Monday Night Raw Review 10.3.22

Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of Monday Night Raw live from St. Paul, Minnesota.

We start off with the Judgement Day on the mic as Finn Balor says he will beat Edge in their upcoming I

Quit Match at Extreme Rules, Damian Priest vows to take out anyone who comes for them, and Dominik

gets a WHO’S YOUR DADDY chant. Dominik plays to the crowd and says Rhea is, while saying he hates

his father Rey Mysterio and how the Judgement Day is his new family. Balor says he could have taken

out Edge previously last week, which AJ Styles comes in with the interruption and here we go with the

first match. (Great way to start off RAW and really give the Judgement Day a chance to shine and take

the WHO’S YOUR DADDY heat and make it work, Eddie would be proud.)

We have the Judgement Day v. Styles/Rey Mysterio match which was fairly decent with Judgement Day

getting the W with Balor hitting the Coup de Grace on Styles with help from interference from Rhea and

Dominik on Mysterio. Post match Styles confronts Rey and shoves him down only for the Judgement Day

to come in and beat Styles up. (This could lead to how Styles may join the Judgement Day, which l

wouldn’t be against.)

We cut to Bobby Lashley who says he is happy to be US Champion and he’s ready to defend the title

against any one next week. Mustafa Ali comes out and says he wants a chance right now. Lashley just

brushes him off so Ali spins him back around and pokes him in his chest. That seems to be enough to get

Lashley’s attention for a title match. (Lashley has been needing a proper program for his US title run,

and Ali who is a very under-rated wrestler needs to have a proper feud of his own. This can be beneficial

for both sides, and l’m all for it.)

We cut to a segment that includes Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa as Sami is telling a story

about a couch being on a fire. Jey Uso comes in serious and says they’re here to tell everyone that

Roman Reigns will be here next week as they run into the Street Profits who look unimpressed. (well, l

think they could have just done an announcement for the Tribal Chief to show up next week instead of a

tv segment but l digress.)

Next up is our match between Lashley v. Ali in a non-title match. (This should have been a title match!).

Great match between the two as Lashley gets the win over Ali via the Hurt Locker and Ali passed out.

(For me, l felt this should have been booked differently giving Ali a surprise win over Lashley and setting

up a proper program. It made no sense to have Ali come out for a title shot and Lashley wins in

dominating fashion.)

Post match Lashley seems like he will help Ali up, but Rollins comes out and does the Stomp on both Ali

and Lashley as Rollins remains in the ring and cuts a promo for his match with Riddle and their Fight Pit

match at Extreme Rules. Riddle comes out and they both talking until UFC fighter Daniel Cormier comes

on screen and says he will be the guest referee for their Fight Pit match. Rollins mentions Riddle and his

family issues and Riddle well, insults Seth Rolling’s breath. (Not a bad segment as finally a match fitting

extreme rules PPV between two great wrestlers should make for an interesting match.)

Candice LeRae gets a pep talk from Asuka/Belair/Bliss as we see another QR code comes up. (This White

Rabbit thing is gaining so much traction it makes the segment between the women almost

unimportant.)

Miz is on the phone and wants Dexter Lumis out of his life before next week because it’s his b-day

celebration coming up. Only to see Lumis opens the door behind him but Miz doesn’t see it while Miz is

trying to find Ciampa. (I hope this leads to something, because how many times are we going to watch

Lumis kidnap Miz unless this is going somewhere.)

Next up we have Dakota Kai vs. Candice LeRae in a fairly decent match as due to interference from

Damage Control allows Kai to get the W over LeRae.

Gargano finds Miz who is out cold only to wake him up and Miz has a drawing of himself and Lumis on

his chest to which Miz takes off. (Again, this needs to go somewhere with this angle.)

Bayley says she is excited to sign a contract in her match against Bianca BelAir tonight and say bad things

are coming while the announcement team acknowledges the passing of legend Antonio Inoki.

Our next match is Otis vs. Gargano which was an ok match between the two, as Otis with interference

from Theory via a briefcase shot to Gargano which allows Otis to hit the World’s Strongest Slam for the

W. Post match Brawn Strowman comes out for the save and begins the next match.

Braun Strowman v. Chad Gable is next in which Strowman wins in domination fashion via boot to the

face and powerbomb for the W.

