WWE NXT Level Up 3/11/2022

WWE NXT Level Up 3/11/2022

Trick Williams vs Guru Raaj

Carmelo Hayes joins the commentary booth. Trick shoulders Guru early and takes an armdrag and a hiptoss. Guru basement dropkicks him then takes a high spin kick. Trick lariats him in the corner and slams him. He then put him in some weird abdominal stretch/armbar and Guru comes back with forearms. Guru bulldogs him and runs into another spin kick (which the camera's missed the first time and here). Trick then hit a bad neckbreaker to win it in a short one.

Trick can talk and has a good look but he has a very long way to go in the ring. While his matches aren't that great right now, he needs to be doing them to get better.

Ivy Nile vs Brooklyn Barlow

This is Brooklyn's debut. She's a cute blonde. Ivy drops her with a spinebuster. BB puts her in an armlock then Ivy monkey flips her. Ivy superman punches her then suplexes her. Ivy hits a nice running chest kick. BB hits some forearms and clothesline then dropkicks her for 2. BB puts her in la magistral for 2 then Ivy enzugiri's her. Ivy then taps her out with her version of the dragon sleeper.

It was a short squash and BB didn't really show anything. She got very basic offense and none of that looked good.

Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen vs The Grizzled Young Veterans

Jensen checkes out a girl in the crowd near the entrance way. She was also visible on NXT this week and caught some people's attention. Jensen atomic drops Gibson then he and Briggs double shoulder him. They both then slide outside and double punch him on the ropes.

Drake hits some shots on Briggs then gets a right hand. Jensen takes a knee from behind by Gibson and gets whiplashed on the middle rope. Jensen is bridged over the top rope and Drake drops an axe handle on him from the top. Jensen backdrops Drake and Gibson pulls Jensen's belt out of his pants. Briggs gets the hot tag in and hits a big boot then a splash on Gibson. Briggs then did a double underhook onto his knee on Gibson. Gibson dropkicks Briggs off the 2nd rope into a Drake flatliner.

Gibson talks trash to Briggs and Drake misses a corner move. Jensen gets in and hits some forearms on both opponents. Drake goes into the buckles and flips over onto the apron then gets lariated on the apron.

Jensen sees the girl in the crowd again and gets distracted. Drake reverses his suplex attempt and Gibson holds down Jensen's leg for the cheap win.

It wasn't great but it was a solid face vs heel match and continued the Jensen trying to find a girlfriend storyline. Well done and nothing wrong with this at all.

Fallon Henley confronts the Vets then Briggs and Jensen hit The Vets from behind. Drake gets double hiptossed in and they hit a big high/low on Drake. Henley then joins them in the ring.

Overall thoughts: This is one of the few eps I would say is worth a watch strictly because it furthers the Jensen looking for a girlfriend storyline. The main was solid, the women's match was nothing special and Trick Williams' match was not good.