Pretty Deadly better be watching this one!

The NXT UK Tag Team Division is on display again! Four teams enter, but only one team will win their golden tickets to face Pretty Deadly!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Nathan Frazer VS Mark Andrews; Andrews wins.
• Dani Luna VS Stevie Turner; Luna wins.
• NXT UK Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way: Moustache Mountain VS Symbiosis VS Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter VS Jack Starz & Dave Mastiff; Moustache Mountain wins and will challenge Pretty Deadly for the titles.

PLAY BY PLAY

Nathan Frazer VS Mark Andrews!

The British Prodigy wants to prove himself against the best, and when it comes to flying through the air, no one’s better than Subculture’s high-fiving, stage diving, skateboarding rockstar! But will Frazer be ready to go from match film to the real deal?

The bell rings and the two circle as fans rally up. They tie up, Andrews waistlocks, snapmares and gets an armlock. Frazer fights up, Andrews wrenches to a wristlock. Frazer rolls, gets up, but Andrews wrangles him back down. Andrews keeps on the wrist but Frazer fights up. Andrews again wrangles Frazer down, but Frazer rolls back to stand up. Frazer spins, arm-drags, but Andrews holds on, showing off his technical side. Frazer rolls, handsprings, cartwheels and wrings Andrews but Andrews handsprings through! Andrews then side steps, Frazer handsprings to return the favor, only for Andrews to slam on the brakes and headlock takeover!

Frazer rolls Andrews to a cover, ONE! Andrews grinds the headlock, Frazer fights up and powers out, but Andrews goes up and over in the corner. Frazer also goes up and over, but then Andrews goes up to CROSSBODY! Direct hit, cover, TWO! Andrews arm-drags, Frazer headscissors, Andrews kips out but runs into Frazer’s arm-drag. Andrews headscissors, Frazer kips free, but Andrews blocks the kick to flip Frazer. Frazer lands on his feet, Andrews jumps his leg sweep, but Frazer blocks the buzzsaw! Fans fire up for “NXT! NXT!” as the two stand off. Andrews and Frazer go again, Frazer headlocks but Andrews powers out. Frazer rolls and dropkicks on the return!

Andrews gets to a corner as fans rally up for “Both These Guys!” Frazer CHOPS, and CHOPS, then stalks Andrews to reel him in. Snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Andrews gets back to a corner, Frazer wrenches and whips corner to corner. Andrews reverses, Frazer goes up and over and handsprings away, but Andrews follows to dropkick him in the corner! Andrews drags Frazer up, wrench to a back suplex! Cover, TWO! Andrews clamps onto the arm, then gets the other arm for a motorcycle stretch. Fans rally as Frazer fights up to his feet, and Frazer turns it, only for Andrews to turn it back. Frazer flips to kangaroo kick, but Andrews comes back to NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO!

Andrews brings Frazer back up but Frazer throws body shots. Frazer throws uppercuts, Andrews whips him away but Frazer RANAS! Andrews handsprings through to dropkick! Cover, TWO! Andrews gets the motorcycle stretch back, Frazer fights up and fans rally. But Andrews hooks Frazer up for an IRON OCTOPUS! Frazer endures, walks over but Andrews lets him go to Northern Lights, only for Frazer to sunset flip! TWO, but Andrews gets Frazer, only for Frazer to hit him with ANARCHY! Both men are down but fans rally up again. Frazer and Andrews both stand, Frazer throws forearms and haymakers! And a CHOP! And a haymaker, and a CHOP!

Frazer whips, Andrews reverses but runs into BOOTS! Frazer runs the ropes but Andrews follows. Frazer ducks to come back with a SLINGBLADE! Frazer gets a waistlock, but Andrews switches. Frazer elbows free, runs but Andrews reel shim in to back suplex! Frazer lands on his feet, scoops Andrews right to the ELBOW DROP DDT! RUNNING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO! Frazer is surprised and BT Sports Studio fires up again! Frazer brings Andrews up but Andrews RAMS him into a corner! Frazer elbows back, goes up the ropes, but Andrews Tiger Feints the legs out! Frazer hits the mat, Andrews goes up! But Frazer is up to get under the jump!

