WWE NXT UK 6/23/2022

WWE NXT UK 6/23/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/06/wwe-nxt-uk-6162022.html

Smith and Carter came out and vacated the tag titles due to Smith having a leg injury. He said he always wanted to be a WWE champ and said he watched the video of him winning the tag titles many times now to see the crowd's reaction. He said he ruptured his MCL. Carter says they are brothers and he will always have his back. Smith says he needs time to heal and says Carter is the hottest superstar under the sun and wants everyone to see how good he is.

Die Familie come out after the tag titles are vacated. They said they were never pinned in the triple threat tag title match and say the titles are their's. Sid Scala says he understands, but other teams want oppurtunities too then Briggs and Jensen come in. Mark Andrews and Wild Boar come out then Mastiff and Starz follow. Sid announces a 4 way elimination tag between them to determine the new tag champs.

We saw Sarray arrive and meet Meiko and Emilia McKenzie. Meiko says Emilia will face Fallon Henley next week.

We see Sha Samuels. He says he is here to make money and take some bets. He asks Sid Scala to remove the match from last week from the record and asks for a match with Wolfgang. Wolf then appears from behind and hints that he wants to put money on the line for it. Sha then leaves as he yells.

Myla Grace vs Isla Dawn

Isla face shoves her then pulls her down. Myla does a sloppy pin attempt then takes a backslide. Isla does some weird takedown then basement dropkicks her. Isla rolls out and pulls her throat over the ropes. Isla then dropkicks her. Isla does a bad meteora.

Isla pulls her arms back and stretches her then Myla hits some clotheslines and does a bad legdrop. Isla messes up a headscissors then 619's her in the gut. Isla jumping knees her in the corner then Myla misses something from the buckles. Isla high kicks her then does weird german into a uranage.

This was really bad. Myla is GLOW levels of green and not even ready for this.

They announced Tyler Bate was taking a leave of absence.

We see a Kenny Williams vignette. He is going nuts wondering who Tiger Turan is.

Sid Scala was interviewed then Noam Dar walks in with his Heritage Cup. Dar says he is a victim of his success and cleared out the division. He said nobody is left and asks what is next. He says he may have to retire on top. Dar says he wants one more match though and talks about his dreams of getting cheered in a stadium with people telling him not to go.

Nina Samuels vs Sarray

Sarray did her usual transformation. Sarray rolls her up quickly and Nina ropebreaks on a crab attempt. Nina cartwheels out of a wristlock then Sarray kips up out of one and dropkicks her. Sarray gets her crossbody blocked and is backbreakered. Nina then throws her hard into the buckles.

Sarray gets stretched while in the ropes and has her back dropkicked. Nina then bow and arrows her. Sarray hits some chest forearms then dropkicks her. They fight on the 2nd buckle then Sarray double stomps her from there. Sarray then dropkicks her through the ropes and hits a nice exploder suplex for the win.

This was a simple match and there wasn't anything wrong with it. Sarray looked fine for a change but still didn't impress.

We get a Blair Davenport video. She said she is the heir to the NXT UK Women's Title and says she is going to show Meiko. She returns next week and says she will show that she is back.

Sarray is in the halls then Xia and Eliza confront her. Eliza asks what her pendant is and Xia says she will turn into a power ranger if she touches it. Xia says this is her division and Sarray can't come in here and take opportunities. Eliza says it is time to show her whose division it is then Meiko walks in and they back off.

Trent Seven will address the NXT UK fans again next week.

#1 Contenders Elimination Match - Mark Andrews and Wild Boar vs Briggs and Jensen vs Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz vs Die Familie (Teoman and Rohan Raja)

Mark and Jack go at it and both cartwheel out of wristlocks. Raja chinbreakers Mark then Boar dragon screws Raja. Jensen comes in and takes shots from Boar before power slamming him. Boar then takes an atomic drop into a Briggs facekick. Teo slams Boar then Boar is stomped by DF.

Boar hits a clothesline on Teo and gets Dave in. Dave slams Teo then Stars helps him headbutt Teo into the gut. Starz chinlocks Teo then Dave delay suplexes Teo. Teo tries for a cheapshot on Dave but then tags in Briggs. DF jump Dave and Briggs and both are thrown out. Dave and Briggs then knock everyone off the apron then they trade forearms. They lariat each other at the same time then both go down.

Dave is tied up in the ring skirt and stomped. DF poses on the apron and Briggs knocks off Raja and chokeslams Teo onto people standing on the floor. Mark SSP's from the top onto people outside.  Mark jumps off of Boar's back for an attack on Teo then Mark dropkicks Teo into a Boar german. Boar hits a pepsi twist on Starz.

Mark uranage's Starz then SSP's Starz from the top. Dave sentons Mark to stop the pin. Boar then sentons Dave in the corner. Starz then rolls up Mark to eliminate Mark and Boar.

Raja throws out Starz then Charlie Dempsey takes a cheapshot on Starz. Starz shotgun dropkicks Teo then Dave back bodry drops Jensen. Dave crossbodies Jensen and sentons Briggs' back. Dave gemans Jensen and Dempsey attacks Starz outside. Raja jumping flatliners Dave then does a shorter version of it to pin him. Mastiff and Starz are eliminated.

Briggs/Jensen and DF are left. Jensen tags himself in and is knocked off the apron. Briggs gets pushed into the post by Teo then Jensen throws Teo in. Jensen gets suplexed by Raja for 2. Jensen then takes a sit out spinebuster for 2. Teo tries to crossface Jensen but can't then Jensen backdrops him. Briggs gets the hot tag in and beats up DF. Briggs splashes Teo and Dempsey distracts him. Raja backcrackers Briggs then DF hit a double team move out of a powerslam on him.

Jensen takes a hard fall to the outside via Raja then Teo double stomps Briggs' back. Teo tries to crossface Briggs but is rolled up then Briggs hits a massive back body drop onto him. Jensen gets in and hits Raja with punches then Briggs and Jensen facekick the other DF members off the apron. Briggs and Jensen then hit a high/low legsweep + clothesline combo and win it!!!

Major upset here. Didn't see that one coming at all. it wasn't a classic or anything but it was a decent multi-man match. There weren't many big spots or anything either. Fallon Henley was apparently with them and then celebrated with them after.

Overall thoughts: The main was okay and Sarray's match was fine. Obviously this is one you need to see if you care about the results. The main event kind of saved this one, but I still wouldn't recommend it.