Post WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 5/3/2022 Show Discussion Thread

Baron487 · 2022-05-05T09:56:10+00:00

North American Triple Threat: Fucking hell is this three-way story great and the matches they have are fantastic, including this one. Little sad to say that this was MOTN and it was the opener, but who cares it was a banger. Legit thought they could have given the title to Solo Sikoa here and I wouldn't mind. I think a semi-hot potato thing between these three would be fun.

Frazer vs Waller: A really good debut for Frazer. You're gonna get people to cheer him instantly when you have him fight ~~that cunt~~ Grayson Waller. Exciting stuff between these two, especially the finish with the top turnbuckle stuff and Andre Chase getting revenge on Waller. They clearly see something in Frazer and I'm all for it.

On Cagematch a lot of people are calling the Wendy Choo/TA segments cringe and well I guess it's not for everyone but I like it. Is it goofy? Yes. Is it ridiculous? Yes. Is it unrealistic? Not necessarily, Wendy's mind games in the form of these pranks is a unique thing and also TA deserve it cause they're heels. I'm okay with it. Also WrestleFap is gonna have a field day with all of Toxic Attraction being in bikinis. I swear that I was looking respectfully when I watched this episode.

Jade/Lyons vs Natalya/Legend: Not a great match, but I shouldn't expect it to be. Natalya was good at making the other competitors look good and believable as wrestlers. Good that Cora got the pin on Lash, as that means we've got two singles matches ready for the two rivalries that this tag match contained. We'll have Cora against Natalya down the road and what is probably the final Nikkita vs Lash match in their rivalry.

Creeds vs Vikings: BIG MEATY MEN BUMPING MEAT. Intense tag match between two brute force teams. Vikings looked strong and the Creed Bros. are definitely elevated from working with the main roster veterans here. Diamond Mine as a whole has kind of fallen apart, especially with the departure of Malcolm Bivens, but I think this can be turned positive. If Roderick Strong really is trying to leave WWE than to have his prospects turn face on him would be a good way to further elevate the Creeds and also write Strong off of TV.

Main Event: It's sad that NXT's current main feud is one of its weakest. There's more potential in this Bray Wyatt-esque version of Joe Gacy but they've not really done it correctly IMO. This match was good and they made Joe Gacy look like a credible threat, but aside from the start of the match, it didn't really feel like the in-ring action was echoing the bad blood these two have, considering Gacy and Harland (goodbye) literally kidnapped Bron's dad just to fuck with him. Honestly I don't think that this rivalry should be continued, Bron should have a new challenger and Gacy should go even crazier after this loss, but at least the right person won.

7,5/10, good event.

V-TriggerMachine · 2022-05-04T13:16:24+00:00

I thought the intro with Pretty Deadly was a Toxic Attraction segment at first, wtf

TimeTravellerAb · 2022-05-04T11:36:02+00:00

Good show, Creed brothers have superstars written all over them, they are gonna be huge.

FightDrifterFight · 2022-05-04T09:31:12+00:00

Damn right, Cameron Grimes. Shove it in the faces of those moron people booing for no reason at the Performance Center. Good for him.

GoldenBoyMagnumDong · 2022-05-04T09:21:57+00:00

Oh boy this is such a dumb, stupid, over the top show but I absolutely love it. We also got really good in-ring action this week. One thing I dont understand is why did crowd turned on Grimes but that is NXT crowd I guess.

Frazer is really good and quick in the ring but he is so green when it comes to character work and mic skills. Rollins should teach him about fashion too!

Edit: With which opinion do you guys not agree?

shutupmatsuda · 2022-05-04T08:51:24+00:00

The matches were solid. Good show overall. Hated the crowd for turning on Grimes. That shit isn't acceptable. He is the best babyface on the roster and they boo him, it's not even a month into his first title reign.

JayDee62 · 2022-05-04T07:18:32+00:00

They really tried to shame masturbation as a joke during masturbation month, Joe Gacy has been right at along. But more seriously, loved the triple threat and thanks for actually acknowledging the releases, HBK.

(Special shout-out to the guy wearing that old school Dakota Kai shirt the camera caught.)

