{"id":4152,"date":"2018-10-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2018-10-27T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T03:00:41","slug":"nxt-uk-recap-review-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-uk-recap-review-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT UK Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT UK<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 2<\/strong><br \/>\n#NXTUK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: October 24, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: July 28 &amp; 29, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n(available on the WWE Network)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=cambridge-england\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cambridge<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=england\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">England<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=cambridge-corn-exchange\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cambridge Corn Exchange<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Andy Shepherd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Dusted&#8221; by Astroid Boys<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ligero vs &#8220;Wild Boar&#8221; Mike Hitchman<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Marc Parry)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e751ebcbd17','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e751ebcbd17\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e751ebcbd17\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ligero wins via pinfall after a springboard tornado DDT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 4:51<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nThis was fun. Ligero is fun to watch, and seeing his speed and agility go up against a powerful guy like Hitchman made for a good match. I feel like this was a showcase for Ligero more than anything else, but Hitchman was solid as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDakota Kai has a unique style, and Killer Kelly has a killer instinct.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dakota Kai vs Killer Kelly<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Marc Parry)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e751ebcbe42','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e751ebcbe42\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e751ebcbe42\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Dakota Kai wins via pinfall after a front-flip double knee backbreaker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 4:09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty good match. Kai looked good here, but Kelly didn&#8217;t put up much of a fight. Once Kai got on a roll you could see the end coming. This was a good match for Kai.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRadzi Chinyanganya enters the ring and asks Dakota Kai how she feels after her NXT UK debut. She feels &#8220;pretty damn good.&#8221;?She&#8217;s also excited about the possibility of an NXT UK Women&#8217;s Title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nEddie Dennis talks about the age difference between himself, Pete Dunne, and Mark Andrews. Dennis isn&#8217;t happy that he is older and more experienced, yet he was not part of the inaugural UK Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nZack Gibson heads to the ring. Gibson says he will soon be recognized as NXT UK&#8217;s number one while the crowd continually boos him. He brags about pushing Pete Dunne to his limit just after winning this year&#8217;s UK tournament. He says if he were fresh, he would have won. He&#8217;s annoyed that Noam Dar got a title shot, saying that Noam Dar is an embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Noam Dar interrupts and heads to the ring. Before Dar can enter the ring, Johnny Saint comes out to the stage. Saint orders both Dar and Gibson to his office. Right now.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAshton Smith talks about his roughneck style, and he&#8217;s coming up next.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRadzi welcomes Travis Banks. Banks hasn&#8217;t forgotten what the Coffey brothers did to him at Royal Albert Hall, and he&#8217;s looking for payback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Aston Smith vs Tucker<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Joel Allen)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e751ebcbe7c','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e751ebcbe7c\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e751ebcbe7c\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ashton Smith wins via pinfall after the Ash Cloud<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 4:14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty good match. Ashton Smith likes to throw in some unnecessary hops, but he&#8217;s pretty good. I think Tucker might be pretty good as well, but it felt like there were some slightly awkward moments with him in this match. They weren&#8217;t bad, just a little odd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nNothing has come easy for Danny Burch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Wolfgang vs Tyler Bate<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Darryl Sharma)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e751ebcbeaf','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e751ebcbeaf\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e751ebcbeaf\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Tyler Bate wins via pinfall after the Tyler Driver &#8217;97<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 10:22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Wolfgang seemed to take Bate lightly, and that cost him late in the match. Wolfgang used his size and strength, but the longer Bate stuck around, the more likely he was to build some sustained offense. The later parts of this match were a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a good show. They&#8217;re still establishing people and personalities, and that shows in most of the matches, but the main event once again delivered an entertaining and competitive match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Wolfgang vs Tyler Bate<\/strong><br \/>\nI think both men could be in title contention, and this match showed why.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/nxtuk\/2018-10-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/nxtuk\/2018-10-24<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Bate faces Wolfgang in the main event of a solid episode of NXT UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2228,297,622],"tags":[1287,2250,2232,2230,1814,748,1146,2235,2231,2236,686,2127,2247,2246,2248,638,930,2229,2241,2249,1304,1136,1365,1192,7,2091],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt-uk","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-andy-shepherd","tag-ashton-smith","tag-cambridge-corn-exchange","tag-cambridge-england","tag-dakota-kai","tag-danny-burch","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-eddie-dennis","tag-england","tag-joel-allen","tag-johnny-saint","tag-killer-kelly","tag-ligero","tag-marc-parry","tag-mike-hitchman","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-noam-dar","tag-nxt-uk","tag-radzi-chinyanganya","tag-travis-banks","tag-tucker","tag-tyler-bate","tag-vic-joseph","tag-wolfgang","tag-wwe","tag-zack-gibson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4155,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions\/4155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}