6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE NXT Spring Breakin' (30 April - Results & Review)
Trick's first promo as champ; a former champion returns; NXT Underground charm continues.
For any NXT fans who went into Tuesday night wondering which week of Spring Breakin’ would be better, there was little doubt by the end of the program: last week’s offering easily topped this week’s show.
NXT’s two-week television special wrapped up Tuesday with a middling effort that included a few really fun segments and some decent-to-good wrestling. It also featured bad angles – both backstage and in the ring – subpar matches and tropes that caused some to roll their eyes at the screen.
Whereas last week ended on the high note of Trick Williams finally capturing the NXT Championship, this week’s show saw an entire division reduced to bad-faith misogyny and a debut that probably should have been pushed back a few months rather than learning in front of a national audience, warts and all.
Still, at two hours with segments flying at a quicker pace than Raw, this felt refreshing at times. It’s unclear if this is due to NXT also having shorter matches and more backstage foolishness to break things up a bit, but it feels perfectly fine to rate this as about a C/C-. The surprise return genuinely boosted the show tremendously, if only for the vibe it created.
Let’s get to it…