Tag: Briggs And Jensen

UK Tag Team title match set for WWE NXT

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A match for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships has been announced for next week’s NXT.

Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen will defend their titles against Pretty Deadly. Two other matches, Roderick Strong vs. Damon Kemp and JD McDonagh vs. Cameron Grimes is also set for next week’s show.

Briggs & Jensen were shown with Fallon Henley at their bar during tonight’s NXT when Pretty Deadly walked in, dressed like cowboys. The two teams argued and were about to go at it when Fallon Henley stopped the fight, saying if Pretty Deadly wanted a match, they could get it next week.

Tonight’s show also had a confrontation between McDonagh and Grimes. As Grimes was talking about his failure to capture the NXT title from Bron Breakker at The Great American Bash, McDonagh came out and taunted Grimes over his loss. The two ended up getting into a brawl, with Grimes sending out McDonagh with a headbutt.

Strong made a match for himself against Kemp after Kemp was friendly with the Creed Brothers, suggesting the two teams have a rematch for the titles.

Axiom will also make his debut next week, with a vignette airing showing him putting on a mask. Joe Gacy also promised on tonight’s show that The Schism (the former Dyad under a new tag team name) will reveal their identities.

Here is everything announced so far for next week’s NXT:

  • JD McDonagh vs. Cameron Grimes
  • Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen vs. Pretty Deadly for the NXT UK Tag Team titles
  • Roderick Strong vs. Damon Kemp
  • Axiom in-ring debut
  • The Schism reveal their identities

NXT Level Up results: Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Briggs & Jensen

Posted on by Chick Fritts

Trick Williams defeated Guru Raaj

This was a nothing match in a non-offensive kind of way. It wasn’t good or bad; it just happened.

Williams and Raaj went back and forth for a while before Williams used a scoop slam to take the lead. Williams tried submitting Raaj with a standing stretch, but Raaj endured. Once escaping Williams’s submission attempt, Raaj launched a short rally, but a quick spinning kick from Williams cut him off. A swinging neck breaker brought this match to an end.

Ivy Nile defeated Brooklyn Barlow

I am quite the Nile fan, but this match didn’t come together at all. Barlow’s offence was less than stellar throughout this match, and her control sequences were not convincing.

Nile opened the match with a pair of leg kicks and a massive takedown. Barlow answered with a hip toss takedown into arm control. Nile took her time before escaping but turned things around on a dime with a quick strike. Nile then led an extended offensive sequence, complete with a suplex and some strikes.

Barlow fought back into the match with a swift sequence. A sneaky pin almost scored her a win, but Nile kicked out. Then, almost as quickly as it started, Nile cut off Barlow with a punch to the midsection and kick to the head. Nile then locked in a dragon sleeper, resulting in the submission victory.

James Drake and Zack Gibson (Grizzled Young Veterans) defeated Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen

This was not great.

Gibson took control early but fell to double team offence. Drake helped Gibson retake control with some GYV tandem work.

Drake couldn’t keep control while facing down Briggs, but a sneaky tag let Gibson take the lead. GYV then singled out Jensen in classic tag-team fashion. Jenson grew progressively more desperate after multiple failed tag attempts; once Briggs actually tagged in, he ran through GYV, scoring a near fall after a backbreaker.

GYV retook control after Gibson jumped Briggs while he was occupied with Drake. GYV hit a combination dropkick/facebuster, resulting in a near fall. The pair then taunted Briggs, buying him enough time to dodge a dropkick and tag out.

Jensen tried to start a rally, but he was distracted by a woman in the crowd. Drake kneed Jensen in the head then covered him while Gibson held his feet, leading to a GYV victory.

After the match, Fallon Henley confronted GYV as they were walking up the ramp. Briggs and Jensen then came in and beat down Gibson. Commentary said it looked like “a bar fight in Alabama” and a “good ‘ole country ho-down”. Good lord. The show ended with Brooks & Jensen standing tall.