[2018-03-14-WWE-NXT] Pete Dunne vs Adam Cole

[cactus]

Adam Cole has his stablemates at ring side and it's established straight away that they will try and interfere with the match. Dunne hits one of his beefiest elbows minutes into this and then proceeds to wreck havoc on Cole's digits. The tide of this match shifts when Cole shoves a distracted Dunne of the turnbuckle, catching his knee as he hangs off the ringpost. It's a cool idea, but the execution left a lot to be desired. There's a few spots in this match where I thought Cole would win this. One of them being when he catches Dunne with a superkick after Dunne is done dealing with O'Reilly & Fish. Any DQ finish in a title match is almost always a tad irritating, but it allowed for the story of Dunne and Roderick Strong forming an unlikely tag team to blossom smoothly.

 

★★★