Oro Mensah def. Tavion HeightsI'm a fan of both of these guys and would like to see NXT do more with them. Heights improves with every performance and Mensah has great charisma. This was a quality contest while it lasted. I would have been fine with either guy winning, but Mensah is more established, so it made more sense for him to win. Heights will only get better the more matches he has with experienced talent like Mensah.
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The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn def. La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush, Dralistico and Preston Vance)It feels like The Acclaimed have been largely relegated to Rampage since losing the AEW World Tag Team Championship earlier this year with not much of note to do, but at least they're on television at all. This was a good match with LFI having a solid showing in defeat. I was wondering what purpose this served two days before Double or Nothing, but post-match, The Acclaimed obviously teased challenging House of Black for the AEW World Trios Championship. As of now, House of Black's open challenge for Double or Nothing still hasn't been officially accepted, so maybe the Acclaimed tease was a swerve?
United States Champion Austin Theory def. SheamusI'm surprised this wasn't saved for Night of Champions on Saturday considering the gimmick of the event used to be that every active title needed to be defended, but it made for a nice attraction on this show. This was a fresh match and I thought they worked well together. The feud just got started, so hopefully there's more to come between these two and the outside interference Pretty Deadly costing Sheamus the win indicates that it will. I will say, though, Theory continuing to come off as the afterthought in these title defenses has done him no favors.
Pre-Show: The Death Dollz def. Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Coven (Non-Title)Rosemary has transformed into Courtney Rush, so this was a slightly different match than we've seen from these teams before. I thought it was weird that this was non-title, but I guess them winning here makes sense as it explains why Death Dollz would eventually get another title shot. Like most matches in the Knockouts tag team division, this wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but it was decent enough and the crowd liked Rosemary's new alter-ego.
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