Tag: Edris Enofe And Malik Blade

Participants revealed for WWE NXT tag team turmoil match

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The participants have been revealed for Tuesday’s Tag Team turmoil match.

WWE on social media announced that Edris Enofe & Malik Blade, Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson), Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows, and New Catch Republic (Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne) will take part in Tuesday’s battle royal to determine the next challengers for NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom. The winners will face the champions at Heatwave on July 7.

Frazer and Axiom successfully defended the titles at Battleground earlier this month, defeating Anderson & Gallows. Frazer will also be in action on Tuesday, taking on Tony D’Angelo for the NXT Heritage Cup trophy. 

Here’s everything that’s been announced for Tuesday’s NXT episode:

WWE NXT (Tuesday, June 25) —

  • Trick Williams vs. Shawn Spears
  • Heritage Cup Champion Tony D’Angelo defends against Nathan Frazer
  • Tag Team Turmoil match with the winners earning an NXT Tag Team title shot at Heatwave: Edris Enofe & Malik Blade vs. Chase U vs. New Catch Republic vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
  • Sol Ruca vs. Arianna Grace
  • Damon Kemp vs. Tavion Heights

NXT Level Up results: Edris Enofe & Malik Blade in action

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Dante Chen defeated Myles Borne

This was painfully stale. The work was mostly smooth, but nothing memorable happened in its entire runtime.

Chen and Borne opened the match with some mat wrestling. The men traded control on the mat for quite some time. After maintaining a headlock for a large portion of the match, Borne landed a rope-assisted DDT. Chen then transitioned into a pin, taking a quick win.

Arianna Grace defeated Yulisa Leon

I absolutely loved this. It was far from perfect, but these women carried themselves like stars and delivered a compelling match. Bravo.

Leon opened the match by gaining control of the head and maintaining it after connecting with a slam. Leon tried for a quick pin, giving Grace a moment to breathe after the kick-out.

Leon retook control of the head but paused her lead to taunt Grace. Grace was frustrated by the barb and launched a rally of strikes. Momentum shifted into Grace’s favor entirely as she transitioned into working the arm on the mat.

Leon powered off Grace the mat, landing a slam to buy herself some time. Leon landed a series of moves, ending with a nice missile dropkick and a beautiful bridging overhead slam to win the match.

Edris Enofe & Malik Blade defeated Bryson Montana & Damaris Griffin

This was a typical tag team match, until it wasn’t. Strange.

Blade and Enofe gained an early lead with quick tags and tandem offense. Montana ended the early onslaught by catching Blade and landing a colossal toss. Griffin and Montana then worked together to isolate Blade, hitting him with various power moves.

Once getting the tag, Enofe fought back into the match. When things were looking promising for Enofe, Quincy Elliott walked out. Elliott distracted everyone as he seductively rubbed his tookus on the ring post. Enofe and Blade came to their senses first, opening the door for a top rope elbow from Enofe, bringing this match to a strange end. 

NXT Level Up results: Enofe & Blade vs. Chen & Bernal

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Fallon Henley defeated Brooklyn Barlow

This match wasn’t great, but both women displayed a lot of ring presence. Barlow is green, and that showed. Henley was charismatic in her delivery, even through the awkward moments.

The match opened with a clumsy wrestling sequence that turned into a brief pin exchange. After a test of strength, Barlow tried scoring a submission with a unique standing neck crank. Once she escaped the hold, Henley lept into offense, landing a lariat, bulldog, and single-leg running knee to close.

Tatum Paxley defeated Sloane Jacobs

I wish I knew why all of these matches feature so much empty mat wrestling. Paxley has one of the most exciting movesets I’ve seen on Level Up, but it’s wasted on matches made up mostly of rest holds.

Paxley opened the match by trying to score a quick win with a sly pin; Jacobs tried the same but was slammed for her troubles. Paxley then took the match to the mat, stretching Jacobs for some time. Once she escaped, Jacobs took her turn controlling the match on the mat.

Paxley fought back into the match with a swinging neckbreaker, dropkick, and gut-wrench suplex. With the end in sight, Paxley delivered a spinning electric chair powerbomb into a bridging pin to win the match.

Edris Enofe and Malik Blade defeated Dante Chen and Javier Bernal

This was a pretty by-the-numbers tag match. For what it’s worth, the crowd was into Enofe, especially after the hot tag.

This match opened with a couple of team-based sequences that favored Blade and Enofe. After Blade missed a leaping knee, Chen tagged in and took the match to the mat.

Bernal and Chen worked to isolate Enofe on the mat. Enofe finally received a tag, leading to an exciting comeback sequence. Blade and Enofe then worked together to hit Bernal with an elevated leg cutter. After landing the tandem finish, Enofe pinned Bernal to win the match.

Once the smoke cleared, both teams shook hands.