#6 NXT showed the rest of the roster how it’s done
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In a pretty lacklustre week, arguably the better show of the three this week was NXT on Wednesday night. The show kicked off with a high-intensity altercation between Ruby Riot and Nikki Cross, which would lead later into a match that never got started. This was a nice break from the traditional formula of a match, a promo segment, another match, etc. Cross was the only member of Sanity to appear this week, and she is more than capable of getting herself across as the ‘crazy heel chick’ character.
Alistair Black continues to impress as he also offers something a little bit different from the norm. Something about him reminds me of Baron Corbin’s early days in NXT; let’s hope the meditative one enjoys the same amount of success as the aforementioned.
The highlight of the show and probably the week as a whole was the final match-up between Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Tyler Bates for the United Kingdom Championship. Despite this match essentially being a marketing tool for the upcoming United Kingdom Championship weekly show on the WWE network, both men treated this as a big deal.
Gallagher, in particular, knows how to entertain a crowd both with his wrestling ability and his rather elaborate, performative style. If the sole purpose of this match was to encourage people to tune into the UK show on the network, it’s pretty safe to say the objective was achieved, and then some.
