9 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Sept 18)

By Michael Hamflett / November 14, 2019

Ups...

9. A Whole New World

For all Triple H's opening smacked of his desperation to put himself at the front and centre of a new movement, what followed was a wonderful shot of the place where so much of the magic has occurred.

Full Sail University (in spite of certain faulty fans dotted throughout) has been a vital ingredient in NXT's reimagining of the WWE landscape, and looked magnificent here. Enhanced slightly from the usual set-up, a few gentle changes made the show look TV-ready, justifying exactly why it was far better to debut the event here than in one of the typical venues the company so often homogenises.

This was the "NXT Arena" and felt every bit like a home base.