WWE NXT Results: Highlights, Analysis, and Grades for February 8

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UK Title Announcement

NXT GM William Regal announces that the WWE UK Championship will be defended next Wednesday, It will be between Tyler Bate and Trent Seven.

Peyton Royce and Billie Kay then storm into the office to demand a match with Liv Morgan. He agrees, but makes it a tag bout, and Morgan can choose anyone she wants to team with her. Ember Moon, anyone?

Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight vs. The Revival

Result: The Revival defeated Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight via pinfall.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The Revival is back, folks, and it’s great to see. They had been somewhat absent for the past month with DIY and the Authors of Pain in the tag title picture, which seemed like main roster booking. WWE NXT had shown a past ability to keep multiple teams relevant, but it went away for a while. Good thing to see it’s coming back now.

This wasn’t just a showcase match for Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, as Dozovic and Knight had the opportunity to show off. They received a full entrance too, which is a small and subtle way of saying, “We’re about to make this team relevant” in NXT.

After the match, Wilder spoke about the Revival winning 2016 NXT Tag Team of the Year. Dawson says DIY shouldn’t be tag champions and talk about them losing at TakeOver: San Antonio. Dawson and Wilder talk about being the best tag team and “introduce” themselves to the Authors of Pain. Dawson then makes a challenge for TakeOver: Orlando.

AoP then came out and chase the Revival away, only to leave without saying anything. Then Dawson and Wilder returned to attack, fleeing shortly after.

It sounds like we could get a triple threat match at TakeOver: Orlando for the tag titles with DIY involved. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa shouldn’t be leaving the championship picture anytime soon and certainly not within the next two months, so expect them to work their way in.

There were also some subtle hints of a Revival face turn here. The challenge to the Authors seemed like a tease, but then they escaped the ring and did a sneak attack. So maybe this isn’t going to lead to anything. It probably shouldn’t with Dawson and Wilder not being in need of a turn.