WWE NXT UK 4/28/2022

WWE NXT UK 4/28/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/wwe-nxt-uk-4212022.html

There's an Ilja Dragunov and Jordan Devlin contract signing tonight.

Symbiosis vs Mark Andrews and Wild Boar

They head outside to fight to start and Primate goes into the rails. Eddie Dennis runs for it when Boar spots him. Mark dropkicks T-Bone then enzugiri's Primate. Boar pounds on Primate then lifts up Mark and drops him down on Primate. T-Bone fallaway slams Mark then holds him up on the ropes for a Primate springboard double axe handle.

Mark gets lifted by his arms and takes a reverse curb stomp from Symbiosis. T-Bone pops up Mark and lets him drop down. Primate misses a springboard and Mark slips away to tag in Boar. Boar butt drops Primate then hits a pepsi twist for 2.  Boar then dives onto T-Bone off the apron and corner spears Primate.

Primate takes a half-nelson suplex for 2. Eddie gets on the apron with a chain, Boar gets distracted and Primate capitalizes. Boar germans T-Bone and sentons him in the corner. Mark then hits a top rope SSP on T-Bone and wins it.

It wasn't great or anything but it was a decent tag match. Boar's offense looked good, but I still wish he was part of The Hunt.

After the match, Eddie is on the apron and Boar drives on him. He then chases him around the arena with a chain. 

We get a Von Wagner segment. Robert Stone says Saxon Huxley will find out why it's Von Wagner's world.

Mustache Mountain arrive and are asked about the finish last week. Bate admits there was some nefarious actions but they won and Trent says it is water under the bridge. Trent says it's not cheating unless you get caught and Bate protests it. Trent says they have to keep the tag titles at any cost.  Trent says Saint and Scala need to find reputable opponents for them.

Sid Scala is interviewed and Eddie Dennis runs past him asking for him to do something about Wild Boar. Sid said he can fight Boar in a match where Symbiosis is banned from ringside. Eddie isn't happy and he ups it to a dog collar match. Boar then chases Eddie and Sid follows to try and stop it.

Angel Hayze vs Xia Brookside

Eliza Alexander is with Xia. They work a wristlock early. Angel hits some kicks and a dropkick to the side of the head for 2. xia works over her a little and camel clutches her. Angel hits some poor strikes and sling blades her. Angel rolls her up. Eliza gets on the apron and Angel nails her then is immediately rolled up for the Xia win.

There wasn't much to this and it wasn't too good. Angel didn't botch anything, but she works light and her stuff doesn't look too great right now.

Angel gets beat up 2v1 after and Amale makes the save.

Charlie Dempsey is working out with a club then A-Kid comes up to him. Kid says they need a rematch and says his heritage will make him say yes.

Sid Scala announces that Damon Kemp is a new addition to the brand. He talks about his accomplishments and Kemp comes in. Kemp says he is excited to learn the British style. Johnny Saint then walks in and welcomes him aboard. It seems like he will be a regular. I'm a big fan of Kemp. He hasn't been getting much time and I don't know if NXT UK is the place to fix that, but there's some better wrestlers on NXT UK than NXT.

Saxon Huxley vs Von Wagner

They had an altercation last week when Von ripped up an autograph Saxon was giving to a fan.

They collide shoulders to start then Saxon flying shoulders him. Von then hits a nice flying high knee. Von butterfly suplexes him then hits corner spears before hitting a short arm lariat. Saxon hits some weak lariats to the back and front then top rope lariats him for 2.

Saxon hits a Thesz press then takes a death valley driver for the Von Wagner win.

Saxon's offense was a little late here. This was kind of short and Von didn't get a ton in, wasting the opportunity.

Von says Saxon is the first man to fall. He says we have never seen anything like him before and this is his world and we are just living in it.

Gallus does a press conference. Wolfgang says Gallus is united and stronger than ever. Mark says this stuff happens with every team and they just had a bad day. They said they believe in Gallus Boys on Top. They said they are starving for more success.

Tiger Turan gets a little intro video. He appeared during the Sam Gradwell/Kenny Williams match last week and they said he will debut next week.

Isla Dawn does a vignette saying we have been living under Meiko's rules too long. She said she is about toenter her world. Meiko says Isla made a big mistake. Meiko says this ends in the World of Darkness match. She said she has already beaten her but will now hurt her instead.

Lash Legend gets a video with her talking and Nigel talking about her. She will be on Supernova Sessions next week. It feels like it has been a while since we have had a Supernova Sessions episode.

NXT UK Title Match Contract Signing

Sid Scala introduces Johnny Saint for the Devlin/Dragunov contract signing. Devlin puts his feet on the table. Dragunov says Devlin belittles the brand and Devlin says he carried the brand on his back. Drag says Devlin as the NXT UK champ is his worst nightmare. Devlin says he will walk out with the NXT Title and make him live his worst nightmare.

Drag says he has a dream of NXT UK without Devlin. He says their match should become a loser leaves NXT match. Devlin accepts and Sid Scala makes it official - Jordan Devlin vs Ilja Dragunov in a Loser Leaves Town match for the NXT UK Title.

Drag raises his title after and Devlin tries to hit him but Drag headbutts him. They fight and Devlin takes an enzugiri. Drag goes to spear Devlin through a table but Devlin grabs Scala to shield himself. Devlin then pulls him into a backdrop through the table. Sid Scala is quite upset and Devlin raises the title to close the show.

The segment was a little messy as they tried to manipulate the furniture but loser leaves town is the biggest match they have had in some time. It feels like Devlin might win it as Dragunov moves onto bigger and better things.

Overall thoughts: There was probably more out of the ring stuff than in-ring stuff this week. A lot of people are coming and going and next week's title match is going to be a big one. This wasn't a great episode, but it was interesting and did fine to set-up some of the new things going on.