So NXT UK has come to its end. So, of course, I had to watch the last ever match on NXT UK TV. For the last time, the NXT UK Championship would be decided in the BT Sports Arena between best buddies turned enemies, Tyler Bates and Trent Severn. They competed in the final to crown the championship vacated by the injured Ilka Dragunov. Was it a fitting finale to a title only held by four people in its five year history, to a title made memorable by a host of stunning bouts? Well, yes!!!
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105. Carmelo Hayes (c) vs Ricochet (NXT North American Championship Match, NXT When Worlds Collide 2022)
Sunday night saw NXT When Worlds Collide, and the last vestiges of NXT UK. The NXT UK titles were to be united with their NXT counterparts. Admittedly, I only watched the opening bout and the closing bout, but they were both entertaining. However, it has to be the opening bout that took Match of the Night honours. Carmelo Hayes and Ricochet gave us a highly-choregraphed, balletic display of outstanding athleticism.
Continue reading53. Ilja Dragunov (c) vs Jordan Devlin (Empty Arena Match for the NXT UK Championship, NXT UK 20/1/2022)
Ilja Dragunov had a Match of the Year contender last uear against the incomparavle Walter. Who’s Walter, you ask? Oh, he has been renamed as Gunther on WWE Smackdown! That match was for the NXT UK Championship, with Dragunov coming out victorious. He has held that title ever since. I do dip into NXT UK every now and again, because you are guaranteed good to great matches. And I couldn’t help but feast my eyes on this Empty Arena match between Dragunov and Jordan Devlin for the NXT UK Championship.
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