6 Ups & 2 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Feb 7)
Chaos takes Center Stage.
After a brief sojourn in Philadelphia, WWE NXT returned to Atlanta's Center Stage Theater with another excellent show last night, delivering the usual mesh of purposeful character-building segments and good-to-great matches in 53 all-action minutes.
With the previous episode built primarily around TakeOver highlight packages, this one was all about moving on from Philly's aftermath. Johnny Gargano, Shayna Baszler, and others touched upon their varying fortunes that night, but most pushed forward in exciting new directions. For Gargano, that means a huge rematch that will change his career forever, regardless of the outcome, and for 'The Queen Of Spades,' it's asserting her position as the most feared woman in NXT.
The Undisputed Era's ongoing rivalry with Sanity bookended everything. NXT opened and closed in complete chaos, and while the six-man main event produced a definitive winner, bad blood still lingers. Elsewhere, we were treated to another squash match featuring the fast-rising Bianca Belair, Heavy Machinery's revenge on Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli, and brief words from Tyler Bate and Ember Moon.
A great show as always, but not without its (admittedly minor) flaws. Let's take a look at how it all went down...