One performer will emerge from it a star - more on that later - but otherwise, it is doomed. It is a deranged show that still conspires to be boring. Like, what the f*ck are we even doing here? An ancient Chinese warrior has just been repackaged as a narcoleptic wearing a pair of pyjamas. NXT 2.0 is NXT Redemption without realising that it's taking the piss out of itself.

The ratings are a disaster, and why wouldn't they be: it is a nonsensical sh*t-show that features a smattering of terrible one-dimensional characters working three minute matches that won't do a bloody thing to develop them.Īdrenaline junkies, Golden Gloves champions, lotharios, social media influencers - and that's just Grayson Waller.Įlsewhere, Grizzled Young Veterans are thieves, Duke Hudson is a poker player, and Dakota Kai is da Joker baybee. Watched primarily by geezers in rocking chairs who presumably do the honk honk hand gesture whenever Toxic Attraction are on screen, NXT 2.0 has failed dismally to reach the intended 18-49 demographic. The Forbidden Door to New Japan Pro Wrestling did open (1), and while the ongoing pandemic prevented the tippy-top stars from appearing on Dynamite, the dads worked violent crowd-pleasing bangers against Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson. Incredibly - this was pure pipe dream desire on your writer's part - WWE did drop a major annual PPV from the calendar (2). 'Caldwell's TNA No Surrender PPV results 9/5: Ongoing 'virtual time' coverage of live PPV Angle vs. Sami Zayn didn't jump to AEW (3), but in a far more shocking development, Bryan Danielson did, so let's take half a point for that. Hangman Page didn't kick out of the One-Winged Angel (4), but he did capture the World Championship from Kenny Omega at Full Gear. Perhaps booking soulless matches in a dungeon with a serial killer babyface was exponentially dumber than people realised.īray Wyatt's main event run did come to an end (5), as did his WWE career. The card only drew 290 fans (down from 598 the night prior at the same venue). New Japan Pro Wrestling ran the second show of its Road to Power Struggle at Korakuen Hall on Tuesday. Triple H was removed from NXT creative (7), and he was replaced by Bruce Prichard (6). WWE released its pay-per-view schedule for 2022, although it is not complete with shows to be added for February and October of next year. Vince Russo didn't return to WWE (9), and naturally couldn't leave after three months (8).but give it time. AEW Dynamite didn't beat WWE RAW regularly in 2021 (10), but it did win over two consecutive weeks.

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