We cut to Lashley swearing vengeance on Rollins. (Well this seems like this will predict something will

happen at Extreme Rules but still, l wish Ali got more than a single match and is now an afterthought.)

Bayley and Bianca Bel Air are in the ring for their contract signing. Bayley says for all the times Bianca

was cheered for, her accomplishments as really Bayley’s accomplishments. Belair says Bayley is showing

the world the real her as Bianca says you will still call her champ after Extreme Rules. Bayley says that

Damage Control will be in her corner Saturday as we cut to the back. We Sky and Kai beating up Asuka

and Bliss in the back which allows Bayley to try to get a cheap shot on Belair but Belair fight Bayley off

and runs to the back to assist. Bliss helping Asuka says she wants Sky tonight.

We cut back to the match of Angelo Dawkins v. Solo Sikoa with The bloodline at ringside and Montez

Ford in a cast (is he injured?). Not a bad match as due to interference from Sami and Jey, Sikoa gets the

win over Dawkins hitting the Spinning Solo.

Quick segment of Theory being happy with Otis and promises to take out Gargano on Smackdown.

Edge comes out and cuts a promo about his upcoming match with Balor which was really good, but its

Edge do we really expect anything less?

We have our final match of the night with Alexa Bliss v. Iyo Sky with Damage Control and Bianca BelAir

ringside. Not a bad match between the two as Damage Control interferes which allows Sky to get the W

over Bliss via moonsault. Post match Asuka who is hurt comes down with a kendo stick but Damage

Control beats down all three and poses on the ladder with the titles to end the show.

Overall, it’s a solid go home show for RAW before Extreme Rules, with a lot of great scheduled matches.

The only thing l would point out is that Lashley needs a good feud and Ali could have been the answer to

that, but the immediate dismissal post match makes no sense. Some wrestlers deserve a push and not

be used as a stepping stone for others but that’s just me. My rating for this RAW edition is 3 ½ chair

shots out of 5. Peace!

Written by Will Buchanon

Be sure to subscribe to the Blerd's Eyeview YouTube page or Facebook page for more gems like this and other geek entertainment news!  Just follow the link!!

https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Remember to Educate yourself and others. Entertain yourself and others and most of all Encourage yourself and others!

-Chris Fury

 Be sure to like, share and subscribe to all social platforms that Blerd's Eyeview is on and be sure to drop a comment! https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Hey Y’all! Will here with my review of WWE Monday Night Raw for 10/10/22, live from New York City,

New York. Let’s get into it.

This is the season premiere of RAW (Again, for a weekly episodic show that has no off-season how in the

world is this a season premiere but l digress) We see Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg, and X-Pac are in the

back and talking to HHH as he is in the gorilla position with headset on. Triple H is telling his old DX

buddies to be nice but in true DX fashion more than likely there will be swearing, anatomy jokes and

probably a rubber chicken or two. Yeah it’s going to be that kind of night.

We get introduced to the new commentary team of Kevin Patrick with alum Corey Graves. (Not mad

about it, Michael Cole couldn’t fill the void good Ol’ JR left but let’s see how it goes)

We start off with the bloodline in the ring and Sami Zayn post the Logan Paul segment from Smackdown

last week. (Still trying their hardest to hype up a match no one asked for) in which Sami and Jey are still

at each other’s throats, and the crowd is behind Sami at this rate. Riddle comes in to interrupt to which

he says he wants another shot at Reigns to which Reigns polls the audience and responds with… “nah” (I

have to admit that was pretty funny). Riddle asked who wants to step up & Jey volunteers Sami for an

impromptu match. (I’m really surprised that Riddle is being inserted into something else so quickly post

his Fight Pit match with Rollins at Extreme Rules).

After a long recap of Extreme Rules (that no one asked for) we begin our first match of the night with

Austin Theory v. Johnny Gargano. Not a long match as Gargano gets the W over Theory with One Final

Beat. (Not really sure what they will do with Theory, the fact he has a MITB case and yet hasn’t

capitalized l’m just surprised he’s being utilized to just jobber status at the moment.)

