NXT Coverage: Tap Out, Kidd

When you spend more time reshowing content and promoting your own content, you know there’s something wrong.

Flooded with filler matches and no real storyline development, this week’s NXT begs to question why this show isn’t written better. Why do Adam Rose and Tyson Kidd get promo and ring time and youngsters in desperate need of both, the likes of Bull Dempsey, The Ascension and Mojo Rawley get nothing.

Simply put, this show needs more title matches, better feuds and less filler.

Matches:

Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore vs. Simon Gotch and Aiden English: Cassady was in control until and appearance by Marcus Louis and Sylvester LeForte distracted the near seven-footer and allowed Gotch to roll him up (and grab some tights) for the win.

CJ Parker vs. Xavier Woods: Parker got the lucky win after he grabbed the tights and ropes (at separate times) in a boring and uneventful match.

Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks: Whoa, Banks not only dominated, she won with an awesome Backstabber, which floated over into a nasty Crossface variation for the submission win.

Jason Jordan vs. Adam Rose: Jordan got in his share of strikes, but Rose won with the Party Foul.

Sami Zayn vs. Tyson Kidd: A great match as both Zayn and Kidd traded high-impact offense. But it was Zayn who took the most punishment, the victim of a nasty German Suplex, as well as the Sharpshooter and the Blockbuster. Fighting back after escaping the Sharpshooter, Zayn got the submission win with the Koji Clutch.

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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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