5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE NXT Battleground (Review)

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3. Heritage Dud

As someone who never watched NXT UK, this writer was curious how the Heritage Cup rules would play out on television. As a concept, it seemed interesting, but there was always a decent chance that it would fall flat and bore fans to tears.

The Heritage Cup title match between Noam Dar and Dragon Lee didn’t bore fans in attendance at all, but as a concept, it just didn’t feel like it worked. The rounds, with 20-second breaks in between each, slowed the action down just enough, and there wasn’t much strategy incorporated into it.

The fans in attendance were hot for a lot of the action, but they would have been just as hot – or even more excited – for a simple 2/3 falls match rather than a six-round match with a bunch of other extracurriculars with cornermen.

Call this a noble experiment that really needs some tweaks if it’s going to have a future on WWE programming. Otherwise, this is going to have a short shelf life.