🇬🇧 💛 UK/NXT Thread 01/16/19: When Four Becomes Two

[Steveweiser]

Work Rate Wednesday is halved this week, as 205 Live has moved back to Tuesday nights...

NXT UK - 3/2c

*Ligero vs. Saxon Huxley
*Isla Dawn vs. Jinny
*Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster vs. The European Union (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel)

Plus all the fallout from NXT UK Takeover with the arrival of WALTER and new champions Toni Storm and the Grizzled Young Veterans!

NXT - 8/7c

*Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Metro Brothers (Chris Metro & JC Metro)
*Dominik Dijakovic vs. Adrian Jaoude
*Johnny Gargano vs. Humberto Carrillo
*Keith Lee vs. Kassius Ohno

In addition, we will hear from the Number One Contender for the NXT Women's Championship, the UN-DE-FEA-TED Bianca Belair, as she sets her sights towards Shayna Baszler in Phoenix - will the Queen of Spades respond?

All this and more on the Award Winning WWE Network!

[lionheart21]

Kind of a weak card this week, but Gargano/Carrillo should be a damn good match

[Steveweiser]

Updated as WWE Network changed the schedule to include a new episode of NXT UK!

[Hypnosis]

Jan 16, 2019 7:45:05 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

*Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Metro Brothers (Chris Metro & JC Metro)

The sequel!

[Steveweiser]

Ligs and Huxley first, we were just getting settled at the time...

[Steveweiser]

"Let's all go to Tesco's where Jinny buys her best clothes..."

[lionheart21]

Jinny continues to impress

[Steveweiser]

It's Banks vs. Devlin next week!

[Steveweiser]

Great main event between the Welsh Lads and European Union. Shit was popping off live in the building when that was going on.

[Bang Bang Bart]

The Metro Brothers apparently big fans of Deuce & Domino.

[Bang Bang Bart]

I appreciate Black’s promo not fading to black because he didn’t say “fade to black”.

[Hypnosis]

LARIAT!  

Nice gesture to his long-lost British brother.

[Hypnosis]

The War Raiders, fresh off training with The Companions in Skyrim.

[Hypnosis]

Can they bring Ricardo back to announce Carrillo to the ring?  He deserves it more than Del Rio ever did.

[Hypnosis]

Ohno with the Nakamura Special on Keith Lee.

[hbkid718]

Here are the facts for NXT UK:
- Ligero VS Saxon Huxley was Ligero’s 2nd week in a row in the NXT UK opener & was Huxley’s 1st NXT UK match & opener of 2019
- Isla Dawn VS Jinny was Dawn’s 2nd week in a row on NXT UK & was Couture’s 1st NXT UK since January 2
- Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster VS The European Union was Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel’s 1st NXT UK since January 2 & their 1st main event of 2019 & was Andrews & Webster’s 2nd week in a row in the NXT UK main event

Here are the facts of NXT:
- The Street Profits VS The Metro Brothers was Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford, Chris & JC Metro’s 1st NXT match & opener of 2019, & was The Metro Brothers’ 1st NXT match since they lost to War Raiders on April 18, 2018
- Dominic Dijakovic VS Adrian Jaoude was both Dijakovic & Jaoude’s 1st NXT match of 2019 & Jaoude’s 1st NXT match overall since he lost to Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan on September 12, 2018
- Humberto Carrillo VS Johnny Gargano was both Carrillo & Gargano’s 1st NXT match of 2019 & Carrillo was the 1st wrestler of 2019 to compete on 205 Live & NXT in the same week
- Keith Lee VS Kassius Ohno was Lee’s 1st NXT match of 2019, Ohno’s 1st NXT match since January 2, both wrestler’s 1st NXT main event of 2019, & Ohno was the 1st wrestler to compete in 2 matches on NXT in 2019
- This was the 1st NXT of 2019 to not have a Women’s Match

[brettappedout (BLM)]

NXT UK
Huxley looked good tonight. Just switching to black trunks helps his overall look alot. He's a guy that really should benefit from the UK PC.

Isla "I'm Scottish Ember Moon except Ember is actually exciting to watch" Dawn actually lost! Praise Papa H!

Webster & Andrews vs. Barthel & Aichner was really really good. It's amazing how much more likable Webster &  Andrews are as a tag team rather than singles guys in my eyes. Also Barthel and Aichner are a great team as well.

NXT
I've always liked the Street Profits, but I like the new swag . I don't like The Proud Bo......I mean Forgotten Sons however.

Belair/Shayna segment was good. Belair was clearly nervous, but her first in ring promo was solid in my opinion. Baszler has got better on the mic aswell.

Loved the War Raiders vignette. It's was kind of cheesy, but they're legitimately into the Viking culture so it works for them as it's believable.

Really fun match between Gargano and Humberto.

Awesome hard hitting match between Ohno and Lee. I like the finish as it's a part of Ohno's tail spin into having to win storyline.

[mistery]

So just some feedback on the Bianca/Shayna promo from NXT.

If they are trying to turn Bianca into the female version of Velveteen Dream, they aren't doing a good job of it. She came across as intensely dis-likable. And both women are full fledged heels, and I really hope Shayna retains so she can drop it to an actual babyface at New York.

[BlackoutCreature]

I'm still not feeling Dijakovic. I figured with all the time they had him at the Performance Center before putting him on TV was to help him develop a personality or character or something. Instead he shows up and he's just the same generic bland tall guy he was when he left ROH.

[Bang Bang Bart]

What even is Dijakovic's character? MMA guy?