WWE NXT UK 4/22/2021

WWE NXT UK 4/22/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/wwe-nxt-uk-4152021.html 

Joe Coffey vs  Eddie Dennis

Joe pounces him to start then rams his back into the apron. Eddie hits a nice shoulder judo throw. Eddie drops the knee on him for 2. Joe picks him up in an odd position and throws him across the ring, but takes a cravate suplex back. Eddie then hits a nice spinning side slam.

Eddie hit a flurry of strikes here and Joe came back with a headbutt and a belly to belly suplex. Joe hits a jumping shoulder then dropped an elbow on him as he was sitting up. Eddie catches Joe on the buckles and hits a splash mountain for 2.

Eddie goes for a driver but gets speared into the ropes then put in a boston crab. Tyson T-Bone and Primate get on the apron, making Joe break the hold and Eddie rolls him up for 2. Joe then deadlift german's Eddie. Gallus then comes out to fight off The Hunt and are thrown into the steps. Joe does a double jump twisting crossbody then a spinning clothesline for the win. Eddie got way too much in here for someone who doesn't wrestle too regularly. And I couldn't really buy him dominating Joe.

The Hunt jump Joe after and Gallus saves Joe.

We see a video on Ilja Draguov watching clips of himself getting beaten up then snapping on people.

Gallus celebrates in the hall and Joe runs into Rampage Brown. Joe said Brown promised him a rematch and to give him a call when he's ready.

Dave Mastiff vs Sam Gradwell

This could be good. They stare down and lock-up. They have the female ref here and the idea of her being able to contain this one is silly. Sam hits a back elbow early and shoves off Dave. He gets hit with some forearms then takes a running knee. Dave then rolling sentons him.

Dave rolling fireman's carries him then tries to senton him but lands on Sam's knees. Sam graves Dave by the beard but he comes back with a headbutt. Dave then crossbodies him for 2. Dave hits a big lariat but Sam comes back and pulls his neck into the top rope. Sam then hits a big cradle shock and wins it. This was surprisingly short but fun. We can give 15 minutes to Kenny Williams and Amir Jordan but not these guys?

Aoife Valkyrie says it is her time to step out of the shadows and says this is her moment. She said she gets what she wants next week and that's Meiko Satomura. It was really hard to hear any of this.

We get a package on Emilia McKenzie. She said the next step of her career was to prove herself in NXT UK.

Dani Luna vs Jinny with Joseph Conners

Jinny slaps her hard early and Dani goes after her. When her back is turned, Jinny nails her then pounds her. Jinny slaps her in the butt then does an octopus stretch. Jinny drops some elbows over Dani's neck then puts her in a grounded octopus stretch.

Dani comes back with a nice gutwrench suplex into another gutwrench suplex. She then suplexes her for 2. They trade forearms and Dani hits a nice slap and a running chest shot that takes her down. Conners gets on the apron and distracts Dani and Jinny hits her with a rolling koppo kick. Dani then pins her. The ending was lame but this was a decent hard hitting match otherwise.

Dani gets stomped on by Jinny after and put in something like an STF. Webster and Andrews then break it up with Webster carrying a motorcycle helmet.

Sid Scala said he spoke with Kenny Williams then Amir Jordan barges in and wants a rematch. Sid said Kenny agreed but it will be No DQ and the loser leaves NXT UK. Jordan agrees.

Rohan Raja does a video. He said he is debuting next week against Teoman. He said Teoman makes his opponents tap out but he doesn't quit.

Teoman then does a video. He said he will do anything to protect his family and it was hard to understand the rest. Very short promo.

Aoife Valkyrie vs Meiko Satomura is announced for next week as is Gallus vs Eddie Dennis and The Hunt.

Sha Samuels and Noam Dar vs Mustache Mountain

Bate controls Dar early. Sevens crossbodies Sha and legdrops him for 2. Bane jumps off the 2nd rope onto Sevens' shoulders then flips onto Dar. Bate puts Dar in the airplane spin but sha breaks it up. Sha then takes a euro uppercut from the 2nd rope.

Sha hits a hard backbreaker over the knee onto Sevens. Dar tugs on Sevens' mustache and starts stomping his arms. Sha kicks Sevens in the back and Sevens gets punished in the corner. Sha pounds on Sevens and Dar continues it. Sha blocks Trent's tag with a facelock. Trent hits a dragon suplex on Dar and finally tags out.

Bate comes in and punch combos Sha. He then hit him with an exploder suplex and hit a running SSP on him for 2. Sevens lifted up Sha for a Bate powerbomb for 2. Bate went for his rebound clothesline but got caught with a Sha spinebuster then Sha hit a michinoku driver on Sevens for 2.

Svens back body dropped Sha over the top then tope'd both opponents. Bate was tagged in before the dive then tope'd both opponents too. Trent held up Sha on his shoulders and they hit a burning hammer + flying knee combo from the top for the win. This was anything too special but was what it needed to be and made sense.

Overall thoughts: Not an amazing episode of NXT UK, but solid with 3 decent matches.