Next up we have Rey Mysterio v. Chad Gable in which was another kind of short but not really long

match as Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio are watching the match. Rey gets the W over Gable with a

610 followed by a slingshot splash for W. However, the more interesting thing is what happens post

match. Rhea and Dominik go after Mysterio in the ring with Dominik daring his father to hit him until

with Rhea’s assistance, Dominik gets in a 619 of his own on his father. (If the idea was to keep the feud

with the Judgement Day going, it’s not really working trying to get the whole father/son thing going and

it just feels flat.)

We come back to Judgement Day in the ring and they begin to brag about what they have accomplished,

including making Edge say I quit, Balor seems to be very elated regarding that. They do a quick recap of

the I quit match from Extreme Rules and Balor says it’s time for AJ Styles to make a decision. To which AJ

Styles comes in and says he needs some friends to help him there and as he goes to shake Balor’s hands

he says that’s not who he was referring to. The OC music hits and out comes Gallows and Anderson (The

Club, Good Brothers, etc.) and they clear the ring along with Styles with the Judgement Day retreating.

(Well, you can tell Triple H is definitely in charge by who they are bringing back)

We got to Damage Ctrl who is still mad about Bayley’s loss to Bianca Belair at Extreme Rules and

promises revenge. They announce that Bayley will have a match later with Candice LeRae.

We get a quick segment to where the Bloodline is about to hit the down and Reigns tells Jey to hang

back and make sure Zayn wins his match. Cue the face of just disgust and expired pig feet.

We get our match of Bayley vs. Candice LeRae which for a moment looked it was all Bayley until Candice

countered a rose plant from Bayley into an inside cradle for the W. Post match the rest of Damage Ctrl

comes out to beat down Candice while Bianca Belair tries to come down for the save but succumbs to

Damage Ctrl as they stand over them. (Not really sure of where they are going with this, Damage Ctrl is

losing matches but still wins the beat downs post match, this would be a perfect time to introduce a

women’s trios championship, just saying Triple H.)

It’s the Miz’s b-day celebration but Miz is worried about Dexter Lumis ruining his special day. Maryse

gives Miz his first gift, and it’s a baseball bat. So we move forward with the Miz’s celebration in which

Maryse gives a him a signed baseball bat, and then with one present as Miz unwraps it, he sees the head

of one Dexter Lumis. After a short scuffle, Miz and Maryse leave the ring while Dexter eats cake. (And

that my friends is how instead of giving us another 10-minute match, we have a failed segment that

goes nowhere. This needs to go somewhere, expeditiously.)

We cut to DX giving a couple of guys a pep talk before they face Omos (yay local talent) before Miz and

Maryse come in and demand something to be done about Lumis. Shawn Michaels believes Miz did

something to Lumis to cause all this but Miz says he will do anything to get rid of him. Road Dogg

suggest a match between them next with a stipulation. If Miz wins, Lumis is gone from WWE but if Lumis

wins he will get Miz’s stabbed balls, and a WWE contract. (So it’s a career v. stabbed balls/wwe contract

match, really thinking outside the box creative department)

Next we have Omos v. local NY talent and by the time you checked on your fantasy football team, Omos

wins in dominant fashion. (as JR used to say, he doesn’t get paid by the hour, l mean we have seen

weeks of squash matches by Omos, either put him up against Strowman or someone because this is

getting old really fast)

So we have Bobby Lashley in the ring before his US title match with Seth Rollings and he’s naming

people he’s beaten in his career, until he gets to Brock Lesnar who comes out and F5 to Lashley, German

Suplex, another F5, and a Kimura lock on Lashley before leaving laying out in the ring. (Great Lesnar is

back, and decided to take a shot at Lashley.) We come back and Lashley is being checked on by the refs

and medics and comes out Rollins who says Lashley calls himself a soldier but really he is a disgrace to

his country. Welp, somebody ring the bell.

So we have our US title match with Rollins v. a less than 100% Bobbly Lashley defending. Rollins

capitalizing on the injured Lashley went after his arm to set up not one, but two stomps by Rollins to get

the W and become the new US champion. Lashley swears vengeance and wants Brock Lesnar in a match

next week. (It would have been better if the match occurred and Lesnar interrupted and caused Lashley

to lose his title then you have a better booking.)

