6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE NXT UK (22 April)
2. Gallus Boys On Top
While not quite the same caliber of match that WALTER vs. Rampage Brown was, Eddie Dennis vs. Joe Coffey was still a banger of a match.
What helped here is that neither The Hunt nor the rest of Gallus accompanied their respective pals to ringside, instead allowing Dennis and Coffey to work a genuinely memorable hoss fight. A mixture of technical prowess and pure big beefy boys knocking lumps out, this is worth going out of your way to watch.
It started off hot following a Joe Coffey Pounce, and things only got better from here, aside from one or two dreary rest holds in the middle of the match. Eddie catching a mid-run ‘Iron Man’ with a swinging uranage was a solid spot, as was Joe Coffey’s match-winning combination of a twisting cross body, the Glasgow Sendoff, and the All The Best For The Bells discus lariat. One of those was enough for the win, let alone all three; the Glasgow Sendoff, in particular, is a class manoeuvre.
A post-match brawl also involving Primate, Tyson T-Bone, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang brought with it the announcement of a six-man tag match for next Thursday. Just let them work a similar match to this, and you’re sorted. This was outstanding.