WWE NXT UK 3/3/2022

WWE NXT UK 3/3/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/wwe-nxt-uk-2242022.html

Mark Coffey vs Sha Samuels

Sha hits some punches to start then is armdragged but reverses it into a side headlock. Mark then comes back with a euro and a nice russian legsweep. Sha back elbows Mark and slams him. Sha hits a great lariat then michinoku drivers him for 2.

Sha arm ringers him and drops him down. Sha misses a 2nd rope elbow then Mark hits a nice lariat. Mark comes off the 2nd rope and bulldogs him for 2. Mark hits an enzugiri for 2. Sha exploders Mark for a close 2 then they lariat each other at the same time. Sha and Mark trade punches then Mark full nelson bombs him. Mark then did a running forearm to the side of the head and wins it.

This was a fun little heavyweight match It was only about 8 minutes or so but they really were stiff with each other here and matched up well.

Nathan Frazer is warming up.

We see clips of A-Kid practicing submissions at the Performance Center. Charlie Dempsey goes up to him and wants to learn it. Kid says if he teaches him it, he will take advantage of him. Dempsey says he doesn't support Die Familie attacking people then the rest of DF does just that and jumps Kid.

We see Isla Dawn playing around with flowers and singing in a forest. She said soon the final boss will fall and she will dance on in the song.

Mustache Mountain celebrate their victory over Carter and Smith last week. Carter comes in and is mad over the finish, which was a little controversial. Seven said they didn't treat, it was just being smart. Smith says Mustache Mountain didn't win the titles on their first try and they deserve a second chance. Mustache Mountain agrees.

Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz vs  Pretty Deadly

Jack Starz is finally given the leather jacket he wanted during his entrance from Mastiff. Starz had to pass some tests the last few weeks to earn it.

Howley and Mastiff lock up to start. They trade shoulders and Howley stays up, then Stoker distracts Mastiff and Howley leg kicks him. PD tries a double shoulder but Dave gives him one back and takes them down.

Starz has an armlock and wants a tag but Dave says to get on him. Mastiff hits a nice slam on Stoker, senton's him then Jack slingshot splashes him. Howley comes off the top on Mastiff with a double axe handle but Dave hits him in the gut and he flips over. Starz hits some dropkicks on Howley and armdrags him. Stoker throws Starz into the post from inside the ring and Starz takes a nice bump to the floor.

PD double shoulders Starz then hits a legdrop/splash combo for 2. Howley holds up Starz and Stoker bulldogs him off the 2nd rope. Stoker hits a nice corner elbow on Starz then Stoker catapults Starz, who sunset flips Howley off it. Mastiff gets the hot tag in and back body drops Howley then does a great overhead belly to belly. Mastiff is thrown into the ropes, Howley leapfrogs him then Stoker ddt's him. Howley then throws Stoker the new leather jacket given to Starz. Stoker puts it on and Mastiff german's him while Starz screams for the tag.

Starz gets in and fires away then puts his jacket on. He shoulders Stoker and gives him a hard euro and corner shots. Howley gets thrown out by Starz then Starz hits a powerbomb for the win! Dave Mastiff is shocked.

This was great. The heels were very good and Jack Starz's comeback at the end was great. I loved Mastiff looking on in disbelief too. I loved this one.

Starz then copies Mastiff's ring stomp taunt at the end of this.

Ilja is jumping rope to get ready.

They try to interview Xia but she is mad and tells the camera man to go away. Xia calls her dad and says it wasn't her fault she lost. She asks if her dad Robbie Brookside can help her, since he is a WWE employee. Xia then found out she was still being filmed and chases the camera guy.

We see a video of an older guy in the forest. Someone talks about being left from the pack and the guy says the hunt has just began. This is likely the member of The Hunt that was kicked out.

Noam Dar says Gallus made a mistake messing with his Supernova Sessions show. He calls Gallus paper gansters. Noam says Joe has the champ's attention and Joe said we will see who really wants this. Noam says Joe is dumber than he looks and he will whoop him in 2 rounds. They meet up next week in a Heritage Cup match along with A-Kid vs Charlie Dempsey.

NXT UK Title - Ilja Dragunov (c) vs Nathan Frazer

Ilja does a really neat takedown from the side then does a cool hiptoss that he rolls with him on. Drag shoulders him down and NF kips up just to get slammed again. NF does a great leapfrog then hits a fast flying forearm and a nice dropkick.

They trade hard forearms and NF goes down. Drag hits a solid club to the back. Drag hits a hard chop on NF in the corner and does a great jumping forward kick. Drag hiptosses him in and hits a brutal spinning chop.

NF ducks a forearm then takes a hard short-armed lariat. Drag pulls NF off the ropes and he hits an enzugiri off the pull. He is then thrown off the top. Drag hits a somewhat deadlift german, and another but NF flips out of the 3rd. NF then gets picked up around the leg and german'd back. Drag hits a senton and NF comes back with a superkick and a hurricanrana for 2.

NF moonsaults off the 2nd rope into a slice on Drag. Drag spinning chops him in the leg and hits some forearms. NF comes back with a forearm then Drag enzugiri's him. Drag forearms the mat then takes a nice sling blade. They trade forearms and Drag hits a hard chop. Drag blocks a superkick with his injured arm but ends up taking 2 superkicks after.

Drag throws Frazer off the top but he catches himself and they battle lariats. Drag then hits a big lariat. Drag sits on the top rope and gets dropkicked by NF. NF tries to top rope hurricanrana him and does so off a powerbomb reversal. Frazer hits a pheonix splash for a real close 2.

Frazer goes for another hurricanrana but gets powerbombed. Drag then kind of falls on him and hits a nasty forearm. NF gets some kicks on Drag's injured arm and they slap each other then NF germans him. Drag hits a great left arm lariat then slap flurries him. Drag then hits his running headbutt and wins it.

This was a real strong match. They beat the crap out of each other with stiff shots and everything just had so much intensity behind it. These two matched up real well together and the announcing was top notch here. Just a fast paced hard-hitting singles match that didn't overdo it. As I said before, there's few who deliver in big matches like Ilja and he did it again here. Definitely a must see match.

Overall thoughts: One of the best editions of NXT UK yet. All 3 matches were good and the last 2 are really worth seeing.