There's been more than a few pay-per-views over the years where audiences have taken to Twitter with threats/empty promises to cancel their WWE Network subscription, but if indifference is more offensive to you than insanity, this match may have sent you racing for the direct debit details.
On the maiden episode of NXT UK, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate called out the rest of the roster to form teams to take them on for as-yet-unintroduced Tag Team Championships. Inherently stupid on its own terms - highlight how deep your roster is, not how shallow it is - the net result of the call-to-arms was this cobbled-together contest.
A laboured effort between four underwritten and underwhelming wrestlers didn't sell the potential excitement of an actual doubles league, nor the future trajectory of any of the four in the ring. Amir Jordan, Kenny Williams, Saxon Huxley and Joseph Conners have all been purpose-serving performers at one point or another in their respective careers, but this match suggests they don't have half a hope in this half-baked division.
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