6 Ups And 4 Downs From NXT Roadblock 2023

Downs…

4. Chase U Drama Drags On

NXT loves its little dramatic storylines. Some of them hit, and some sometimes miss the mark.

The Chase U/Schism storyline is a baffling one of corruption and rambling promos from one side, and a fake university from the other. It can only exist in the NXT universe. And yet, it still manages to work most weeks.

But this week’s offering didn’t work all that well. After Andre Chase lost to Joe Gacy (thanks to Thea Hail inadvertently distracting her professor) in a lackluster match, Duke Hudson blew up at everyone, calling Chase U pathetic and a joke before storming off.

It wasn’t terrible by any stretch, but it feels like the story direction shifts every so slightly week to week. Plus, the Schism is just painful in general, so this gets a “down.”

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.