FIRE 🔥, MID 😐, or Trash 🗑️?: Match Review for NXT 5/2/23
Wes Lee vs Drew Gulak – NXT North American Championship
We're getting things started with @WesLee_WWE vs. @DrewGulak for the North American Championship!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/DSZwtAjlsQ
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 3, 2023
Headline: “The fighting champion, Wes Lee, continues his march towards stardom.”
Result: Wes Lee via pinfall
Verdict: FIRE 🔥
Another one.@WesLee_WWE takes down @DrewGulak to retain his title and continue his incredible run as North American Champion!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/z48tMaOdbI
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 3, 2023
Editor’s Note: Wes Lee is putting on BANGERS every time he steps into the ring. He’s showing that he can go with any style of opponent and he’s adding to the prestige of the North American Championship with every match.
Gigi Dolin vs Jacy Jane
With her brother ringside, @gigidolin_wwe takes on @jacyjaynewwe NEXT on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/6CGU4biYGP
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 3, 2023
"Does this remind you of your mother?!"
Absolutely despicable behavior from @jacyjaynewwe 😡#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/hl4fzQfifl
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Headline: “Even bloody and beaten, Jacy Jane comes out on top”.
Result: Jacy Jane wins via pinfall
Verdict: MID😐
Editor’s Note: I can’t escape feeling like Gigi Dolin and Jayce Jane are better together than apart and I still don’t understand the idea of breaking up Toxic Attraction. I guess the significance of Gigi Dolin’s brother being at ringside was to make the rivalry more personal but that fell flat. This entire rivalry has fallen flat.
Axiom vs Scrypts
.@scryptswwe pulling out some INSANE offense 🤯#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/nq9uWe3Ghy
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Headline: “Axiom closes the book on Scrypts.”.
Result: Axiom wins vía pinfall
Verdict: MID😐
Mask on, nah, mask off.@Axiom_WWE just exposed @scryptswwe! 😳#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/6Ffcen8S5z
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Editor’s Note: These guys put on a great match, but Axiom probably ended Scrypts career when he turned him back into Reggie. I have no clue where Reggie could go from here besides future endeavored.
Dragon Lee vs JD McDonagh
.@dragonlee95 takes on @jd_mcdonagh NEXT!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/z8ELNOkRar
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Headline: “How to not build a new star.”.
Result: JD McDonagh vía pinfall
Verdict: FIRE 🔥
Editor’s Note: How to not build a new star…Answer me this…. Do more fans watch Monday Night Raw or NXT? (The answer is Raw). JD McDonagh could have taken the loss to Dragon Lee, went to Raw, and most of the fans would have never known about it. Instead, Dragon Lee is left down in NXT having lost another match. Yeah, I understand Noam Dar interfered, but it doesn’t matter. If JD McDonagh doesn’t get a push on the main roster, what was the point of having him beat Dragon Lee.
Joe Coffey vs Joe Gacy
Four roots. One Tree.
It was a chaotic ending, but @JoeGacy gets the win and now #TheDyad get a Tag Team Title opportunity!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/ZOltt9wASd
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Headline: “Joe Gacy takes advantage of the distraction, gets the win.”.
Result: Joe Gacy wins vía pinfall
Verdict: MID😐
Editor’s Note: Honestly, I don’t care about the Schism. I think they’d be better off if they all went their separate ways.
Dani Palmer vs Tatum Paxley
#DaniPalmer makes her debut RIGHT NOW!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/0T1t0jJYnW
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 3, 2023
WHAT A DEBUT 🙌
Welcome to #WWENXT, #DaniPalmer! pic.twitter.com/h6lDjMA0aI
— WWE (@WWE) May 3, 2023
Headline: “Debuting Dani Palmer is the real deal”.
Result: Dani Palmer wins vía pinfall
Verdict: MID😐
Editor’s Note: I was really tempted to give this match a FIRE just because of the activity of Dani Palmer alone, but a good match takes two.
Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn vs Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
Headline: “Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn take the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships to Smackdown”.
Result: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn wins vía pinfall
Verdict: FIRE 🔥
WOW. @wwe_alba and @IslaDawn retain and are taking the NXT #WomensTagTitles to #SmackDown! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/LQYRSdcOe1
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 3, 2023
Editor’s Note: If theres one thing this match proved is that both of these teams could hang with any women’s tag team on the main roster.
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