I actually have to confess, Tony D’Angelo’s return to “NXT” had me confused for a couple of months now, but tonight, he really proved something, despite how crap the story around that return could have been. D’Angelo initially got here back and attacked the Iron Survivor winner, Je’Von Evans, at Deadline, after which, after a couple of more random attacks on other “NXT” stars, set his give attention to DarkState.
D’Angelo blamed the faction for the breakup of “The Family,” though D’Angelo’s last match before his hiatus was a triple threat victory against Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and Luca Crusifino. All of that aside, his final goal in DarkState after taking all the opposite members out was Dion Lennox, who has proved himself to be the faction’s leader in recent months, and their match, and the brawl before it, was a highlight of Vengeance Day, a definition of the word “vengeance” on D’Angelo’s part, should you will.
On the pre-show, Lennox called out D’Angelo and said he’d be waiting for him within the parking zone. Normally, a WWE Performance Center parking zone brawl is cheesy, but tonight, it worked extremely well for them, despite Blake Monroe and Jaida Parker’s street fight right before this actual pre-match street fight. Lennox was indeed waiting for D’Angelo to tug up, and when he did, it was on sight. The lads had a wild brawl, which included D’Angelo slamming Lennox onto the hood of a automobile, and finding a random keg within the parking zone that he sent crashing through the windshield while attempting to goal the DarkState member.
The pair brawled for just the fitting period of time, each within the parking zone, then through the backstage portion of the Performance Center. In fact, the remaining of DarkState got involved, but they were fought off by OTM’s Lucien Price and Bronco Nima. After a referee kept calling for D’Angelo and Lennox to get within the ring, they crashed through the wall of the balcony at ringside, and the match officially got underway.
The match was just nearly as good because the brawl, with Lennox pulling out a powerful spot when he suplexed D’Angelo from the ring barricade through the commentary desk. The previous “Don of ‘NXT'” got the victory, as he must have here, and did so off an exquisite Dead to Rights, which looked like a powerbomb/chokeslam combo tonight, someway.
While I didn’t love the considered this match stepping into tonight, it was completely saved by the pre-match brawl and Lennox meeting D’Angelo outside to kick things off. I’m glad D’Angelo got the win here, and I’m sure we’ll hear on Tuesday what the second reason for coming back to “NXT” was now that he’s put DarkState down.
Written by Daisy Ruth