Then we have a Bray Wyatt sighting telling us to revel in what we are. (Honestly, either wrestle or start

your faction or something because the weeks of QR code, your reveal at Extreme Rules, something

needs to happen than just vignettes)

Oh and Elias will be back next week, so l guess that’s nice.

We get our match of Riddle vs Sami Zayn with the Usos at ringside. Even with all the interference from

the Usos and Sami hitting a lot of moves, Riddle finishes Zayn for the W with an RKO. (That should make

for an interesting time on Smackdown this week)

Then we get the DX 25 th year celebration as they come in on the tank/jeep with X-Pac, Road Dogg,

Michaels, and Triple H. Of course X-Pac is glad to be there (where else would he be), gets a quick out to

Chyna. Road Dogg does the New Age Outlaw intro and the crowd does Billy Gunn’s part. Triple H says it

was 25 years ago when they debuted and Shawn asked if the fan will put them out of their misery

they’re out here again in another 25 years, and that was it. (This is a part where l wish this should have

been just a video package. We get the nostalgia pops, and for a lot of us we grew up with DX but l think

it’s finally time we let go of DX, chops and all because that segment was good and terrible.)

So with that season premiere of RAW, there seemed to be a lot of tv segments, and puff pieces but the

matches were definitely great, and the DX reunion, that needs to be the last one. My rating for this

week’s RAW is 3 chair shots out of 5. Peace.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Written by Will Buchanon

Be sure to subscribe to the Blerd's Eyeview YouTube page or Facebook page for more gems like this and other geek entertainment news!  Just follow the link!!

https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Remember to Educate yourself and others. Entertain yourself and others and most of all Encourage yourself and others!

-Chris Fury

 Be sure to like, share and subscribe to all social platforms that Blerd's Eyeview is on and be sure to drop a comment! https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

ut

Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of WWE Raw for 10.31.22. Let’s get into it

We start off with a Non-title match between Bianca Belair v. Nikki Cross (finally we dropped the A.S.H.

gimmick, it only took a year plus) in a decent match as Nikki is back to her deranged gimmick and the

offensive move set that comes with it. However, Bianca does what she does best, show up and show out

in the match as well. It was fairly decent till Damage CTRL came down to interfere and Cross was able to

fight some off but runs into Bianca’s KOD as BelAir gets the win. Post-match Damage CTRL jumps BelAir

as Asuka and Alexa Bliss run to the ring to lay out Damage CTRL and stand tall with BelAir in the ring.

(Great match before the interruption but we’ve done this before, we’ve seen the six-woman tag match,

and it seems Damage CTRL seems to be in everything with everyone. It needs a refresh, either have the

tag team titles on the line or dare l say put Bianca’s title run in jeopardy but something needs to

change.)

We get a video recap of the events between Lesnar and Lashley over the last couple of weeks (Well,

when you got 3 hours you have to fill it up somehow)

We go backstage as Bianca, Asuka, and Alexa Bliss are being interview about their feud with Damage

CTRL. Bianca talks about her Last Standing Match at Crown Jewel against Bayley (Blood PPV). Bliss then

says she and Asuka have a score to settle with the tag team champs Iyo and Dakota as they challenge

them to a tag team title match later on tonight. (Well, look at God. I would hope the actual title match

would be on PPV to hype up the blood PPV because having it on RAW unless they actually drop the title

would feel more like time filler but we will see.)

Then we get a satellite interview between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley but Lesnar is not there as

Bobby points it out. Lesnar’s music hits and he heads to the ring, saying he didn’t come for an interview,

he came to fight. Lashley meets him in the ring and the two began to brawl as the locker room, referees,

and even Triple H comes down to separate the two, with threats that their match is off if they touch

each other again. (Well, if you want to hype up a match that’s about 20 years too late l guess that’s the

best way to do it.)

We get another non-title match between US Champ Seth Rollins and Mr. Money in The Bank Austin

Theory in a fairly decent match but kinda short, as Rollins counters a pin attempt by Theory which leads

into a stomp by Rollins for the win.

