{"id":55576,"date":"2018-02-18T02:07:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55576"},"modified":"2018-02-18T02:07:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T08:07:10","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-2-14-roderick-strong-vs-pete-dunne-ember-moon-vs-shayna-baszler-tm-61-squash-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/18\/nxt-hits-misses-2-14-roderick-strong-vs-pete-dunne-ember-moon-vs-shayna-baszler-tm-61-squash-match\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/14: Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler, TM-61 squash match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1912967831\" 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>Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne (UK Championship):\u00a0<\/b>This was a very good match.\u00a0 It was a clash of styles with Pete Dunne being more methodical as Roderick Strong\u2019s style is fast, but both are hard hitting.\u00a0 Also, both are very technical and this was on display as the two traded holds and strikes.\u00a0 Dunne stuck to his usual game plan as Strong was the victim of his joint manipulation.\u00a0 Strong also didn\u2019t stray away from his usual forte as he lived up to his name as the \u201cMessiah of the Backbreaker\u201d, performing an array of backbreakers.\u00a0 There are two things that were evident in this match, Pete Dunne is a star and Roderick Strong\u2019s time in NXT is about up.\u00a0 Dunne is not only the ultimate heel in his smug nature, but he is an extrodinary wrestler who embodies the British Strong Style. And he is only 24 years old!\u00a0 He has a bright future on any of the rosters that he chooses to be in, as Roderick Strong once again has done all that he can in NXT.\u00a0 Being that he has been a champion in other promotions, it is hard to see how come he hasn\u2019t excelled more in NXT.\u00a0 He is very talented, but this could possibly be a waste of opportunity as he should have been more. Maybe this is his calling to another roster such as 205 Live? Either way, it was a great match and the future is bright for both of these stars.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT Women\u2019s Championship Match):\u00a0<\/b>This was a decent rematch from Takeover: Philadelphia as, even though Ember Moon won that bout, there was a lot to prove as she aggressively went after Shayna Baszler from the offset.\u00a0 Both of these competitors looked good as Moon performed very well and Baszler remained her vicious self. It was good to see Kairi Sane added to the mix as she made the save for Moon, but where is this going to go?\u00a0 It seems as though it is going in circles as it was once Sane vs. Baszler, then Moon vs. Baszler, now back to Sane vs. Baszler?\u00a0 Possibly a three-way match, but there needs to be more of a focus on the individual feuds as opposed to this back and forth between these three.\u00a0 Once again, it is a show of the lack of female competitors within the division, but overall, still a decent match between the champion and the newcomer.<\/p>\n<h3><b>MISSES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>TM-61 vs. Jobbers:\u00a0<\/b>This was a horrible match as it served as a squash match for TM-61, but they did not look that impressive.\u00a0 They controlled the match, but there was nothing spectacular.\u00a0 If TM-61 is to get over, they need to be in more competitive matches.\u00a0 Also, there move sets are very dull as there really isn\u2019t anything that they do can really be worth talking about.\u00a0 The only thing that they&#8217;VE got going for them right now is the promo videos that were used to reintroduce them, but as of this point, they have yet to live up to them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT A FULL REVIEW OF THIS EPISODE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/15\/2-14-nxt-tv-report-ember-moon-vs-baszler-dunne-vs-strong-tm61-action-aleister-black-velveteen-dream\/\">2\/14 NXT TV Report: Ember Moon vs. Baszler, Dunne vs. Strong, TM61 in action, Aleister Black, Velveteen Dream<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1380556886\"><div id=\"pwtor-64884471\"><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 Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne (UK Championship):\u00a0This was a very good match.\u00a0 It was a clash of styles with Pete Dunne being more methodical as Roderick Strong\u2019s style is fast, but both are hard <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/18\/nxt-hits-misses-2-14-roderick-strong-vs-pete-dunne-ember-moon-vs-shayna-baszler-tm-61-squash-match\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/14: Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler, TM-61 squash match\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25195,"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-55576","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\/07\/EmberMoonAthena_3x2TG.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55576","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=55576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55577,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55576\/revisions\/55577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}