#1. NXT’s booking is second to none
Week after week, I tune into NXT and find myself baffled at how easily booked and well-paced this show is. Now, obviously, I’m a huge fan of NXT and more importantly, a huge “mark” for Triple H, but you can’t say that he hasn’t been consistently great at booking this show on a weekly basis.
And not only is the show booked well, but it’s so simple and makes sense. Tonight, leading up to the main event between Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin, we saw hype videos that legitimized all parties involved even more. Triple H and company are able to always pepper in some squash matches, along with some great tag team action and leave us with an interesting and exciting main event.
As for this show’s main event, the finish was fantastic; complex but simple. In this finish, everyone comes out smelling like roses. Corbin, even though he tapped out, comes out looking fine because he tapped out to not one, but two submissions (but for us to buy that as an excuse, Graves and Phillips have to sell us on it next week.) For Joe and Zayn, they both have legitimate cases for why they believe they won the match.
Simple booking, but it left me wanting to know what happens next; what will William Regal decide to do? That’s exactly what a wrestling show is suppose to do; keep you wanting more.
If I had to say which wrestling television show has the best booking out, NXT is second to none when it comes to consistency and logical thinking. Yes, some episodes are sometimes not the most exciting, but as a fan, you know that episode is a piece to a bigger puzzle. You have faith in the booking, which is why you sit through some weeks that aren’t filled with crazy, spot-fest matches.
In Hunter we trust. In NXT we trust.
Thanks for reading, everyone! See you next week for another review of NXT.
