{"id":52915,"date":"2017-12-21T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=52915"},"modified":"2017-12-21T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:28:04","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-12-20-sanity-vs-fish-oreilly-nxt-tag-titles-bate-vs-dunne-uk-title-roderick-strong-vs-lars-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/21\/nxt-hits-misses-12-20-sanity-vs-fish-oreilly-nxt-tag-titles-bate-vs-dunne-uk-title-roderick-strong-vs-lars-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES 12\/20: Sanity vs. Fish &#038; O&#8217;Reilly for NXT Tag Titles, Bate vs. Dunne for UK Title, Roderick Strong vs. Lars Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3267150515\" 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><h3><b>HITS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Sanity vs. Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O\u2019Reilly) (NXT Tag Team Championship Match):<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mainly what made this match a hit was that there was a title change.\u00a0 Sanity were the obvious babyfaces as the Undisputed Era were the heels and the later played their part very well.\u00a0 The continuity of the Undisputed Era was on full display as they tagged in and out frequently, wearing down Eric Young.\u00a0 Of course, the faces made a comeback when Young made the hot tag to Killian Dain who, after the tag, cleaned house of their opponents, but this did not last long as the UE received assistance from their leader, Adam Cole, who knocked Young off the top turnbuckle when going for a high-risk move. Nikki Cross then came out of nowhere to the crowd\u2019s delight and made Cole pay for his interference.\u00a0 Dain tried to take out Cole also, but ended up on the receiving end of a face first collision with the steel post outside of the ring.\u00a0 Young then made the save by jumping through the middle rope knocking Cole to the ground.\u00a0 When he reentered the ring, he caught the receiving end of a Total Elimination, giving the UE the victory and the titles.\u00a0 Overall, the match was decent, but didn\u2019t really have any spots to write home about, but it served its purpose of making the UE seem very dastardly in their victory over some formidable opponents when the stakes were high.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunn (UK Championship Match):<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To begin, it must be said that Pete Dunne is a cold beast!\u00a0 Throughout the match you can see how vicious he is with joint manipulation moves that he was using on Tyler Bate all the while taunting him with sinister smacks and brutal kicks to the face, not to mention the swagger of the Bruiser Weight and his contempt for his opponent as he nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders.\u00a0 The match started off slow as both men put each other in different holds to wear the other one down.\u00a0 It soon picked up when both men went to their arsenals and it was all action from there.\u00a0 Dunne went to his bag of tricks and did some more joint manipulation to where he injured the finger of Bate as it appears it might have been dislocated.\u00a0 These two men are no strangers to each other and it was shown as each man knew how to counter the other\u2019s moves.\u00a0 It was straight back and forth action with many near pin falls that kept the Full Sail crowd into the match.\u00a0 They gave it all they had, but it came to an end Bate attempted a belly to back duplex off the top turnbuckle only for Dunn to land on his feet to where he hit Bate with the Bitter End for the pinfall.\u00a0 It was an outstanding match full of fast-paced action that one could expect from these two that, honestly, could have gone either way, only to add fuel to their rivalry.<\/p>\n<h3><b>MISSES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Roderick Strong vs. Lars Sullivan (Qualifying Match for the Fatal Four-Way Number 1 Contender Match for the NXT Championship)<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this match could have been better.\u00a0 Instead, it served as a first-rate squash for Lars Sullivan.\u00a0 This would be fine for a lower tiered wrestler, but not for one with the talent and star power of Roderick Strong.\u00a0 Every hit that he seems to land on Sullivan seemed not to affect Sullivan, in addition to it seeming like he was holding back.\u00a0 This match should have been more competitive, especially for someone like Strong who competed marvelously in War Games.\u00a0 He did not do the suplexes or backbreakers that we are use to seeing.\u00a0 And outside of some of the forearms to the back, Sullivan did not seem that impressive.\u00a0 What made him seem invincible was that he took the shots from Strong in stride, but there was not a move that he performed that made anyone stand up and take notice.\u00a0 Instead, it was a just a match to get Sullivan over at the expense of one of the best talents that NXT has. 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