big deal lose their television debuts. To me, it completely negates the\nprior hype. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner: Dexter Lumis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade: C-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aliyah vs Dakota Kai vs Deonna Purrazzo vs Kayden Carder vs Shotzi Blackheart vs Xia Li-Second Chance Gauntlet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gauntlet matches can be hit or miss and while this\nwasn\u2019t a top tier gauntlet, it was still pretty good. I liked the mix of women\ninvolved and everyone was working hard. I feel like having Kai come out on top\nwas the best choice because now her and Tegan Nox can go absolutely ham on each\nother in the ladder match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner: Dakota Kai<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade: B-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kushida vs Joaquin Wilde<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This match, although fairly good, felt like it\nexisted just to fill in the time between the Gauntlet match and the main event.\nIt stayed at the same level all throughout. It\u2019s weird that Kushida is kind of\nstuck in the middle. He was so hot when he came in and now he\u2019s just another\ndirectionless body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, security is terrible at the Performance Center\nbecause Wilde got kidnapped after this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner: Kushida<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade: C<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keith Lee vs Damian Priest vs Dominik Dijakovic-North American Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This match was a little chaotic. Don\u2019t get me wrong,\nI did enjoy it and the three of them delivered a fun match. But there were some\nawkward (for lack of a better word) spots. It seemed like maybe not all parties\nhad agreed on what was to happen in the match. It also never shifted into the\nhigh gear we came to expect in previous Dijakovic-Lee matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Winner: Keith Lee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grade: B<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NXT still feels somewhat random with what they want to put on television. Half the show is furthering the current storylines and the other half just exists. I am glad we\u2019re getting the Takeover matches on television since Takeover was cancelled, even though they have to be spread over a few weeks. I won\u2019t complain too much though because everyone involved is doing their best to provide us with something in the midst of this pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Overall Grade: C <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velveteen Dream vs Bobby Fish Bobby Fish really made this match work. 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