14 Ups & 0 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Oct 16)
7. The NeverEnding Story
WWE.com
Your writer would welcome Dominik Dijakovic and Keith Lee fighting every single week if the former's name wasn't so f*cking hard to type every time, but the stress headache from the spellchecker has nothing on the punishment these two seem to enjoy enduring against one another.
Lacking an explosiveness of their last encounter, this was actually slightly smarter - perhaps in response to the off-kilter Twitter digs by The Revival and Buddy Murphy. In truth, they needn't have worried about those dissenting voices - the two know each other, know how to nearly kill each other, and know how to leave crowds breathless by the end.
An end deprived by Roderick Strong, the absolute piece of sh*t, who decked them both to trigger a disqualification and avoid a title defence. The triple threat solution from Regal was predictable, but kudos to the booking for still keeping Lee/Dijakovic all tied up.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
