WWE NXT Level Up Review - May 6, 2022

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley def. Sarray and Erica Yan

Paxley has been trying to impress Nile for a while now, so it's interesting they're continuing that storyline. Speaking of Paxley, she'll be taking part in the upcoming NXT Breakout Tournament for the women, so it was logical for her and the undefeated Nile to win here. Meanwhile, I fear for Sarray's future considering she just lost twice to Tiffany Stratton. Sarray is obviously the most experienced competitor of the four, so she was able to keep this thing together. It was decent.

Sloane Jacobs def. Thea Hail

Both of these women are under the age of 20, so this has to be one of the "youngest" matches in WWE history, right? Jacobs is another name set to take part in the NXT Breakout tourney, so you had to know she was winning here. With both ladies being so young, they obviously have a long way to go as far as their in-ring work is concerned, but this was passable. I've seen far worse matches from far more experienced people. They were smart to keep it basic.

Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan def. Dante Chen and Javier Bernal

Tony D'Angelo sitting in on commentary was a treat, especially since there wasn't anything terribly interesting about the match itself. I was paying more attention to what he was saying than the in-ring action, but it was pretty standard stuff. We've seen Lorenzo and Donovan on Level Up before, but this was their first match as D'Angelo's lackeys. They look generic as hell, but they play their roles well. This gave them a nice but certainly wasn't worthy of the main event slot.

Overall Show

There wasn't anything out of the ordinary about this show, but then again, it would a special occasion if there was. Level Up is all about giving the up-and-comers more chances to improve, so in that respect, this edition served its purpose. Roderick Strong appeared in Nile's corner during the corner and we got D'Angelo on commentary during the main event, so at least there was some star power to make it more worthwhile.

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