{"id":197828,"date":"2025-05-14T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197828"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:09:17","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-5-13-goodspeeds-take-on-sangelo-vs-wes-lee-oba-femi-vs-dempsey-miles-borne-stephanie-vaquer-borne-vs-ethan-page-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/14\/nxt-hits-misses-5-13-goodspeeds-take-on-sangelo-vs-wes-lee-oba-femi-vs-dempsey-miles-borne-stephanie-vaquer-borne-vs-ethan-page-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (5\/13): Goodspeeds take on S&#8217;Angelo vs. Wes Lee, Oba Femi vs. Dempsey, Miles Borne, Stephanie Vaquer, Borne vs. Ethan Page, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-755308570\" 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><strong>Miles Borne open: Hit (and Miss)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miles comes across as very likable and humble. His speech was good enough to make me wonder if they possibly put the title on him as a real feel good story. If you had told me that I would\u2019ve been excited about Borne facing Oba Femi, I would\u2019ve called you crazy. The Miss is for all of this babyface nonsense of putting their contender ship on the line. I\u2019ve hated that in the past and I hate it now. It always makes the babyface look dopey instead of confident. We\u2019ll see how it pans out at the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oba Femi vs. Charlie Dempsey: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No real mystery at to the match\u2019s eventual winner, but still a fun match. I think Dempsey is so much fun to watch and Femi has no right to be as good as he is this early in his career. I still think he\u2019d make a far greater larger-than-life heel, but he has worked at times as a tweener, which works for him very well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony D\u2019Angelo vs. Wes Lee: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another well-worked match and not surprising based on the two in the ring. The distraction loss for D\u2019Angelo doesn\u2019t hurt him and even a cheap win for Lee elevates him this new group\u2019s leader. I really like the High Ryze group a lot. Lee makes a great mouthpiece for the group, with Tyson and Tyreek as the muscle. And campiness aside, I\u2019m still digging The Family storyline.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;PWT Talks NXT&#8221; with Kelly Wells and Nate Lindberg, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/pwt-talks-nxt-wells-lindberg-talk-stephanie-vaquer-jordynne-grace-vs-fatal-influence-joe-hendry-and-trick-williams-contract-signing--66080261\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - Wells &amp; Lindberg talk Stephanie Vaquer &amp; Jordynne Grace vs. Fatal Influence, Joe Hendry and Trick Williams contract signing\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=66080261&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Vaquer: Hit<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2817127418\" 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>Just Hit, Hit, Hit, Hit. La Premiera indeed. Okay, she\u2019s still rough on the mic, but c\u2019mon\u2026how perfect can a woman be? (hint: pretty damn close). Oh, some other women said things, too\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Borne vs. Ethan Page: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stupid stipulation aside, the match was fun. I think I enjoyed it slightly less that normal, because I was anticipating Page winning, but this was one of those rare times when the babyface came out on top after making a boneheaded decision. I think this push of Borne and I hope he can make the most out of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thea Hail vs. Tatum Paxley: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know part of Tatum\u2019s sadness is from my finding a new favorite in Stephanie Vaquer (I\u2019m so sorry, Tatum), but I think this distressed, deranged Paxley character could take off. She\u2019s channeling a bit of old school Nikki Cross, which isn\u2019t a bad thing. As much as I would\u2019ve liked to see Paxley\u00a0 pick up the win to further her character development, the eye gouging DQ was all right, too. I\u2019m willing to see how Unhinged Tatum progresses. The match was decent overall. Hit more for character work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fatal Influence vs Jordynne Grace &amp; Stephanie Vaquer: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like the Dempsey \/ Femi matchup, no real surprise who the winning team would be. There was nothing inherently wrong with the match or the action, it\u2019s just that Fatal Influence has been ice cold for so long, they aren\u2019t really ever seen as any kind of credible threat, even to makeshift tag teams like Grace and Vaquer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - PWTorch NXT Post Show w\/Wells &amp; Lindberg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J6p0nczzUQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-412933329\"><div id=\"pwtor-69184305\"><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>Miles Borne open: Hit (and Miss)\u00a0 Miles comes across as very likable and humble. His speech was good enough to make me wonder if they possibly put the title on him as a real feel <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/14\/nxt-hits-misses-5-13-goodspeeds-take-on-sangelo-vs-wes-lee-oba-femi-vs-dempsey-miles-borne-stephanie-vaquer-borne-vs-ethan-page-more\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (5\/13): Goodspeeds take on S&#8217;Angelo vs. Wes Lee, Oba Femi vs. Dempsey, Miles Borne, Stephanie Vaquer, Borne vs. Ethan Page, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197829,"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-197828","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\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-5.08.18\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197828","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=197828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197830,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197828\/revisions\/197830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}