NXT recap & reactions (Feb. 24, 2021): No Regrets - Cageside Seats

This all made for enough drama that it was fun following along, but it didn’t make much sense to me when I really thought about it?

It feels like the type of segment that was entertaining but doesn’t hold up to any real scrutiny.

Then when Kross did eventually fire back up, he didn’t really sell the arm that was worked the prior 20 minutes.

It just felt like it dragged to get there.

That sounds like a pretty obvious statement.

He tried to high five Johnny Gargano with the wrong hand.

This possibly cost Johnny his match against Lumis this week.

After a fun match (Gargano has great matches with pretty much everyone), the leader of the Way distracted the referee.

The announcers made sure to point out she was smiling during a moment where Lumis was beating Johnny Wrestling.

I certainly appreciated them singing “That’s the Way (I Like It)” prior to Johnny’s match?

At first, he felt like the odd man out.

NXT is really high on Zoey Stark.

Not everyone gets a competitive two segment match with the top woman on the roster in their second ever NXT match.

And she more than held her own against Io Shirai.

But we got an exhibition match from Io Shirai tonight, something we don’t see often.

It’s a smart angle given Toni has a history of defeating Shirai in a high profile situation.

This should be a really fun program.

The title match is already set for two weeks from now, but that could just be a chapter in the longer story.

Li didn’t get a chance to finish off her opponent because the referee decided Catanzaro could no longer go and called the match.

Their tag title match next week is more likely going to set that up further.

- Another segment that didn’t happen because of a brutal attack was a Tyler Rust match with Leon Ruff.

This was a pretty good show, but none of the big segments felt like they really nailed it.