We go to the parking lot when an SUV pulls up and out comes the WWE Undisputed Champ Roman

Reigns, who comes to the ring and after saying to the crowd acknowledge him, he begins to talk about

his upcoming match with Logan Paul and how he will smash him in the match at Crown Jewel. The Miz’s

music hits and out comes the Miz who says he knows Logan Paul better than anyone and offers a deal

with Roman to help him with his stalker problem as Miz will help Roman with Paul. Roman lays out Miz

with a Superman punch to end to segment with Miz laid out. (This segment was amplified by the Ucey

gimmick Sami Zayn did on Smackdown and its starting to catch like wildfire, and it’s awesome.)

We come back to Miz in the trainer’s room holding ice on his face as he is being told Gargano will sit

down in an interview later tonight but Miz doesn’t care and wants his match with Ali tonight to be

cancelled. Ali comes in and says why does Miz want to cancel, when Ali is ready to go, since everything is

bigger in Texas, well almost everything. (Annnnnnndd, we’re back to the Miz and his balls… again. This is

the difference between Ucey and Miz’s balls, one got over naturally and one is being forced.) Miz

changes his mind and the match with Ali is on for later tonight.

Next up we get Damian Priest v. Karl Anderson in a short match, as Priest looks like he was setting up for

the Reckoning, but Anderson counters it into a backslide pin for the win. Post match the Judgement Day

and the OC brawl as Ripley low blows Gallows, Priest hits a Razor’s Edge on Styles, Balor hits the Coup

De Grace on Anderson, and Mysterio hits a Frog Splash on Styles as the Judgement Day stands tall over

the OC. (This needs to go to somewhere, we’re repeating last week just in reverse)

We then get a quick segment between Omos and MVP who addressed Braun Strowman’s comments

from Smackdown and MVP stated that he and Omos will be there at Smackdown this Friday with a

surprise for Strowman. (Let’s hope it’s a match because the slow build isn’t helping)

Then we get JBL coming to the ring saying it’s great to be back in Texas as he welcomes Baron Corbin

and begins to put him over as he tries to get heat off the crowd saying everyone knows the truth. Yet,

somehow R-Truth’s music hits and he comes to the ring with a horse and a cowboy hat. R-Truth comes

to the ring to tell Dallas a Happy Halloween as JBL says he looks ridiculous and R-Truth says JBL looks like

a hostile, steaming old man. (Creative, l know you shouldn’t mention Vincent McMahon, but since its

TV-14 now you could just say JBL looks like McMahon before his first lawsuit, that’s a shot). This allows

Corbin hit R-Truth from behind and hit End of Days on R-Truth. (l feel like this becoming a thing with R-

Truth who can deliver comedy gold but Corbin needs a feud, quickly. JBL on this promo tour gimmick

isn’t ready working here.)

We then get a Trick or Street Fight between Matt Riddle v. Otis. (Yes we were bound to have a holiday

themed match, although l miss the attitude bra and panties match but l digress). It was a hard hitting

match but a short one as Gable tried to jump in and clothesline Riddle in which Elias comes in and puts

Gable through a table and then slides a Jack of Latern over Otis’s head as he misses a Vader bomb which

leads to Riddle hitting the RKO on Otis for the win.

We saw Damage CTRL talking to Nikki Cross and Bayley is hyping up the tag team champs before their

upcoming match to remind them they are taking over the women’s division.

We then get the match between The Miz vs. Mustafa Ali in a really great match as Ali just shined in this

match and the Miz was definitely doing a great job of putting Ali over. During the match, Dexter Lumis

appears in the crowd and distracts Miz long enough for Ali to hit a superkick and then a 450 splash for

the win.

We then get the Gargano’s interview in which he states that the big secret between Dexter Lumis and

the Miz was that the Miz took advantage of Lumis’ financial situation and orchestrated the stalkings,

kidnappings, because the Miz was paying Lumis to do it. However, those payments must have ended

now that Lumis is coming for what he is owed. (So weeks of Lumis stalking, kidnapping Miz and the

bombshell may not have had the impact it did, if anything it feels like lazy creative writing)

We get our main event of the night as Women’s Tag Team titles are on the line with Damage CTRL vs.