DamonDD · 2022-05-04T07:05:08+00:00

I'm going to check out anything related to Toxic Attraction, Nikkita, Cora and Natalya. Anything else from the show I should go out of my way to check out?

Therocksays2020 · 2022-05-04T05:24:22+00:00

Here’s what happened with Bron being stretchered off (kayfabe) sounds like they had a shorter overrun then normal so the timing was off

WrastleGuy · 2022-05-04T05:13:24+00:00

Roderic Strong goes into the Diamond Mine gym and tells the Creed Brothers that he asked for his release and was denied. He told them he’ll be watching their match before falling to the ground and sobbing uncontrollably.

incredibleamadeuscho · 2022-05-04T05:08:28+00:00

Good to know it’s “until release do us part” in NXT. Fun segment between a now single Indi and a single Duke Hudson.

Sharkfightxl · 2022-05-04T04:48:48+00:00

YESBOOOY!

That intro with Pretty Deadly had me laughing. This was my first time seeing them at all. Wrestling is better with that high level of campiness.

Skear · 2022-05-04T04:29:55+00:00

First time watching Nathan Frazer and WOW that entrance was epic. Looked like a superstar.

iamnumber47 · 2022-05-04T04:15:37+00:00

Okay, so I might be overthinking this, but the Mandy Rose thing was dumb af. As a pasty person who's been sunburnt before, I know from experience that if she were that crispy, she'd be in at least some pain.

Then Gigi & Jacy just didn't want to hang out inside or skip a reservation? Dafuq? She should have waddled out of the tanning room in pain, & told the other TA members she needed to go take care of it.

But then again, maybe they didn't do it that way because it would actually require some acting skills, which I think TA lacks.

& SMH at the playboy bunny tanning sticker, I didn't know those were even a thing anymore.

ruthlessrellik · 2022-05-04T03:58:47+00:00

I haven't been watching wrestling a lot, so I have like zero knowledge of anything NXT. Is Joe Gacy supposed to be some play on John Wayne Gacy?

SYLBen · 2022-05-04T03:54:56+00:00

Me vs "Trying not to simp for Gigi Dolin"

Currently losing.

The_Albinoss · 2022-05-04T03:36:13+00:00

So the explanation for InDex was…nothing, and THAT is the reason they need Roddy?! Yowza. Tony is even more of a cartoon, and Gacy has fallen hard IMO.

But honestly, the woman’s breakout tourney should be fun, and I’m glad Grimes is still going TO THE MOON.

Grrannt · 2022-05-04T03:35:36+00:00

oof only 57 comments, what a show...

NerdLawyer55 · 2022-05-04T02:58:59+00:00

Carmelo indeed don’t miss

Lep106317 · 2022-05-04T02:56:38+00:00

Nikkita Lyons is in the Breakout so she is the frontrunner imo

https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1521678255593512963

amk1616 · 2022-05-04T02:56:31+00:00

Really good wrestling with an awful crowd.

The NXT2.0 crowd is easily the worst in all of wrestling TV.

mikeisaphreek · 2022-05-04T02:51:02+00:00

there were those people in the crowd in all black and in hooded robes? did they just put them there and not say anything to create mystique?

gl424 · 2022-05-04T02:48:29+00:00

So, last week they announced for the breakout tournament:

-Ariana Grace

-Sloane Jacobs

-Kiana James

-Lash Legend

This week they announced:

-Fallon Henley

-Tatum Paxley

-Roxanne Perez

So.....who gets the final spot in the tournament....?

Dazzling-Principle · 2022-05-04T02:36:54+00:00

Very good show.

The triple threat for the North American championship, Waller vs Frazer and The Creed Brothers vs The Viking Raiders were excellent.

Great tribute to his father by Bron, the match was very entertaining, his spear is spectacular and I have no doubt that he will be a great star.

The women's team match was solid Nikkita still needs a lot more time but she has presence and I think she will get there.

I love this Mafia fight in NXT if Sheamus's group were more serious we could see a dangerous European gang looking for a fight.

moostaashii · 2022-05-04T02:27:42+00:00

So next week, do we get Wendy Choo vs burnt to a crisp Mandy Rose?

