The NXT Repört: June 15th, 2021
After a week I’m back bitches!
Last week’s In Your House PPV ended with William Regal saying a change was coming.
What would that be? Let’s find out!
William Regal Announcement
Regal starts the promo in tears. Reminiscing about all the groundbreaking PPV’s and how the wrestlers and fans have lifted the division to the pinnacle.
He proclaims he can’t give anymore until Karrion Kross and Scarlett interrupt. All of a sudden, aw shit son, that’s Samoa Joe’s music!
William Regal finally gets to talk and passes on his GM position to Joe but Joe declines.
S dot Joe talks about how Regal needs respect and goes up face to face with Kross and says, “everyone”.
GM Regal says for Joe to become NXT’s enforcer(?). But Regal says Joe can not compete nor lay a hand on anybody, unless provoked.
Joe basically tells Kross and his leggy companion to get out his ring.
Tag Team Match: Imperium vs. Breezango
The member of Imperium who looks like the T-1000 takes an early momentum shift and despite a slight Breezango offensive Walter’s faction takes it back.
In a roll of chaos Fandango jumps out of the ring onto Imperium.
We go to break with Fandango in control.
Damn that Geico commercial with Lisa Loeb. Man she looks good.
But then we get an abomination of a commercial for LG’s new washer/dryer combo that perverts an Ol’ Dirty Bastard song. Get fucked. Wu Tang!
Anyways we come back from break an just like the band Sparta Imperium have taken back control.
Shockingly Tyler Breeze gets the pin and win! Imperium then go on the rampage and punish the former fashionista cops. They then drape an Imperium banner over Breeze’s body.
I give the match 3.1 furry bell bottoms out of five.
Meanwhile backstage Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly mix it up until Cole pushes Samoa Joe and gets put in a clutch.
NXT Cruiserweight Open Challenge: Kushida (c) vs. Trey Baxter
Baxter is kind of an unknown (according to Wade Barrett).
Obviously Baxter can grapple. He can also Lucha it up and he gives Kushida all he can handle.
We go to commercial break with Kyle O’Reilly coming out to watch the action.
Baxter performs a Spanish Fly into a spring board and nearly gets the win with a near fall.
Kushida though gains some offensive momentum and submits his challenger to retain.
O’Reilly enters the ring and challenges the champ in a non-title match.
I give the fight a 3.4 out of five. Great move set and even better lead up.
The Million Dollar Coronation
At In Your House LA Knight won the Million Dollar Championship.
Knight rolls up in a sports car to talk with Ted DiBiase.
He expresses his gratitude and DiBiase crowns him the new champ.
As Knight says he has everything he wants he attacks The Million Dollar Man and continues to stomp out DiBiase.
Cameron Grimes come out and attack Knight and help DiBiase.
Women’s Tag Team Match: Dakota Kai & Raquel González vs. Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro
González and Kai look to make a statement en route to the NXT tag titles.
The underdogs run roughshod thru their physically superior opponents flying high and surprisingly dominating.
We come back from break and González has taken the momentum back.
But Carter gets the tag and takes on both Kai and González. Carter unleashes two vicious kicks on Kai but González gets the tag to muscle the momentum back to them.
The two underdogs team up and alas just keep getting near falls.
González clears the field and Kai lands GTK to pin and win.
Great psychology and movesets; I give it a 3.43 out of five.
Io Shirai Promo
As she gives a half English/ half Japanese promo Candice LeRae comes out to talk shit.
As LeRae approaches the ring Indi Hartwell attacks Shirai from the back.
Shirai is helped out by Zoey Stark as they fight off the heels.
Tornado Tag Team Match: Tomasso Chiampa & Timmothy Thatcher vs. Grizzled Young Veterans
The fight starts off outside the ring even before the bell rings.
Before GYV can even take off their jackets T&T are already putting these two in submission moves.
But the Veterans switch the momentum.
I’m gonna be straight up but my internet is making this match buffer like hell.
Ok so I switched up to watch it on my phone using my data. Wrestle buddy, you better pay for my data usage or else I’m DDT’ing the whole roster of writers.
Anyways I turn it on and it goes to commercial break with T&T in control.
We come back from break and Thatcher is taking on both men and Chiampa joins in.
Some miscommunication between Chiampa and Thatcher leads to a switch of momentum.
Outside the ring the GYV land an electric chair on Chiampa leaving Thatcher to fight Gibson and Drake on his own.
A duo back breaker on Thatcher leads to a near fall as Chiampa breaks it up.
Chiampa submits Drake finally putting the carnage to an end. I give it, let’s say a 4.35 out of five.
The episode ends with Regal proclaiming with Joe at his side things will be different.
All images courtesy of WWE or my tv.
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