6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT UK (18 March)

Downs...

4. It's Boss Time

This whole Xia Brookside being the boss of Nina Samuels angle is dire booking. The entire purpose is that Samuels is supposed to be getting a taste of her own medicine, but instead, you sort of feel sympathetic towards her because Brookside is an unreasonable boss. It doesn't make sense.

Their penultimate week together saw Brookside training at the UK Performance Center, ordering Nina to change the weights she was using, fill up her water bottle, and clean up the bucket of chalk after she intentionally kicked it over. This sort of angle never, ever works when it's the babyface who's berating the heel. If they're so much of a good person, why would they feel the need to rule over someone else, regardless of their history?

A minor Down, but a Down nonetheless. Thank f*ck this should be ending after next Thursday.