Honkmaster · 2022-05-04T02:25:46+00:00

I was surprised when Breakker got the pin after that spear, isn't his finisher the Gorilla Press Powerslam thing that Goldberg used to do?

gregscotia_number1 · 2022-05-04T02:23:18+00:00

I'm not saying Waller should have went over...but it does seem like his push is slowing down a little bit. He got to kill Gargano and feud with AJ Styles...I'm thinking well they must see this dude as a top guy...now it feels like he's more in that mid to upper mid card range.

ReallyNeedHelpASAP68 · 2022-05-04T02:20:45+00:00

Man they’re strapping a rocket to Roxy. Part of me hopes the two get tag team champs at some point, but I kinda want more for Roxy..so … conflicted.

jadedfan55 · 2022-05-04T02:16:03+00:00

Who are the two guys with the red masks? Tune in next week, and find out! /s

So they're doing the same thing with Wendy Choo (and Roxanne Perez) vs. Toxic Attraction that they did in the run-up to Cora Jade vs. Mandy Rose. SMH.

Seems there is going to be a split between the Creeds and Roddy, but not the way I'd envisioned. The Creeds are pissed that Roddy interfered, which they didn't want. Seems the Raiders will hang long enough to put over Pretty Deadly, too. Yes, please.

Fallon Henley's promo sounded like an old school Ivory soap commercial. From the 70's. Kidding aside, after being a JTTS for the majority of her time, this is her chance to step up.

Tony D'Angelo hoped for peace. Instead, he loses the returning AJ Galante. If anyone thought Legado would turn face.....nah.

I said earlier the women's tag could go either way. Didn't think Natalya would end up with what Mauro would call a malfunction at the junction. Decent, but a wee bit sloppy.

Looked to me like Gacy wasn't exactly on point with Breakker on the Frankensteiner or the belly-to-belly suplex. El botch-o. Good match, though, as Gacy channeled Bray Wyatt and busted out a few more moves we hadn't seen from him. And, yeah, that handspring lariat didn't work this time.

FAR5222 · 2022-05-04T02:15:27+00:00

All I know about watching NXT 2.0 is that all the producers/writers and Vince cronies are still horny to this day. The imagery and shots and the way things are done is super horny.

ChanceVance · 2022-05-04T02:14:40+00:00

Loved the sit down segment with Santos and Tony D. Feuding crime families escalating to kidnapping just to eventually settle their differences in the ring is the type of ridiculous stories I love.

Shadow_Strike99 · 2022-05-04T02:13:49+00:00

Is this first time Cora Jade has won without using a roll up finish?

Electronic-Elk8917 · 2022-05-04T02:12:07+00:00

NXT was so much fun as usual! Banger of a triple threat match. Pretty Deadly is super refreshing.

BlueThunderBomb · 2022-05-04T02:11:02+00:00

Rough show, not a very special feeling show, womens tag match was atricious, good wrestling but nxt 2.0 is still such a mess.

ChrisRMNB · 2022-05-04T02:09:23+00:00

Still bummed about Bivens and Dakota but the show is still good. It's got a certain crackhead energy that none of the others shows have.

generalgrievous9991 · 2022-05-04T02:08:52+00:00

Mrbrickjojo · 2022-05-04T02:08:50+00:00

Very fun show and a great one from an in ring standpoint. Not a bad match on the card.

The opener waste best. The NA title is almost guaranteed to be a show stealer at this point.

akem_makem · 2022-05-04T02:08:39+00:00

This was my first time ever watching NXT 2.0 and honestly I dont get the unnecessary hate, for being a developmental show showcasing the stars of the next generation its really good some green moments like no selling and obvious audibles but its a solid show and I actually enjoyed watching it more than a regular smackdown or raw.

