10 Ups & 2 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Nov 20)
2. Ladder To Heaven
Though not quite able to match the IRL brutality of the Women's equivalent on last week's show, Adam Coe and Dominik Dijakovic nonetheless found yet another roof atop Full Sail to tear clean off in a powerful main event.
Dijakovic still appears to be finding out the exact wrestler he wants to be in these major encounters, especially when they're not against Keith Lee. His hybrid style benefits him when he's on top, but he doesn't particularly sell like a giant would when he's on defence. Fortunately, Adam Cole remains in career form to work around the small quirks.
It was all killer no filler in the second half of this relatively brief headliner, and Cole's briefcase-assisted win set up a mammoth final bump that saw his WarGames rival tumble backfirst through a ladder. It was as brilliantly gross as those spots always are.
Far from marking the end of the show, it was merely the beginning of the final slab of sh*thot drama.
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