NXT July 27th 2016

NXT

This episode of NXT was nothing compared to the last couple and to be honest was quite boring. Let's see where they went wrong.

Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Wesley Blake

It was extremely obvious that Nakamura would win, but it was a decent match that had a funny part when Nakamura caught the kisses Wesley Blake blew at him, then threw them at the ground and stomped on them. The match ended after Shinsuke hit Kinshasa on Wesley Blake and pinned him for the win. Why is Shinsuke fighting this guy? He's too good for him in my opinion.

Billie Kay defeated Santana Garrett

I don't really know either of these people too well, and the match was pretty boring. Billie Kay won by pinfall after hitting Santana Garrett with a Big Boot.

TM61 defeated some jobbers

This was also obvious that TM61 would win since the other people I had never seen before. It was a decent match and TM61 took the win by hitting Thunder Valley. I think TM61 are very entertaining and very good but if they keep fighting jobbers like this they'll probably grow stale, I understand though that there aren't that many tag teams on the roster.

No Way Jose defeated Steve Cutler

Steve Cutler was basically just another jobber so it was obvious that No Way Jose would win, which he did. After the match though Jose would go on to say some words about his rival Austin Aries. He said Aries mistook him for something he's not, and he showed Aries how quickly he can turn the fiesta in to a fight. He finished with "So the next time you see Jose, there won't be no runnin', there ain't gonna be no stompin', because I'mma whoop...your...ass." I'm actually really in to this match and rivalry and I think will end up being one of the best feuds come Takeover Brooklyn 2, at least story wise. 

Kota Ibushi defeated Buddy Murphy

Kota Ibushi, being in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, would pick up the in after a sit up power bomb to Murphy. He won to promote the CWC but he is also the better performer so. I'm trying to follow the CWC and this match on NXT really puts Ibushi on notice.

Samoa Joe

Earlier in the night William Regal announced that at NXT Takeover Brooklyn Samoa Joe would defend his NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. Towards the end of the show Samoa Joe came out and objected to this. Joe thought that Nakamura didn't deserve the title shot because he didn't jump through the hoops Joe claimed Regal made him jump through. '

William Regal fired back by reminding Joe that he is the General Manager and he will fight who he wants Joe to fight or he will consider it a forfeit and will strip him of the NXT title right now. Joe reluctantly agreed to the match and promised to decimate Shinsuke, just like he did to Finn Balor. He added that if he sees Shinsuke before Brooklyn that the King of Strong Style may not even make it to Brooklyn. That's when Nakamura's music hit and he came out. He waved at Samoa Joe before walking off the stage as the show ended. 

Star Of The Night: No Way Jose

I thought No Way Jose's promo was really good actually and that promo alone gets me really excited and hoping that at NXT Takeover Brooklyn 2 there will be a match between No Way Jose and Austin Aries. Hopefully they can back up their words in the ring together but so far this is a very interesting rivalry.

This was a predictable episode of NXT and I really hope that with losing some of their talent to the draft they replace it with new comers and make the new comers look strong.

Until next time,

Devon Wizard