10 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Sept 25)

By Michael Hamflett / September 26, 2019

3. Unknown Pleasures

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NXT has always been succinct and ruthlessly simple, sometimes at the expense of a bit of excitement on the show. It deserves credit for the various tricks it's employed over several years of proffering Sports Entertainment's most robust hour.

The "new stars in the stands" gimmick remains one of their safest quick wins, and cameras cutting to Chelsea Green and Deonna Purrazzo allowed the commentators and talents just long enough to build curiosity without having to remotely craft a story.

This would feel like a bigger issue as the show continued, but was just another case of the show operating at its economical best.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 65,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live.

Posted On: 26th Sep 2019

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