I can’t say I expected the top men’s title scene in “NXT” to be any less chaotic following Grayson Waller’s victory over Tony D’Angelo, Zilla Fatu, and Cruz Montana at Heatwave, but I didn’t expect it to get even more messy. While it looks as though we’re headed toward a single number one contender for Waller, with just how many guys were involved in tonight’s main event segment, I can’t say that for sure.
I figured after Heatwave, we’d see D’Angelo get a singles rematch, then Fatu get a shot, then hopefully Montana would take the gold off Waller. While we still very well could get the latter in the end, tonight’s parade of promos certainly didn’t help settle down the title picture from the last few weeks, when we got the whirlwind of Waller’s return to “NXT” and Montana and Fatu’s debuts.
After Waller cut what I found to be a pretty basic heel championship celebration promo, quite a few stars, not just Montana, D’Angelo, and Fatu (who actually wasn’t part of this at all) came out. Earlier in the night, Saquon Shugars, EK Prosper, and Keanu Carver were talking to Robert Stone about title shots backstage, but I didn’t really expect them to be part of this, as they’re not exactly close to the top title picture.
It was Shugars to come out and confront Waller first, and while I do love him, I figured he wasn’t the only guy coming to shoot his shot. Cruz then came through the crowd, Prosper showed up, and then Mason Rook came out to throw himself in there, despite not really feeling like as big of a deal as he did upon his debut a few months ago. D’Angelo stormed out and I thought that was the end of things, until Carver showed up from out of nowhere.
Carver’s nice, but terrifying, good guy gimmick — toward Stone, especially — is interesting, but I really wish I knew more about what he was doing, outside of getting himself in the title picture, I guess. He bullied Stone into making a six-man tag match for next week, where the winners will then face off in a triple threat to determine the new number one contender.
I can’t say I hate that much, as it’s an interesting way to determine the next challenger. I just don’t have any faith “NXT” will keep it a singles match. As mentioned, Fatu wasn’t out during the segment, so it’s likely he crashes the triple threat to cause further chaos. This is definitely something I’ll have to see play out, and it’s great there are so many guys trying to prove themselves, but it’s not what I was expecting.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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