[2021-08-22-WWE-NXT TakeOver: 36] WALTER vs Ilja Dragunov

[ShittyLittleBoots]

WALTER defends the NXT UK Championship.

You know what you get when these two collide, and as usual, it was some really good stuff. They did "the usual" between them, but also brought a bunch of new cool things to make it feel fresh enough. WALTER vs. Ilja Dragunov always guarantees the kind of pro-wrestling where everything looks & sounds as violent and uncomfortable as possible. And it's awesome. I would put this on par with that last big NXT match of theirs. There is really no real reason for me to not call it straight-up ****+ great, but it's the same gut feeling I had with their last match where it's like one of the best "very good" matches of the year. ***3/4

[paul sosnowski]

Meltzer will probably give this six stars.  The rest of the world is totally raving about it.  But hey, for you its only 3 3/4......very good

[ShittyLittleBoots]

You shouldn't be too stressed about how other people rate silly professional wrestling matches with a totally silly star-rating system, my man and as you said yourself, 3 3/4 is still very good indeed! How did you yourself feel about the match? Why not share thoughts?

[KawadaSmile]

I thought this was better than their previous encounter and I felt like WALTER got his ass kicked like Ilja their match prior. 

Some of those nearfalls were absurdly well built, and Dragunov having to essentially snap WALTER's neck was brutal and served as a striking visual.

Easy MOTY for me