NXT Coverage: New Teeth, No Problems for Neville

It’s crazy. Even without Sami Zayn and Corey Graves, this week’s NXT was still enjoyable.

Simply put, NXT continues to find ways to cut to the chase. After a five-card program last week, NXT topped themselves yet again with six bouts in just 53 minutes. While that definitely leaves something to be said for the lack of storyline, the Ring of Honor-esque show had three solid matches and three others that will build feuds and produce storyline.

With Triple H’s announcement of the next two hour NXT show, Takeover, on May 29 as well, it’s easy to see that NXT will continue to mold itself into a separate entity, but one that will help build the WWE product moving forward.

Matches:

Tyson Kidd vs. Bo Dallas: A good 10-minute opener that saw Kidd win with a Blockbuster. Dallas was noticeably peeved after the loss. What does this mean for the former NXT Champion? Even more, what does this mean for Kidd? Will the former WWE Tag Team Champion pose a threat to NXT Champion Adrian Neville?

NXT Women’s Title Tournament: Sasha Banks vs. Bayley: A fun match between the easy to see face and heel. Things heated up fast as both competitors traded strikes before a flurry of signature maneuvers at the end. While Bayley hit her trademark Belly-to-Belly Suplex, Banks was smart enough to roll out of the ring. Banks quickly nailed her Backroll finisher, but Bayley kicked out. Fueled by hate, Banks hit the Backstabber and seamlessly floated over into a modified Crossface for the submission win. If you didn’t like Banks before, it’s hard not to now.

Adam Rose vs. Danny Birch: Rose made quick work of the tough Englishman with a modified diving front 3/4 neck breaker for the win. Still confused? Think Dean Ambrose’s finisher, but in the Neckbreaker stance, rather than the Bulldog. After weeks of looking for a decent finisher, it appears Rose has found it.

NXT Women’s Title Tournament: Layla vs. Nattie Neidhart: Why is this match taking place? Neidhart’s promo before the match was a joke as well.A dream to compete for the NXT Women’s title? You’re kidding right? Neidhart won with the Sharpshooter and will take on Banks later in the tournament.

Mojo Rawley vs. Oliver Grey: Rawley gets the fans excited but continues to prove he’s a one trick piny. After his signature offense, he hit the Hyper Drive for the win.

NXT Champion Adrian Neville vs. Brodus Clay: Neville won with the Red Arrow, but the big news was that he kicked out of a Clay Powerbomb and a second-rope Splash. Great for his young career, but what does it mean for Clay?

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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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