NXT Coverage: Rematch Anyone?

With three return matches on this week’s NXT, it was easy to get excited about the drama. Although there continues to be little in terms of creative story development, NXT continues to perform at a solid level in the ring.

The combination of merging underused WWE stars on the show has also been successful, but the most entertaining feuds, NXT Women’s Champion Paige vs. Charlotte Flair, NXT Champion Adrian Neville vs. Bo Dallas and Corey Graves vs. Sami Zayn, still don’t get the time they deserve. Instead, the show tries to develop the entire NXT roster, which of course, is a mixed bag.

While Tyler Breeze and Mojo Rawley have their place on the program, taking up 20 minutes of an hour show probably isn’t best for business.

Matches:

CJ Parker vs. Mojo Rawley: Parker was surprisingly aggressive, but Rawley fought back and won with his Butt Bump/Hyperdrive combination.

Xavier Woods vs. Tyler Breeze: Woods was in control throughout the match, but after Breeze avoided the Honor Roll, he hit the Beauty Shot on Woods for the surprising win.

Corey Graves vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Graves worked on Tatsu’s knee the entire match and ultimately finished off Tatsu with the Lucky 13. After the match, he continued to talk smack to Sami Zayn.

Charlotte Flair w/Sasha Banks vs. Natalya Neidhart w/Bret Hart: A back and forth match that got thrown out after Sasha Banks got involved after Neidhart put Flair in the Sharpshooter. After the bell, Neidhart managed to put Banks in the move.

NXT Champion Adrian Neville vs. Bo Dallas: A 14-minute epic, these guys pushed a high pace. If you want to get to the WWE, this is the type of indie performance you need to have, every night. Neville used the Jumping Joy on the outside to get the fans into the match, but Dallas fought back with solid strikes and a wicked Clothesline outside the ring to keep control. After things got back in the ring, Dallas tried to pin Neville a thousand times, but the Champ was vigilant. Dallas was no slouch either, getting his knees up on Neville’s Red Arrow aerial finisher and nearly stealing the match. But after a nasty Super Kick and a new 450 variation, Neville retained his title.

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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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