{"id":141395,"date":"2022-06-15T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141395"},"modified":"2022-06-15T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:03:11","slug":"nxt-2-0-receipt-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/15\/nxt-2-0-receipt-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S NXT 2.0 RECEIPT 6\/14: Some confusing booking threatens key talent progression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2051432019\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/14\/6-14-nxt-2-0-report-hazelwoods-live-report-on-the-creed-brothers-vs-enofe-blade-six-woman-tag-match-lee-vs-quinn-in-ring-debut-of-the-dyad-more\/\">episode of NXT 2.0<\/a> has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness.<\/p>\n<p>-Good opening tag and a good first championship defense for The Creed Brothers. They still need to find a deeper character to connect with the audience further, but their talent in the ring is unquestionable.<\/p>\n<p>-I\u2019m not really sure what that Apollo Crews vignette was about or why it exists at this point, but it sure was intriguing. Crews again is in search of that gimmick and though we don\u2019t know what the play is here, at least it\u2019s something.<\/p>\n<p>-I don\u2019t mean to be mean, but I\u2019m not seeing anything in Fallon Henley right now. It seems like she\u2019s working hard out there, but lacks performance instincts that help carry other performers. One of those acts that is just not ready for television at this time.<\/p>\n<p>-The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1536906135512530944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wes Lee<\/a> win was a surprise, eh? To me it was. Quinn isn\u2019t a super protected guy or anything, but given his size and the time he\u2019s gotten on television, you\u2019d think he\u2019d be higher in the pecking order than Lee. Lee\u2019s finisher was excellent and the clean win did a nice job establishing him.<\/p>\n<p>-Smart storytelling for Nathan Frazer. Establishing him is important and the approach was paint by numbers, but it worked. Take notice AEW. If NXT does this with a low-level tiered talent like Frazer, you can certainly do it with Kazuchika freaking Okada.<\/p>\n<p>-The Dyad did their thing and then Joe Gacy spoke. It\u2019s like he hasn\u2019t feuded with Bron Breakker at all. Joe Gacy is giving me the post-John Cena feud Bray Wyatt vibes and that\u2019s not a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>-I don\u2019t why WWE does this to itself so often. Rant incoming. Carmelo Hayes. The guy has spent the better part of, I don\u2019t know, his entire NXT run working to get heat as a heel. He works a great program with Cameron Grimes to further invest in that role and now he\u2019s working Tony D\u2019Angelo, the other heel the company is trying to make? It works both ways too. D\u2019Angelo just heelishly won his feud with Santos Escobar and has more momentum than he ever has and now has to trade blows with fellow heel, Hayes. This is bad booking. Get them with some babyfaces and move on. Or, turn Hayes babyface in the open and for a reason. Same thing with D\u2019Angelo, I guess. Both guys are too new and too raw to have to combat with competing crowd reactions.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1696678537\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Bron Breakker squashing people in seconds is always fun. Hudson getting destroyed was fun too.<\/p>\n<p>-How about that Cameron Grimes promo? That was emotional work and sold his match with Breakker at Great American Bash. One promo. That did it. Good business.<\/p>\n<p>-Giovanni Vinci debuted. Yep, it happened. Not much else to say at this point. I\u2019m sure he misses his Imperium brethren on the main roster.<\/p>\n<p>-Solo Sikoa vs. Grayson Waller next week will be as much of a must-watch match as you\u2019ll get these days on NXT. So, watch it? Sikoa is worth the time for sure.<\/p>\n<p>-Decent little six-woman tag team main event. Toxic Attraction is better as a group than either of them are individually. Mandy Rose in particular. She plays off Dolin and Jayne really well and loses a lot when they aren\u2019t around. The babyface team went over, which gives them some credibility. Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez still have high upsides, but this fangirl stuff they do with them really needs to stop.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/14\/heydorns-raw-receipt-6-13-strong-opening-and-very-weak-closing-bookend-this-weeks-show\/\">HEYDORN\u2019S RAW RECEIPT 6\/13: Strong opening and very weak closing bookend this week\u2019s show<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2974549045\"><div id=\"pwtor-3348405733\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This week\u2019s episode of NXT 2.0 has wrapped. 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