WWE NXT UK 2/25/2021
They hyped Gallus vs Pretty Deadly tonight with a video package.
Loser must become the winner's personal assistant for one month - Xia Brookside vs Nina Samuels
Xia beats up on Nina to start. Nina then grounds and pounds her. They fight outside and Xia gets kicked into Nina's luggage. Xia is at the count of 9. Does Nina let her get counted out and take the easy win? No, she pulls her up and brings her back into the ring in a very stupid spot. It would be one thing if this was a title match and if Xia did it, but the heel did it in a non-title match.
Nina keeps control on the inside with a body scissors. Nina traps one of her arms and pull the other, then does a surfboard which Xia escapes. Xia neckbreakers her and baseball slides her. Nina swings her into the barricade. Nina asks for Henry(her bag carrier) to hand her the purse and he refuses and even fights her for it. Nina swings the purse and misses, Xia kicks it out of her hands then rolls her up for the win.
That luggage spot blew the whole match for me and I'm not sure why Nina's bag carrier refused to help her. Nina cries and throws a fit in the ring over losing.
Gallus warms up in the back.
We get a package on Trent Seven. He says all of the restrictions are making his weight loss attempt harder and says he is just trying to eat clean. They show him running up a mountain and posing. It was a nice touch just it kind of made Trent look bad that he is having some issues losing weight as everyone in WWE is in pretty good shape.
Ilja Dragunov is asked about his match with Tyson T-Bone. He says he loses control sometimes then Sam Gradwell goes up to him. Sam dared him to try and do it to him and Ilja accepted the challenge.
Bailey Matthews vs Tyler Bate
Bailey is Regal's kid. Bate did an in-set promo and says he wants a real challenge and asks Johnny Saint to find him an opponent. Bailey puts a wristlock on and gets monkey flipped, but keeps it on. Bailey hammerlock takeovers Bate and headscissors him. Bailey is put in a side headlock and uses his leg to get out. Bailey does a great cravate takeover and reverses a hiptoss into a backslide. He tries to flip his body over but Bate moves.
They trade euro uppercuts and Matthews hits a nice gutwrench for 2. They trade more euro uppercuts and Bate exploders him. Bate then does a running ssp for 2. Bate airplane spins Bailey and Bate hits a nasty koppok kick. Bate then hits a tiger driver for the win. Bailey doesn't have much personality or much of a look but he is already a very strong technical wrestler and this was a good match.
They did a video package for a new wrestler but it was really hard to hear what was being said over the music. He talked about a kid growing up who was poor and has some kind of disc shaped object in his hand.
Joseph Connors was interviewed. Piper went up to him and told him to stop getting involved in her business. Joseph said she's not a real woman like Jinny is and went to insult her when Jinny came in and a fight was broken up.
Piper said she wanted a match with Connons and Jinny, which Sid Scala refused. She then grabbed Jack Starz and said he will be my partner and to make the match. I don't like Starz being manhandled by a woman.
Lana Austin vs Aoife Valkyrie
Aoife's name is pronounced "E-fa". She supposedly hasn't lost in NXT UK and hasn't had a match since 12/3/2020. They say Austin is a mother of 3. Aoife shoulders her down and does a nice jump into a trip.
Aoife does a cool escape out of a wristlock and rolls her up for a pin attempt. Aoife kicks her and gets thrown down, then Austin hits a stiff dropkick. Aoife fights back with chops and does a flipping neckbreaker for a close nearfall. Aoife does a running enzugiri and a spinning roundhouse kick. Aoife then single legdrops her off the top while Austin bends over to win. Good squash for Aoife though it went a little too long.
Xia gets interviewed. She said she feels great and Nina Samuels carries her bags, looking very unhappy and dropping bags.
Kenny Williams and Amir Jordan get interviewed. Kenny said he is finally 100% and they will be fighting next week.
We get a video package on the Kay Lee Ray vs Meiko Satomura match that is upcoming.
NXT UK Tag Team Championship - Gallus (c) vs Pretty Deadly
Wolfgang does a nice arm takeover on Howley and Gallus controls PD early. Howley takes a double team monkey flip. Coffey does a nice hiptoss on Howley. Wolfgang charges on Howley in the corner and Stoker pulls out Howley. They all get in and argue and the ref tries to clear them out.
Wolfgang throws Stoker across the ring and Stoker knees Wolfgang in the back to send him out. Wolfgang is then rammed into the post. PD does a double backbreaker on Wolfgang. Wolf gets thrown into the middle buckle and Wolf gets double teamed. Howley bends over after a shot and then Wolf splashes his back from the middle rope.
Mark Coffey gets the hot tag and the announcer says "a fresh Coffey", which was hilarious, intentional or not. Mark beats up on PD and bulldogs him off the second rope. Mark backdrops Stoker for 2. Howley throws Mark into a double knee from Stoker then Mark comes back with an enzugiri. Gallus catapults Howley into a samoan drop then Wolfgang moonsaults him off the 2nd rope. Stoker makes the save on the pin.
Mark chokeslams Stoker from the mat to the apron then Howley almost steals it with a roll-up. Wolf hits a big spear/slam for 2 on Howley. Stoker slaps Wolf and Wolf gets ambushed over the rails with a euro uppercut/shoulder by Howley. Howley gets thrown into the corner, Stoker lifts up his legs so he can pass under then Howley pushes him with his back into a codebreaker on Mark for a very close nearfall. Howley throws in a title belt and grabs one himself, but Mark nails him. Mark gets caught though on a Stoker tornado ddt on top of the belt. Stoker holds up Mark and Howley neckbreakers him to win! PD then yells "Pretty Deadly On Top" and poses with the belts.
Major major upset here as Gallus held the belts since 10/4/2019. The match was a little boring for the first half, though the finishing stretch was exciting and turned it into a good one. PD's a lot more limited than some of the other people on the roster but they played their role well, only getting the advantage with 2v1's and having to cheat to get ahead on the much bigger Gallus. The upset truly was surprising and that mostly made the match.
Overall thoughts: As usual, a pretty solid edition of NXT UK. I didn't like the Xia/Nina match, but the main event ended up being good and Matthews/Bate was good.
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