2025-03-18 WWE NXT - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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We reviewed select storylines from this edition of NXT on episode #153 of the Malapert Smark Podcast with Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian." YouTube Link:
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STORYLINES:
(1) Chelsea Defeats Sol Ruca To Retain US Title
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Chelsea (w/Piper & Alba) vs Sol Ruca (w/Zaria)
Alba Fyre interferes, pulling Chelsea's leg onto bottom rope to break a pin. Zaria, Alba & Piper fight on the outside a Ruca does a dive on the outside...
Winner: Chelsea, who retains US title.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Excellent spot for Sol Ruca with the US title match on NXT. nice booking…
⭐️Robert:
(2) Je'Von, Dissed By Trick, Jumps Into Trick's Fight With Oba Femi... Dark State Look On...
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Lexis King, DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, and Osiris Griffin)
Details:
-Backstage, Je'Von is venting to Trick about being attacked by the Performance Center crew, lists who they've attacked and insists he and trick defend "their NXT," but Trick doesn't want to be friendly with Je'Von, wants no alliance, is focused on his own thing, and puts Je'Von down before walking out.
Enter Lexis King, who arrogantly tells Je'Von he agrees with Trick, and pesters Je'Von until Je'Von smacks him.
-After Trick defeats Eddy Thorpe in NXT Underground (See Storyline #9)... Trick calls out Oba Femi, who complies... the two face off...the lights go out...
Enter DarkState, who are shown in the audience.
Je'Von enters as well and the 3 fight. EVOLVE wrestlers try to break it up but they all get laid out. Je'Von nails Oba Femi and stares off with Trick to end the show...DarkState did not get involved but certainly showed interest in this from the crowd...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Robert: I liked almost all of this angle except the very end.
⭐️Kayhan: I agree with Robert. DarkState being there at the end REALLY muddied this up. And it was already muddied up from all the EVOLVE people being there…. As far as Je’Von jumping in there with Trick & Oba, that’s good! he can hang and he should be in the main event scene.
(3) DarkState Beat Down Toni D'Angelo, Which Also Causes Distraction That Causes Family to Lose To Culling in the Ring...
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Stacks convinces to Don to stay back and protect his health while the rest of the crew handles the 6 person tag.
-6 Person Mixed Tag Match: The D'Angelo Family (Luca Crusifino, Stacks & Adrianna Rizzo) vs The Culling (Niko Vance, Brooks Jensen & Izzi Dame) (w/Shawn Spears)...
During the match, Tony D is shown watching on from the back, and is attacked by The Performance Center crew. This distracts the Family, who are watching on the big screen, and leads to the Culling's victory.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Well this was DarkState’s only actual impact on the show. It was funky. doesn’t seem like they’re aligned with the Culling, so the Family might have to leave fighting the Culling to take care of this now… But i liked the angle of Stacks asking the Boss to stay back and be protected, leading to being attacked. Not bad. that was creative, i felt.
⭐️Robert:
(4) NXT Performance Center Quartet Make Mark on This Show Across Multiple Programs... Reveal Stable Name, DarkState
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Culling, Trick, Oba, Je'Von
Details:
-Backstage, Je'Von is venting to Trick about being attacked by the Performance Center crew, lists who they've attacked and insists he and trick defend "their NXT," but Trick doesn't want to be friendly with Je'Von, wants no alliance, is focused on his own thing, and puts Je'Von down before walking out.
-Backstage, during Family vs Culling match, The Performance Center Quartet attack Tony D'Angelo. The distraction cost the D'Angelo Family their match, See Storyline #3...)
-Backstage, DarkState cut promo, reveal their stable name, DarkState.
-During Show Closing Segment, DarkState appeared as Oba Femi, Trick & Je'Von fought. The stable made the lights go out when Trick & Oba were gonna face off, but did not get involved as the show ended.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Im disappointed in how Saquan didnt clearly introduce the stable name. Mumbled it!…im not feeling the name!… Plus, what happened at the end? they just lookin?!… The only thing they did good in all this was jumping Toni D. Some positives, some negatives, so i’ll balance it out at a 👊. this isn’t dead by any means… let’s see what happens… but i don’t think they should get involved with the main eventers.
⭐️Robert:
(5) Stepahnie Vaquer Agrees To Retain Both Titles Next Tuesday... Jaida Jumps Jordynne For NXT Title Shot, Fallon Henley to Get North American Title Shot....
