NXT Coverage: Three’s a Crowd

So many new and fun faces. With four matches and a Battle Royal in an hour, NXT continues to entertain. Add in some drama in the NXT Title Battle Royal and next week will be a cool who as well.

With Sami Zayn, Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze all looking for a title shot, anything can happen. The same thing can be said for the NXT Women’s Title tournament, which has both Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks left, as well as Natalya Neidhart and newbie Alexa Bliss.

Add in the continued drama between Adam Rose and Camacho, as well as the lingering feud between Zayn and Corey Graves and it’s fair to say that NXT may be written just as well as TNA’s Impact. A scary, but true thought.

Matches:

NXT Womens Title Tournament: Emma vs. Charlotte Flair w/Sasha Banks: Emma was in control, but got distorted when she went for the Cobra. Although she hit the move, she nailed Banks on the Ring Apron, which allowed Flair to rollup Emma in the Charlotte’s Web for the win.

The Legionaries, Marcus Louis and Silvester LaFort vs. El Local and Kalisto: A good battle of ground vs. flying. Louis and LaFort worked well, mixing in submissions and quick tags, but the fun was with Local and Kalisto counters and Lucha maneuvers. Kalisto nearly won with Ultimo Dragon’s old jumping over the top reverse DDT, but later won with the backflip into the ropes/Spinning Wheel Kick variation.

Camacho vs. Captain Comic: This was “game over” quickly as Camacho destroyed Comic with a Belly-to-Back Suplex and his signature Leg Drop. After toying with him for a few more minutes, Camacho hit a Samoan Drop variation and won with the Running Powerslam. After the match, Adam Rose ran into the ring to make the save for his friend.

NXT Womens Title Tournament: Alexa Bliss vs. Alicia Foxx: The pint-sized Bliss has plenty of spunk and athletic ability. Although Foxx beat on Bliss with strikes and a nifty Titl-a-Whirl Backbreaker, Foxx went to the move again and Bliss rolled her up for the win.

Battle Royal for #1 Contender’s Spot for NXT Title: Poor Bo Dallas. The former NXT Champion was on fire in the Battle Royal, but ended up getting eliminated by Tyson Kidd. After a flurry of eliminations sent Mason Ryan and Dallas out, Tyler Breeze, Kidd and Zayn were left in the match, but in another crazy move all three went over the top, forcing Triple H to announce a three-way match for the number one contender’s spot next week.

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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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