NXT Coverage: Tough to Top in an Hour

Five matches in 53 minutes is pretty hard to top. No nonsense and to the point, this week’s NXT had little storyline development away from the continued drama between Sami Zayn and Corey Graves and the announcement that Paige would be stripped of her NXT title and a tournament would take place to name a new champ.

Regardless, it was an action-packed show that continues to prove that the WWE’s young stars have a deserved place on the WWE Network.

Matches:

Alexander Rusev w/Lana vs. Travis Tyler: Poor Tyler. Although he got in a Dropkick early, Rusev dominated with a Samoan Drop and then an Exploder/Urinage Suplex variation before finishing Tyler off with his Accolade submission.

NXT Women’s Champion and Divas Champion Paige and Emma vs. Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks: Emma and Paige dominated at times, but Sasha and Charlotte used quick tags to get an advantage. After working on Paige’s knee, Charlotte got the pin with her Flipping DDT finisher.

Tyson Kidd vs. Mason Ryan: The powerhouse proved he belonged in the ring with the Hart-Family star, but Kidd ultimately won with the Blockbuster for the win.

Tyler Breeze vs. Angelo Dawkins: These guys have a bunch of athletic potential, but the lackluster Spinning Leg Lariat finisher from Breeze made this one passable.

Corey Graves and NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension, Viktor and Konnor vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso and Sami Zayn: The Usos were in charge for a nice chunk of the match and Graves was left on the sidelines while The Ascension tried to take all three out by themselves. Once Graves got into the match, he worked on Jey Uso and gave Viktor and Konnor a much needed break. With the match evened out, Jey tagged in his brother, who hit Viktor with a Super Kick and a Samoan Drop. With Viktor softened up, Graves tagged himself in, but so did Zayn. On fire, Zayn nearly won with the Blue Thunder Driver. After Zayn tagged in Jey, Jimmy and Zayn took out the Ascension on the outside, while Jey beat Graves with the top rope Splash.

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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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