NXT Minus 6…February 27, 2019

Bradley Jay checks in with his 6-point look at this week’s episode of WWE NXT in the NXT Minus 6!

My super hero name…my new band name…and one lucky lady wins this week’s That’s Why I Love Wrestling Award

6. When Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa shook hands, my mind instantly flashed to #DIY versus Undisputed Era. Moments later, it’s announced that they are facing each other in the opening round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic? Opening round? We get a MOTY candidate in the first round? Take my money please!

5. Speaking of, the lineup for the Dusty Classic is rock solid. Five of 8 teams could legit win it. The match-ups are a bit odd. The top half of the bracket is much stronger, but overall I’m super excited for it…and that should be my superhero name: Super Excited.

4.  I know there’s corporate synergy involved, but the mark in me says they sure are using NXT to hype their other shows, you know, Raw and SmackDown. I guess they deserve the rub. BTW, is SmackDown live? They never mention it. If there’s one thing I appreciate about the WWE, it’s their subtlety.

3. Keith Lee versus Donovan Dijakovic was as good as a short, incomplete match could be. If they’re not setting up for a showdown at Takeover, then the entire world can go to Hell. I rank Lee’s matches based on how many ridiculous things he does. This was a 2 Ridiculous match, impressive for how little time he had.

2. I’m not done with Keith. That guy has a million dollar $h!t eating grin. He takes your best shot & gives you a smirk that says, “You know I can turn it on & take you out whenever I want.” Dijakovic, I hope you were paying attention. Wrestling needs more Keith Lees and fewer snarling, grunting, nostril poppers. Great band name: Grunting Nostril Poppers.

1 This week’s That’s Why I Love Wrestling Award goes to…Mia Yim!?!? I’ve been critical of her and seriously underwhelmed with her so far. Her performance against Shayna Baszler was great. It’s the first match of hers I’ve seen that makes me want to see more of her…in ring. Thanks for stepping up your game, Mia. I am so glad I was wrong about you.

That’s right. I said it.