3. Promo Classes For Christmas
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Yes, hello, it's me. The man who honestly thinks in his secret heart that NXT gets let down by the lack of searing promo work. For skeptics I ask simply that you list five matches that you have absolutely loved since the move to the USA Network and then, once you've done that, asked you to do the same for promos. You're doing it now and you're struggling to think of two.
However, we returned from the Christmas break to a deluge of backstage and in-ring work designed to set us up for future feuds. Toni Storm, in particular, sounded vastly improved from a time when her promos were getting shared around social media with captions like "lol wtf is this??", and Bianca Belair's Man Girls reference naturally drew big pops from the crowd.
The backstage segments hyping the main event were also big hits, with Kieth Lee and Cameron Grimes both feeling like potential winners after theirs, and Dominic Dijakovic bringing a believable threat to his despite looking a little mad talking to a wall. Oh, and Matt Riddle telling the story of how "The Bro-serweights" came together? More of this stuff in future, please.
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