Alexa Bliss and Asuka. Both Bayley and Belair are at ringside as well. Both teams definitely put on a lot of

offense however the turning point was when Bayley distracted the referee as it looks Asuka was going to

make Iyo tap out to the Asuka lock. Belair takes out Bayley. Sky tries to go for a moonsault as Asuka

avoids it and tags in Bliss who hits Twisted Bliss for the win and we have new women’s tag team champs

as the show ends. (Well, can’t say l didn’t call it, lol. As we are going into Crown Jewel, something

needed to change to refresh the feud as the only thing left would be the RAW Women’s title match,

now l would like to think that the title will not change hands overseas but this changing of tag team title

champs will hopefully send some part of Damage CTRL somewhere else.)

Overall, not a bad Halloween show, some segments weren’t needed, at the same time the Miz angle had

very little impact, and the Reigns segment did a lot more with a lot less. However, having Damage CTRL

drop the title refreshes the feud so not a bad show, my review for this episode of RAW is 3 ½ chair shots

out of 5.

Peace!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Written by Will Buchanan

Be sure to subscribe to the Blerd's Eyeview YouTube page or Facebook page for more gems like this and other geek entertainment news!  Just follow the link!!

https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Remember to Educate yourself and others. Entertain yourself and others and most of all Encourage yourself and others!

-Chris Fury

 Be sure to like, share and subscribe to all social platforms that Blerd's Eyeview is on and be sure to drop a comment! https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

ut

  In it's debut, The Sandman, A show based on writer Neil Gaiman's mysterious character. Garnered well over  127.5 million watch hours in it's first week debut. Placing it on Netflix's tTop Ten list at number one. Although it's not considered a "second season" Netflix has said that it will be renewed for  “more episodes and stories to be adapted
from multiple graphic novels.”  Creator Neil Gaiman says in a statement. “It gives me unbelievable pleasure to say that, working with Netflix and Warner Bros., Allan Heinberg, David Goyer and I will be bringing even more of The Sandman stories to life. There are some astonishing stories waiting for Morpheus and the rest of them (not to mention more members of the Endless Family to meet). Nobody is going to be happier about this than the Sandman cast and crew: they are the biggest Sandman fans there are. And now it’s time to get back to work. There’s a family meal ahead, after all. And Lucifer is waiting for Morpheus to return to Hell…”  The Sandman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Written by Chris Fury

Be sure to subscribe to the Blerd's Eyeview YouTube page or Facebook page for more gems like this and other geek entertainment news!  Just follow the link!!

https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Remember to Educate yourself and others. Entertain yourself and others and most of all Encourage yourself and others!

-Chris Fury

 Be sure to like, share and subscribe to all social platforms that Blerd's Eyeview is on and be sure to drop a comment! https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

ut

Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of NXT for 12.13.22 live from Orlando, Fl. Here we go.

Once we get past the recap from Deadline, We get some chatting between the two winners of the Iron

Survivor Matches, Roxanne Perez and Grayson Waller. Bron Breakker interrupts to say Perez will be the

next women’s champion and after Waller says he’s outsmart Breakker, Breakker chases him through the

crowd and Perez gets jumped by the current champion Mandy Rose. (Not a bad way to start the show,

introducing the contenders to the current champions to get build-ups going.)

JD McDonagh is getting checked out by Medical until the Creeds come in, and after some talking an

impromptu match is made between Brutus Creed v. JD McDonagh

We cut back to Roxanne Perez who wants she wants her title shot against Rose tonight and Rose

acknowledges it. (Well, that’s different but l like it)

After Stacks jumps Wes Lee, this eventually becomes a match between the two, with Lee eventually

getting the win over stack via a backflip kick to the head. Post match Dijak comes out to distract Lee,

allowing D’Angelo to jump Lee from behind. (So we’re still going with a triple threat for the North

American title. I would rather it be Dijak vs. West Lee because Stacks just fills like fluff and adds nothing

to the match.)

Chase U runs into Duke Hudson shaking hands with Drew Gulak. Andre Chase thinks Duke might enter

the transfer portal and even apologizes for last week. Hudson stated he is not going anywhere and is

ready for his match with Damon Kemp. (Maybe it just me but Chase U simply is not working.)

We then get a female tag team match between Tatum Paxley/Ivy Nile vs. Toxic Attraction. Kacy

Catanzaro and Katana Chance are at the commentary table, but eventually got into the match and

jumping Toxic Attraction causing the DQ. (Ok, l guess we’re laying groundwork for the next group to face

Toxic Attraction.)

