NXT Level Up 2/25/2022

NXT Level Up 2/25/2022

James Drake vs Xyon Quinn

Drake gets out of a tie-up and does a haka taunt at Xyon. Drake tries to crossbody him but Xyon shields himself with his forearms and JD goes down. JD then gets suplexed. JD goes outside and Xyon hits a nice punch on him. JD knocks him off the apron then Gibon takes a cheap shot on Xyon.

JD climbs on Xyon's back for a sleeper. Xyon hits some punches then headbutts him. Xyon corner clotheslines him then throws him off the top when he goes up there. Gibson gets on the apron to distract Xyon and JD rolls him up with the tights for the win. Xyon then death valley drivers Gibson to end the segment.

Lame ending but this was okay with the heel being a heel and Xyon looking okay as the big tough guy.

Elektra Lopez vs Sarray

Lopez is out there with LdF. Sarray tries to do some springboard armdrag off the 2nd rope but botches it. Lopez pulls her by the hair and slams her. She then picks her up like a wheelbarrow and drops her. Lopez stretches her and there's a sloppy roll-up.

Sarray dropkicks her from the 2nd rope and double stomps her gut. Sarray then double stomps her from the 2nd rope and tries to dropkick her through the ropes. Lopez moves and Joaquin Wilde gets it instead. Lopez then picks her up like a backbreaker and turns and drops her to the side for the win.

This was not good at all with Sarray looking bad and Lopez looking absolutely clueless out there. Lopez is so bad at this point that she isn't even ready for developmental.

Joe Gacy and Harland vs Ikemen Jiro and KUSHIDA

Kushida wrestles and rides him on the mat. Joe wants a hug but Jiro moves and gets armdragged. Jiro then headscissors him and Gacy evades a jacket punch. Joe goes for another hug and Jiro rolls him up then hits some jacket punches.

Harland gets in and Jiro hits some kicks then is splashed hard in the corner. Harland slams Jiro's head off the mat. Harland picks him up and drives him into the corner then stretches him over the top rope. Joe tries to stop him then Harland pounds on him in the corner hard.

Harland drags him byt the foot to his corner and tags in Joe. Joe is thrown into the corner but he handstands and ddt's him for 2. Jiro hot tags Kushida and he comes off the top then does a handspring back elbow. Kushida rolls Joe around the ring for 2. Kushida tries a handspring but just kind of falls over then octopus stretches Joe. There's a sloppy break-up of that move and Joe gets Harland out of the ring.

Joe takes a double hiptoss into a double dropkick. Jiro tries to run the ropes but stops when he sees Harland then Joe hits a handspring lariat. Harland hits a big splash on Jiro and wins it.

This got a little messy here for unknown reasons but Harland looked good as the crazy monster.

Overall thoughts: 3 short matches here. The vets were botching more than the rookies were. Harland looked good and Xyon/Drake was good. I wouldn't recommend it though.