NXT Coverage: The Neville-Zayn Saga Begins

Four entertaining matches made for a solid hour of NXT, but you have to wonder at this point why the show is consistently flooded with WWE jobbers and never-was-es. With Hideo Itami, Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn, Charlotte Flair and a host of other up and coming stars, the show would be so much better without any old, familiar faces.

Although fans are getting the beginning of a war between Zayn and Neville, the build up and execution is far too slow and features the wrong cast of characters. In the end, NXT remains a cool hour diversion on Thursdays, but it could be so much more if developed properly.

Matches:

NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Emma: Flair was in control throughout and despite a few signature maneuvers from Emma, Flair got the win with the Natural Selection.

Hideo Itami vs. Justin Gabriel: It wasn’t a one-of-a-kind performance, but Itami was solid, earning the win with the Double Stomp.After the match, Viktor and Konnor hit the ring and destroyed the Japanese star hitting the Fall of Man.

CJ Parker vs. Baron Corbin: Again, Corbin decimated Parker with the End of Days, quickly gaining another win.

Sami Zayn and NXT Champion Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd and Titus O’Neil: The match originally started out as Zayn and Neville trying to one-up each other, but once O’Neil and Kidd got rolling, they were more than a formidable tag team. Once Neville got in the ring he went on a tear, but once he appeared ready to hit the Red Arrow on Kidd, O’Neil threw him off the top, right into KIdd’s knees, while Zayn was unable to help his partner out. All Kidd had to do was roll over for the win.

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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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