WWE NXT Level Up 9/16/2022

WWE NXT Level Up 9/16/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/wwe-nxt-level-up-992022.html

Tatum Paxley and Ivy Nile vs Sloane Jacobs and Erica Yan

Tatum is wearing a facemask due to an injury where she banged her face off a post.

Tatum and Yan lock up each others arms and Tatum is swept. Tatum rolls out of a wristlock then rolls into a hammerlock/kimura hold on Yan. Ivy leg kicks and body kicks Yan then wrist throws her for 2. Ivy takes a double arm wringer then does a kick and punch at the same time to escape a 1v2. Ivy flying kicks Sloane then Tatum slams Sloane. Tatum standing corkscrew moonsaults Sloane then Sloane facebusters her.

Yan headbutts Tatum in the gut then double throat thrusts her. Sloane 2nd rope twisting lariats Tatum and neck cranks her. Tatum tags out and Ivy gets a hot tag in. She is fired up and shoulders over Sloane then kick combos her. Ivy does a nice deadlift suplex on Sloane then Sloane takes an Ivy enzugiri. Ivy corkscrew iconoloslams Tatum off the 2nd rope onto Sloane to win it.

Sloane and Yan didn't really show anything here, which is usually the case. Ivy had one messy spot with a kick and the finish was creative.

Bronco Nima and Lucian Price are interviewed. Nima said they need to be a brotherhood to be a team and said they went to school together. Price said they got separated but Nima said they are now together again. Nima said if they have each others backs, they can handle anything.

Duke Hudson walks in. He questions the brotherhood and said their fragile, oversized egos will break this thing. Price said it seems like Duke wants his head beat in. Duke said he'd be happy to smack them and said he doesn't have a buddy to team up with. Nima said he'd be happy to stand toe to toe with him one on one and they seem to nod over it. Nima was decent here and spoke in Spanish some.

Bronco Nima vs Duke Hudson

They lock up and Duke side headlocks him. Duke grabs the hair to keep the headlock on. Nima shoulders him and gets slapped then hits some shots. Duke evades a slam and hits shots and stomps in the corner. Nima lariats him then samoan drops him. Duke rolls outside and is grabbed then has his head banged off the buckles.

Duke double throat thrusts him then stomps and pounds on him. Duke chinlocks him then is backdropped. Nima lariats, back elbows and splashes him then running knees him. Nima slams him then does a little dance into a missed falling shot. Nima has his throat put oover the top rope then Duke slingshots into a german. Duke belly to belly suplexes him and chestkicks him to win it.

Nima had some green moments here and I'm certain Duke was supposed to win with a facekick. It wasn't a classic anything but it wasn't bad at all for Nima only having a few matches and I think Nima has some potential. This was quite long by the way.

Indi Hartwell vs Amari Miller

Amari danced a lot during her entrance, but she isn't any good at it. I don't expect this one to be good.

Amari armholds her then Indi rolls out of a wristlock. She tries to snapmare her but Amari hits la magistral on her. Amari side headlocks her thne Indi throws her down. Indi slams her three times and elbows her for 2. Indi pushes her into the 2nd rope and she whiplashes back then Indi chinlocks her. Indi euros her and chinlocks her again. Indi tries to block a roll up and Amari hits chest forearms. Amari leg sweeps her while Indi is behind her then Indi spinebusters her for the win. Indi pushes her off after and they pushed her having a new aggressive style.

This was not good at all as expected and Indi honestly looked more green than Amari did.

Overall thoughts: It's NXT Level Up. These shows aren't usually anything special and this wasn't worth checking out.