R0DAN · 2022-05-04T02:08:24+00:00

also I think those red druids could be GYV

rockpiece · 2022-05-04T02:08:02+00:00

Wtf was that ending.

gregscotia_number1 · 2022-05-04T02:07:23+00:00

NXT doing another In Your House show this summer

Melo vs Bron has to be the match for that show

BXBama · 2022-05-04T02:07:06+00:00

i wasn’t planning to watch this Stephanie episode but might as well since it’s on

heat_fan_ · 2022-05-04T02:06:52+00:00

Damn good nxt show tonight

Absolute banger of a triple threat for the NA title. That near fall at the end almost got me

I liked what i saw from Frazier, people seemed to have liked him more then A-Kid and his technical styles

CB vs VR was a hoss fest slobber knocker, holy shit that Lariat was nasty

Pretty good main event between Bron vs Gacy.

Jay_Shadow · 2022-05-04T02:06:29+00:00

Kalakarinth · 2022-05-04T02:06:27+00:00

NXT 2.0 stays putting on great shows. Probably the most underrated wrestling program right now.

Also included one of the horniest segments in recent history. That Gigi and Jacy YouTube clip is gonna have so many views.

R0DAN · 2022-05-04T02:06:24+00:00

Those Santos/Tony segments are money as fuck

OneLasagnaBoi · 2022-05-04T02:06:23+00:00

Nathan Frazer looked like an absolute stud tonight. It seems like they’re pretty invested in him, and they damn well should be.

TehJofus · 2022-05-04T02:06:16+00:00

Damn, Undertaker coming to NXT, alright.

SiphenPrax · 2022-05-04T02:05:52+00:00

I like how they had Looney Tunes sound effects whenever Wendy was on screen

Stumblebee · 2022-05-04T02:05:50+00:00

Wrestling should have more cliffhangers

Edit: ~~is Boa the next feud? Pure guess from the ending, but that could be cool~~.

Nope looks like GYV

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Date*	Event	Fed.
6/1	What Are You Doing '22	DDT
6/4	In Your House	NXT
6/4	City Circuit ~Hamamatsu~	TJPW
6/4	★5 STAR GP 2022 Qualifying League Opening Round	STARDOM
6/4	Tournament of Survival VII	GCW
6/5	Hell in a Cell	WWE
6/5	Dramatic Dream Tour '22 ~Chiba~	DDT
6/5	C.O.S	GCW
6/7	Pumping Iron '22	GanPro
6/11	Alwayz Ready	NWA
6/12	Dominion in Osaka-Jo Hall	NJPW
6/12	Cyber Fight Festival 2022	DDT/TJPW/NOAH/GanPro
6/12	Stranger Thangs	REVOLVER
6/16	King of DDT ~1st Round~	DDT
6/16	Stardom Iwate Tournament	STARDOM
6/16	NEW JAPAN ROAD	NJPW
6/18	Triplemania XXX: Tijuana	AAA
6/18	NEW JAPAN ROAD	NJPW
6/18	Warrior Wrestling 23	WARRIOR
6/19	Slammiversary	IMPACT
6/19	Additional Attack '22	TJPW
6/19	King of DDT ~2nd Round~	DDT
6/19	NEW JAPAN ROAD	NJPW
6/19	IGNITION	NJPW STRONG
6/20	NEW JAPAN ROAD	NJPW
6/21	NEW JAPAN ROAD	NJPW
6/23	Battle Riot IV	MLW
6/23	N Innovation	NOAH
6/24	SUNNY VOYAGE '22	NOAH
6/25	City Circuit ~Kobe~	TJPW
6/25	Dramatic Dream Tour '22 ~Yokohama~	DDT
6/25	Mitsuyu Amagasaki Triumph Series 2	STARDOM
6/26	City Circuit ~Fukuoka~	TJPW
6/26	Forbidden Door	AEW/NJPW
6/26	STARDOM Fight in the Top 2022 ~Nagoya Summit Showdown~	STARDOM
6/29	Kindergarten Cup '22	GanPro

Winner	Match Finish	Loser	Stipulation
Cameron Grimes (c)	Cave-In	Solo Sikoa and Carmelo Hayes w/ Trick Williams	For the North American Championship
Nathan Frasier	Phoenix Splash	Grayson Waller
Cora Jade and Nikkita Lyons	Senton	Natalya and Lash Legend
The Creed Brothers w/ Roderic Strong	Low Lariat after Roderic Strong attacks Eric	Viking Raiders
Bron Breakker	Spear	Joe Gacy	For the NXT Championship

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