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

1. Gallus Boys Still On Top

Uggh.

Calling Gallus vanilla is insulting to a perfectly good flavor that gets a bad rap. The trio are just cardboard – they’re sturdy, reliable and plain. There’s nothing outstanding or entertaining about them. They’re not even flashy or fun in the ring, just solid.

So of course, with Gallus facing the Creed Brothers in an NXT Tag Team Championship match, surely they’d see fit to end the Scottish experiment, right?

Wrong.

The Creeds had fans on their feet, particularly when Julius racked off eight(!) consecutive belly-to-belly suplexes on Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, each followed by a kip-up. They seemed to be closing in on the tag titles, especially when Ivy Nile helped neutralize Joe Coffey’s interference. But Ava stalked down to ringside and assaulted Ivy, distracting Julius long enough for him to eat Gallus’ finisher and fall to the champs.

And so, the Creeds lose a big title match – their fourth tag title match loss since losing the straps last fall – which can’t bode well for them. And Gallus gets to hold the tag titles in some weird living stasis where no one can get excited, except for the prospect of someone ripping the belts away from them.