upNXT 5/27/20: “Fight Pit!”

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Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2020/05/28/upnxt-5-27-20-fight-pit/



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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 27th edition of WWE NXT featuring Timothy Thatcher vs. Matt Riddle (with Kurt Angle as the Special Guest Referee) in the first ever FIGHT PIT match!

Also on this week’s show, Drake Maverick vs. Jake Atlas vs. KUSHIDA in a triple threat semi-final match for the Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair and Chelsea Green in a tag match, plus the NXT Championship match is set for TakeOver: In Your House, we go for dinner with Keith Lee and Mia Yim, plus Shotzi Blackheart takes a nasty bump… and more!

The lads also discuss BBQ in the backyard, attempting to get a tan, whether they should host a Best Pixar Ever show, Braden’s short and curlies getting everywhere, and whether they could possibly run an illegal speakeasy during quarantine, plus they take your feedback… and more!

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In case you didn’t get Adam Cole’s reference when he called Regal “the man’s man”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9cnAbiyrA

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Apologies if the fellas covered this, I’m just watching NXT now…

If KUSHIDA has Atlas in the cross armbar and Atlas’ shoulders are down for Drake to pin him, isn’t KUSHIDA pinning him as well?

EDIT: Should’ve finished the episode first… I guess that would just be another way the ref missed the finish.

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A submission like the triangle or the arm bar are counted as submissions not as pinfalls. You can’t submit and do a pinfall at the same time.

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What about a figure four?

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Well they shouldn’t count the shoulders. Again, I would still love to have the official wrestling rulebook (maybe someday).