8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2022

5. The Energy Of That Ambulance Match

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 Julius Creed Damon Kemp
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Normally, the old timey rasslin' 'Ambulance Match' is hit or miss. It relies on the wrestlers involved having stakes to keep fans invested and it needs them to work with energy from the opening bell. Take a bow Damon Kemp and Julius Creed, because you both managed that.

These boys were out to prove a point.

Yeah, it was strange of WWE to have two 'shut your opponent inside this' gimmicks on the same show, but this medical mauling was 100x better than the story coffin bout between Apollo Crews and Grayson Waller from earlier on the card. In fact, it was one of the better ambulance scraps this writer has ever seen.

Credit must go to Vic and Booker for constantly putting across the story - Julius was fighting for his brother Brutus' NXT future, and there was also the not-so-tiny fact that Kemp had mucked up the Diamond Mine stable too.

What an effort from this duo.

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