Andrews comes back, slides under and PELES! Then he reels Frazer in, but Frazer elbows free. Another blocked kick, Andrews flips Frazer again, but gets him for a FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Frazer survives and Andrews can’t believe it! Andrews runs, tilt-o-whirls, but Frazer blocks to LAWN DART Andrews into buckles! “This is Awesome!” as Frazer and Andrews are both down. Andrews drags himself into the corner but Frazer runs in to forearm smash! Frazer whips but Andrews blocks. Andrews puts Frazer on the apron, but Frazer comes back. Andrews slides under, that throws Frazer off, and Andrews trips Frazer from the apron!

Frazer staggers, Andrews whips, but Frazer reverses! Andrews goes up the steps to QUEBRADA! Fans fire up as he takes Frazer down! Andrews puts Frazer back in, then he aims from the apron. Andrews springboards but Frazer intercepts him for a SUPER SPANISH FLY!! Cover, TWO!?! Andrews survives and BT Sports Studio is loving this! Frazer gets back to the corner, fans rally up and he climbs! PHOENIX roll through as Andrews dodges! Roll up and it’s deep, TWO! SUPERKICK! Frazer covers, TWO!! Frazer gets Andrews up, suplex, STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Andrews gets to the top rope and fans fire up with him! FALL TO PIECES FLOPS!!

Frazer hurries back in and gets an arm, but Andrews counters La Magistrol! ANDREWS WINS!!

Winner: Mark Andrews, by pinfall

That was in the blink of an eye, and Frazer is stunned! Will Andrews show he’s got what it takes in the singles division?

NXT UK Media catches up with Sam Gradwell.

But he already cuts them off to say they aren’t getting words from him. But they want to know his plans for- “Thunderstorms don’t make plans, they change ’em.” But A-Kid finds him first. He heard what Gradwell was saying about him and Spain. That is unacceptable. AK knows Gradwell likes to talk, but if he wants to talk to AK, do it in his language. What? Spanish? No, he means fighting. You yogurt! AK gets Gradwell with his usual insult! Gradwell says it’s only funny when he does it, yogurt! Will the Spanish Sensation make Gradwell eat his words soon enough?

Pretty Deadly are out front of the Hippodrome.

Sam Stoker & Lewis Howley have conquered sports entertainment, but they’re #PrettyDeadlySerious about many other things. So today, they’re checking out Magic Mike Live, the musical version of the hit movie. The NXT UK Tag Team Champions get to show off their side plates to the cast, and note how they got to have a “Told you so!” moment back to their mums who didn’t think they’d make it this far. Ross Sands the choreographer had them run through the routine and see if they could keep up. Pretty Deadly says a big difference between them and the dancers is that Pretty Deadly is more “trim.” But they’re all stars, so it’s all the same. Do you think you’ve got what it takes? #YesBoy!

And in their opinions, they smashed it! Sands commends them on getting it down in under half an hour. Mad respect. But what’s next for Stoker and Howley to get #PrettyDeadlySerious about? We’ll just have to wait and see.

NXT UK Media finds Kenny Williams up to something.

Uh, what’s he up to with that marker pen? “Sha Samuels is a” but Kenny hasn’t finished. He yells at the reporters, but then he hears someone making a lot of noise. Oh, it’s Saxon Huxley. Kenny didn’t realize it was him, but it seems he’s looking for that missing puzzle piece. Well it won’t translate in the ring against someone as smart as Kenny. Kenny throws his shirt at Saxon, Saxon stomps it down and calls him, “Kenny Cockroach!” The Scum of the Earth may be a bottom feeder, but will he be squashed by the Divine Beast of the Astral Plane soon enough?

Dani Luna VS Stevie Turner!

Last week, we saw Flash Morgan Webster go hard but fall against Rampage Brown, while we just saw #MANDREWS fly high against Nathan Frazer. Will Subculture get on the winning side as the Punk Rock Powerhouse steps into the ring? Or will all her strength mean nothing to the Four Dimensional Diva?

The bell rings and fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, Luna powers Turner back, but lets off as the ref counts. Turner slips out to the apron, then slips back in at the other corner. They tie up again, Luna again powers Turner to a corner, but Turner pulls hair to turn things around! The ref counts, Turner pushes Luna, but Luna shoves Turner down! Turner gets up with a bit of fluster, but she calls Luna out for a test of strength? Luna ties up with the knuckle locks, but then Turner stomps a foot! Turner has the knuckle locks, but Luna turns them onto Turner! Luna powers Turner down for the cover! ONE, then Turner kicks free, only to run into a hip toss!

Luna runs Turner over, scoops and SLAMS her, then covers! TWO, but Luna keeps close. She brings Turner up to snap suplex! Una amiga, then a dead lift! But Turner slips out and pulls hair again! Luna swings on Turner, Turner dodges to THESZ PRESS! But Luna turns that around to a dead lift! Turner slips out of the bomb but Luna LARIATS Turner down! Fans fire up while Turner sputters and crawls to ropes. Luna stalks up behind Turner, waistlocks and drags Turner up, but Turner grabs ropes! The ref counts, Turner wheelbarrows Luna into the ropes! Then KNEES her down! Cover, TWO! Turner scowls and drags Luna up, turns her, and hits a NECKBREAKER!

But Turner holds on, gets Luna up again, and hits another NECKBREAKER! And then a third! Cover, TWO! Luna survives the hat trick but Turner hooks her up and rains down elbows! Luna endures the seated stretch to fireman’s carry takeover! Luna rallies with shoulders, then she whips and scoops to a POWERSLAM! And then a dead lift to a FALL AWAY SLAM! Luna kips up and fans fire up! She RAMS Turner into the corner, then hits an EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! Turner is still in this and Luna grows frustrated. Fans rally up, Luna dead lifts Turner but Turner slips out again. Turner reels Luna in, SIDE EFFECT! Cover, TWO!

Turner grows frustrated, she taunts Luna and pushes her around. Turner stands Luna, Luna shoves her, dodges the boot and BOOTS Turner down! Dead lift suplex! Luna pushes Turner now, gets her up in a fireman’s carry, but Turner grabs ropes. The ref counts. Luna pulls Turner from the ropes to WIDOWMAKER! Cover, Luna wins!

Winner: Dani Luna, by pinfall

It doesn’t matter if it’s third or fourth, strength wins in all dimensions! Will this help Luna power up and head for the title?

It’s the Nina Samuels Show!

Nina Samuels welcomes us back as she’s preparing for a scoop. She wants Isla Dawn to talk to her, but she just laughs and goes down the hallway. Some people have no professionalism whatsoever. Isla is one thing, but then there’s that Aleah James! She gets one win and she thinks she’s the bee’s knees! It only took her a whole year to get it, though! But then Aleah James walks up and taps Nina on the shoulder. Nina clearly has a problem with her, so what is it then? Nina says there’s no problem but Aleah says she’ll talk to Sid Scala about making a match. Fine! Aleah walks off and Nina says there’s the exclusive. Will Aleah make Nina watch her back before she runs her mouth?

Gallus rides through the city streets.

Markus and Wolfgang can’t believe the nerve of Teoman and Rohan Raja. Who do they think they are? They’re here a minute and call themselves a family. Gallus has been here since day one, making a name for themselves. Maybe they forget that Gallus is a family, but also a business. “These guys take things too personally.” Joe says if the posers want to make this personal, then they’ll remind everyone why it’s Gallus boys on top. Uh oh, are they getting pulled over? Mark, put the boot down. AKA pedal to the metal. Will this still be Gallus’ Kingdom after having it out with The Babo’s family?

Subculture celebrates backstage.

FMW and Andrews are fired up for Luna, NXT UK Media says they must be pleased. Yep, 2-0 here tonight for Subculture. They said that they’d start from the bottom, fight to the top. But Blair Davenport says they should just stay at the bottom. The closer they get to the top, Blair will just send Luna back down. Is she right? No fist bump for her so she just leaves. Subculture shrugs that off, but will Luna have to get through the gritty goth if she wants to go for the gold?

NXT UK Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way: Moustache Mountain VS Symbiosis VS Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter VS Jack Starz & Dave Mastiff!

Trent Seven is so hungry for his first NXT UK gold, he’s practically starving! Will this huge main event be what he, and Tyler Bate, needs to get after those tag titles? Or will another of these young, hungry and impressive duos take that food off Moustache Mountain’s table for their own Pretty Deadly showdown?

In this kind of Fatal 4, only two teams are legal at a time, and Jack Starz steps up, as does Trent Seven. They circle, tie up, fans sing for “Trent Seven Army~!” as he spins and snapmares Starz to a ghost pin, ONE! He holds onto Starz, turns him back to a ghost pin, TWO! Starz gets away and he resets with Seven. They circle, tie up, and Seven wrenches an arm to a wristlock. Starz rolls, rolls and gets away! Fans cheer, and Seven applauds that as they reset again. They tie up with knuckle locks and go shoulder to shoulder. Starz kicks an arm, wrenches then drops to leg pick! Starz kips up to the spinning toe hold! Starz then gets up for a standing toe hold, but Seven endures.

Seven moves around as Starz keeps on the toe ‘n’ ankle, but Seven turns over to reel Starz in with a trick from Tyler Bate’s book. But Starz knows that trick to wrench and YANK the arm. Starz wrangles Seven down to JAM the arm, then he wrenches to tag in Mastiff! The Bomber  headlocks, Seven powers out but Mastiff runs him over! Seven grabs onto a leg but Mastiff stomps him. Things speed up for these big boys and Mastiff whips Seven to ropes. Seven comes back with a CROSSBODY! Seven topples Mastiff then fires up to scoop! But he falls over under Mastiff’s weight! Cover, TWO! Seven survives being squashed, but Mastiff stalks him to ropes. And Carter tags in off Mastiff!

Mastiff grumbles but Carter back suplexes Seven! Cover, TWO! Carter keeps on Seven with a wrench, tags to Smith, and Smith takes the handoff to wrench to an ELBOW BREAKER! Smith whip and WRINGS Seven out, then tags Carter. They coordinate, assisted slingshot shoulder tackle! Cover, TWO! Carter keeps Seven down with an armlock, then a wrench. Carter CLUBS the arm, but Seven wrenches Carter back! Seven wrenches again, has the wristlock, but Carter rolls, kips and kicks, but Primate tags in off Seven! Carter still gets Primate with a hip toss! Tag to Smith, he leap frogs to attack the arm! Smith then wrenches and BACK DROPS Primate to an armlock!

Primate endures, Smith shifts to a top wristlock, but Primate powers him to the Mastiff & Starz corner! Starz tags in off Smith, mugs Primate and wrenches his arm to CLUB away on the arm. Tag to Mastiff, Starz JAMS Primate’s arm then Mastiff scoops and SLAMS Primate down! Tag to Starz, Mastiff hits a BACK SENTON! Starz SLINGSHOT SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Starz CLUBS Primate, wrenches but Primate ROCKS Starz with a right. Primate wrenches Starz’s arm, has the wristlock and clamps onto the shoulder. Primate pulls hair, the ref reprimands, but Starz fights up. Primate wrenches again, buts Starz rolls, cartwheels and handsprings to slide under and kick Primate out!

Primate gets on the apron but Starz kips up to dropkick him down! Then a dropkick for Smith! And for Seven! And for Eddie Dennis as he gets on the apron! Starz shouts, “Who else wants it?!” Primate gets in again but Starz dodges to EuroUpper! Bate tags in off Primate before Starz back drops Primate away! Fans are fired up as the Big Strong Boy and Starz stand off. They tie up, Bate arm-drags, Starz headscissors, Bate kips free. Starz trips Bate, Bate uses both legs to throw Starz, but Starz cartwheels through! The two stand off again and fans fire up! The two circle, tie up, Starz headlocks. Bate throws body shots, powers out, and Dennis trips Starz?! The ref reprimands, then EJECTS Dennis!

Dennis throws a fit but fans taunt him with “Nana na na! Nana na na! Hey hey hey! Good-bye~!” But then Tyson T-Bone gets in to DOUBLE LARIAT Bate and Starz! And BLAST Carter & Smith! And BOOT Seven! Mastiff gets in but T-Bone scoops him!? For a FALL AWAY SLAM!? The King of the Travelers just send Mastiff on a trip! And then he fires off heavy hands on Bate! T-Bone bumps Bate off buckles in the Symbiosis corner, then officially tags himself in off Bate! T-Bone shoves Bate away then drags Starz over to tag in Primate. Symbiosis whip Starz into buckles then throw him down for the DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Primate grows frustrated but he tags T-Bone back in.

Bate runs in, T-Bone dodges but Bate hits Primate! T-Bone gets Bate for an EXPLODER! Starz tags Carter in and the Predator Killer rallies on T-Bone! They fire off hands back and forth, Carter gets the edge but T-Bone shoves him. Smith tags in, Carter misdirects T-Bone and Smith ROCKS him! They both fire off hands and CHOPS, then double whip. T-Bone kicks Smith away, blocks Carter’s kick and throws it at Smith, but Smith catches it to flip Carter for a BIG Scorpion Ax Kick! T-Bone staggers into a SUPERKICK! Seven tags in off T-Bone, dodges Smith and shoves him into the corner. CHOP for Smith!

Carter runs in, dodges Seven, jumps off Smith to go over Seven, Seven runs into Smith’s body shot! Carter comes back to DOUBLE KNEE Seven into the buckles, and Smith fires up to LARIAT! They work together again, assisted MOONSAULT! Cover but Mastiff barrels in to break it! Mastiff throws Carter out hard, Seven tags Bate! Carter SUPERKICKS Mastiff but Mastiff falls on Carter! Smith brawls with Bate, EuroUppers back and forth! Bate backs Smith down, Primate tags in off Smith but Smith DECKS him! Bate dodges Smith and they keep brawling with EuroUppers! Bate throws fast hands, Smith shoves to BOOT! Down goes Bate and he bails out!

Smith checks his face while Seven goes up top!? But Smith goes after Seven first! Smith climbs up, they brawl up top, and there’s a crowd forming at the ramp! T-Bone joins in to go after Seven! T-Bone SHOVES Seven onto the others on the outside! SUPERPLEX to Smith!! Fans are fired up for “NXT! NXT!” as Primate sees an opening! He springboards to CROSSBODY the cluster at the ramp! Primate roars, bangs the steps, and puts Bate back in for T-Bone! Bate slips out of the scoop to ROCK T-Bone! Primate clotheslines Bate in the corner, then hits Seven in the other! Primate dodges Bate to CROSSBODY, but Bate rolls through with that Big Strong Boy energy!

Bate pops Primate up to a AIRPLANE SPIN! Starz gets in but Bate trips him up! Bate adds Starz on, and Cesaro would be proud of this AIRPLANE SPIN SWING COMBO! Bate only goes about half a dozen rotations, through, before he DUMPS Primate on Starz! Then he dead lift GERMAN SUPLEXES Primate away! Mastiff drops the SENTON on the bridging cover! Mastiff gets Primate up to the corner and tags himself in! Bate is in a corner,. Mastiff takes aim but he has to CLOBBER T-Bone first! Seven BACK HANDS Mastiff, but Starz POWERBOMBS Seven! Starz is roaring but Primate drags him out to RAM him into steel steps!

