15 Ups & 6 Downs For WWE NXT In 2019
"The stars don't even matter, I wanna be next to you. Black & Gold, Black & Gold"
If you're a fan of NXT already, you'll not need yet another piece telling you how the black-and-gold brand is the most fantastic thing going today. But here's one anyway.
It's a show so fantastic that there simply wasn't enough time to pontificate on everything ace about 2019's output.
If you're short on ideas of what to watch but long on time, treat yourself to the WWE Network archives for any of the following; The rise of Damian Priest from bizarre Ring Of Honor signee to future TakeOver pop generator in under six months. Kassius Ohno's return from England as the UK's greatest export and future Performance Center coach that knows he's a future Performance Center coach. Adam Cole using a TakeOver: Prime Target camera crew to shoot his humbling of Johnny Gargano's family and friends ahead of their final fight in Toronto. The Prime Target series in general, in fact, for how it effortlessly blended work and shoot for the good of a product fans remain willing to play along for. The mind-melting show-opening/Io Shirai entrance from semi-regular collaborator Poppy that can be found above and below this introduction.
And so on, and on, and on.
The Wednesday Night War welcomed scrutiny on arguably the most consistent brand of pro wrestling in the whole world, and it remained near-perfect to its followers and begrudgingly excellent even to those fundamentally opposed to the ethos the parent company controlling it.
Near-perfect...