Participants:
Stephanie Vaquer, Jordynne Grace, Jaida Parker, Fallon Henley
Details:
-Stephanie cuts in ring promo following her huge double title match victory last Tuesday.
Enter Grace, who feels she deserves a shot after her victory over Roxanne, but she is blindsided by Jaida, who steps up to Stephanie as Grace is incapacitated for the segment.
-Backstage, Ava talks with Stephanie, and books her against Jaida for the NXT title next Tuesday.
Enter Fallon Henley, who wants a her owed North American title match. Stephanie agrees to the match, in addition to her NXT title defense, for next Tuesday.
-Backstage, Jaida cuts a promo, promising to become new NXT champ next week...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Jaida getting an NXT title shot. Stephanie being a bad ass, not giving a damn about defending both titles on the same day. 👍👍 I’m here for this!
⭐️Robert:
(6) Briggs & Inamura Defeat Hank & Tank
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: 2 Weeks Ago when both Hank & Tank and Briggs & Inamura stepped up to TNA's World Tag Champs.
-Tag Match: Briggs & Inamura vs Hank & Tank.
Winners: Briggs & Inamura.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Inamura is so entertaining to watch. It's fascinating to see him pull off all them moves with his body.
⭐️Robert:
(7) Ridge & Eddy Thorpe Have Bonding Moment
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Ridge & Thorpe bond over the rest of the locker room not liking them, and how the people theyre both feuding with are "sports entertainers." They encourage each other to take care of business...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Interesting possible alliance…
⭐️Robert:
(8) Ricky Saints Defeats Ridge Holland
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Ridge & Thorpe bond over the rest of the locker room not liking them, and how the people theyre both feuding with are "sports entertainers." They encourage each other to take care of business...
-Match: Ridge vs Saints...
Winner: Saints
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Had to be a Saints win. Solid enough match. Got the job done. Loss doesn’t hurt Holland all that much, as Saints is gonna be a top guy, no doubt about it.
⭐️Robert:
(9) NXT Underground: Trick Puts Down Eddy Thorpe
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Ridge & Thorpe bond over the rest of the locker room not liking them, and how the people theyre both feuding with are "sports entertainers." They encourage each other to take care of business...
-NXT Underground Match: Eddy Thorpe vs Trick Williams...
Winner: Trick...
-Post match, Trick severely dismisses Eddy Thorpe as he tends to other business... See Storyline #2...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Slightly disappointing the way Thorpe loss but this all didn’t turn out too badly for him. At least Trick put him over once… Otherwise it was a nice little NXT Underground match with solid work.
⭐️Robert:
(10) Karmen Petrovic Hesitates As Her Boyfriend Tries To Help Her Cheat, Loses To Jacy Jayne
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Karmen (w/Ashonte) vs Jacy (w/Fallon, Jazmyn)...
Ashonte tries to slip Karmen a steel chair, but she had moral qualms and the distraction lead to her loss.
Winner: Jacy.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: This is how Karmen found out her bf is a low life? 😆 I find it pretty damn funny that she had no clue he would try to help her cheat. They didn’t talk about it or anything… I’ve actually liked Ashonte and Karmen since they got together. They’re love story up until then was 🤮…. The funniest part of all this was Booker T yelling out “It’s a sold out crowd, because Jacy Jayne is in the house!” 🤣😂
⭐️Robert:
(11) Hank & Tank, Already Down After Advice From Legendary Hardyz Didn't Bring Them a Win, Are Severely Dissed by Wes Lee's Crew...
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Hank & Tank are distraught about their loss. Wes, Tyson & Tyreke enter to pour salt on the wounds and insults their weight. Hank holds Tank back.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Wes Lee & crew seriously talking smack, after taking the loss at TNA Sacrifice over the weekend. I guess they had to jump back into running traffic somewhere. This is as good as any. Curious who goes over here. My guess is Tyson & Tyreke.
⭐️Robert:
(12) The Culling Put Down Ricky Saints As Saints is On High After Defeating Ridge Holland, But Saints Has Great Comeback...
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, a Ricky Saints interview is crashed by the Culling, who say they are the real revolution. Izzi tells Saints he has the confidence of a much larger man, but that he doesn't "measure up" while looking down at his manhood. Saints says he always measures up "where it counts" to a huge pop from the crowd.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: How childish 😆.
⭐️Robert:
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