{"id":201691,"date":"2025-07-25T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=201691"},"modified":"2025-07-25T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:26:14","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-7-22-oba-femi-vs-briggs-vs-inamura-ricky-saints-vs-jasper-troy-hank-tank-zaria-vs-the-culling-ethan-pages-promo-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/25\/nxt-hits-misses-7-22-oba-femi-vs-briggs-vs-inamura-ricky-saints-vs-jasper-troy-hank-tank-zaria-vs-the-culling-ethan-pages-promo-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (7\/22): Oba Femi vs. Briggs vs. Inamura, Ricky Saints vs. Jasper Troy, Hank &#038; Tank &#038; Zaria vs. The Culling, Ethan Page&#8217;s promo, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4292851937\" 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>Hank &amp; Tank &amp; <\/strong><strong>Zaria &amp; Sol Ruca vs. The Culling: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m usually not a fan of multiple tag matches, but this was fun. I\u2019m slowly (and cautiously) warming up to the Zaria\/Ruca pairing. I truly want to see Zaria as a monster on the roster, but\u2026damn, I enjoy her interactions with Ruca. The ending was a bit of a Miss with no actual showing of what happened. Dark State (who I was a fan of) lost a little luster in their defeat at Slammiversary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacy Jayne Promo: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From her time with Gigi Dolin to now, she has evolved\u2026tremendously. I love that she\u2019s been pushed as she has. Her confidence is though the roof and I love how much she\u2019s blossomed. I\u2019m happy for her, based on that she looked like a gate-keeper of the NXT Brand. Lash Legend\u2019s promo was good \u2013 I haven\u2019t been a Legend fan, but she\u2019s growing on me. Jaida Parker is so over, they really need to just take the plunge and make her a face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricky Saints vs. Jasper Troy: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saints helped Troy look like a million bucks. A necessary win for Troy and Saints loses nothing in taking the loss. Jasper needs more signature wins like this to establish himself as credible.<\/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-oba-femi-defending-in-triple-threat-ethan-page-s-maple-leaf-infusion-of-north-american-championship--67081759\">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 Oba Femi defending in Triple Threat, Ethan Page\u2019s Maple Leaf infusion of North American Championship\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=67081759&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>Undertaker\u2019s appearance: Hit<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3563918389\" 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>Great use of The Undertaker (who looks amazing). Trick Williams played the role of arrogant a-hole incredibly well. He needs to lean more into the heelish behavior. He\u2019s so much better as a heel than a face (my opinion).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wren Sinclair vs. Blake Monroe: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outside of a few moments watching her as Mariah May, this was my first true full-on match by Monroe. Sinclair is a lovable underdog and was a good first opponent for Monroe\u2019s debut. Blake is so much better as a heel and I\u2019m glad they pulled the switch on that transition. I love the fire from Jordynne Grace, it adds a lot to her character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethan Page promo: Mega Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Page is just an amazing heel, he\u2019s so close to perfect. He\u2019s a North American treasure. I love the look of the new title, as well. This was just excellence. The only thing bad was the constant audio cut offs (I\u2019m not sure if it was the broadcast or the editing of the crowd reaction, but it was annoying). Santino Marella\u2019s appearance was great. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d like him t win the NA title, but his matchup with Page could be a helluva lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oba Femi vs. Josh Briggs vs. Yoshiki Inamura: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just a great big hoss fight between these three. Although I\u2019m getting tired of Triple Threat\/Multi Person matches, I enjoyed the matchup. No real surprise to who was going to win, but it set the table for what could be a fun feud between Inamura and Briggs. The groundwork for a Je\u2019von Evans \/ Oba Femi matchup could be really cool. 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I\u2019m slowly (and cautiously) warming up to the Zaria\/Ruca <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/25\/nxt-hits-misses-7-22-oba-femi-vs-briggs-vs-inamura-ricky-saints-vs-jasper-troy-hank-tank-zaria-vs-the-culling-ethan-pages-promo-more\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (7\/22): Oba Femi vs. Briggs vs. Inamura, Ricky Saints vs. Jasper Troy, Hank &#038; Tank &#038; Zaria vs. The Culling, Ethan Page&#8217;s promo, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201692,"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-201691","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\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-25-at-12.25.17-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201691","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=201691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201693,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201691\/revisions\/201693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}