6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE NXT UK (Nov 7)

by Michael Hamflett

1. Two More Years

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If Pete Dunne isn't permanently entrenched in a main roster programme in a year's time, WWE are actively sabotaging his career for the good of gains now too small to give a sh*t about.

If Danny Burch isn't promoted alongside Oney Lorcan from NXT to the Monday Night Raw tag division in a year's time, the company really did give up the veneer of giving a sh*t themselves when they handed a one of the belts to a ten-year-old at WrestleMania.

Hard-hitting, believable, and brilliant, Dunne Vs Burch was stupendous big fight on a small show. A league above the entire brand, the match wouldn't have looked out of place on a TakeOver event, and took the place of Dunne's last match on the show as the best in the short history the brand.

It's an Up because of course it's an Up, but it does make watching the rest of the show a bit of a downer, in truth. WWE have no choice but to show audiences the best of what the UK project has to offer, but the gap between this and the lower card remains fatally huge.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett