WWE NXT Level Up 10/25/2024

WWE NXT Level Up 10/25/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/wwe-nxt-level-up-10182024.html

We're at the Performance Center like usual here. Blake Howard and Byron Saxton are on commentary.

Mark Coffey vs Dion Lennox

Mark comes out alone. Mark side headlocks Dion and Mark slaps him. Mark then slides out. Dion chases him. Mark takes a hiptoss inside and a dropkick. Dion armdrags him and armlocks him. Dion shoulders on Mark.

Mark flying euros him. Mark stomps on Dion. Dion hits punches and is tripped into the ropes throat first. Mark bangs Dion's chin off the apron for 2. Mark trap holds Dion. Dion hits punches then they double clothesline each other. They trade punches. Dion hits a flying forearm and a corner lariat.

Dion release northern lights suplexes him then hits another northern lights suplex for 2. Dion spinebusters Mark for 2. Wolfgang and Joe Coffey come out and distract Dion. Dion walks into a forearm and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was about average here. They definitely have Dion copying Cena. Dion did fine.

Gallus beat up on Dion after. Cutler James and Shiloh Hill come out to help Dion and clear off the heels. We haven't seen anything like this since the Bolly-Rise days on 205 Live.

Tyra Mae Steele is interviewed. She says she gets hungrier for the first victory each week. She says we will see a hunger like no other against Dame. Izzi Dame walks in. She says the gold medal won't save Tyra in NXT. Tyra says fear and intimidation may work on the other girls but not her. Dame calls her a mark and says she will get her shot tonight.

Izzi Dame vs Tyra Mae Steele

Tyra has white gear on today and gives a fan a medal as she has done in the past. Tyra backs her up in the corner and gets pushed. Tyra does a nice takedown and side headlocks Dame. Dame shoulders her over. Tyra trips her for 1.

Tyra side headlocks her. Tyra does a double leg takedown and rolls into a jumping kick. Tyra is thrown hard int othe corner. Dame throws her down while she sits on the 2nd rope. Dame stomps on Tyra then backbreakers her. Dame slams her.

Tyra is sent into the buckles hard. Tyra rolls her into a pin attempt. Dame hits a sky high for 2. Dame chinlocks her while putting a knee in her back. Tyra jawbreakers her and hits punches.

Tyra does fireman's carry takedowns. Tyra hits snake eyes on her then crossbodies her. Tyra catches a boot and hits a backdrop for 2. Tyra rolls and takes a lariat. Dame swinging side slams her and gets the pin.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Dame get the win here. Tyra's still green but she's trying and did a lot of stuff we haven't seen her do before but didn't make it look that great. It was not that good.

Uraiah Connors, Kale Dixon and Drake Morreaux are working out. Kale takes a weight from Drake's bar and the heels ask Drake what he will do about it. Kale says he will get hurt if they try to stop them. Dante Chen walks in. He says he has nothing going on this week and says he'd like to compete with them on Level Up. Uriah laughs and mocks him. Kale then agrees. Drake and Chen shake on it.

Drake Morreaux and Dante Chen vs Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors

I think Kale has new music. Chen and Kale lock up. Kale hammerlocks him and slaps him in the back of the neck. Chen hammerlocks him then slaps him in the back of the neck. Kale back elbows him then Chen hits armdrags. Chen back elbows and back fists him then palm strikes him over.

Drake shoulders over Kale. Kale boots Drake. They say Javier Bernal is recovering from injury. Kale armdrags Drake then Drake slams him. UC tags in. Drake front facelocks him and rolls him. Drake backdrops him. Drake puts Chen on his back and they double splash UC.

UC is thrown over the top. UC superkicks Chen outside. Kale pounds on Chen. Kale poses on the ropes and 2nd rope splashes Chen. UC slingshot swantons Chen. Chen jawbreakers UC. UC hits some nice shots and then knocks Drake off the apron with a punch.

Chen takes a superkick + flatliner combo for 2. Kale does a half-straightjacket choke on Chen. Chen back body drops Kale. Both tag out. Drake clears off the heels with forearms. Drake facekicks UC then throws Kale over the top. UC facekicks Drake in the corner. Drake chokeslams UC.

Chen hits his double chop on UC and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent main here. The heels were good at being little jerks here and the faces eventually made their comeback on them to win. I thought Kale had a good showing here.

Overall thoughts: We got three new matches this week and an angle with Gallus squashing off against Hill, Cutler and Dion. Tyra Mae Steel is still pretty green and a long way off. Nothing was must see on this one and the main was probably the best thing on here.