WWE NXT UK 7/7/2022

WWE NXT UK 7/7/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/06/wwe-nxt-uk-6302022.html

Meiko/Sarray vs Xia/Eliza is tonight.

Tiger Turan vs Kenny Williams

Kenny charges at him as soon as he gets in and Tiger ducks it. Tiger armdrags Kenny and shoulders him over. He cartwheels over him then armdrags him. Tiger dropkicks him out then Kenny springboards but is caught with a double chop to the gut.

Tiger headstands on the corner buckle then flatliners him. Kenny then dives at Tiger's knee then suplexes him for 2. Kenny sits on Tiger's shoulder and chinlocks/tries to rip the mask off. Tiger rolls him twice then running double chops him. Tiger then does an unusual tilt-a-whirl side suplex. Tiger 2nd rope dropkicks Kenny then tope's him.

Tiger goes for a top rope swanton but Kenny gets his knees up. Kenny then PK's him. Kenny then talks trash and gets rolled up for the Tiger win.

Kenny jumps Tiger from behind after. Kenny then hits a headlock driver on him. He takes off Tiger's mask only to reveal another mask underneath. Kenny goes for the other mask but refs come and break it up.

I thought this was decent with Tiger finally showing something with some athleticism here. They also had a storyline here to work with so it helped this one be more interesting than something else would have been.

We get a package on Briggs and Jensen from NXT and we see their altercation with Pretty Deadly.

We see a clip from the back with Trent Seven being kicked out by security. One of them who is built and bald calls him a disgrace. He then runs into Sam Gradwell. Sam says he has done bad things but Trent is the dirt worst and Trent says "and you're no one".

We see an interesting WWE Doordash commercial with Drew, Sheamus and Bianca.

 

Oliver Carter is working out and Charlie Dempsey comes to help him. The rest of Die Familie then come in and Teo asks if he's with or against them. Oliver asks him why he should join. Raja says he has nothing and Ashton left him. Oliver said he won't accept them talking about Ashton behind his back. Oliver then says he will take all over them on 1v1. Raja threatens to crush him 1v1 then Teo says he will hurt him.

Josh Morrell vs Primate

Primate is now done with Symbiosis. Primate goes after Josh in the corner then Josh then they do a nice counter sequence into a roll-up. Josh hiptosses him and tries to fight off a knucklelock. Josh wins the knucklelock and Josh flips out of a monkey flip. Primate germans him off the 2nd rope and he takes a hard bump for it. Primate then corner lariats him and clubs him hard on the back.

Primate backdrops him then Josh pulls him over the top rope. Josh then hits a beautiful phosbury flop to the outside. Josh misses a 450 and runs into a running forearm. Josh is lariated over the top then slingshot code red's him for the surprise win!

This is a huge win for Josh in a shocking upset. He's been getting his butt kicked here for 2 years now and this is maybe the first time I saw him win. Very cool ending and Josh's slingshot code red and phosbury flop looked great.

As for the match, there were issues outside of that. Primate just started as a solo guy and took a loss here. Josh also took a 2nd rope german that should have finished the match but played little role.

 

We see Blair Davenport arrive. She said not much has changed in NXT UK then she runs into Amale. She said she heard her say something about crushing hope and Amale said it better not be directed at her. Blair said that was directed to everyone and told her she'd have no hope if she tried her. Stevie Turner then made a joke of it and Amale got mad and threatened her. Stevie said that was rude.

Ilja talks about various people he fought. He said there is someone he never fought before - Wolfgang. He said he sees a lion in Wolf's eyes and said he is the only person courageous enough to step in the lion's den. He then says long live the Czar and seems to be running more of a heelish gimmick now.

Tate Mayfairs vs Trent Seven

 

 

Trent looks like he gained a couple of pounds, and not in a good way. Trent chops and kicks him. Tate is thrown into the bottom rope and whiplashes back then is chopped out. Trent ddt's him then Tate takes a hard whip into the ropes. Trent hits a hard chop for 2.

Tate fires back with some punches then stands on his knee for one. Tate then crossbodies him for 2 then Trent euros him. Trent then flips him with a rainmaker and wins it.

This was a good squash with Trent's simple offense looking brutal and Tate being a good face who worked hard to put him over.

Trent takes cheap shots on Tate after then does a figure four variation. Sam Gradwell then makes the save.

Noam Dar does a promo. He said he is a victim of his own success. He said he really is the best. He said Mark is a lucky boy and Mark says he would have won without Sha Samuels at ringside. Dar says Mark is feeling the pressure. Mark says this is his time and his kingdom.

Dar/Mark is next week as is Teoman/Carter and Stevie/Amale.

Xia Brookside and Eliza Alexander vs Sarray and Meiko Satomura

Xia kips up into a wristlock and uses the ropes to flip out of a wristlock. Xia headstands out of a headscissors then chest kicks her. Sarray and Eliza go at it and Eliza hits some forearms. Eliza pulls her down by the hair then is shotgun dropkicked. Meiko gets in and handstand double knees Eliza.

Eliza takes a double bulldog then Xia puts her knee on Sarray against the ropes. Eliza running euros Sarray in the corner then running forearms her for 2. Eliza camel clutches her. Meiko gets the hot tag in and chest kicks Eliza, then ddt's her. She hits her cartwheel knee. Meiko top rope frogsplashes Eliza.

Xia breaks up the pin and drags Eliza to tag herself in. She basement dropkicks and pounds on Meiko. Meiko high kicks her and euro's her. Eliza jumping knees Eliza then Xia neckbreakers Meiko. Sarray dropkicks Xia through the ropes then Meiko hits her shining axe kick on Xia to win it.

It was a shorter match but it was decent. The heels stuck to basic heel work and the faces got to make their comeback at the end and win.

Overall thoughts: Not a classic edition of NXT UK, but the 4 matches they had all were decent to some degree and it was good show. They also built up some stuff like Amale/Stevie, Wolf/Ilja and Gradwell/Trent.