WWE NXT Level Up results: Joe Gacy vs. Odyssey Jones

Last week’s edition of WWE NXT Level Up was taped before Tuesday’s NXT with Byron Saxton and Matt Camp on the call.

Nikkita Lyons defeated Jakara Jackson

Lyons came out with a snazzy new fur coat. The announcers talked about how these two were friends outside of the ring both getting signed out of the same tryout class. After an opening period that Lyons controlled, Jackson ducked a kick in the corner and brought Lyons down by the hair. Jackson tied Lyons up in the ropes and proceeded to hammer her with knees to the chest.

Jackson worked on Lyons’ arm for a while until Lyons pulled her up into a sidewalk slam. Lyons ran wild with some strikes before hitting her big kick and the split splash for the win.

- Backstage, Kelly Kincaid interviewed Damon Kemp. He talked with his hands a lot and said that Tank Ledger’s college athletic career didn’t scare him because he was also a high-level college athlete.

Damon Kemp defeated Tank Ledger

Kemp needs some more work, but his amateur background gives him a leg up in his development. He’s got some potential.

Kemp quickly took Ledger down to the mat, keeping control of the big man. Ledger took Kemp down with a shoulderblock and a sidewalk slam, but Kemp cut him off with a Goldust-style chop to the throat and a neckbreaker. Ledger tried to get his feet up on a corner attack, but Kemp caught his feet and spun him into another neckbreaker in the ropes.

Kemp hit an overhead belly-to-belly for a near fall. Ledger fought out of a seated abdominal stretch and ran wild for a moment, hitting a fallaway slam in the process. Kemp cut off the big cartwheel splash with his knees and then hit a backbreaker over the knee for the win.

I assume he did that to honor his trainer Roderick Strong. Then again, Kemp was the one who took him out all those months ago, so maybe it’s a Mega Man situation where he absorbed the ability to break backs effectively.

Joe Gacy (w/ Ava Raine, Jagger Reid & Rip Fowler) defeated Odyssey Jones

Well, my luck of not having to watch my least favorite act in NXT has run out. Saxton claimed that Gacy has a “seductive charisma” about him. Because when I look at Gacy, I think of the art of seduction. At least he’s not dressed like a hotel receptionist anymore. Jones, on the other hand, came out dressed like a funky chessboard. 

Jones overpowered Gacy early on and took control of his arm. I caught sight of the formerly named Grizzled Young Vets on the outside and remembered when they were tearing up Europe and NXT with their simple and effective tag team work. Now, they’re weirdo heaters for a weirdo cult leader.

Jones dropped Gacy with some body slams followed by a pair of forward rolls over Gacy’s body. He went for a third, but Raine cut him off, allowing Gacy to hit a chop block and take over. Gacy hammered Jones in the back of the head with strikes for a near fall, and later clubbered Jones while talking trash. 

Jones fought his way out of a headlock and dropped Gacy with a shoulder breaker and a world’s strongest slam for a near fall. Gacy countered some corner attacks before catching Jones with his handspring lariat for the win.