5 Ups And Downs For WWE NXT Takeover: Rival

By Scott Carlson /

2. When Monsters Collide€ Again

Third verse, same as the first, and the second. Rival€™s lone down match was the no-DQ battle between rising star Baron Corbin and €œNXT wrecking ball€ Bull Dempsey. It€™s admirable that NXT spent the past several months trying to get both men over as unbeatable monsters, but while Corbin has an undeniable look and has slowly been taking on better competition, Dempsey has continued to beat no-name wrestlers. At Rival, the two men clashed for the third time. Corbin won the first two matches convincingly, so to make this bout look competitive, Dempsey cost Corbin a match in the NXT Championship number one contender€™s tournament (after Baron had beaten Bull in an earlier round). While Dempsey beat on Corbin for a few minutes in a dull, plodding match, Baron pulled out the victory suddenly, hopefully ending this feud and sending Dempsey back to his time machine.Seriously, Dempsey is cast a throwback-type wrestler, but he looks like an 80s WWF jobber. Drop him onto Superstars getting beat by Koko B. Ware and he€™d fit right in.