NXT Coverage: Cookies Not Enough for Bo

This week’s NXT was solid, but with no in-ring action from NXT Champion Adrian Neville, Paige, Sami Zayn and Corey Graves, the show was clearly missing something.

Much of those sentiments had to do with the action of Bo Dallas. Simply put, he’s not in the same league as Neville, Zayn or Graves. The Occupy NXT segment was interesting and gets Dallas over more as a heel and not a wiseass, but it felt overdone and drawn out.

Luckily, with a pair of decent matches already scheduled for next week and the continued development of the Brodus Clay/Neville and Zayn/Graves angles, NXT can bounce back quickly.

Matches:

Adam Rose vs. Danny Berch: Rose hit a few Shoulder Blocks and followed up the offense with punches, strikes, a modified Bronco Buster and his signature Spinebuster that set up his diving Front Elbow for the win.

Bayley vs. Sasha Banks w/ Charlotte Flair: Banks, ever the workhorse, worked over Bayley for most of the match, but when Bayley countered a submission, Banks was left wide open for a Bayley-to-Belly Suplex and the win.

Sylvester Lefort vs. Mojo Rawley: A couple of Turnbuckle Splashes, the Butt Bump and the Hyperdrive, Rawley destroyed Lefort. Regardless, this match was a joke and Rawley, in spite of his energy and fun-loving attitude, needs a lot of work. After the match, Brodus Clay hit the ring and nailed Lefort with a Powerbomb and a Splash before shooting on NXT Champion Adrian Neville.

Bo Dallas vs. Justin Gabriel: Dallas was tough, but Gabriel used his educated feet to keep himself in the match. Although he almost got the win with the Cross-Body, Gabriel made the mistake of trading blows with the larger Dallas. After a counter, Dallas hit a reverse DDT for a near-fall of his own. Gabriel then countered into a Fishman Suplex, but couldn’t get the pin. After they traded near falls again, Dallas nailed his Double-Arm DDT for the win.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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