Carter tags in off Bate and climbs. Mastiff rushes over to throw body shots! Mastiff climbs but Smith joins in! Smith Electric Chair Lifts Mastiff?! Carter springboards, DOOMSDAY CUTTER!!! Cover, but Primate DIVING HEADBUTTS it apart!! Carter writhes, Primate crawls, T-Bone RAMS Smith into barriers! T-Bone tags in of Mastiff, fans declare “This is Awesome!” as Bate tags in then DECKS Carter! Bate springboards but into T-Bone’s grip! Tag to Primate, POWERSLAM to DIVING HEADBUTT FLOP! Mastiff drags out T-Bone, Bate REBOUND LARIATS! Tag to Seven, Bate DIVES to take out Mastiff and T-Bone! SEVEN STAR LARIAT! Cover, TWO?!!

Seven calls to Bate and tags him back in! Seven gets Primate up, Bate is up, KNEE DROP BIRMINGHAMMER!! Cover, Moustache Mountain wins!!!

Winners: Moustache Mountain, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contenders to the NXT UK Tag Team Championships)

All the other teams can’t believe it, but that’s the fury and chaos of a Fatal 4! But Pretty Deadly walk out to once again sarcastically applaud Seven & Bate. Will the dandy highwaymen keep the titles and keep the UK Tag Division #PrettyDeadlySerious? Or will Moustache Mountain make history by being the first team to hold both US and UK tag titles in NXT?

My Thoughts:

A great episode for NXT UK, again with just three matches but all great stuff. Frazer VS Andrews was a great opener, real fast and real fun. For just a second, I thought Frazer was winning but what a great little turnaround on the end there. Frazer was still in good spirits and this was a great Face VS Face that RawDown (and I suppose NXT, too) hardly ever does. We got a really good little encounter of Gradwell and A-Kid, that will be a really fun match. Pretty Deadly are definitely becoming big stars within just the UK realm, this “Pretty Deadly Serious” thing could at least get some more casual UK fans into pro-wrestling.

I like the idea that Kenny Williams was doing Sharpie graffiti to talk trash on Sha Samuels given how Sha helped Dar cheat Kenny in the Heritage Cup Contender’s Tournament, and we’re clearly getting Williams VS Huxley for a match. Luna VS Turner was a solid match, and I was a bit surprised Luna won. I thought Turner was going to get some kinda small push since she’s a Heel and the champion, Meiko Satomura, is Face. But it looks like Luna VS Davenport is going to be a way for Davenport to get up in the rankings towards Meiko. Luna VS Davenport oughta be a great match, too. Luna’s got great power, but Davenport has a bit of that, as well, that could be a great opener.

Nina’s “talk show” continues to set up matches, and I’m thinking Aleah James gets her second win in NXT UK off Nina just to make Nina eat her words. I like that we got another of these theatrical, cinematic promos from Gallus, and how they’re subtly keeping up the idea that Gallus is like Scottish mafia or something. And we got an awesome Fatal 4 Way tag. Everyone looked great in this, they did a great job with the blind tags and other-team-tags, they did a great job with keeping it fast and wild, and honestly, what a surprise that Moustache Mountain won here.

I thought one of the other Face teams, like Carter & Smith or Starz & Mastiff, was getting this, but Moustache Mountain getting one more chance is definitely going to get more eyes on this. I still lean towards Moustache Mountain losing again, and that could be a make or break moment for the team. As I said last week, I don’t really want Bate VS Seven as a story, but it feels like that’s where we’re going with this. Well, whatever way they go with this, NXT UK will make it great.

My Score: 8.5/10