NXT Coverage: Is it Kenta and Devitt Time Yet?

It’s just a matter of time until Kenta and Prince Devitt begin to impress on NXT, but until then, it’s been pretty miserable. Continuing to depend on WWE talent to work with NXT performers, the WWE can’t even do that right anymore.

Eva Marie vs. Bayley? Are you serious? Talk about a waste of time. Easily one of the worst mismatches in NXT history, Bayley tried her hardest to turn that lemon into a rosebud.

Speaking of Rosebuds, Adam Rose’s appearance this week was fun, but the main event of Rose and Sami Zayn vs. WWE washouts Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel was far from entertaining. Sure three of them can perform in the ring and one is funny, but with zero intriguing storyline to bring it all together, it was a waste of time.

Matches:

#1 Contender Tag Team Tournament: Jason Jordan and Ty Dillinger vs. Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore: Jordan and Dillinger worked hard to keep Cassady with strikes, submissions, quick tags and duplex variations, but they couldn’t put him away. Once Amore got tagged in, Dillinger nailed him with a wicked Super Kick, but didn’t go for the cover. Jordan continued to work over Amore, but Cassady protected his parter in the corner and quickly nailed Jordan with the Big Boot behind the referee’s back to allow an nearly unconscious Amore to get the win.

CJ Parker vs. Xavier Woods: Just a boring match with zero pace. Just an exchange of moves with no emotion. Woods added some spice to the lastluster encounter with a lovely jumping Downward Spiral to a downed Parker and followed it up with the Honor Roll. Woods nearly won with a massive Elbow, but Parker ultimately got the win with a Spinning modified Death Valley Driver for the win.

Bayley vs. Eva Marie: Bayley was forced to wrestle in first gear with the far-less experienced Eva Marie. After a few minutes of back and forth, Bayley won with her signature Belly-to Bayley Suplex.

Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel vs. Adam Rose and Sami Zayn: Kidd and Gabriel destroyed Rose for most of the match, using strikes and quick tags to keep the advantage. Zayn changed the match when he got in, taking both of them on the outside with a Flipping Suicide Dive. After Rose jumped to the outside and took out Kidd and Gabriel as well, Zayn got the win with the Big Boot in the corner on Gabriel.

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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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