{"id":170231,"date":"2023-12-06T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=170231"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:07:42","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-12-5-wes-less-promo-perez-vs-hail-vs-henley-vs-kiana-meta-four-vs-alpha-academy-nikita-lyons-returns-tatum-paxley-axiom-vs-frazer-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/06\/nxt-hits-misses-12-5-wes-less-promo-perez-vs-hail-vs-henley-vs-kiana-meta-four-vs-alpha-academy-nikita-lyons-returns-tatum-paxley-axiom-vs-frazer-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (12\/5): Wes Less promo, Perez vs. Hail vs. Henley vs. Kiana, Meta Four vs. Alpha Academy, Nikita Lyons returns, Tatum Paxley, Axiom vs. Frazer, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4085746579\" 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><h2>HITS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Roxanne Perez vs. Thea Hail vs. Fallon Henley vs. Kiana James: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An incredible match between these four ladies, who I think are all under utilized (I still say that with the depth of the NXT Women&#8217;s division, a secondary title would not be a bad thing a.k.a. North American Championship). From a personal standpoint, I&#8217;m happy that Fallon got the win: she&#8217;s been a sentimental favorite of mine for some time. Well worked match overall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wes Lee Promo: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went into this promo thinking it was a work, but after seeing what seemed to be actual emotion from Wes and hearing the news, my heart went out to the guy. After just returning, that he has to go off for 8 to 12 months. This guy has been an absolute workhorse. Nothing but positive thoughts from on his recovery from his upcoming back surgery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Breakout Tournament Vignette: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know I also dig videos that give us a look at upcoming Superstars, rather just tossing them out there with no fanfare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lola Vice vs. Tatum Paxley: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rough at times, but it came around towards the end. But, I will say&#8230;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3376888590\" 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><strong>Tatum Paxley: Major Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I have a thing for mysterious Goth women, so this new character reveal from Tatum automatically captured my attention! Her &#8216;fascination&#8217; with Lyra Valkyria is reminiscent of the Mickey James\/Trish Stratus angle and I love it. She has a bit of Bray Wyatt in her act, so that gets a gold star from me, as well. Interested in seeing where her character goes from here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meta Four vs. Alpha Academy: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A match that was well received by this viewer and the crowd in attendance. Simple advancement of Gable more than likely getting another crack at Noam Dar, but highlight of the match: Lash Legend slamming Otis!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikita Lyons returns: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember me saying that mysterious Goth women caught my attention? Well, so does Nikita. Hopefully her time away has given her the chance to polish her ability in the ring<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eddy Thorpe vs. Tyler Bate vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Josh Briggs: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man, does Eddy Thorpe lose a lot or what? A bit of a surprise with Bate picking up the win, but that&#8217;s not a complaint. I have been high on Bate since discovering him on NXT: UK. At Deadline, I wouldn&#8217;t mind seeing Bate pick up the win, but I have to say that a Briggs win wouldn&#8217;t hurt my feelings. Briggs is a guy I see getting a push sooner than later<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2805065564\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>MISSES<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer: Minor Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a solid Miss, until the announcement that their match would be moved to Deadline. These two can go and it should be an amazing match, especially if they give them the time. I&#8217;m also hoping for a Frazer heel turn eventually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mirrored Brawls: Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even though it caused the match to end (see my other Miss), I was okay with the women continuing brawling out to the ringside area. I wasn&#8217;t a fan of the men following suit.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/05\/nxt-tv-results-12-5-hazelwoods-live-report-on-last-chance-iron-survivor-challenge-qualifiers-dragunov-corbin-face-to-face-meta-four-vs-alpha-academy-more\/\">NXT TV RESULTS (12\/5): Hazelwood\u2019s live report on last chance Iron Survivor Challenge qualifiers, Dragunov-Corbin face-to-face, Meta-Four vs. Alpha Academy, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/12\/05\/nxt-tv-results-12-5-moores-review-of-ilja-dragunov-and-baron-corbin-meet-face-to-face-on-the-deadline-go-home-show-iron-survivor-challenge-last-chance-qualifiers\/\">NXT TV results (12\/5): Moore\u2019s review of Ilja Dragunov and Baron Corbin meet face-to-face on the Deadline go-home show, Iron Survivor Challenge last chance qualifiers<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2865916504\"><div id=\"pwtor-3427539268\"><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>HITS Roxanne Perez vs. Thea Hail vs. Fallon Henley vs. Kiana James: Hit An incredible match between these four ladies, who I think are all under utilized (I still say that with the depth of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/06\/nxt-hits-misses-12-5-wes-less-promo-perez-vs-hail-vs-henley-vs-kiana-meta-four-vs-alpha-academy-nikita-lyons-returns-tatum-paxley-axiom-vs-frazer-more\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (12\/5): Wes Less promo, Perez vs. Hail vs. Henley vs. Kiana, Meta Four vs. Alpha Academy, Nikita Lyons returns, Tatum Paxley, Axiom vs. Frazer, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-3.05.02\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170234,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170231\/revisions\/170234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}