{"id":55230,"date":"2018-02-09T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55230"},"modified":"2018-02-09T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:08:59","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-2-7-sanity-vs-undisputed-era-heavy-machinery-vs-sabbatelli-moss-garganos-promo-nxt-career-stip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/09\/nxt-hits-misses-2-7-sanity-vs-undisputed-era-heavy-machinery-vs-sabbatelli-moss-garganos-promo-nxt-career-stip\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/7:  Sanity vs. Undisputed Era, Heavy Machinery vs. Sabbatelli &#038; Moss, Gargano&#8217;s promo and NXT career stip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3973986947\" 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><strong>None:\u00a0<\/strong>This week was not an impressive week for NXT.\u00a0 The focus was on some feuds that have ran their courses as well as lackluster action from some of the less stellar members of the roster.\u00a0 Hopefully this is just killing time until some of the action starts to pick up towards WrestleMania weekend, but things have just been mediocre.\u00a0 True, this is a hard time as it is somewhat just a filler phase, but there are ways that it can be more entertaining.\u00a0 I would suggest some short-lived feuds that can get the fans excited.\u00a0 As of right now, this is not the case as they are rehashing of some old battles as well as focusing on performers who are not quite ready for the spotlight.\u00a0 I am just hoping that it will pick up as it can be rather hard to watch week after week of subpar showcases.\u00a0 Maybe my palate is too spoiled coming off a great Takeover, but they must keep the party going and not let off the pedal.<\/p>\n<h3><b>MISSES:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Open Segment &#8211; Sanity vs. Undisputed Era:\u00a0<\/b>From what was supposed to be a tag team title match turned into utter chaos as Sanity attacked Undisputed Era during their ring entrance.\u00a0 This led William Regal to book a six-man tornado tag match between the factions.\u00a0 The match itself was what we were used to seeing from these two teams &#8211; a hard-hitting no holds barred brawl.\u00a0 Overall, the match was very entertaining.\u00a0 One can see that Killian Dain has the making of a star as he was the focal point of this match.\u00a0 UE showed its cunning ways as usual, but honestly, they need to pick up some more decisive wins.\u00a0 The whole retreat and blindside attack antics are getting old, but mostly it is beneath them.\u00a0 These are three decorated wrestlers who have won around the world and they are struggling at times to win in NXT?\u00a0 Also, how long is this feud going to last?\u00a0 If anything, it shows the lack of viable teams in the tag team division.\u00a0 You mean to tell me for a championship tag team that just won War Games and coming off an impressive victory at Takeover: Philadelphia against the almost unstoppable Authors of Pain that they can just get rolled by Sanity?\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, Sanity is a good team, but there is no way that this match should have been this competitive. The sad fact is that UE has not looked that dominant since the first time they made their appearance at Takeover: Brooklyn III.\u00a0 Hopefully this will change, but as of this moment, this feud is getting rather old.<\/p>\n<p><b>Johnny Gargano\u2019s Promo:\u00a0<\/b>Now, anyone who saw the title match from NXT: Philadelphia knows that it was one of the best matches that NXT has ever produced.\u00a0 Now leave it at that.\u00a0 Honestly, I don\u2019t believe that anyone is in a hurry to see Johnny Wrestling fight Andrade \u201cCien\u201d Almas again, or at least not so soon.\u00a0 I must agree with Zelina Vega when she said what more do they have to do, they already beat him three times.\u00a0 This storyline is starting to drag on.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great to see his wife Candice Lecrae get involved, but it seems too little too late.\u00a0 Both wrestlers should move on to other opponents and possibly rekindle this feud down the line, but something fresh is needed.\u00a0 And for Gargano to put his NXT career on the line seems rather desperate.\u00a0 He should be feuding with Tommaso Ciampa at this point.\u00a0 It is the battle that everyone wanted to see since Takeover: Chicago when the latter turned his back on his former best friend.\u00a0 The ship has sailed on the Almas-Gargano feud, time to begin a new chapter.<\/p>\n<p><b>Heavy Machinery vs. Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss:\u00a0<\/b>Overall, this match was decent and somewhat entertaining, but it mostly showcased the issues between Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss.\u00a0 But really, who cares?\u00a0 Neither one of them has made an enormous impact in NXT, so for them to be feuding doesn\u2019t really catch anyone\u2019s attention.\u00a0 It would be one thing if they were winning as a tag team, possibly in title contention, but they are at the bottom of the totem pole and it just seems rather pointless.\u00a0 If they feud, it&#8217;s not going to set off any alarms. The only possible thing that can come out of it is that one of them is propelled into possible stardom as the other will more than likely fizzle out.\u00a0 Which one will that be? Who knows?\u00a0 But as a team, they made more sense, and this situation would have had more of an impact if they had been successful. At this point, some sort of revamping would have been better than to have them feud at this point. There is not that much there for anyone to care.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/02\/nxt-hits-misses-1-31-strong-vs-bate-analysis-wrestler-go-tm-61-returns-evans-vs-cross\/\">NXT HITS &amp; MISSES 1\/31: Strong vs. Bate and analysis of where each wrestler should go from here, TM-61 returns, Evans vs. Cross<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-703831392\"><div id=\"pwtor-2675347908\"><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: None:\u00a0This week was not an impressive week for NXT.\u00a0 The focus was on some feuds that have ran their courses as well as lackluster action from some of the less stellar members of the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/09\/nxt-hits-misses-2-7-sanity-vs-undisputed-era-heavy-machinery-vs-sabbatelli-moss-garganos-promo-nxt-career-stip\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/7:  Sanity vs. Undisputed Era, Heavy Machinery vs. Sabbatelli &#038; Moss, Gargano&#8217;s promo and NXT career stip\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36790,"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-55230","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\/2016\/12\/OReillyKyleWK3x2_600b.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55230","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=55230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55231,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55230\/revisions\/55231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}