Fallon Henley’s mom isn’t having a good day but Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen want her to be happy.

2023 will be their year. Carmelo Hayes says he would have won the Iron Survivor Challenge with five

more minutes, but Trick Williams shows him a shot of Axiom’s moonsault.

We then get a match between Odyssey Jones v. Von Wagner with Malik Blade, Edris Enfore, and Mr.

Stone at ringside. It wasn’t a squash match but had squash match feels as Endore’s distraction with a

kick to Wagner’s head, allowed Jones to hit a crossbody for the win.

Next match is Ikemen Jiro v. Javier Bernal in a short match, Jiro’s super hurricanrana set up for the

Ikemen slash for the W. Post match Scrypts jumps Jiro and steals the jacket. (Why in the world is Scrypts

still a thing!?)

Wendy Choo is happy Cora Jade lost the Iron Survivor Challenge because Jade is bad. Choo even talks

about the evolution of her drink throwing, which started with a bad experience at a slumber party.

(Well, chalk this up to segments that sound great on paper but not in reality)

We then get the New Day who are celebrating their NXT tag team title win last week as Woods and Kofi

are talking about their accomplishments when they interrupted by Pretty Deadly, who are wanting a

rematch for the titles. New Day says if they will recite the Pledge of Allegiance they will get one. (For all

those who may not know Pretty Deadly is English.) So they did recite the pledge as they look like they

are sick to their stomachs but they will be getting a rematch next week.

The women’s division is in the back, talking about the Iron Survivor Challenge. Elektra Lopez talks a lot

until Indi Hartwell jumps her, and the fight is on. (l guess we needed some tv fill time)

We then get Brutus Creed v. JD McDonagh with Julius Creed at ringside. Not a long match between the

two, with McDonagh brutalizing Creed but due to Indus Sher interfering and taking a chair away from

McDonagh, he was still able to get the W over Brutus via Devil Inside.

Zoey Stark didn’t like a Nikkita Lyons Tik Tok reaction video from Deadline, so they’ll fight about it. (l

thought Stark moved on with her huntress gimmick but ok)

Lyra Valkyria is ready to debut. Isla Dawn is ready to use some magic to get rid of Alba Fyre. (More TV

filler)

We get the debut match of Lyra Valkyria vs. Amari Miller in a squash match as Valkyria get the W via

frog splash

Axiom isn’t worried about Carmelo Hayes. Kiana James comes up to Brooks Jensen in the back, with

Jensen seeming rather nervous. Jensen is worried about Fallon Henley but here is James’ assistant with a

Christmas gift for Jensen: a new dress shirt which actually fits. Toxic Attraction jumps Katana Chance and

Kayden Catanzaro.

We then get Duke Hudson vs. Damon Kamp with Chase U at ringside. Andrew Gulak makes an

appearance and Hudson gets the win with a big boot followed by the pin. (l don’t get the whole angle

since they teased before Hudson would turn on Chase U, Chase U needs something fresh and a betrayal

by Hudson would be the spark Chase U needs)

We then get our Women’s Title Match between Mandy Rose vs. Roxanne Perez in a very good match

that went back and forth, even with Perez kicking out from Kiss from the Rose, and in a twist of events

Perez goes for a small package for a two count that leads to a Pop Rox and Perez the W and is the new

NXT women’s champion. (It’s a nice change of pace to see a title drop change hands post a premium live

event. Rose had a great run as champion and we now get to see what Perez can do in her run.)

Overall, the show wasn’t bad but it could have been better. The women’s title right after Deadline was a

nice change of pace and even the belt changing hands was better. Although some matches were on the

quick side and this felt like more of a building up of storylines for next week. My rating for this week’s

NXT is 3 ½ chair shots out of 5.

Peace!

Written by:  Will Buchanon

Be sure to subscribe to the Blerd's Eyeview YouTube page or Facebook page for more gems like this and other geek entertainment news!  Just follow the link!!

https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

Remember to Educate yourself and others. Entertain yourself and others and most of all Encourage yourself and others!

-Chris Fury

 Be sure to like, share and subscribe to all social platforms that Blerd's Eyeview is on and be sure to drop a comment! https://linktr.ee/blerdseyeview

ut