NXT LVL Up – August 5, 2022: I Don’t Have Much Hope
NXT LVL Up
Date: August 5, 2022
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Sudu Shah, Nigel McGuinness
The Road to Clash At The Castle is on and will have absolutely no bearing on this show whatsoever. I’ve again give up on trying to figure out what is going on with this show from one week to another and that means we are probably in for random matches this week. That works to an extent, but it can get a little tiresome after awhile. Let’s get to it.
Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.
Opening sequence.
Dante Chen/Guru Raaj vs. Bryson Montana/Damaris Griffin
Raaj and Montana grapple a bit until Raaj hits a dropkick to stagger him. Chen comes in for a chop but Montana is back with a clothesline. Griffin hits a chokebomb into a neck crank as we talk about Rhea Ripley hurting Dominik Mysterio. With that broken up, the double tag brings in Chen and Montana with the former cleaning house. Everything breaks down and Griffin misses a middle rope splash, allowing Chen to hit a double chop for the pin at 5:20.
Rating: C. This got a bit better near the end with the pace picking up, but it was still just a random tag match between people who were only so good in the first place. I still like Montana, but he was only something of a factor here with Chen getting the focus. At least we know what his finishing move is though, if that is something that kept you up at night.
Arianna Grace reminds us that she is a former beauty pageant queen and gives something like a beauty pageant speech about inspiring girls by beating Thea Hail tonight.
Thea Hail vs. Arianna Grace
The rest of Chase U is here with Hail, who works on a wristlock to start. A headlock goes on and Hail runs around in a circle to keep Grace in trouble, setting up a headlock takeover out of the corner. Back up and Grace runs her over, setting up a pose on Hail’s chest. Hail reverses a belly to back suplex into a crossbody for two but Grace stomps her in the corner. A chinlock is broken up with a drop back onto Grace and Hail hits a running flip neckbreaker for two. Grace is right back with a rollup and a grab of the rope for the pin at 5:03. Ignore that being the same finish that Javier Bernal used last week.
Rating: C-. Maybe it’s the rather lame beauty queen deal or the lack of much else from her, but Grace still hasn’t shown me very much since she got here. That isn’t the worst thing as she is still stuck with a pretty bad gimmick, but there is nothing to suggest that she is going to break through to the next level (as low as that still may be) anytime soon.
Xyon Quinn vs. ???
Before the match, Quinn gives the unnamed opponent a chance to leave…and that’s exactly what he does. Quinn wants an opponent out here right now and that’s what he gets.
Quincy Elliott vs. Xyon Quinn
Elliott comes to the ring on a bedazzled moped for reasons of “just because”. Quinn unloads on him in the corner to start but Elliott hiptosses him down. The basement shoulder gives Elliott a breather but Quinn knocks him into the corner for the shoulders to the ribs. Elliott starts gyrating until a forearm and Death Valley Driver plant him for two. The frustration sets in for Quinn so he grabs a cobra clutch, which is broken up with ease. A running shoulder in the corner sets up the slingshot bottom rope splash to finish Quinn at 4:49.
Rating: C-. As is usually the case, I get what WWE sees in Elliott, but I hope they don’t try to go too far with him. It’s almost weird seeing him get a singles win, but it’s even odder seeing him beat someone like Quinn. It seemed that Quinn was going to be one of the upcoming big projects and he has completely collapsed. Elliott might not be the next big thing, but he’s in a better place than Quinn right now.
A lot of dancing ends the show.
Overall Rating: D+. This wasn’t one of their better efforts as there was almost nothing worth seeing and a bunch of forgettable matches. The only part that felt different whatsoever was seeing Quinn’s opponent run off and that’s not enough to carry a thirty minute show. Nothing to this one and I don’t know if there is a reason to believe that is changing.
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