5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT UK (Oct 31)
2. Mixed Doubles
Skipping ahead to week two, Moustache Mountain's Week One challenge was answered for the first time as Tony Bone and Tony Bone teamed up to lose to the duo in a match so predictable it bordered on depressing.
A direct result of the problematic first Down in this article, Saxon Huxley was dead weight before the bell even rang for both the live crowd and those watching along at home. A weak guy had been beaten by the stronger team's weaker guy - there was little to cling on to here unless you really really enjoyed the same best bits of the Tyler Bate match the week before.
Moustache Mountain are currently trapped in a wrestling vortex that once stopped Mike Awesome from becoming the industry's breakout star. The former ECW Champion was too huge to be the Cruiserweight he was capable of, but too small to be super-heavyweight in Vince McMahon's land of the giants.
In status rather than size, Bate and Seven (as a team, and Bate as a solo) are so far beyond belonging on this show it almost feels like Triple H has brought some imports over to sell out the house, possibly because he's unsure if they can hang on NXT or WWE's main roster. And with Tag Team Championships on the horizon, it's hard to see them going anywhere anytime soon.