The Forgotten Sons replacing Ever Rise via stage beating was good. Breezango coming to the ring as sexy workmen was great. The Forgotten Sons Vs Breezango was one giant down.
A television squash this might have been, but it wasn't a very good one, and there existed a prevailing sense of the wrong act were going over at the wrong time.
NXT's got a rich history for using former stars to prop up then promote newer acts, but this neither side suited those roles here. Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake have always been too believable as neglected goobers because that's exactly what they are, even if Jaxson Ryker is right out of Vince McMahon's fantasy airport. Conversely, Tyler Breeze and Fandango are still so good that they could easily be the solution to NXT Tag Team division problem, if only that seemed a priority to try and solve.
Skippable when nothing on the show should be, this was, lol, instantly forgettable.
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