WWE NXT Level Up 4/22/2022

WWE NXT Level Up 4/22/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/wwe-nxt-level-up-4152022.html

Edris Enofe and Malik Blade vs Damaris Griffin and Quincy Elliot

This is Damaris Griffin's debut.

Quincy is dancing for his entrance. Damaris is a bigger stocky dude. It seems like these two are going to be a team. Quincy is wearing an african patterned shirt and some silly bell bottom pants.

Quincy throws off Blade then gyrates. Blade hits a big dropkick then Quincy splashes his back. Quincy bends over and Enofe M. Bison stomps his back. Damaris gets in and he takes a funny looking botched bump off an armdrag. Damaris gets a double backdrop. Enofe and Blade do a pump kick into a back elbow.

Damaris hits a big spinebuster on Enofe for 2. Enofe then gets whipped into a Damarius lariat. Quincy hits a great pounce on Enofe then gives him a stiff knee lift. Enofe gets stopped on his sunset flip but Quincy misses a butt drop. Blade gets the hot tag in and flying burrito's Quincy.

Blade top rope crossbodies Quincy for 2 then Damaris gets in and hits a big slam on him. Enofe breaks up the pin and knocks Quincy off the apron. Blade then hits a top rope frogsplash on Damaris and Enofe moves him out of the way to get the pin.

This was actually good. I'm sure the crowd were plants like usual, but they were into it. Blade and Enofe did quick face offense here and the big guys did big guy stuff before losing. Quincy Elliot has something. He can really move for his size and has charisma. His goofy attire is also so unusual that you wonder what he will wear next. Damaris didn't get much in here but was fine in the little he got.

Thea Hail vs Fallon Henley

Hail comes out with a cape and does some spazzy superhero thing.

They lock up and Hail turns it into an armdrag. Hail comes back with an armdrag from the wheel barrow position then headscissors her down. Fallon hiptosses her then goes outside the ring and punches her in the face. Back in and Hail flipping neckbreakers her.

Fallon stretches her and they trade shots. Fallon then shining wizards her and wins it.

This was really too short and not too good. It was sloppy and the shining wizard that won it was pretty poorly done.

Dante Chen vs Bodhi Hayward

Bodhi side headlocks him and they sweep each other. Dante leapfrogged him and then tried to crossbody him as Bodhi flipped over him. Dante side headlocks him and gets rolled out of it, then he jumping neckbreakers him. Dante guillotines him then Bodhi rolls him back into a pin. Dante then neckbreakers him.

Dante puts him in a chinlock and Bodhi tries to roll him off but can't. Bodhi hits a big powerslam and football tackles him. He hits a nice flying shoulder then splashes him for 2. His nose is busted open. Dante misses a pump kick then takes a spinebuster for the Bodhi win.

This was unusual. It wasn't clear to me whether some of this was a shoot, super realistic or were just two green dudes going at it. They countered each other like they had wrestled a bunch of times before here. You'll have to see it for yourself and make your own determination, because I have no idea what to make of this one.

Overall thoughts: The women's match was short and not good. The men's tag match was actually good and Quincy Elliot showed some potential. I have no idea what to make out of the main and you should probably check this out for yourself to make your own determination.