NXT Coverage: Owens Hungry for a KO

Real wrestling fans have seen Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn fight plenty of times, but to see it in NXT is going to be awesome.

If the end of this week’s show is any indication, it’s coming and soon.

One of the best episodes in NXT history just for the sake of its Ring of Honor- all wrestling, no frills approach, this week’s show set up several key angles that will definitely play a key role in the company’s next two-hour event.

Matches:

Tyson Kidd vs. Finn Balor: You don’t get to often see 15-minute matches like this anywhere on WWE programming. This was a damn good match. It’s just sad it didn’t mean more. If it were for a title or there was more heat between these two, it would have been even cooler. Regardless, it’s a match that will definitely get Balor more attention. After he escaped the Hart Family Sharpshooter, Balor hit the Reverse Brainbuster and then finished off Kidd with the Diving Double Stomp from the Top Rope.

Bull Dempsey vs. Baron Corbin: Dempsey was in control on the outside, but after he missed the top rope Headbutt, Corbin hit the End of Days for the win.

NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair and Natalya Neidhart vs. Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks: After some initial back and forth, Banks got the win with an awesome Double-Arm Regal Cutter-esque manuever- and a handful of tights.

NXT Champion: Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville: A great match full of counters and offense, although Zayn ultimately got the win with the Exploder Suplex and Helluva Kick, an appearance by Kevin Owens, who beat on the already exhausted Zayn, soured the night for the champion.

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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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