NXT LVL Up – August 23, 2024: Short Reunion

NXT LVL Up
Date: August 23, 2024
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Byron Saxton, Blake Howard

We are still in the short form shows as the main roster going to Germany changes things up around here. In a way it makes things a bit more interesting, as it manages to make the already short show even shorter. Things have been changing enough around here to make it more interesting and hopefully that continues here. Let’s get to it.

Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.

Opening sequence.

Jazmyn Nyx vs. Dani Palmer

Fallon Henley and Jacy Jayne are here with Nyx and this is Palmer’s return after a long injury hiatus. Nyx takes her down with a headlock before cranking on the leg. Back up and Palmer snaps off an anklescissors into a monkey flip for two. Jayne stomps away in the corner though, leaving Jayne and Henley to dance in celebration. The figure four necklock keeps Palmer down but she fights out and gets two off a neckbreaker. That doesn’t work for Nyx though, meaning it’s the Nyx Kick to finish Palmer at 4:11.

Rating: C. This was Palmer getting back in the ring after such a long time away but ultimately there was no way she should have been beating someone like Nyx, who is at least being featured. The action was good enough, but this was more about Palmer being back, which is nice to see after such a hiatus. She is starting again, but it could work.

Tyson DuPont and Tyriek Igwe are ready for the D’Angelo Family.

Dani Palmer says things have changed around here, but she has changed too.

Tyson DuPont/Tyriek Igwe vs. D’Angelo Family

Adrianna Rizzo is here with the Family. Crusifino and Igwe fight over wrist control to start, with Igwe taking him down for a headscissors. DuPont comes in and gets double teamed into the corner but he’s back with a rather big dropkick. Stacks gets splashed in the corner and suplexed down by Igwe, allowing DuPont to come in and rock on the knee. Crusifino shoulders his way out of trouble, only to get run over by DuPont for two more. Everything breaks down and Stacks flips out of a powerbomb, setting up a jumping enziguri. A Shatter Machine finishes DuPont at 6:11.

Rating: C+. Another not very long match here as the Family, who aren’t doing much at the moment, gets a win over a team who still shows a lot of promise. That isn’t a great sign for Igwe and DuPont, but they need something more to lift them above their current status. They kept this moving too, which is often quite appreciated.

Overall Rating: C. Not the best show here, but there is only so much that you can do when your show, featuring a commercial in the middle, only lasts nineteen minutes. As usual, this was about getting people in the ring to give them some reps, which is nice to see, but there is still a lack of stories or reasons for these matches happening. A brief feud shouldn’t be that much to ask, but apparently it is around here.

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