Quick WC review
Pre Show, didn't catch it so no comment.
Balor vs Draganov. Good solid match. Draganov has tons of potential and should become a name on NXT UK, and eventually NXT US. Once the full sail crowd gets a hold of him they will help him get more over. Good work and Draganov looked good and Balor was Balor.
Cruiserweight match. Excellent fun with some great unique spots. Garza's pants may be the most over thing of the night. Swerve possible move of the night on Banks in the corner. Glad to see Devlin pick up the win and gotta love his Devilinside finishing move. Right choice to put the CW title on a UK guy. NXT UK could use a second male title since US has the NA title.
DIY vs MM. Amazing. Dream match we never knew we wanted. Amazing opening stretch with all the playing to the crowd, and then the match kicked into over drive. Gotta love the BurningHAM hammer LOL. Its hard to say if there are any better than these 4. Just so many smart little details. I really enjoyed the story of the match that DIY was using MM against each other, like when Ciampa pulled Trent onto him to block the spiral tap, or throwing Sevens chop at Bate. The pinfall sequence where Gargano kicked Bate into a pinning move was just superb. This is a match with great spots, but the spots made sense in the story and showed an incredible attention to detail and ring IQ.
Rhea vs Toni. Sorry zoned out. I should like Storm but I just can't get into her. At least her butt is THICCCCC. From what I skimmed threw it was decent but the results were never in doubt. I am more inerested in Rhea vs Belair and I think Toni needs a little bit of a character tweek. I would bring her to NXT US or even main roster and let her grow her character.
UE vs Imperium. Still can't believe this happened. When Imperium first formed it was a dream to see this match but WC didn't exist and no one thought 2 heel teams would go at it. But we dreamt of a war games match or something. Well we got an amazing 4 man tag. WALTER was over, that he turned Imperium face against UE. Sucks Wolfe got injured but it actually played better into the match with the 4 v 3 angle. Roddy as Nigel said isn't human. He is a machine. Everyone got to shine and WALTER picked up the big victory.
Another highlight was the GYV and Broserweight interviews. Zack Gibson is just great on the mic as a heel. I like Drakes gimmick of just repeating what Zack says and never talking. And then Riddle and Dunn cut what may have been their best promos in the WWE. GYV need to be on NXT US ASAP and Zack Gibson has all the potential in the world. Riddle/Dunne will probably win and take the titles from UE, but GYV deserve it too. Could see some sort of 3 way probably.
Really thought this would be all NXT US, but good to see that UK got some wins, and like how at SS NXT was put over, UK got the rub from this event. Great event and this really raised NXT UK's stock in my mind. This and the Dusty Classic really shows how deep the NXT universe's roster is with both brands.
Now onto the Rumble!
Everyone ready for the BIG DAWG to win the Rumble. Vintage Roman Reigns!
Big shock of the night, while 2 of em, EDGE shows up, and then JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN CENA makes an apperance.
Well Cena probably not, but I think we see Edge tonight as rumors have been swirling that he will make a return and I can see him setting up a WM and or Saudi pay day.
Keith Lee should win the Rumble, but they will tease us and in the end Roman will win it. Which will lead to the most uninteresting and underwhelming WM match of Reigns v Feind.
Lesnar will not last long in the Rumble. I have a few spots I think they can work. Either number 2 is Cain and they take each other out, or Cain shows up around number 10 after the ring is cleared. I can also see maybe Tyson Fury showing up and setting up a Fury/Lesnar match for Saudi. What I would like to see is Lesnar as 1 and WALTER as 2 and them wrecking fools for a bit. Hopefully we get a Lee v Lesnar face off.
Shayna is the fav to take the womens, so I will go against the grain and say Charlotte wins it since she is the only women being built up for the Rumble. The Womens rumble will have more legends and NXT talent than the mens one which IMO will have less than 10 NXT guys, maybe 4-5 at most.
