Diamond Mine’s Roderick Strong made his NXT UK TV debut on 3/17. He defeated Wolfgang in the show closer and post-match, Strong called out NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov. A video was posted to WWE’s social channels of Ilja nodding his head in approval.
.@UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR was watching with great interest as @roderickstrong laid out his challenge to the #NXTUK Champion. pic.twitter.com/XMnM7FOf8h
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) March 17, 2022
On the 3/24 show, Meiko Satomura will be defending the NXT UK Women’s Championship against Isla Dawn. Meiko has been champion since June 2021 and the match against Isla will be her eighth title defense.
‘Wild Boar’ Mike Hitchman made his return to NXT UK last week and set his sights on Eddie Dennis, T-Bone and Primate. The following vignette aired on today’s program:
After a year of torture, Wild Boar holds @EddieDennis1986 personally responsible and promises to return that same torture on Dennis. #NXTUK pic.twitter.com/qOwsnrwcJ2
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) March 17, 2022
NXT UK’s weekly show is reviewed here on POST Wrestling by John Siino via his ‘Shot In The Dark’ audio show.
