6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE NXT UK (Nov 7)
2. Positive Tension
Zack Gibson's pedestrian squash victory over Amir Jordan wasn't the story emerging out of the scouse rabble-rouser's latest appearance for NXT UK - his impending match against one of the brand's biggest stars was.
Trent Seven occupies a weird space somewhere in between his two megastar mates and the rest of the NXT UK rank-and-file. Like Triple H in the first version D-Generation-X or Mark Henry in the last version of The Nation Of Domination, he's defined more by who he hangs around with than what he gets up to by himself.
His allegiances and occasional great matches have at least built an aura around him enough for somebody like Gibson to bulldoze through en route to an eventual scrap with Pete Dunne.
The pair have been to war before, but Gibson hasn't given up his chase of a title he should probably take if 'The Bruiserweight' is ever permitted to exit a brand he's blatantly far, far too big for. Gibson comprehensively beating the weathered veteran of WWE's vision of the UK scene can only help him on his angry path back to Pete.