WWE NXT Level Up Review - June 9, 2023

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Nathan Frazer def. Tavion Heights

I was worried when Frazer first started doing the talk show gimmick, but it's surprisingly worked out for him so far, mostly because he has the personality for it and he's been able to showcase that more. He's also gotten consistent television time out of it. He'll challenge Noam Dar for the NXT Heritage Cup Championship next week, so it made sense to give him a win here in what was an enjoyable outing while it lasted. Heights is impressive and Frazer took him to that next level.

Luca Crusifino def. Myles Borne

Is Crusifino still feuding with Von Wagner? He got mic time on this show, and regardless of whether we get a rematch with him and Wagner or not, it's logical to keep him going with wins on Level Up (despite his lawyer gimmick still not being good). Borne was rolling for a while, but it seems he's lost any momentum he had a few months ago. This was decent but hardly anything out of the ordinary.

Charlie Dempsey def. Dante Chen

Ideally, Dempsey would squash Chen because he should be positioned as much higher on the totem pole than Chen, but I understand they have time to fill on this show. No disrespect to Chen, who is solid, but I want to see Dempsey dominating dudes more regularly on NXT TV. Since it was competitive, it ended up being a pretty good match. They worked well together and I appreciated the clash of styles.

Overall Show

Level Up was been featuring purely "developmental" matches as of late, and while I understand that's purely the purpose of this program, getting somewhat-quality matches on occasion is welcomed. Dempsey vs. Chen and Frazer vs. Heights were both fun, and even Crusifino vs. Borne was well worked. This was an easy thumbs-up show by Level Up standards, though it's a bummer we didn't have any women's matches this week.

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